Black Ops Hunting Rig

[oubeta]

Probably should go in the hunting thread, but wanted to talk more about the Rifle.
Skunkworks .300WM that Mike made really light with his brake. Gun packed great.
Scope was a March 3-24. Wasn't impressed with the March. It lost zero on the plane ride there and the allen screws wouldn't stay tight on the elevation turret.. I had to snug them up 3x on the hunt. Atlas bipod with claws worked perfect in the tundra.
The gun was built on a controlled round feed Mod 70 action and a light Manners stock. The rifle held up great in 6 days of constant rain. The only complaint I had was my TAB sling kept falling off. The flush cups are just a little to big I think on the stock.
I had dope to 800 and this gun is a solid 3/4moa all day long.

Bear was just over 400yrds when I first ranged him.. I shot twice and hit him both time. We started giving high fives thinking he was down and he jumps up and runs right when he stops filming. I had to put 3 more bullets in him to drop him. It was the smallest bear we went after on the hunt, but we were exhausted. We went on several stalks and everyone was soaked and cold. We were ready to get back to spike camp. I had some serious ground shrinkage when we finally got on him. I should have waited, but we were near the end of our hunt and this one was only 1/2mi from camp. Made for an easy pack.


Alaska Bear

 

[Wylie Custom]

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Nice bear. What bullet did you shoot the bear with?

 

[wrhunter]

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Also curious about the bullet. How about a better look at the rifle too...

 

[clinto]

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what contour barrel did you go with, and what is the overall weight of the rifle? Im trying to put together parts for a hunting type rifle.

 

[bohem]

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Skunkworks/BlackOps build some very fine rifles and that's a great looking bear. Congratulations on the rifle and the successful hunt.

Can we get some more pics of the rifle, bear, and bullet used?

 

[Grand]

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Thanks for the great video. I watched the video before I read your entire post and was concerned about how casually everyone approached the bear and unloaded weapons. I think I would have nudged his head once or twice with the muzzle to make sure he was dead.

 

[buckey]

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PM'd ya ZRM - gimme a shout!!!

 

[redirt78]

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Sucks you had all those problems with your scope being off, hate to hunt with a scope you can't trust. At least it was an easy pack job though right.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sledge Hammer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice bear. What bullet did you shoot the bear with? </div></div>Its more about where it hit the bear
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: xmark</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Also curious about the bullet. </div></div>
I'm sure it is a fine rifle and good luck with the scope.

 

[oubeta]

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I went through several bullets before I settled with a Barnes Triple Shock.
Considered the Accubond, but hard to beat the Barnes for bear.
That was a small grizz and the first shot was right in the shoulder. The second shot was right through vitals a little back. It took 5 shots to put him down. The 5th shot was just for safe measure as he was headed for the alders.

We saw 20+ bears that hunt. We stalked several nice bears and we were exhausted. THought this bear was a lot bigger at 15x.
I'll get some more pics up of the rifle.

 

[NoomaScout]

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Cool video.

 

[Rinky]

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Idk if my 2nd or 3rd post on here should be saying "shoulda used bergers" but ....

They seem to hurt rock bear pretty hard on the hunting DVDs

Nice bear... scary to not have a solid kill though.