Red Rabbit

Will sell separately: Shotgun $325 shipped or f2f in Flag. Barrel $150 shipped. RR

Price lowered to $175 shipped. RR

You'd have to imagine it... cuz you'lll be looking up at the stars from your kiester ,or seeing stars, when the bullet hits

Does it index automatically, or manually?

The 2000 fps probably has to pertain to a minimum fps to produce adequate bullet expansion. Gotta agree with Lark that a gut shot deer is still gut shot even with a 300 Mangul-em, and poor shot placement ain't overcome easily by brute foot-pounds. The recoil of a more powerful rifle will most likely lead to poorer marksmanship. Knockdown? Who was that Taylor guy? RR

Mesquites, oaks and bluebonnets, yessir, it was home for a decade. TX is a good place to be. RR

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Remington 700 BDL 22-250 Heavy Barrel Glass bedded. Round count less than 1000. 0000 steel wool taken to stock to reduce shine. Purchased new 1985. Stock is in great shape aside from scratches on toe. Barrel has bluing removed in one spot. No rust. Leupold Vari-X III 6.5-20x40 AO Gloss, fine duplex, has scrape on AO dial and ring marks (most visible on front left, see pic). R prefix- mfg 1984, Stoney point turret added. Redfield 1-piece base and rings. Shoots 1/2"-3/4" 5-shot groups. Current load is 55 V-Max moly w/36.0gr IMR 4064 Will include about 150 bullets. $775 shipped conus to FFL Doug~RR

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I had my WSM action and barrel coated with Cerakote by Fit4Duty in Kansas. Cerakote is harder and more abrasion resistant than teflon or durakote. They also offer a microslick for the iaction insides and bore that cuts down on fouling and friction. Talk with Bill or Doug. I believe they just changed the company name but it is not yet refleced on the website. http://www.fit4duty.us/ Doug~RR

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Hornady New Dimension Dies, 270 Win, full length. $20 Shipped. Doug~RR

She sure looks like she enjoyed the catching. Glad to see that there is some water and trout again at that local hole. We were catching some 16" trout there back in 92. Any monster waterdogs caught? Doug~RR

I am carying Remington 4x6 Duplex 3" load this season. It patterned best in my shotgun. I worked in NM two years ago. Doug~RR

After cleaning with a solvent like Butch's Bore Shine or Shooters Choice to get the powder fouling out, good copper solvents are Sweets, Barnes CR 10 or Montana Extreme 50 BMG Copper Killer. Instead of a brass brush or jag, use a nylon brush or nickel plated jag with the copper remover as the ammonia will react with the copper in the brass and give a false blue reading. Also don't leave the copper remover inthe barrel for more than 15 minutes. WipeOut foam works well also. RR

Jason, If you just dial in the drop, you will hit very high. What you need to do is divide the drop by the yardage (in how many hundreds eg 450=4.5). Say if your bullet drops 25" at 450 yards, you would need to add 5.5" of elevation (25/4.5=5.5) to your 100 yard zero. This post on another site may help (or cornfuze ya). http://24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbth.../page/0/fpart/1 What I do is to zero my rifle at 100 yards, and set the turret dial to read zero. Using the ballistics program, I determine how many inches I would have to set the scope high at 100 yards in order to hit dead on at say 450 yards. I calculate and record these elevations every 50 yards out to however far I want to shoot, and then put this data with wind drift on a card which is taped to the stock. Don't forget to verify your drops at the range. Doug~RR

Bass, I feel that the 270 and 300 WSM are here for awhile. The 7WSM, SAUMs and WSSMs may pass away soon. If you reload, have no worries. The 270 WSM is one of the better coues cartridges. It'll give you just over 100 yards more range than the 270 Win due to the WSM's 200-250 fps MV advantage with equal bullets. Don't foget about the 257 WBY. I wish Winchester came out with a 25 WSM, but you could always have one made. RR

The 2007 edition of the Hunt Arizona book is available online, (as are the fall 2007 hunt regs). It gives survey data, some draw data and hunt results for the prior 5 years. http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/hunt_arizona.shtml I initially thought that the extension of the October WT hunts to 6 days would result in a higher harvest, but in looking at a few of the popular units, the % success and hunter days seems to stay about the same as prior years with the 4 day hunts. Another thing I noticed was the declining WT buck:doe ratio over a period of 50 years Doug~RR

The December 33 odds have been 6-8% for the past 5 years, after the number of permits was cut from 200 to 100. Kinda making me reconsider it as a choice.

Neighbor said last night that a couple of dogs died recently from rattler bites here in Flag. She was talking about a vaccine that you give a couple time a year and it extends the time you have to get the dog to the vet if bitten. She heard this as her Sussex Spaniel was at the vet for an ear infection. RR

Basically, with the regular target turrets, like on some Zeiss Conquests, Leupold target scopes, Nightforce, or with the added Stoney Point, you can use a ballistics program to determine how much elevation you need to dial into your scope for the ranged distance. Ballistic Plex reticles, like the Leupolds Boone & Crockett, TDS, or Burris' use a one size fits most approach, so you need to check at the yardages, and the scope usually has to bet set at a certain power, usually the highest, to work. A past discussion: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...t=0&start=0

Jason, Stoney Point makes a turret that fits the Vari X II and III's. It replaces the cap. I have them on my Leupolds for elevation. The only problem I have had is an Allen set screw on the dial loosened once. Doug~RR