Recent content by JakeSCH

Yuk!! I hear they let lions run rampant out there...watch your six.

Yeah i would agree. 7 PRC is only beneficial if you are going factory gun / factory ammo and want to kill at a long way off. You would appreciate this one!! My cow is on top! It is great to be able to get to them in a truck.

I would rather go with a 22 creed or a 22 UM - put those light weight bullets over 4000 fps...

I feel that right now! I figured a year of sacrifice for long term benefit is worth it and who knows...maybe I will be able to sneak away for a short cow hunt.

They all will work, keep velocities high. McGuire seems to have the best "proven" BC. Hammers have always performed well for me and tons of people use barnes.

Yeah they have a ton of good evidence over there. Talked with form quite a few times and basically everything I believed was non-evidence based / old school gun writers. I still like bigger / faster calibers for mono's though I think a 7 or 300 is about perfect. You have less margin for error...

Sadly elk are likely not on the menu this year. With the new business hunting will be limited for this year.

Yeah I get what you are saying. I was referring more to elk or deer. For a big brown bear I would feel more comfortable with my 338 too. Though a 6.5 would work, I would feel much better going into that alder patch with 300 gr projectiles.

John you got me down the rabbit hole with your 6.5 saum and the 140 bergers on elk. Lol I personally wouldn’t use the 223 but evidence is there. Being able to spot impacts and quick follow up shots is important. I don’t do that well with my 338.

In a way, most calibers are redundant. Like was previously said, bullets matter more then caliber. ELDX, ELDM, TMK in that 6.5 will kill an elk every single time you put it in its lungs. No need for anything bigger, but that doesn't mean you can't. I have 338 RUM, 3 300 WM, 6.5 PRC, and a 7...

Nice! Take a look at the rokstock, it is basically a stockystock version of the gunwerks clymer with some mods.

What are you going to build. I am going back and forth between a 6-6.5 PRC, 6-6.5 SAUM IMP, and a 6-7PRC.

I have been MIA recently on this site. Bought an autoshop (MIT Drivetrain Specialists in El Cajon) and running that while working my other job full time...with 3 little ones keeping me busy!! @Stikbrandon good shooting for sure. Putting 3 in less than 1/4" makes me happy. One thing to note...

I have found with hammers just load them up in 1gr increments until you hit pressure. Back of 1 gr and mess with crimp setting for cleaning up ES / SD and 100y group size. Hammers are an easy button, no need to over think it. Though my only difference between what I do with hammers and...

Do you have pictures to share? How was the meat ruined? Did he break the knuckle and send bone fragments everywhere? I am also impressed if a hammer ruined a bunch of meat at 400 yards...would love to see pictures of that too.