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I shoot H1000 in my 257 weatherby, and I am working on a load with it for my 7mm Rem Mag now. I really like H1000.

I didn't used to pickup my hulls but wasn't taught to and didn't know the error in my ways. I have learned the error of my ways and now always take out more than I shoot.

I took Thursday off work and will be out at first light hoping all goes well.

If you need a spot let me know. They are out past Wickenburg but if you dont have a spot I can help.

It's a good thing I spent all my rifle month or this would have to follow me home.

There is a Fry's gas station with diesel on the same road as the Safeway, but you would have to back track if you are taking the I-17 to the I-40 and cutting up the east side of flag that way. The Safeway is probably the easiest to get access to off that route.

If you sit there with your horn blowing I bet they would let you by so.you would stop scaring all the deer away from the road.

I would love to have a 257 roberts AI as a kids rifle, and for me as I become and older man... I already don't like crazy recoil so a 257 AI would be light, sweet, and handy to carry and shoot later in. For now the 257 weatherby and 7mm Rem mag are what I am working with. Right now the 6.5x55 is the back up rifle or rifle I will carry if the ranges are shorter or the hikes are longer. I am afraid my hunting buddy is going to steal it and carry it this elk season instead of his 3006.

I have an Older Swedish Mauser sporterized by Kimber in 6.5x55 that my kids will probably start on. I like less popular chamberings though so my kids will likely not shoot alot of the mainstream calibers. I picked up a Ruger M77 in 7x57 mauser for the main purpose of it being the rifle for my second son.

Both are great. I do love my quarter bore though.

Pics?

Dang, I didn't know those Ruger 10/22 Mags were worth so much now. Crazy.

The only issue I have ever seen with HSM ammo was in my buddies .270. He had there factory loaded rounds with berger VLD's and the bullet would jamb into the lands hard. He had a Ruger American rifle and he could chamber and shoot rounds, but if he had to eject an unfired round the bullet would pull out of the case and dump the powder inside his gun, and he obviously still had the bullet jammed in the barrel. They had to knock it out with a cleaning rod. He did this twice before he ditched that box of ammo.

If you bought at Discount Tire just keep bitching to the next guy up the chain. They will make it right. Have you put your truck on a scale to confirm that 9,900lb weight is actual weight? I would be willing to bet your actual curb weight is less than that even if it is a diesel. You are probably in the 7-8K range and more of that weight will be on the front tires because of the weight of the diesel. Realistically your trailer should only add about 1,000-1,500lbs of payload to your truck because the tongue weight is the only weight the tires are supporting. The other 10,000 lbs should be supported by the trailer's tires. Make sure your tongue weight isn't to high and you most likely won't have too many issues, but E rated is the way to go on all trucks over 1/2 ton IMO. Harley

I run E's on my 3/4 ton truck. I ran D's in the past when I was running a lot of highway miles with no loads and it was fine, but now that I have the potential to tow more often I always use E rated.

I have not been down there in a few years, and I hunted high when I did. I didn't see to much up there, but the area definitely had deteriorated since I was there last about 15 years ago. I was definitely carrying extra ammo just because and I had my something with a 30rd mag around when I was at camp. 1911 in a shoulder holster with spare mags opposite. There were also 4 of us to help keep an eye on each other. We stayed in pairs at a minimum. Except the morning we dropped a guy on water and he had a pre-dawn stand off with a set.of eyes in the dark. It was a doe. He thought it might be a bear. He had my 44 mag so he was ready. Harley

Came out of my dad's 2006 ram 2500 cummins. Looks ok, just needs a cleaning. $40obo Looks like this one. http://www.knfilters.com/mobile/air_filter/2005/dodge/ram_2500_pickup/5.9l Harley

FL size it, and try different dies if that doesn't work. I am. It a huge fan of hornady dies. I have a few sets and like even the standard RCBS dies better.

I don't go to black bear country with less than my 38 super. I wouldn't set foot in grizzly country with anything less than a HOT 44 mag load. The only reason I would even think about a 10mm is fast follow up shots and mag capacity. I would prob have a 12ga and a wheel gun though knowing me.

I think I am going to take opening day off and hope my spot out Wickenburg way is a little hotter than last year.

I picked up a couple used Badlands packs on here not long ago for good pricing. I haven't used them yet but just from trying them on and such they are comfortable and everyone swears by Badlands. I picked up an older 2200 which is a nice size pack, and I also picked up a Summit that is pretty darn big pack. I am giving the 2200 to my hunting buddy and using the Summit for myself. The summit is so big I don't know what to do with all the room in it. I picked them up though so my hunt buddy and I can start looking at doing overnight and 2-3 day hunts possibly. I have never done that before and I am interested in trying it some before I get to old. Harley

A buddy of mine spent half an hour washing his roommates dogs mouth Wednesday after it got into some toads. He is out in Wittman. Luckily it was only 1 of the dogs and he caught it pretty quick.

If you don't like the trigger get a Timney ASAP. It really helped tighten up my groups and make everything more repeatable. The gun with a good load was capable of MOA roughly. The trigger helped me get it Sub-MOA. I have shot under 4" groups at 500 yards and almost 1/2" groups at 100. This is a an all stock gun beside the trigger, nothing fancy. Weatherby Vanguard Series 1 in .257 Weatherby with leupold ring and a redfield Revolution 3x9 scope. Factory barrel, stock, etc. The only thing not stock is the loads and trigger. I do shoot it a lot though. I have probably 600-800 rounds through it currently.

I put a timney in my Weatherby Vanguard gen 1. It is a Howa 1500 basically. It works great.

Harris 13"-27" all the way.