Recent content by JohnDog

Sumpnz, We hunted deer in 9 last year, during the first week of November. Saw two of the biggest bull elk I have ever seen. They were just feeding through an area I was still hunting in - totally unconcerned. I had to yell at one and wave my arms just to keep him from walking up to me. I saw...

Hahaha - same story as 444 - my main hunting rifle is a Winchester M70 with a Leupold 6x42 scope (except mine is a 30-06). If you get the Leupold scope make sure you get the one with the multi-coated optics - it is the brightest one for near dark conditions. It works in the dark timber and...

Archery season opens on the 28th, and I'm getting an over the counter cow tag. Taking that whole next week as vacation for a combo fishing/hunting trip into some high country haunts. Archery season goes for 4 weeks, so I can take weekend trips till the end of September. Got an either sex elk...

Here's how an aspect of "Trophy" hunting works in Colorado. Although there is good hunting on the (vast) public lands in Colorado; hunting pressure, better feed opportunites and weather migrations tend to make private land hunts a better chance to harvest any animal - trophy or meat. Many...

Cajun, Awesome!! I am getting my Ruger 77 rebarreled to 338-06 also, and am looking forward to get some loads worked out for it. Looks like you are ready to good to go for chasing them elkies! I was thinking of starting with the 210 Nosler partion, and see what I can work up. Hope I can...

HKB, You don't mention how often you spend time in the great outdoors. There are a lot of skills that you can practice by just being out in the woods and looking around. Get a field guide to the the animals in your area, and head out on a hike to see what you can find. Look for tracks...

Well, not really a new rifle. Getting one of my rifles re-barreled to a new caliber, so even though it will just have a new barrel it will be like a new rifle for me. I'm getting my back-up Ruger M77 (in .30-06) rebarreled to .338-06. It always goes along on my elk hunting trips as a backup...

To quote from an old Far Side cartoon... (as one deer looks at the other's target on it's side" "Bummer of a Birthmark, Bucky" JohnDog

After I got the action to bed, then I had to take a round file to the bolt handle slot to get enough clearance so the bolt handle would close. And to follow up what Steve said, the dimensions of the stock were not very aesthetically pleasing. It's now under the workbench, in the "oops" pile...

Same as one of Dan's... Kimber .22 Hunter, 'cept with a Leupold Vari-X II 3-9x40 (old school I guess). Good practice for my Win M70s, when the shots count in the fall. JohnDog

If you get one of their catalogs (fill out a form on their site and they'll mail one to you), each rifle model has a little icon next to it to show if it is CRF or CRPF. Like dakotasin said the Classics (including Featherweight, Super Grade and Safaris, etc.) are all CRF like the pre '64 M70s...

Here's my .270:D http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=499110 (From an earlier thread on 1895s.) I put a couple of 4 round groups into a 6 inch paper plate (offhand) last year getting ready for elk season. Used Federal 150 gr Nosler loads. Prowled around in the black...

Usable range for varmints out in my neck of the high plains is usally a function of wind velocity. Gusting or swirling winds can make a 100 yard shot pretty iffy sometimes. When it's calm prairie rats out to about 300 or so yards can be in trouble from my 700VS (if I do my job). I've got a...

Well those nasty people over at McMillan forced me to buy one of their internet special stocks for my M70. So I've got a new project for the spring, getting my rifle's action and barrel bedded into the new stock. I've glass bedded two rifles before, but they were both Rugers (with their...

Well, since Tony is a mafioso, I'm sure he doesn't pay much attention to NFA or ATF regs. If he does open up on the bear, it will probably be in full auto-mode and if he can keep them on target, I'm sure the "actor" bear will be going down! JohnDOg