Professionally, I'm babysitting a New York law firm trying to practice in Minnesota and it's been a cluster. Highly unprofessional but they're trying to take care of a railroader under the FELA (there is no workman's compensation for a union railroad worker), so I'm running my butt off sorting...
I tried HSM for the first time last weekend when I saw a box of 325gr hardcast for my .454 on the shelf at the store my cousin and I stopped at before taking his son to the range. I had a squib out of that box that shut the Ruger down until I can get the barrel cleared. I reached out to HSM to...
Is there a reason to get a Colt Ar15A4 over a PSA at half the price? Strictly for function, it won't be getting any goodies on it or anything, just for plinking. Just an open sighted rifle in 5.56/.223.
Has anyone used small rifle magnum primers in .454? I'll be using H110/W296 powder, probably 300gr bullets. Generally I see regular small rifle in the books, but I have a gross of small rifle mags. Not shelling out the $80 for regular small rifle would be great. Hodgdon's hasn't answered the...
I bought a X-Bolt Max Long Range in .300 Win Mag last week and put a Nikon FX1000 4-16x on it. I bought some Federal Premium with 185g Berger Hunter Hybrids and Hornady Superformance with 180gr SSTs to test it out.
I went to the range today to break it in and give it a go. About 40*F, 70%...
I went to pick up some stuff for the 110 Elite Precision and lo and behold this beauty was waiting for me. X-bolt Max Long Range in .300 Win Mag with a 20 MOA rail and a Nikon fx1000 4x-16x I had left in the closet. I also grabbed up some 4350, dies and shell holder, and 5 boxes of ammunition...
I reached out to the coach at a facility in Minnesota that trains biathletes. It'll be totally new to me and I just got back onto skis again last year after a long time away. I'm certainly not going to go buy some $4500 Anschutz rifle; I'll probably end up trying it with a Ruger American if I...
Anyone here from Alaska? I'm planning a trip up there this August or September and looking for an area to rent a cabin out in the boonies. Anyone have suggestions for areas to look through?
I just added a .338 Lapua precision rifle to my stable. I have a slick .30-06 and a couple .308s as well. I'm looking for a proper rifle to fill in the space between those. I hear great things about the Browning Max Long Range so that'll likely be the platform I choose. I'm looking at...
My cousin and I took his son to the rifle range yesterday. It was the kid's first trip and he was definitely excited; he'd been waiting for it a long time. He's nine years old and on the mild end of the autism spectrum so we watched him like a hawk the entire time. He was incredibly well...
I just landed a job with a new firm that gives me a $50,000 per year raise and plenty of room to grow! Now I have to figure out what to do with the new gains...
Poor me :)
I put my Victor .308 through some ammunition tests today. It did great with 147gr FMJ and 4064, terrible with 150gr FMJ from 3 brands and a handload with IMR 4895, and great with two different well-made 165gr rounds using both 4064 and IMR 4895, all at 2.800. Good lord that's a picky rifle. 3...
I was searching for some 4064 powder tonight and I came across loaded-firearms.com. They show a lot of product in stock, including primers and powder. This looks way to good to be true to me and they have two different phone numbers and addresses on their website so I'm not at all convinced...
I can't find my 165gr SSTs at the moment so I bought some closeout 165gr GMXs for my Victor .308. I loaded both to 2.800 inch. The SSTs are above 42.5gr IMR 4895, the GMXs are above 42.5gr of 4064. I compared both of them this morning. About 34 degrees with a 30mph wind from my rear left...