As I came back to the bed, Aaron was taking a nap and we were on the verge of turning back. As I prayed for answers and what to do my phone suddenly got service and I read through encouraging text from friends and family. This absolutely gave me the determination to push on. After 30 minutes or...
We decided to give that group of elk a day of rest and went further around the mountain on our fourth morning. We climbed up the noticeable dryer South facing slope of the mountain with not so much as seeing elk track. Once we topped over the ridge onto the north-facing slope we found all kinds...
Decided to write a story about my first archery elk hunt. Wrote it mostly for myself, friends & family to keep the memories but thought I would share it here. I appreciate all the info & knowledge shared on this site. As a disclaimer, I'm not a writer or a photographer, and its long...
Havent tried them but read good things especialy on the 4831ssc. Also saw some post on 7828ssc. Dont have any of those but all 3 are readly availble from my local stores. I like H4350 alot for temp stability and my 6.5 so hope i can find a good load that will atleast reach 2850 with 212-215...
RL22. Shot a ladder with H4350 too. Had around 2.4" of verticle over 3 grains of powder at 300 but i didn't go hot enough. Plan to load anouther set up 2 more grains amd watch for pressure as i go. Heard RL26 was good too but dont have any.
Rifle has a #4 Brux 1-9 at 25.5" + 4 port MBM brake...
212 eldx. Straight Jacket Armory.
2.34 to the ogive using the Hornady tool put me .025 off the lands. Tried .005 off first but groups had more verticle at 300. Pretty happy here as the charge .3 grains above and below this also had .4 to .6" verticle but 2.5" or so Horizontal which i figure...
Here is my new custom Tikka 300 WSM. Got to shoot a little over the break. Not bad with the wind at 300 yards and my shooting abilities. Waiting for some 215's to come in and see how it likes them. Its throated out and im using the magazine from HCA. Same velocity i was getting with my 300WM...