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This getting good This tread is really starting to cook. I wish we could integrate these observations about a properly fitting shotgun with the thread started about the possibility of 6.8 SPC scout rifle. I offered that the 6.8 SPC doesn't fit the criteria for a scout rifle caliber, but...

Jim, By chance where those top three CDP shooters professionals sponsored by Springfield, Glock, and Smith & Wesson? The successful professional shooters sell a lot of pistols for the companies that sponsor them. Actually, I'm jealous of anyone who has all the free ammo they need to...

Is nothing sacred!

RC, what do you usually shoot your elephants with now that you are older and wiser? Ever shoot gophers with a 5.56 FMJ? Ever see 5.56 FMJ gunshot wounds? I've observed .45 ACP ball work humanely on big mule deer. There are lots of variables -- velocity, bullet diameter, bullet weight...

Game vs. Varmint Definately, know what the laws in your State say about hunting calibers and bullets. In most States, the restrictions on calibers and bullets are for hunting game species -- not predators or varmints. Most States view fur as a valuable natural resource that should not be...

The world appears to have changed It's amazing to hear all this enthusiasm for shooting wee little bullets out of plastic pistols. :what: My how the world of defensive pistol competition has changed while I've been away!:rolleyes: Does anyone in IDPA exhibit enthusiasm for shooting big...

.30/30 Carbine Gator, Yup, the Model 94 .30/30 carbine has defined the American carbine for the last century. The Model 94 got Col. Cooper thinking about versatility and utility, but he went the rifle route rather than the carbine route with his criteria for the Scout rifle. I've...

Scout or Carbine The Scout brand owned by Cooper and Steyr is a rifle and has a 19 inch barrel. One criteria for the Scout rifle is to able to hit and anchor any North American target you can see out to 300 yards. That's the criteria that makes the .308 preferable for the Scout rifle. When...

What would be the difference between a Scout Rifle and a Scout Carbine? I can't put my fingers on the citation, but I remember reading an epistle by the Colonel once on what would comprise a significant improvement in the carbine and when a carbine might be preferable to a rifle. I don't...

Is it time for a new scout carbine thread? I'm interested in the way this forum is going, but wonder if we should continue with the scout carbine evolution on this thread or start a new thread specifically identified for discussing the evolution of a scout carbine. The scout carbine should...

fast handling and muscle memories I'm sure not an expert on this topic, but let me offer an idea from some of the old Africa sporting literature that would seem to apply very well to a charging bear in thick alder brush in Alaska. Many of the old professional African hunters used to...

Right on Gator, and consider the 6.8 for a carbine Gator has been studying the original scout rifle doctrine and offering an accurate and factual perspective of where Col. Cooper led the concept. Cooper didn't live long enough to accomplish what he wanted with improving the modern carbine...

Just plain wrong -- the rifle that is Good point about the mule -- Bridger also preferred mules. It's easy to understand why given their demands on a saddle animal. It's not a question of the authenicity of what's displayed in the Taos museum, but rather what's depicted on the statue...

If nobody had looked for a better bullet we'd all still be shooting patched round balls. Come to think of it, I am still shooting patched round balls. Never mind.

The Rifle is a Mess Anyone who has an eye for detail and cares about the material culture of Kit Carson's period in history must conclude that the artist who did the Carson statue didn't care much about historically correct details. Not only is the rifle just plain wrong, the saddle and tack...

Good vs. better and what are friends for? I'm just in the process of customizing a light compact .308 Win that I'll probably hunt elk with for the next few years. However, my criteria wasn't to build the best elk rifle, but rather to build a light compact practical rifle that was good for...

Same question but different angle It sounds like that in most standard factory barrels the twist rate will is not ideal for a 200 grain bullet in a .308. Is there a down side to the faster twist rates in a .308 barrel if you are also going to be shooting deer with 150 or 165 grain bullets...

8x57 AI I haven't been able to ballistics tables for the 8x57 AI. Anybody know where to find such and animal? Anybody got any idea how the 8x57 AI compares to the 8mm/06?

Elmer Keith on shooting coyotes with military ball For what it's worth, Elmer Keith tried ball ammo out of a Springfield on coyotes clear back in the Depression years and observed that song dogs could run off quite a ways after a FMJ passed through them. Coyote pelts were pretty valuable then...

Barnes or Nosler Partition There are so many variables that contribute to hunting experieces with bullets that none of us will probably ever collect enough uniform data to reach statistically significant conclusions about bullet performance in the field. But, being human, we use our...