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My first thought is go higher, up in the wilderness area. If it has not gotten cold yet they are still probably up high unless he can find some resident herds down lower.

Fun day today. Thanks for the invite my friend.

H1000 & Hornady 208gr ELDM & 210 Berger HVLD are what I am working with on my rifle. They both show great promise. The 208 ELDM's show great potential, but the Bergers are showing great promise too.

Nice! Congratulations on a job well done.

Flare the brass then seat them without crimp. Crimp as a sperate step. I have to do this with alot of magnum pistol ammo. 357, 44, 45lc, etc. If I load it hot I like to make sure I have a good crimp on it. Sometimes the dies will start to crimp before the bullet is fully seated and mess up the round. That is why I now seat that ammo in 2 separate steps. Seat, then crimp.

Someone needs to let me know where the is... I have a case of shells ready and willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good...

The 22lr was for fun. Today was the first time he has ever shot a gun.

Who wants to let me tag along on a dairy hunt? My desert hunt this morning was sub par, but today was more about getting my 5 year old to go shoot for the first time. He isn't ready to hunt yet, but he took his first shots today with a 22lr and 410 shotgun.

The ADOT twitter page is actually a really good road conditions resource to help you make a decision which way to go.

It took me 7hrs to get to payson one year. I left Friday at 430pm from peoria and we got to payson at 1130pm. It took less time to get from payson to durango colorado that night than from peoria to payson. I got to watch the sun come up over new Mexico that morning...

5 year old is in bed, everything is packed, even if it is a bad fly I have a .22lr packed to take him shooting for the first time.

I would say flip a coin, but when you are in Springerville/Eager make sure to stop at Avery's. Get some good BBQ and a brew. If you talk to Lance, tell him Harley says hello.

I picked up shells and bird stamps. I need to do a quick clean on a couple shotguns and I am ready. I am hoping the birds are thicker than the mosquito's at my normal place. Some years it is the opposite and that sucks.

I'd run them. I have Toyo AT2's and they did ok, but I went back to BFG AT'S last time. I might try these ridge grapplers next.

I have had hunt buddies not be able to find tags, and we have had to stop at G&F for a replacement on the way out of town more than once. I usually pack to a list so I don't usually forget a lot of things I can't live without. The things I have forgotten someone else had or I didn't really need. My buddy got a few shots last year during our late elk hunt. He took 3 shots, all misses because he messed up the range, and then realized his extra ammo was in his pack which he left in the truck... I retrieved them and worked my way to him, but it was too late by the time I got there. We couldn't get another clear shot. My dad did forget shotgun shells 1 year when we were headed out dove hunting. We scrounged a couple boxes from a mom & pop gas station near Wickenburg so we didn't have to drive all the way back to Phoenix.

Hmmmm. That's the opposite of what some folks here have been telling me: find the "I am not going into that deep canyon" and you'll find bulls there. If it stays warm you might find some, but last year white horse was covered in snow. You will find alot of hunt pressure, that is for sure.

That's the real deal tent setup. If I did more long camping trips or cold weather trips that would be awesome.

In december I doubt you will find many bulls around saddle mountain and white horse hills. They will have already started to scatter to lower elevation. You will find lots of hunters and a few cows.

I didn't watch the fight, but I knew McGregor would do ok in the first few rounds. He has a good pace and weird style. Mayweather learns your style in the first couple rounds and then does his thing after he dials you in.

Over. 50-0

If he likes bolts see if CZ has anything he might like.

Go farther east and you will find more of that nasty terrain. In december don't be afraid to look in terrain you may not normally consider elk country too.

Wait. After that last October hunt those woods get much more quiet. Alot less chance it walks away. I was up there last year after the deer hunt and cow hunts scouting for my December cow hunt. I didn't see a single person for 1.5 days, and I cover alot of ground. Scout hard. That late hunt isn't easy.

I have not done it personally, but what I found from people who had done it said that the new brass is softer and more malleable. It is easier to get the soft brass to form with less issues. I have heard you can try and do it with once fired but you are more prone to cracks and such. It is worth a shot if you have a bunch of once fired.

When you make your 257 brass from 7 mag do you use new 7 mag brass, or can use use once-fired? Also, how has your neck thickness been? Are they tight? Have you had to turn the necks at all? I only use new brass to start loads. Originally i used .264 win mag brass because I found 50rds of Winchester brass on the shelf. I loaded that for awhile. The necks were a little tight, but not bad. I got about 4-5 loads out of most of that brass before the primer pockets got loose enough to make them trash. I now load Remington 7mm Rem Mag brass, and only start with new fresh brass. The necks actually seem to be better than the 264 brass was, and I am getting a little better lift out of these, probably 5-7 loadings before the pockets are loose. I have gotten an occasional neck crack with both types of brass, but not often. Neither type of brass has had to be cut for length which is nice. I will true them up every 2nd or 3rd loading if they need it. I form my brass by full length sizing the new brass, then load it with a lighter load and shoot it for practice. Then I load them up as normal, but I keep in mind that the case capacity is about 5% less than a true 257 case so I just load til I find pressure signs and an accuracy node. I got lucky and found a good load fairly easily that will shot well under MOA with 115gr Bergers over H1000. I can get the full load info if you need it. The reason I originally loaded 264 brass was because I own a 7mm and I didn't want to mix up rounds. Once my 264 brass was toast though any brass was hard to find let alone 264 brass, so I moved to 7mm Remington headstamp because I had a bunch of it brand new sitting on my bench. At the same time though I got rid of all my once fired Remington headstamp brass that was actually 7mm Mag so I reduced the risk of mix up. I load remington brass for my 257 Weatherby, and federal brass for my 7mm. That way I know what rounds are what without having to pull the rounds out of the case and look at the shoulders and bullets.