I have one each unopened eight-pound jugs of H4350 and RL16.
$350 each (local retail) in the CDA/Spokane area. I'd prefer to sell but may trade for Varget, RL15 or H1000
I hunt in Montana and Idaho primarily for elk and bear. For both of these I use a 24" barreled .300 Winchester- it has both a CF barrel and stock and weighs right at 10.5 lbs loaded, scoped and suppressed (TBAC Ultra 5). Currently I'm running a NXS 3.5-15 F1 but will soon be switching to...
Consider what else you'll need to store as well. I have two 25 cf freezers in which I store an elk or moose, as well as half a hog or quarter a cow, 50 lbs of salmon that I buy each year as well as a dozen whole hens and various frozen pizzas, etc.
Chest freezers are cheaper and more...
H4350 and .30-06 go together very nicely. My first suggestion is that you need to fire more than two rounds per load to get accurate information. I know components are tight right now, but four should be the bare minimum.
Seating a bullet deeper will, to a point, decrease pressure as the...
Newer F150s are part of my work pool and my wife drives a '17 Expedition- all with the 3.5L Ecoboost. The only issues I've seen are a few bad throttle body assemblies. Basically at 30-55 mph the motor would simply die in four of the trucks and the Expedition. Simple replacement and afterwards...
I've used a few different Bark River knives on deer, elk and moose and all have performed well.
Older tool steels like 1095, O1, A2 and D2 are tough and take and hold an edge well while not being difficult to resharpen. D2's chromium gives it good corrosion resistance as well. 440C is a...
I have only eaten Shiras moose and it was the best tasting wild game I've ever had (well, except for impala stroganoff). My wife uses ground moose for burgers, pastas, casseroles, meatballs...it is all delicious. For the record, all of this has come from bulls- not yearlings but not old bulls...
T/C Hawkens are easy to find and inexpensive. I've hunted ID for years with a pair of them in .54 (Renegade model) outfitted with peep sights. Most, if not all, have twist rates in the middle range (1-48 for the. 54's)- Hornady Great Plains bullets stabilize very well.
I have used the Big Game Combo to hunt in both SW and NW MT a few times. I also hunt in the ID Panhandle where there are also populations of grizzly bears. I'd always advise hunting with a partner in these areas (although I do hunt solo sometimes as well). Twice as many eyeballs and having a...