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I ask the new owner of Matrix Bullets about the availability of 165 gr. VLD Caliber .277 for my 270 Win. at the time he didnt have the dies, the previous owner took them with him when he sold the company. Below is a response to my previous inquiry. If anyone would like to spit 500 bullets with me let me know, I dont want to buy that many until I find a load for the rifle. As orders start coming in he will keep up the production for future orders. Steve Baardsen 11:13 AM (6 hours ago) to me Hi Guys I have good news on the 270 bullets. The previous owner and I have an agreement to pick up the dies in about 2 weeks because I am leaving for a big match early next week for a week. In the communication between us I got confused in the jackets I needed to make the 165’s. It turns out I have access to the same jackets the previous owner used without much delay from another vendor. The Bergers that I was requested to get make 147 match bullets and these are the bullets that he uses. These are a 5 – 6 month delivery at this time. When I get the dies I will be able to make the following bullets and I will take orders for all of them. 147 VLD match bullets – Delivery would be about December / January 2018 due to jacket deliveries. 165 VLD hunting bullets – Delivery would be August – using original hunting jackets. 175 VLD – match bullets – Delivery would be July - using match jackets Once I get the website modified so you can place the orders (which should be early next week) then after I get back I will place the orders for the jackets. Deliveries for the jackets should be mid to 3rd week July. I will run the bullets immediately upon arrival of the jackets and deliveries will start about mid-August. After that first fulfillment of orders then I will try to keep the 165’s instock. I still am asking for a minimum order of 500 bullets. I will hold the cost at $52 USD per box which is the last cost that the previous owner was selling them at. I will need in increase the cost of the shipping but that will be a flat fee for 500 bullets and quote from the PO after that for larger quantities. Thanks for the interest and look forward to hearing from you more when I get the website up and running with the modifications. Steve

Bump for a very nice rifle.

A good friend and I hiked deep into an area we know holds a decent population of bears, with a late start we dodged several rattle snakes in the 100 degree heat, and spotted a few coues deer on the way in. At about the 11 mile mark our water supply had depleted to very low levels, and with at least another 4.5 miles to go, and sundown approaching fast we camped in a saddle with plans to hunt back to the truck and water at first light. On the way out I spotted a decent set of lion tracks in the soft wet soil where we stopped for water, I made a mental note and planned to come back to the area at a later time. A couple months past and there was a good storm that lasted about four days so I decided to hunt the area at first break in the storm. When I returned to the remote water source there were again fresh tracks about 200 feet lower then the first set, I climbed up to a saddle with three fingers leading to a flat about 45 feet wide by 70 yards long, behind me was a shear drop to the bottom of a ravine that led up and to the south. I set up my stand here calling with my favorite open reed call, using a fawn in distress for short periods with a full minute pause. After about fifteen minutes I had paused to look and listen when I heard a thump to my far left, which I didn't anticipate any predators using since it was so steep, what I didn't do was walk far enough to see large steps going from one boulder to another leading to the far ridge and the head of the dry creek bottom. At first the sound was so light I thought it was a coyote approaching, just as that thought entered my mind a heavy thump landed above, and to my hard left. I was sitting in a chair shaped boulder with my rifle butt in my shoulder, and the barrel resting on shooting sticks, I turned with my rifle ready to be greeted by a mountain lion looking at me with its head sticking out from the vegetation maybe three feet from the end of my rifle, there was brush blocking a clear shot and the lion started down the boulder to enter a clearing right in front of me, as its vitals cleared the bush I fired dropping the lion with one shot. One of the best hunts I have ever experienced.

^^^ The quality of the Seek Outside tipi is excellent, I like them better then Kifaru shelters because they add storm flaps on the zippers, I also like their stoves over Kifaru. The owner of seek outside used to work for Kifaru. The next time they send me a second sale ad I will forward the email to you catusjack.

Fish and game web site. https://www.azgfd.com/Hunting/Units/

Backpack hunting in the SNOW/COLD you must have a way to dry your boots and clothing. You can do most of your cooking on the stove and warm up after being out all day long when the temperature is in the teens or much colder. A heated tipi is light, and gives plenty of space for its size. I have Seek Outside four man and large stove, its a little big when your by yourself but I can stand up to stretch when waiting out a storm. Lots of room for fire wood, and I stand up to get dressed. It can with stand a blizzard and weights only 7. 3 pounds with stove. They make smaller tipis and up to a 24 man tipi. If get on their mailing list they have second sales, I only paid $530 for my 4 man. https://seekoutside.com/

Hornady Super performance 300 win, 180 gr. SST 33 rounds for $30

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Something I would look at is the distance a bullet stops giving reliable expansion for a given velocity. Shot placement is key, below is an excellent example.

The Grand Power is still for sale.

http://www.wmicentral.com/news/heber_overgaard/police-seek-suspected-arsonist-who-shot-at-forest-service-firefighters/article_9d84331e-612e-11e7-841d-77b29ca0ba77.html http://azdailysun.com/news/local/authorities-still-on-lookout-for-forest-lakes-arson-and-shooting/article_89a98043-c96d-54d9-8266-a80149a56e0e.html

What is the poundage on the limbs, 60, 70?

Do you have any old targets, and load data?

PM returned/replied.

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I replied to your PM thanks.

I shot a mule deer buck in Colorado that tested positive, the facility called to inform me it tested positive, and if I used a butcher they would refund the fee. If you cut it up yourself the refund is fifty dollars. He also asked if I ate any of the meat, (NO) which they advise you not to consume any meat that test positive. Game and Fish had an ongoing study feeding a captive mountain lion nothing but meat that tested positive to see the effects it may have, and asked if I would donate the meat for this purpose. It sucks harvesting a deer, packing it off a 900 foot near vertical cliff and three miles back to the truck just to feed it to a mountain lion.

The 165 gr Matrix works real well in the 270 win.

You will find some years they wont leave the heavy cover, and they dont have to there is an abundance of feed mixed in those JP. (large blocks of sage) Find a water source the deer are using and follow it until several trials merge into one or two main trails leading to water and set up an ambush (place your stand down wind of the ambush). My son killed his first deer this way he was about 3/4 a mile from a water catchment that had atvs and trucks parked on top of it all day long. Hunting pressure is severe when you are close to any water sources. Once you get away from the road we have never seen another hunter during this hunt (3 hunts). Dont think because this is part of the strip/Kaibab you are going to find big deer on the early hunt this is a meat hunt with lots of little 1 to 2 year old deer that migrate in from Utah, read az fish and game information about this hunt they will tell you the same thing.

Bump for an excellent seller/buyer.

If you are close I will take the 30 cal. Partitions? Where are you located?

I like the newer Vanguard/ Howa actions they have a solid internal recoil lug, a forged bolt CNC machined from solid bar stock (No tack welded bolt handle). They use a M 16 style extractor. Drop in a Timney trigger and these guns shoot. Theses actions are a copy of the old Sako L 61 but dont have the internal scope mounts or the sako extractor. The action threads are metric but two sponsors for CWT can re-barrel them when needed. The 270 gets my vote for and extra rifle.

I spoke to the new owner of Matrix Bullets and the original owner took the 270 cal. dies with him when he sold the company as the 270 was his favorite caliber. The 165 gr. VLD did just fine in a 1/10 twist barrel, the recommended twist was 1/9. The recommended twist for the new Berger 170 gr EOL is 1/8.3 so you will need at least a 1/9 twist for the heavy Berger.

Smoking deal!

Still for sale.