Recent content by Don Dial

Do you have an anti Cant level on your scope?

I loaded some with Fed 210 primers and 55 Gr RL 26. Shot a touching hole string above bull. May have been me, my BP’s acting up. I’m shooting 1-8 ,24” bbl M18 and it’s not particular.

You evidently haven’t much background with smoothbores so here goes. Don’t blow a wad on anything without first shooting them. Go to a Gun Club that is deep into Skeet, Sporting Clays, or Trap. Get someone there to fit you to a shotgun and show you how to mount it. Then try a round of Skeet, or...

I used to shoot a factory Rem 40x with a Hart Bbl in 300 win Mag. Had externally adjustable trigger from 1.5 oz to 3 lbs. had 8.5x25 Leupold on it. One hole rifle. 1968 mod.

I get excellent results with Varget on most loads 165-168 Gr Barnes 45.5 Gr Varget but with 175 Gr SMK or Berger I use 42.0 Gr IMR 4064.

I just put together an ideal truck gun for my Grandsons first deer rifle. It’s budget friendly for your purposes and shoot factory loads Sub MOA. Euro Optic has a sale on M18 Mauser Rifles. from $400-$479. I got a 6.5 PRC, put a Texas Precision Inst 5x27 power scope with their rings and a 20 MOA...

I’ve given away lots of pups over the years from Labs and Lab crosses with Pointers to pure bred registered Treeing Walker Hounds, Blueticks etc. One problem that comes up especially with new dog owners is adjusting your life style to handle all the additional time and maintenance a dog...

Yes and parents will purchase a break open 223 put a $200 scope on it and have their kids shoot deer with them. Most of those same parents don’t shoot well

We raise King Oorang Airedale’s which are the largest of the Terrier Breeds. I’ve had So Tex Ranchers but pups to retrieve doves and hunt with but also ride with them daily. I’ve hunted everything from Birds, Coon, Mountain Lions, and Hogs with them. Also had three sons raised with them and my...

You are correct. I cull shot MLD Ranches for years with a 22-250 & 55 Gr Barnes. Never lost one and 99.9% were DRT. Unfortunately most parents get kids a break open SS 223 for a first rifle and usually then they don’t shoot well enough to even hunt. I see Ranchers who are marginal shots use them...

I’m currently breaking in a 6.5 PRC Mauser M18 for one of my young grandsons. I put an inexpensive Texas Precision Instruments 5x27 Scope on it. Has a premium bbl, adjustable trigger and ten year factory warranty. Also sub MOA 5 shot factory ammo guarantee. The warranty is real, had a problem...

Another thing I noted they mentioned if I wanted my barrel crowned theirs an add’l charge. World I was reared in that’s part and parcel of a bbl job. I’ve been in business over 50 years and put up Elec Gates over 35 years, prices increased substantially but I’m still lucky to gross $350 out of a...

But if you want a specific type Hunting Rifle, not a Competition or Specialty Item and you can purchase a new first quality rifle as cheap as a barrel job then there’s something wrong with that picture.

I had a member refer me to a local vendor who does barrel jobs. On my $600 LH Ruger Hawkeye to install a plain stainless bbl $450 labor, $330 bbl,& if I want flutes $200. There’s a fact check with reality somewhere here. If a barrel cost more than a rifle , which is only a Hunting Rifle, it...

I bought it from Don @ Dons Guns on Fredericksburg Rd in San Antonio about 1968.