When Bushnell came out with the Engage, Nitro, & Forge scopes a few years ago, this was the best one you could get without going up into the $1k+ ones that had "Elite" in the name.
It has a 30mm tube, magnification throw lever, anodized brown 'Terrain' color, exposed locking turrets with...
Or use the wooden mallet to tap on a wrench, since it has flats. Or maybe a deadblow hammer, provided you can clamp your rifle sufficiently. You might not have to hit it extremely hard, but the sharp impulse of a hammer tap might work better at breaking it loose than more slowly applied...
If I counted my time toward the cost, I wouldn't reload at all. But most of my reloading is either late at night when everyone else is asleep or I crank them out if we get a blizzard, so it's more 'found' time than anything. I shot a 257 WBY for a while. With most factory Weatherby loads...
I would have skipped a single stage press and got a turret instead. I took out the auto indexer and mostly use my turret like a single stage anyway, but I like having each set of dies on its own swappable plate, all set to the proper depth and ready to go. Even though I have a progressive press...
85gr is where I settled for my 243 AR-10 too, big enough for deer but not overkill for coyotes either. Pushing it with H4350 though, just over 3200fps.
A few years ago before prices climbed drastically and before I loaded 300BLK, I picked up 10 pounds of Lil' Gun for a few other calibers. After buying a 300BLK and messing around with IMR 4227 and H110 with bad results (in a semi-auto, unburned powder all over inside the action), I noticed my...
I'm thinking about going a little unconventional (for myself anyway) with my deer tag this year --.454 Casull in a lever gun instead of the 7mm08 or 7mm rem mag I'd normally take. It's going to be 150 yards max along the Missouri River. Anyone hunt deer with that cartridge before?
I've used 139gr and 168gr Hornady's as well as 140gr and 160gr Barnes on plenty of whitetail and mulies in my 7mm rem mag. Being 'too much rifle' just means you pick them up where right where you shot them instead of trying to follow a blood trail :)