Recent content by Steve1

All I have never used is the Lee case trimmer and an electric drill. A wonderful invention!

Thanks for the advice....Steve

Minimal neck tension may shoot well, but I don't want to take a chance of a bullet moving forward or back, or getting stuck in the chamber.

Has that gun shot better with any load previously? I guess I'm not familiar with that particular rifle? Some rifles just won't shoot well, no matter what you do. I'm curious about the action bedding. Is the barrel free floated? Do you have a good trigger, ETC. Are your bullets loaded out...

If it's happening in two different rifles it might be a bad batch of primers.....I've just never had problems with primers. I have some Remington primers, but I usually load CCI. The primer strikes seemed deep enough to me, on my misfires, but they didn't go bang at times. You mentioned...

I went through a period of misfires due to a dirty bolt. If you cleaned your bolt, maybe there is still some crud left in there. There's more than one way to clean a bolt. I took an appropriately sized wire brush on an electric drill. I put some solvent on in and brushed the inside of...

Thanks guys. I suspected that might be the case. Maybe I'd be better off buying a new old Remington or a new Savage. I bought a Model 7 about 30 years ago. It has about an 18 inch barrel on it, in 243. My wife and kids have shot a ton of deer and antelope with it at closer ranges, but it...

I've always loved Remington 700's. I've never owned one that I couldn't get to shoot well. I remember the days when you could buy a new BDL for around $135. Well, those days are long gone. I'm considering buying another new one. Do the new ones shoot as well as the old ones? For a short...

I've had nothing but good luck with the old Remington 700's. With some tinkering and the right handload you can end up with a very accurate rifle. That looks like a good deal to me.

I've had rifles that shot better with a free floated barrel. I usually glass bed the lug area and free float the barrel on my 700 rifles. I have a couple rifles that shoot better with a front fore end shim. One of them has a thinner barrel. It is a Winchester featherweight. The shim really...

I guess a lot of hunters try to rifle hunt off the haul road, and a lot of them get arrested because they didn't go far enough. The Fish and Game fly that area a lot. If they see a gut pile they can measure with a GPS how far it is from the road. Game laws are strict in Alaska. You never...

Great story Jerry! Manitoba has lots of caribou too. Do you recall what you had to pay for that hunt?

I was wondering which powder would be better in building an accuracy load for a 300 Win. Mag., 180 grains. It seems like most people are using H4350 rather than IMR....on these forums. Perhaps I am wrong on that. I appreciate your advice. I need to try a new powder. I'm having a heck of a...

I'm debating what type of hunt to take. Years ago you could get someone to fly you out and drop you off for around a $1,000 in many parts of Alaska. I imagine the prices are steeper now. It would probably just be the wife and I. She's a hunter too. There's no way I'd lay out ten...

There's a lot of good info. already given, in this thread. Good binoculars are worth their weight in gold. I've never liked the little ones. They are handy but, they don't seem to pick up much light during the best hunting hours, and there isn't enough magnification. Elk are a lot tougher...