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  1. SavageSlayer

    .308 155 gr vs .308 175 gr at 1k yards

    Go play around with the JBM ballistic calculator. I think you will be surprised by what you find. I know its just a calculator, but my experience has shown it to be very accurate. For Example, I used my own personal loads for the 155 Lapua Scenar and the 175 SMK. 155 Scenar @ 1000: MV...
  2. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing .270 Bolt Action Hunting Rifle...need help!

    Both my buddy and I have Tikka T3 Lites in .270 Win. He shoots the 130 gr. Nosler E-Tip and I shoot the 130 gr. Barnes T-TSX. We both shoot Winchester brass but he likes Varget with a velocity of 2850ish/fps and I use H4831SC with a velocity of 3000ish/fps. Both of our rifles are .5 MOA at...
  3. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing First deer w/ a lever gun?

    I killed my first deer with a Marlin Model 336 in 30-30 when I was 13 years old. It was on public land near Qualls, OK. I used to live in Tahlequah, OK in Cherokee County. My dad and I got out there on opening day about an hour before daylight and parked along an old logging road and it was...
  4. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing California Muledeer

    That's a really nice California buck. Congrats! What zone? What were the details of the hunt, load, etc...? I'll be after one of these guys in a couple weeks in D7.
  5. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing What scope are you all using on Hunting Rigs

    Nikon Monarch 3-12x42 BDC Leupold Mark 2 (now called Mark AR) 4-12x40 Long Range Duplex (reticle no longer offered, has two hold over dots) Redfield Revolution (Leupold ownership) 2-7x33 Duplex Aimpoint PRO I hear great things about the Vortex scopes, and for the money, you probably...
  6. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing Killin Science and bullet selection for the layman

    1) The ruptured blood vessels would be the result of blunt force trauma (the bat physically crushing tissue) from actual contact. You are not going to bruise on the back side of your thigh because of "hydraulic shock" energy transfer. Energy is the ability to do work, and work is moving...
  7. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing Ordered the gun, now I need a scope! What are your favorites!

    My Tikka T3 Lite in .270 Win wears a Nikon Monarch. That is a really nice piece of glass for the price. Here are some links for some really good hunting/tactical scopes that haven't been mentioned. P.S. I love Leupold too...got one on one of my Savages. Cannot speak to Vortex but I hear...
  8. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing bullet selection help

    The Barnes VOR-TX ammo with 168 gr. T-TSX bullets will be more than what's necessary for black bear. In fact, for deer, you can drop down to the 130 gr. bullets and those will still be more than what's necessary for deer. I do use the Barnes T-TSX bullets for hunting. I use the 168 gr. in...
  9. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing First Hunting Rifle and need advice on caliber and models.

    Tikka, Savage, Ruger, Remington, Weatherby, TC, etc... all make really good hunting rifles that will all shoot very well. It all depends on what features and/or aesthetics you are looking for and find appealing (i.e. wood vs. laminate vs. synthetic stock or blued vs stainless or 22" vs. 24" or...
  10. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing Killin Science and bullet selection for the layman

    You do realize by using that math (1000 ft./lbs. for every 30 lbs. of game) that a 200 lb. whitetail would require 6,666 ft./lbs. of energy, right? Can anyone here name one popular North American hunting cartridge that can produce those numbers? How about any of the "big" popular African...
  11. SavageSlayer

    45 ACP Powder Choice

    I like 4.5 gr. of Titegroup with 230's for my 45 acp plinking rounds. It burns very clean and puts out about 800 fps and is very versatile...it can be used in pretty much all pistol cartridges and shotguns too.
  12. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing “Need” a new hunting rifle – Deer & Elk

    The four times body weight "rule" collapses on itself when you start talking about animals like Eland, Cape Buffalo, and bigger stuff. A mature male Eland can be 1300 lbs and a Cape Buffalo up to 2000 lbs. How many shouldered rifle cartridges can produce 8000 ft/lbs of energy? The 500 NE can...
  13. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing “Need” a new hunting rifle – Deer & Elk

    I will have to agree with Sargesniper on this one. 2000 ft/lbs of energy is a lot and not even a 300 Win Mag with 200 gr. or even 180 gr. bullets can sustain that much energy to or much past 300 yards. Elk are commonly killed ethically by hunters out to and beyond 500 yards by .270, 7mm, 30's...
  14. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing “Need” a new hunting rifle – Deer & Elk

    It's hard to go wrong with a Tikka T3 Lite. You can get them for around $500 and the action is smooth like glass. I picked one up in .270 Win after my buddy got one a couple years ago. Both of our rifles shoot sub MOA to 600 yards...and probably farther. We both handload and his hunting...
  15. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing CA Deer Hunters

    Thought all you Cali deer hunters might appreciate this. A bachelor group of California Mule Deer in Zone D7. Feel free post pics of your own and/or say where you will be hunting this year.
  16. SavageSlayer

    Advanced Marksmanship crazy shots!!!! lets hear about them...

    When I was 15 I took a kneeling shot at crow sitting on a telephone pole about 120 yards away. I was shooting a very old Remington single shot 22 (I believe it is the most accurate gun I have ever shot) with open sights and I center punched it. That is probably my all time best shot. I put it...
  17. SavageSlayer

    My first load development!

    Hi SDmtnbkr, It's good to have a new reloader out there and thanks a million to Ted for his generosity with time, supplies, and knowledge. It looks like you have a great load there with either the .010" or the .005" off the lands. I am assuming the 100 yard indoor range was Project 2000...
  18. SavageSlayer

    Whats your go to load for 155gr 308

    Out of my Savage 10FP 24" 1:10 twist: 45.4 gr. of Varget 155 gr. Lapua Scenar Lapua brass CCI BR-2 primer COAL 2.810" 2,850 FPS This load will consitently shoot 1/2 MOA groups or smaller, 1/4 MOA is typical. I have also had good results with IMR 4064 and Reloader 15. Do an OCW...
  19. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing California Coastal Plains Hunting: Your Experience

    Re: California Coastal Plains Hunting: Your Experience The costal areas are beautiful. They are rolling hills and oak trees with oak thickets in the bottoms of canyons. There is a lot of agriculture grown in this area and a lot of grape vinyards as well. Hogs are extremely plentiful and so...
  20. SavageSlayer

    Hunting & Fishing Tikka T3 Lite = Too Light?

    Re: Tikka T3 Lite = Too Light? Hi LanceS4803, Are you completely sold on the 300WSM or is there another caliber that could do what you need this rifle to do with less recoil? (.270, .308, 30-06, 7mm mag) How sensitive are you to recoil in the first place? How much experience do you have...
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