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    Euro mount costs.

    I had one done in SW Wisconsin last year and it was about $130 on a plaque. If memory serves me right the plaque was $50 so the clean and whitening was right at $80. I’ve got another one there from this season but never really discussed price as I was happy with his work and assumed it’d be a...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Lol. I do but not for that long. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I’ve read through most of it but I don’t have the time to go through it again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I’m sure this has been answered in here several times but scrolling through 9000 comments is not very good use of my time. Can anyone tell me the estimated low end impact velocity for good terminal performance with the 77 TMK. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    7mm-08 Rem success on big game

    From everything I’ve seen the eld-x is the new version of the SST and the eld-m is the new version of the amax. I’ve seen many reports of the eld-x failing like the SST. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    7mm-08 Rem success on big game

    I understand impact velocity is very important for bullet performance. My failures were with a 180 gr SST out of a 300 RUM. Impact velocity should have been around 2900 fps. For the bullet to fail the way it did on a small whitetail doe makes my decision to never use a SST again for hunting...
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    7mm-08 Rem success on big game

    I’ve seen complete bullet failures with the SST in other cartridges. I will never use them again. Behind the shoulder broadside shots at 150 yards resulted in complete fragmentation and little to no penetration on Wisconsin whitetails. One of the deer was recovered and one was not. The one that...
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    Turkey RIFLE

    I’ve taken a few with a 17 hornet and a 17 hmr. 17 hornet were all head shots. 17 hmr at sub 100 yards worked well shooting them in the middle of the back facing away. I was shooting the 17 gr v-max’s. When shooting them in the back the bullet never made it to the breast and put the turkeys down...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I have zero experience with them so it was just an assumption from my experience with many other bullets. If that’s truly the case, which I tend to believe it is as I have zero reason to doubt you then it seems to be about a perfect bullet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    22 Hornet for Deer

    Looks like it worked great. I picked up a box of 60 gr TMK’s today to try in my 22 K hornet. Probably give them a try for a late season doe or two. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I’m sure there are. I’m sure it can work but I was trying to imply that consistent results will likely not be the case. I’ve seen a 180 grain sst fail at 150 yards on a broadside whitetail two times. Because of this I won’t ever use lightly constructed bullets at higher velocities. From reading...
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Yeah, somehow I ended up at the top of the thread and thought I was somewhat current. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    My thoughts exactly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I agree but there’s also lots of calibers I’d have no problem shooting one of these bears with that I wouldn’t want to use to fight one off. I see hunting cartridges and bear protection cartridges as two different categories. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    It’s not common sense. It’s a position taken in what people think would be the case because they’re missing many factors that come into play when it comes to terminal performance. The biggest bullet failures I’ve seen on game was a 300 RUM shooting 180 grain bullets. Bullet diameter is a minimal...
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    22 Hornet for Deer

    Sounds just like my experience. A deer is not that hard to kill. Anything with the ability to penetrate to both lungs will work. If it maintains enough velocity to cause bullet disruption and more damage it’ll only be more efficient. A 22 hornet with the proper bullet definitely fits into that...
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    22 Hornet for Deer

    I’ve either taken or witnessed at least 20 deer taken with a 22 hornet and 45 gr sp bullets. Some were DRT and the farthest any went was about 60 yards. These were all behind the shoulder lung shots. If I were hunting where I might expect multiple shot angles I’d take one of many other options I...
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    Plantar fasciitis

    My supervisor has dealt with this for years. He said what helped him was some ankle brace thing he wears when sleeping. He said holding his feet at 90 degrees to his legs when sleeping has alleviated much of the problem. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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    What does it take to kill a grizzly?

    This is just my opinion but I think any cartridge shooting a bullet that will push through both lungs will result in a dead bear. The amount of trauma caused will lead do different times and distances between the shot and when it finally expires. A .224 caliber with the proper bullet and a well...
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    Probably not a secret ... suppressors can be really quiet even on magnums.

    They do reduce recoil quite a bit. I have a 458 socom I shoot subsonic with 570 grain bullets. When I shoot it unsuppressed it has substantial recoil as the rifle is pretty light. With the suppressor the recoil is nothing out of the ordinary. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

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