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That's awesome. I bet you guys had a blast out there chasing them with a bow. Sounds like she's getting hooked. Good luck on the elk draw.

Just finished my first build - 6.5x284 Norma. A little work left to do but it shoots fantastic. Perfect for deer/antelope but maybe a little too light for elk, IMO.

If you want a cool wildcat, 7mm STW is something I think would be a really fun build.

Awesome bow, great price.

Seems a lot of magnum brass is nearly impossible to find. I've been looking for Remington or Winchester .270 WSM & .300 WSM. All I can find is Nosler and Norma for over $2.00 each - ouch.

That's awesome. Love the story! My favorite part is "Might not be the best story but it is mine,lol!" Perfect, and congrats!

Had a blast last weekend. Our first archery double.

Really sorry to hear that. Looks like a good hit too! Hopefully the birds will lead you to him.

Awesome buck. Love those deep forks.

That's awesome. I've tried grunts before with no success - congrats, and thank you for your service!

Wow! That's just amazing. Huge congrats finding bulls like that on the late hunt and getting these guys on them. Fantastic job and huge congrats all around.

That's an awesome bull, especially for a late hunt.

Nice!

Awesome job sticking with the trail and finding that amazing buck. True hunter right there.

Merry Christmas, and congratulations on a stellar buck. Making a shot like that, let alone passing so many bucks takes a lot of dedication and patience. I'm very happy for your hard earned success.

I've been reloading quite a while now for quite a few different rifles with a lot of the same characteristics. I've experimented with a lot of different powders over that time as well and keep coming back to what appears to be as close to "universal" powders as they come. At the low end, I load for 25-05, which is essentially a .270 with a smaller bullet. At the top end, .300 WSM (.300 Wby Mag for years). I'm always intrigued by the variety of different loads in the different manuals but pretty much everything I reload for seems to cluster around IMR 4350 - H4831, with some variations. In both powders I've heard H4350 is exactly the same as IMR4350, same with IMR4831 vs H4831 vs H4831sc, with the minor exception of shape and size of the granules. At the same time, I see a lot of people who love Alliant R19 and R22 and Varget for the same types of guns. The cool thing about reloading is that you have almost full control over all the variables that go into making your gun shoot just right. But the variables seem almost overwhelming at times. Even if you know what brass, powder, bullets and primers your gun likes, tiny things like 47.5 grains vs 48.5 grains or a few thousands of an inch in the COAL make a huge difference. Won't get into all those topics just yet, but just wanted to know what powders have given the best results from the reloaders here.

I've had Harris bipods on my rifles since I started hunting coues a long time ago, and they are really good for the most part. Sometimes it's tough to get exactly level if you are on uneven ground - I've even tilted it up on shot on one leg which isn't ideal. On my latest youth hunt I took along a borrowed tri-clawps. If you can handle the extra weight, these things are amazingly stable. You can adjust to any height, get perfectly level and the rifle is balanced at the center point. I'll definitely be carrying one from now on. I like to carry a shooting stick for quick stuff, keep the harris mounted for times when you have to get prone or sitting fast and the tri-clawps for long range shooting when you have time to really get set up for a 400+ yard shot.

Awesome job, Scott, and fantastic write up. Huge congrats and thanks for sharing the stories here.

After a couple rainy, windy days with very little deer movement, Nick put this guy down at 400 yards with one shot.

Those are awesome packs. I finally upgraded all 3 of my sons to that pack because it does it all and has a lifetime warranty, regardless of where you bought it.

For sure, PM Shedhunteraz.

Best glass ever. That's a newer model. Great deal for someone.

I just want to see all these giant bucks you guys are talking about. I've seen the bundy buck that was around 290 but where are the rest? I don't do facebook so let's post 'em up!

Just got a pic of Brec Bundy's strip buck. What an absolute toad. I don't have permission to repost the pix but that buck has it all and then some.

I'm thinking that Nosler is putting out some wildcats that they can market as high performance rifles similar to what a custom shop would build. The 28 Nosler is interesting in that, as Lark pointed out, just a 7MM mag. It's a non-belted fat brass. So Remington put out the RUM family built on the 404 Jeffery case necked down. Had some success but nobody really flocked to them. In a lot of ways the 28 Nosler is like a 7mm Ultra Mag in terms of brass and powder capacity. Getting rid of the belted cases might make it easier to reload but certainly not cheaper. Brass will cost around $2.70 per round - just the brass. Remember when nobody wanted to shoot Weatherby with factory ammo because it cost $50-$70 a box for premium Weatherby ammo? So in my opinion, the 28 Nosler is a way overpriced 7MM Mag. The 26 Nosler is even more interesting. I've been loading for a 6.5x284 Norma with a wide range of powders. Typical loads are around 47 grains in IMR4350, H4831sc, etc and it's considered a barrel burner. The 26 Nosler uses 72 - 92 gr. of powder. You get 3-400 extra FPS but at what cost? I'm old, so FPS means little to me. I want accurate. Blowing 80-90 grains of powder behind a 6.5 bullet to get some extra velocity seems contrary.