Benbrown

I haven't used it myself but have heard good things about that ammo from a few of the Montana guys on another forum. If you shoot factory ammo, I would think that if would be worth the cost of a box to see how it performs in your rifle.

I started my grandsons out with the 7mm-08 and 120 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips at about 2,800 fps. They have taken whitetails, mule deer and pronghorns with that combination. My younger daughter has been using it for almost 20 years, now, and won't consider using anything else. If you hand load, the 7mm-08 is a little more versatile, IMO.

Definitely return it directly to Hornady, not just to the place where you bought it.

Been using an RCBS Charge Master for about 15 years in conjunction with an RCBS Powder Master dispenser. Sent the dispenser back for a checkup and upgrade about three years ago (primarily for the upgrade, which dispenses weighed charges of powder charges much faster). The scale has been reliable and trouble-free. Even when I throw charges for my .223 from the Redding powder measure, I weigh every tenth one on the RCBS scale--it's quick and accurate.

Parkerizing would not be restoration--the very thought of that makes me cringe. Contact Dan Pedersen (http://www.cutrifle.com/) and see if he might have a take-off barrel that could be reblued and installed. If he doesn't have one, he might have more suggestions about where to find one.

Over the years, I have put down pronghorns and mule deer (injured in collisions with cars and trucks, or shot by guests but not quite dead) with my Glock 20. Some of these were shot at ranges up to about 60 or 70 yards and I never had to shoot anything twice. I have also shot maybe a half dozen feral hogs with it. All of these were shot with CorBon factory ammo, some 180-grain loads, but mostly 135-grain JHPs.

I thought 7, too...

There in the valley, I think that you are safer in a vehicle--just keep turning right!

If it were mine, I would look for a take-off barrel without the pitting and scarring, re-blue it if necessary, and re-barrel. That would be the simplest way to approach it. Post a "want to buy" on gunbroker.com and gunsamerica.com, as well as on the classifieds here, and perhaps the free classifieds on www.24hourcampfire.com.

I have been using Redding dies for my .257 AI and prefer them to others that I have owned or tried. Make sure that the chamber in your rifle matches the dies--the 40-degree shoulder is pretty much standard, but there are other versions out there. Check with the gunsmith that made your rifle. You can neck size with a full length die, but set-up is simpler if you have a neck-sizing die. The three die sets are more expensive than the two-die sets (mine is a two-die set) and it has served me well for the last 15 years or so. Glad to see a new hand loader coming on board!

Tractor Supply usually has a Cannon on sale for around $600--check their web site periodically.

I am sure that your guide/outfitter would much prefer that you show up with a .300 Win Mag that you have used a good bit, and with which you are familiar, as opposed to a new rifle chambered for a more powerful cartridge that you bought just for that hunt. Nonetheless, I used .338 Win Mags as my bad weather elk rifles for over ten years, and even hunted in good weather with a Ruger No. 1-S in .338 Win Mag. They are all gone now, as my good weather rifle is a No. 1-S in 9.3x74R and the bad weather rifle is a Weatherby Back Country in .300 Win Mag. The .375 H&H is a good choice, though, and I used a stainless/synthetic Weatherby Mk V in that cartridge to take a couple of big bull elk in Colorado as well as plains game in Africa. I used 260-grain Nosler AccuBonds exclusively because they shot about like a 180-grain bullet from a .30-06 and delivered a good blend of weight and trajectory. If you are really wanting a new rifle (and since you are not a hand loader), I would suggest that you take a hard look at the stainless/synthetic Ruger Hawkeye All Weather rifle in .338 Win Mag. It is hard to beat for price and performance. I would certainly recommend that you shy away from the less expensive, newer Mossberg or Savage rifles and go with a proven controlled-round feed rifle like the Hawkeye which is pretty much bullet-proof. I would also suggest that you try several different factory loads with premium bullets ranging from 210 grains up to 225 grains and use the one that shoots best in your rifle. Where you put the bullet and its terminal performance is what is important, and not so much how much it weighs.

Shooter's description of the daily routine is pretty much right on, in my experience. Coues whitetails do show a strong fidelity to their home ranges, but they will move quite a distance in August, September and early October to find reliable water sources and areas where the rains have brought on good grub. After grasses and forbs go dormant, they tend to retreat to their traditional haunts. Whitetails in the Burros are found in pockets, for the most part, and are not as evenly distributed as mule deer. You have to search and find these pockets where they live, but (unfortunately) scouting around Labor Day may not tell you where to find them in November. Nonetheless, if you have the time, a scouting trip in September and visiting with locals would not be time wasted. Rains have been spotty, but there have been quite a few showers up that way. However, I drove through the Burros on my way up to Silver City today and, unfortunately, it looked like most of that country had been missed, so far. Generally, when we have an El Nino event, the rains come later as opposed to earlier, so the forecasts are promising. Feel free to PM me if you have questions.

Not much choice available where I live, so I go with the local gun store for firearms buys, and a couple of outdoor stores up in Silver City for most other stuff. I do buy from Cabelas and Midway on the net because they have a lot of stuff that the local stores don't carry. However, the handling and shipping add-on costs don't make that very economical unless you order several hundred dollars worth of merchandise. I will drop in Cabelas or Bass Pro if I am in a town where they have a store, but usually don't buy much but clothing, and not much of that. I do enjoy browsing the gun libraries at Cabelas, but have never bought a firearm from them.

Here is a post from another forum: This is what I found on the MagnetoSpeed FAQ page. Quote: Can the MagnetoSpeed affect barrel harmonics (e.g. the location and size of my shot grouping)? Anything mounted on the end of the gun can affect the location of your groups because the added mass changes the characteristic vibrations of the barrel. The MagnetoSpeed is intended to be used for velocity measurements only; when shooting for high accuracy simply remove the MagnetoSpeed. Most shooters will use this device to characterize their loads on a short range, before trying any long range shot accuracy trials. Now if you are shooting a shotgun it's another story. Shotgun accuracy and pattern is virtually unaffected and for the first time ever one can chronograph loads WHILE hunting! Here's one person who has discovered that the point of impact and group size are effected dramatically. Originally Posted By: Mort on AR15.com I have recently purchased a new chronograph from an outfit called magnetospeed that does not use light sensors. Instead it measures changes in magnetic fields. The sensor attaches to the rifle barrel and looks like a bayonet for the mentally challenged. I like this chronograph because it is much easier to use than most traditional chronographs and the display/computer module is really well designed. One problem I have encountered is that since the chronograph is attached to the barrel the point of impact and group size are effected dramatically. I deal with this by loading twice the ammo I want to test, firing my standard string without the chronograph to get POI data, then I fire another string with the chronograph attached to get MV. This method is a bit wasteful and it doesn't actually get me the velocity data for the rounds fired. If anyone at Larue has time for another project I think there would be a market for a mount that attaches these chronographs to side or bottom accessory rails of the OBR and similar rifles. ––Mort How much the group size is affected by the MagnetoSpeed being mounted to the end of the barrel likely depends on the particular gun and just how finely tuned the load is to that gun. If you develop loads while chronographing like I do, than the convenience of the MagnetoSpeed is outweighed by the possibility that once you think the load development is done your group size opens up significantly when the MagnetoSpeed is removed from the barrel. Top

After consulting the USPS regs online, I was more confused than ever, but an inquiry on another firearms website yielded this, which seemed to be the most authoritative response: You won't go to jail for it, but the answer is no. You'll get a nasty call from the Postmaster General if they discover it, which they won't. You'll also have to lie when they question you at the counter. You can mark it ORM-D but the truth is, you're not qualified. You have to be Hazardous Declaration certified to sign the paperwork for a shipment. The post office is the only smart organization prohibiting it even though they do accept custody of it on a daily basis from UPS or FedEx for final delivery to the customer. The main problem stems from air shipment since the crash in the everglades some years back. Why is the Post office the only smart one? Because if you sign your name to that damned document and mark the container, you can do jail time and a fine, if it's not right. It costs money to pay certifiers, and they ain't gonna pack it for you. No certifier worth his weight is going to sign anything he didn't pack. Why are the other carriers putting themselves at risk? Stupidity The reason you won't go to jail for sending it USPS ? Because by law, its the shippers responsibility....The mailer and packer, is not the shipper! I think Hazardous cargo shipping course is harder than Ranger school, just the maritime book alone is over 10,000 pages. Hope this helps. I know more than I should, I'm certified, and helped write the regulations on a few occasions. Most postal employees are too stupid to pass this course and back when they attempted to train a few, they quit by the second day.

They do appear to be infectious fibropapillomas. They are not contagious and are confined to the skin. They can grow to be fairly large (pancake size) but come off with the skin, and the underlying tissues are not affected. They do grow and eventually drop off. Other mammals may eat them and become infected that way. Deer are usually infected by eating those that are shed by rabbits or hares, but they will also occasionally eat those that are shed by other deer.

They are basically the same press--Forster bought them a few years ago. I bought mine new (a Bonanza) about 15 years ago and paid a little less than $180 shipped to my house. I would guess that a good used one that has been well taken care of would be worth just about that much today--maybe $150-$160. Hope this helps.

Age and genetics aside, antler growth is mostly a function of the amount of digestible protein in the diet, along with adequate levels (at least 1.5%) of calcium and phosphorus at approximately a 2:1 ratio. Higher levels of digestible protein produce larger antlers, as long as soils are not mineral deficient.

AZ. Tags are easier to draw and their deer don't seem to have been hit as hard by the drought as they have here in New Mexico.

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It is legal and there are no additional charges. An ORM-D sticker denoting small arms ammunition used to be required, but that regulation expired at the end of 2013. I have been told that there is a new sticker design, but have not seen it nor did I find any mention of it on an internet search a couple of months ago. You might check with your postmaster--they have updated charts that cover ammo shipments, among other BATF-related things. Be sure to package it in a stout box, well sealed, and with cushioning around the ammo boxes inside. I had one shipment that "came apart" in a USPS terminal in Iowa a few years back and only about half of the ammo was in the repacked box. Since the Winchester and Remington headstamps were all repacked and the Weatherby head-stamped ammo was not, I ammore than a little suspicious that all was not on the up and up.

Awesome result! Congratulations!

Yep a little to the right of center,

Just saw on another site that there will be NO bighorn sheep hunts this year. You can apparently call the number at the end of Tony's post and cancel your application or find out more about exactly what NM DGF is going to do. Presumably there will be a follow-up email from NM DGF shortly.