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wehen developing a load it is key to make sure that the shooting environment ( weather, noise, concentrtion level, very few cups of coffee in the morning) is basically perfect. you do not want to shoot with a cross wind, but a head wind or tail wind is not bad. when Redrabbit and i started looking over loads for my 270wsm, we loaded 3 different powders Ramshot Magpro, H4831sc, and H4350. the groups with magpro were all 1.5-2" now, every group tested with H4831sc was around an inch or less including several groups going 1/4 or less including my personal best that was .184. it is amazing how much powder difference can make a or break a group. not just the amount of powder, but also the type. my 7mag shows very good potential with h4350 but does not like h4831sc. with federal 215 magnum match primers, it shot about 1 1/4 inches, i used the same load, same brass, same powder and chagrge, same OAL, same bullet but changed to a remington 9 1/2 primer and it went printed a .750 inch group, the best that rifle has ever shot. very little minor things can greatly change a load and the accuracy it prints. if you mess around enough, you will find a very good load. dont count out the TSX, Accubond, Interbond yet, also dont count on the Failsafes as i believe they are being discontinued ( I also think they are too stiff for coues and will have a hard time opening up) play around, have some fun and see what else the gun likes

270wsm of mine ( see the post "our guns dont shoot worth a hoot") is as follows: Scope is a Zeiss conquest 4.5-14x50 with target turrets... LOVE IT bullet is handloaded 140 accubond. i have a 4.5-14x40 leupold on my 22-250 and it is nice, but does not compare to my Zeiss!

i think this has been posted every year, but its good to talk about before the draw! i will be either taking out my 7mag or my good ole .270wsm but sporting a new piece of glass. still the saem zeiss 15x60's and velbon tripod as last year. will be wearing Danner Elk hunter boots and an eberlestock x1 pack. wore this combo on my lion/pig hunt. was super impressed with the pack, the boots needed more breaking in but are good to go now(with some duct tape on the heels) new Garmin Rino 110 radio/GPS' which are awesome!

no bears for daniel or i, perfect weather but no bears!

whats the story with the fox? hopin to run into a big ole bear within the next 2 days!

Lee, why you stealing lines from George Straight? i am off here in a hour or so! good luck to all!

When Doug and i were breaking in my Kimber 22-250, we did shoot one shot,clean one shot clean etc for the first 10 shots. then we shot 2 shots and clean for the next 10 shots. then, i shot between 3-5 round groups and cleaned after each group. the gun is at about 80 rounds now and the groups are still getting tighter.

Lee, i played baseball for 13 years, the arm aint that bad now granted, i might have a much better chance at actually hitting the buck with the bullets from the gun! hahaha! Daryl! you the man! thats exactly what i am hoping! im gonna baf a booner bear this weekend, then a booner coues in november! i have the target turrets dialed and ready to roll out to 500 yards with the wsm! the sad thing is Doug isnt even carrying that rifle for the bear hunt!!!! thats his back up rifle!!! me on the other hand, i carry my 270wsm for everything elk, deer, coyotes! Coues7, ya gotta know how to flunch, do you think Doug and i are really good shots? well were not, we can just flinch with the best of em

if i get rid of buck fever, ill get rid of all my rifles, optics, and hang my hunting hat up for ever. now the fever before the shot... yes, that i need to get rid of no doubt!!! im betting $20 though, if i shoot a buck this year, it will be with under 5 shots! heck, it might even be 1 MAYBE 2! depends, if hes out there a ways, i may send the first one off, and not see it land and shoot the 2nd one just to have the 1st hit right before the second but as lark would say " it aint a 7mm-08"

Man, its a good thing i like my rifle or it might be for sale!! Ernesto can u believe he moved it on me! aint that jacked up!!! i can shoot well from a bench, its when fur is in my cross hairs that i mess up!

i have only seen two kitties ever, they were together in 36c and decided to stand with in rifle range ( heck, mine was within lethal spitting range ) or myself and a buddy. the rug of mine is at the taxidermist.

man why do i catch so much crap! ahahahahaha. anyways, yeah its still anything with antlers on the last day, but i have 10 days this year, i DOUBT i can go that ong with out dropping the hammer on something! but i am going to be patient and smoke a 130 this year!!! :D:D

yeah i got a poker set in my ballon. a guy at my table had to have about $500 worth of raffle tickets in his coffe cup. that XD was mine!!!! the guy that won the guided cow hunt for $550 was sittin at my table.

well, for the second time, within 15 minutes of being at the RMEF banquet a fellow member came up to myself and my dad. Brian, it was nice to meet you! coule you believe how much some of those auction items went for??? i personally thought Wayne Carlton was a better auctioneer than the other guy!

Ernesto, man now u have pushed it to far! those things are NASTY!!!! i HATE bugs, snakes all things that bite! i have actually only seen one snake while deer hunting ( ay dios mio!!!) por que TE ODIO!!!!!!! those things scare the heck outta me! no thanks !!! and i have never seen a gila monster!

like DBarcher said, we will be out there!!!! im stoked!! this is my first bear hunt... i dont know why i am so pumped to go hunting.... o yeah! because its hunting thats why!!!! gotta get the 270 WSM pumped and ready to go!!!! im wondering if i should take out my predator slayer ( the OLD 270 of mine, my lion kiler) im thinking by about 2 or 3 Daniel and i will be up to our arms in bear guts, i dont know if im going to be able to pack out my bear whole, i MIGHT have to actually cut it up! whos gonna fund my rug?

yeah that M4 was sweet! if it would have gone for 1/2 that price i would have to go pick it up today! wow you guys got 5 rifles! thats sweet! did you see the guy win the browning citori and the kimber montana BACK TO BACK!!!!!! what rifle did u guys win?

that forky aint to bad! hes a toad of a fork!

i have been running between 1.5 and 2 miles with my fat dog 3-5 times a week. as well as lifting weights at my house. i am pretty active at work and am pretty strong as it is but i am working on gettin better. my main thing is i have been working on my legs! when i get the chances, i have been taking my dogs out and my pack with what i will carry in it when i hunt along with 10-20 extra pounds. i am gettin serious this hunting season as it is 80+ or bust so i am gettin ready for a tough hunt.

lark, i have a new name for ya... chistiso.... bullet placement is the number 1 no matter what. but something that i dont think has been pressed enough is bullet construction. Jim ( Coosefan) talked about his bullets not opening up, it dont matter if you drill a bull at 10000000 yards if the bullet doesnt do what its supposed to. i shoot out of my 270 and 270 wsm 140 accubonds. i killed a coues at 250 yards with the WSM and a lion at about 15-20 feet. the deer had small wholes coming in, and quarter to 50 cetn piece whols going out. lion same thing. even at over 3000 FPS the bullet held together and had controlled expansion. if you are looking at shooting that far, i would look at the 140 accubond, 130 interbond or TSX. they all have high ballistic coefficients and are known for good accuracy and dependable expansion ( no matter what chistiso says)

i got mine but fortunately, they did something right and sent me a november 36b tag, i was hoping they would spell november like this D_E_C_E_M_B_E_R but i was wrong, dang!

i have lived in AZ my whole life and never seen one! thanks!

i have the rino 110. it has a radio and GPS in one. the cool thing is if you are tlaking to some one on the radio who has the same unit, you can go directly to them, it shows u where they are. i love em!

Nope Tyler, my buck from last year is smaller! thanks for pointing it out Ernesto!

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