Any factory round offering the TMK is generally more difficult to find. The Hornady Match 73grn ELD-M is pretty easy to find on almost any sporting good store shelf and is generally much cheaper. Most of us would be hard pressed to notice the difference in terminal performance between the two...
Take your time. I mean this in every conceivable way it can be taken. Slow down and be intentional. They grow up FAST!! They are ALWAYS watching you. There will be other people in their life (child care, teachers, etc.) that will have more waking minutes with your kiddo than you do. But...
Do yourself a favor and go read these threads IN THEIR ENTIRETY (yes that's over 400 pages of discussion and empirical proof that 223's work fantastically on big game and also WHY - a sort of treatise on terminal ballistics if you will). Then come back and discuss. I will warn you now! Your...
Got a fresh one! Was just at the range last weekend and there was a guy there that I had to remind to set his AR pistol down facing down range instead of at the parking lot.
There was also a "Tactical Training School" in session. They came down to the 100 yard range where I am sighting in...
50% on a guided ranch hunt. A guided hunt with a coin toss on whether or not the animal gets found, I'm presuming by people somewhat proficient in tracking/blood trailing. I wonder what the REAL numbers are for all the DIY whitetail hunters are? There's no way to know!
After umpteen of these threads I've come to this conclusion. "There are NONE so blind as those who WILL NOT see." ~ Someone Wiser Than Me
It's the same debate ad nauseum. After SEVERAL HUNDRED examples of how effective good bullets are, no matter WHAT they were fired from, there are still...
Dad left me a Belgian Browning BAR in .243 topped with a 4x Weaver scope. I took my first deer with it at 40 years old. It's since been packed away in the safe. It'll probably come out again when my oldest son is ready to shoot his first.