GreyGhost85

Pm sent. I'll take one

**Brent Jacob Please forgive me. Next time i talk to Brent or his dad Dennis, I'll make sure to apologize to them.

I like to start with .030 or .040 off the lands. I think Berger recommends .040

The A Max is a rapid expanding hunting bullet but they have a high BC, comparable to a berger. I was a little skeptical on shooting an elk with them, but as you can see they worked exceptionally well. I would not recommend shooting an amax under about 190gns at an elk, but they work great on deer with any grain. I shot a coues with the same bullet this year at 500. It was a little messy and i probably won't do it again. I like the idea of tipped hunting bullets because of reliable expansion. Only downfall I have notices is the tips of the extra rounds in my magazine get deformed by recoil. I have shot the deformed ones downrange to see if it affects accuracy and the difference is minimal

Congrats. Those things must have some gigantic bodies

Brent Jacobs of Western Precision rifles puts one on that would be hard to beat

I spend 300+ days a year in 26m. Beat that

I'm thinking this is a joke? I think 27 is hands down the "biggest", wildest unit. Gotta be fewer roads than any other and a LOT of wilderness area. I spend 30+ days a year exploring 27 and have been for a lot of years and there is still a lot of country i haven't touched

I have a similar tent and made a wooden box to put everything in. A bit heavy, but as heavy as those tents are, i think a canvas bag would probably tear?

Here is a slug i pulled out of an elk this weekend. Shot was similar distance (650 yards). Bullet entered behind the shoulder and was under the skin in front of the opposite hip. Probably retained 70% of the weight. The main reason i don't shoot bergers is because to load them long enough to shoot good, my rifles would have to be single shots. The bullet recovered was a 285gn A-max. Not really fair comparing that to a 180gn shot from an '06, but that is exactly how i like bullets to perform. I want them to leave all that energy in the animal and expand while holding a good percentage of weight

Easiest thing to do is stop by a G&F office. They'll get you squared away

Feelin lazy. Post the link?

....still tuned in. Can't wIt until the name comes out

Tuned in to this thread. might get pretty juicy. been a while since we had a good 10 pager!

pretty sure there is a slug gun for sale in the classifieds right now. might be a few pages back

After watching my 338 lapua hammer 2 elk this weekend, i think you would be hard pressed to find a more effective elk round

That is poor performance. I just watched a spike elk get hosed with a 285 amax out of my 338 lapua. I can guarantee it expanded

Kuiu softshell teton is a great jacket. I have a lot of kuiu stuff, and it's my favorite. I also have to pelotan 200 and it's a pretty good mid layer. For the money, kuiu teton is hard to beat

that was a great read. i love hunting off pack animals in wilderness areas. hunted that same area a couple times and it is some rough stuff

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i would bet that you are dealing with a velocity issue. only way to true your velocity is shooting it at a lot of different ranges and writing down what you had to adjust you. once you get a good idea, mess around with your velocity in the app until your numbers line up. read through Lance's write up and follow what he says. He knows more about ballistics than most of us could hope to learn in a lifetime

Maybe try wearing a shirt?

Wait, you deleted your last post saying you changed your mind on the deal? Hmmm

if you'v never killed a decent buck, he's a good place to start. probably right around 80"

then you move back to Russia, Communist...