Recent content by Zoer

I appreciate everyone's input on the 30/30 ,,, this is a good rifle forum for sure

30/30 doesn't seem to leave as much blood shot meat as my 8x57 or 30/06

Anybody have any experience taking elk with a 30/30?

i plan on working up some 170 Nosler Partitions for Elk and keep the shots within 150 yards ,, dont see a reason that they wont assuming its a good shot angle

i agree the 160 LVR seems to kick more the standard rounds

I’d much rather shoot inside 250 yards anyway

I recently bought a 30/30 marlin, throughly enjoyed sighting it do to the lack of blast and recoil. Shot a whitetail with it on a hunt from about 100 yards. Did a fine job with a good wound channel. Makes me wonder why I mess with anything bigger for deer

There is an excellent article in the most recent Handloader about the 35 rem,,,, I usually reach for my 8x57 or 30/06 but i would be just as well off for 80 percent of my big game hunting with my Marlin 336 in 35 remington

I got a ruger 7x57 over the summer , after a fair amount of load work i got it to shoot 175 NP inside an inch ,, going to take it Elk hunting next week ,,hoping it will be a lucky rifle

in this part of western colorado id bet the 270/30-06-7mm rem mag would cover the majority of big game hunters over a certain age,,, with 308/6.5c gaining ground with younger folk

i found an accurate combination over the weekend with the 220 speer and 42.5 grains of LVR powder,,, its a warm load ,, groups started to open with 43.0 grains ...hopefully this fall I will see if 220 speer does as well on game as the 200 rem

i am guessing the FTX does a better job of expanding on heavier game like hogs than smaller deer ,, the one deer i shot with a FTX was through the lungs and ran long ways with a limited blood trail , fortunately it was on snow or i would have had a hard time recovering the deer

thanks for the info ,,, i am really hoping to get new load without burning too many irreplaceable bullets ,,, fortunately i have 5 boxes of the sierra 200 rn to work with,,, would hate to try and find them now ,,,

ive heard the Sierra 200 RN is close to the rem 200,,, i tried the FTX when it came out and didnt get very good expansion on a smallish doe