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That's what I was afraid of. I assume you were pushing to max?

I have a spare Savage action and a bull barrel synthetic stock laying around. If I go with the Raptor I would probably buy a carbon fiber barrel and call it a day. It should be 7 1/2 pounds scoped and with the load I originally stated should only recoil 30 pounds (which is the very most it could...

Thanks all Regarding significant recoil, 5 years ago I would have said it wasn't a problem; today a shooting session can cause a cervical headache that could last a couple days up to a couple months of varying intensity.

Greetings all, I haven't posted in a while. Reason for this post, I own two 375HH and still trying to work through some life-impacting upper body injuries - carrying a heavy rifle does not appear to be in the cards for me. 375 Raptor ---This sort of 375-08 cartridge has intrigued me and I do...

Question on the primed brass. A competing store offering the exact same product advertises to anticipate damaged necks due to shipping. Do you find these these are ready for powder and bullets?

We don't get 40 hours of work done anyway. We sit in the office for 8 hours mindlessly playing on our phone or shopping on Amazon on work computers for half of it...or at least just staring at the screen daydreaming. Management believes in 40 hours because that's just what is engrained in the...

Slowly and surely we were slipping backwards 100 years for worker rights and along came covid. It came at a critical time and it will have lasting effects, some good some bad; mostly good. The time for the 32 hour week is now. Research backs it up. The time for mandatory vacation is long...

A lever action 243 will work but imo you aren't going to get 300 yards out of it on a coyote size target due to a heavier trigger and forarm pressure on the barrel. But I think 150 yards is certainly very doable and 200 not out of the question depending on the shooter. I think the only ones...

Imo it all came down to - it is cheaper to produce the matte scope. Likewise, the same with the rifle barrel. Matte blue barrel, matte scope is what you want. Brightly blued barrel, I want to seek out a gloss scope to match. My Browning BLR would look horriffic with a matte. As to spooking big...

Like you I have mine mounted laying on a log. I had a cat specialty taxidermist i wanted to use and didn't want to spend $1200 for a side view sneak pose. In retrospect, I wish I had done so. I vote

If I'm not mistaken, the spacing on that J series is 4.522 inches

On the long actions (or the old SA cartridge on the LA gun), I do think a 1 piece weaver style multi-slot mount is nessissary as the savage LA is longer than its competitors. I have tried to use a 2 piece extention before and it wasn't even close - one of my rings are mounted in the center of...

Pic? Is the magazine release button on the side of the stock?

3x3 overtime hockey and no fighting. Serouisly, the NHL is almost completely unwatchable

What action do you have? Buying a brand new barrel and dumping the old on ebay may just be the best thing.

Included is field prep and transportation of trophies. Are the hides and skulls included on the management animals?

Depends. You go after big elk, big moose, bison, etc - you will be just fine. I assume your concern is with brown bear? There may be some who wouldn't take it brown bear hunting, but the reality is (in my opinion) a bolt action is going to jam due to user error as opposed to a factory flaw. The...

So bizarre. When I dropped mine off about 8 years ago, they gave me a receipt in writing exactly what they diagnosed (trigger pull at x) and exactly what the fix was (trigger pull now at x) @JimP was this at the Arnold Missouri location?

I would demand to know what is wrong with the rifle before receiving it back. Otherwise they could end up with an unfixable rifle that they would have to unethically dump on someone. Might be worth exploring their "coupon" Yep, they are right down the road from browning and have former...

I see the 6.5 Creedmoor as a "pop culture" cartridge, and I have no use for that when the 260 rem already exists. While invented to be a long range target cartridge, its popularity is really due to the light recoil suitable for youth hunters where parents want better performance than the 243 but...

Hershel Walker isn't qualified to be a pizza delivery driver let alone a United States Senator. 2026 will be the GOP's opportunity to knock out Ossoff but only if they nominate a sensible candidate.

Personal taste. I personally hate and would never in a million years have a pedestal style mount due to the curved back. But you may like that

This may be a good compromise for space

You might look at numrich for a stock

Question on the 11 pound 375's. Do you own them bc 11 pounds recoils favorably for you or you own them bc the vast majority of them end up configured that heavy when its all said and done? Imo the 375's are way overbuilt (and maybe they have to be to not crack the stock). I find my 9 pound win...

Savage lightweight walnut 308 scoped = right at 7 pounds. New favorite rifle Savage 375 hh scoped = right at 8 pounds. I would prefer 8.5 but its nice to carry.

Norma has some good deals right now. I bought 20 boxes of 308 150gr for $16.99 each. Probably didn't need that many but what am supposed to do, not buy it? https://normashooting.com/product-category/caliber/rifle/

Unless you are shooting pen raised birds, there is a good chance pheasants will fly up at 40 yards - especially after being fooled with. Foe those, you want a modified or full. Some hunters even use turkey loads for them (I use 3" 20ga) Personally, I would buy another barrel or use another gun...

I want to say they made them up until a few years ago. Not sure of how many were made, but one would have had no problem finding one as demand just isn't for that brand. You could of bought it new for like $800

The Savage Lightweight Hunter would be a great choice. My 308 with leupold 2.5-8x36 weight right at 7 pounds. The new XP series w scope (which is not listed on savage website) is hardwood but it has the jeweled bolt from the pics. You can also buy the upgraded spring magazine. Short action only...

7mm-08 or rem mag?

There will certainly be those who take exception to this (and rightfully so - i mean no disrespect), but at the end of the day governments consider soldiers to be completely expendable. Though I think that has been changing a little the past 50 years - at least the public face of it.

Federal Shorty also an option at 1.75" I know there are several methods by which you can cut 2 3/4 shells. From exactly knives, table saws, special tools. It is not expensive but it is time consuming

Oh I agree. If OP is looking for a "woods gun" big bullets at slowish/medium velocity dump game in its tracks. 358 win fits that

That's why I avoid looking at nice things

And I wouldn't be afraid of going 20"

The Buffalo Bore 358 still holds 1700 ft lbs at 300. Standard 165gr 308 win is advertised for 1650 at 300, which is a factory number and will not get that high. Would anyone not shoot a bear with a 308 at 300 yards?... didn't think so.

Imo 20" is too short for a magnum. All you are going to get is a super loud 30-06 / 35 Whelan whose muzzleblast could produce a bigger flinch than recoil energy. I do like the 338 federal, it seems to be the 308 case family's sweet spot. Ammo hard to get? A little easier to find at retail than...

Not a bolt action, but the new Browning BLR is the best magazine I have ever seen. Metal, almost flush, locks in solid, and virtually impossible to accidently fall out

Blind please

Mcarbo should make a spring for it. $15 vs $120 and you should get a nice crisp 3-4 pound pull

I have never handled a pre-64 but have handled or shot all the others in somewhat limited capacity. My small sample size of 1 on the controlled feed pre-FN is my extractor is faulty and ammo must be seated in the magazine. I have held a few of the FN rifles and found the safety to be complete...

Would you consider the prices low like scotland, average like eastern bloc / Argentina, or high like fenced estate hunt?

I have not hunted them but I can see the potential letdown / struggles. You want to go on this hunt in large part of what you see on videos - not the full charges but him staring you down, the shooting him a half dozen times, he tries to get up and you drop him again. Then you get there and may...

But it is much easier to mismanage and then blame the government...

I think I would save the hassle & time of trying to get a replacement direct from Africa. There will be plenty of donor skulls here in the States on eBay and used taxidermy stores for a few hundred bucks if you shop around. Or order the fake kudu skull and see what it looks like for less than...

Agree 100%

From my research on scotland, you are not likely to kill a trophy head on a free range hunt. 1. They don't grow huge like the above pictured Argentina ones. 2. They are a management hunt. Its going to look like a raghorn elk. Scotland is about the experience (not to mention cheap price). If I...

Agree. I can live with a little bit of surface rust that comes off with light steel wool and doesn't affect the bluing (even if it comes back every couple years). Pitting and permanent blue loss is not excellent