Recent content by telecaster1981

Good call on the added weight! I've got a heavy barrel Savage with a bunch of lead shot epoxied into the stock. It too weighs about 18 pounds. Sure lends to pleasurable shooting! That, and, I LOVE handing it to folks and seeing the looks on their faces! Kind of reminds me that I'm younger...

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Speaking from experience, the heart/lung shooter will be far enough off his mark to throw any chance of making a DRT kill, and possibly lose the animal altogether. The neck/head shooter will just miss...not so bad. I've found a trick that works for me. The best head/neck shot is one in...

You're still high-road!!! I was surely off topic anyway and in a pissy mood last night. I still don't have any respect for the man other than he holds the title of POTUS, which doesn't count for much in my mind...he's just a man, no better than anyone else. If the timing is right and I...

Wait a minute here...Cobra, are you saying that a fellow can't have machining tools, pieces of metal, and a semi-automatic firearm??? If so, there are a LOT of folks who could get rear-ended by the ATF!!!

I guess that makes him the head lemming, eh? Really??? I wasn't all that aware that we're obligated to respect someone based solely on their title. He's done nothing to EARN my respect and therefore doesn't DESERVE it! All I owe any elected official is to operate within the boundaries of...

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with 742 problems! My uncle brought the 742 he inherited from my grandfather to me so I could get it ready for deer season for him. After cleaning it all up and making sure all the screws were tight, I took it out with some loads I made up for him. Groups...

I've always used denatured alcohol. Works fine for me, but I don't have any plastic guns either...

You're right, but by my way of thinking, if I need even one round of any caliber, I've stumbled into the wrong place at the wrong time.

Not meaning to hijack here...perhaps my question will lend to the OP's intended discussion. I've been running numbers on ballistics programs the last few days trying to figure out what makes the .338 Lapua a superior round to the .300 RUM. As far as I can tell, when the .300 RUM is pushing...

Garand or FN49 for me...Mausers seem plenty robust as well.

+1 on the Red Dot idea. I used to load up 30-06 this way with a 110gr Sierra Varminter. Not sure how fast it was going, but I'd suspect it'd do just fine. I suppose the same kind of loading with light bullets would do well for 7.62x54r or 8x57 (I think Hornady makes a 125gr bullet).

Hmmm...that's interesting! I'll be sure to try something else for a change. I'd always thought the SMK's were the cat's pajama's ...I'll keep working on it! I think I'll keep my Accutrigger, though. I actually like it very much! Taliv, a box mag conversion is on my to-do list for...

Oh, I forgot to mention that the 175 SMK's I've been using for load development are factory seconds...perhaps I could pick up a bit of accuracy with factory firsts?

I'd go with the Savage. They're great out of the box, and if you choose to do so, you can build as you go. Swapping barrels is a breeze too!