Recent content by RMerillat

I live in Ohio and hunted for a couple seasons with a Ruger 77/44, equipped with a Leupold Mark AR 1.5-4 scope. It had the "Firedot" illuminated reticle, and it was perfect for dawn or dusk in dark woods. I believe this scope has been discontinued, but I know they offer something similar but...

I'll chime in with my 6mm Creedmoor experience. I just replaced my Brux 8 twist barrel at 1300 rds. The throat had moved forward .060 inch. Throughout it's life, I used 42 gr. of H4350 with a Berger 105 hybrid; velocity early on was 3070 fps. It still seemed to shoot well in terms of groups...

I just ordered an Atlas bipod and used the APR4514 code for $45 off (orders over $225). In this case, I've no complaint, as the shipping cost was a little less than $6 to Ohio.

I can't speak about the Jard trigger for the 700, but I did recently install one on a Cooper varmint rifle. It was the 8 ounce model, and after a little fiddling with the adjustments, I would judge it to be excellent. I was able to tune it to be crisp with imperceptible overtravel - very...