C. Cordova

You're right, the first shot did him in. Once we got over to him we realized the downward angle of the first two shots put the exit wounds through the top of the lungs. Obviously the third shot was not needed, but the adrenaline was pumping. It all happened so fast and we had a small window to shoot through. A few steps one way or the other, and we would have lost sight of him. I didn't really feel like tracking a wounded bull, so I had Steve shoot until the bull went down.

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Have him shoot his rifle at the distance he ranged the deer and took the shot. Just to confirm. I missed an elk at 200 yards. The weekend before the hunt I was shooting steel at 1,000 yards and forgot to turn my turret back down. The elk hunched up and looked hit, but then took off. I went to where he was standing, but no blood. I was super bummed thinking I had just hit a bull that I couldn't recover. Later that day I realized my problem when I shot at 200 yards. Turns out I shot over him. I was relieved, and pissed.

Looks like you found yourself a great spot. With all those bucks in there and nearly 100% draw odds you can hunt that area for a lot of years to come and still pull out some nice deer. You wont have any other hunters to compete with that's for sure. Congrats, great job!

.5 moa? What more do you want? Is it a hunting rifle or a bench rest rifle? I'd just stick with the bergers and shoot it man.

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Lee hand primer. Only thing bad about the Lee is you have to use their proprietary she'll holders. Other than that, it is very consistent.

This stock looks pretty sweet. This is the one I was thinking about.

Tough to say in velvet, but I'd call him a 90" buck. Ether way I'd put an arrow in him.

Sorry man, X mark pro trigger will not work. You need the components from a 40X trigger. Thought I had one, but could not find it. Good luck.

I have a couple X mark pro triggers lying around, and maybe a 40X. Not sure if any of the components will match up. I'll take a look when I get home and if it looks like it will work (based on the photo you provided) I will PM you.

what kind of trigger is it?

+1 for Applied Ballistics app.

What do you guys need all that extra ammo for?...............lol, jk.

Check out Manners EH series. http://mannersstocks.com/hunting-stocks/ These have interested me for a while because they are such lightweight, and offer a variety of designs. I will probably use one of these on my next build.

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Cerekote is a good durable finish. I would only do the bolt body though. Tape off the lugs (and bolt face of course). I had mine done with cerekote H series, lugs included, and the added material made the tolerance between the bolt and the action way too tight. It was not smooth. I ended up sand blasting it off.

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Tom Beckstrand wrote an article in 2013's edition of Sniper Magazine about the Accuracy International PSR rifle. He touched on fluting a bit. Here is an exerpt from the article: One design change that resulted from AI’s exhaustive accuracy testing and development of the PSR [Precision Sniper Rifle] is the removal of flutes from the barrels. Engineers at AI decided to isolate the barrel flutes to see what impact they had on accuracy. The engineers attached a laser to the rifle’s receiver, another to the barrel, and a third to the scope. All three dots were zeroed at the same point, then they started shooting the rifle. They discovered that, no matter which fluted barrel they used, the dots would diverge as the barrel heated. The dots from the devices mounted to the scope and the receiver would stay in place, but the barrel’s device would manifest a point-of-impact (POI) shift. The POI shift from the warming barrel greatly diminished when they used barrels without flutes. Engineers determined that the flutes never heated evenly, causing the POI shift. I hope the results of this test gain wide circulation through the sniper and long-range shooting communities to help eliminate some of the ignorance that surrounds the perceived advantages of barrel flutes. Flutes are great for shaving weight, but this is the first test I’ve heard that provided empirical data detailing what happens when the barrel is fluted. This should be the death of the “they cool a barrel faster, so they’re more accurate” argument, listed among flutes’ virtues. Our goal is and should always be to mitigate the effects of heat; fluting exacerbates it."

not sure everyone got this...but i cant stop laughing.

Rifles Only seems to have the best price. $1549

Yikes, I'm getting ready to order the ERS. Maybe I should reconsider?