Recent content by buffybr
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7MM-08, max range for deer/elk?
I almost weekly practice with my .223 and .308 out to 430 yds, and have verified the CDS settings on all of my hunting rifles at 100 yd intervals out to 430 yds, but even with my 7mm RM and .300 Wby I limit my shots on game animals to 350 yds. Although I did shoot a gemsbok in South Africa at... -
Question for the 30 cal guys
Like others have posted, it depends on what you are shooting at and what your rifle likes. My .308s like 150 and 158 gr Hornady Match bullets. My .30-06 liked 150 gr Hornadys for deer and antelope and 180 gr Sierras for elk. My .30 Gibbs liked 180 gr Partitions for elk and moose. My .300 Wby... -
painting a rifle stock
I've done several. Basically an undercoat of black or grey, then white spiderweb with Krylon Marbelizing. Practice a few strokes with the marbelizing on a sheet of cardboard first to find the right speed to get the pattern that you want. My .300 Wby vanguard with it's "foul weather"... -
Blending powders
Would his initials be "PS"? I had a PH in South Africa that blended (or layered) powders in his 7mm RM, but I've never tried it, or know anyone that has done it. I once emptied the powder in my powder thrower into the wrong powder can and ended up with some very expensive lawn fertilizer.- buffybr
- Post #53
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Newfoundland Moose
I did a combo moose/caribou hunt in Newfoundland in September of 2019. We drove to camp from Gander, and the camp was along a new high voltage cross country power line. We basically road hunted off an ATV. We didn't see any caribou, and the 3 bull moose that we saw had smaller antlers than...- buffybr
- Post #24
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Other Big Game .... Let's see them!!!
I've only seen 2 bobcats in the wild. The first one was 50 some years ago when they were still a predator. I was elk hunting, glassing from the top of a cliff and one came out at the bottom. A 180 gr Sierra Gk from my .30-06 hit him a little high and didn't leave much of his head to have...- buffybr
- Post #65
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Other Big Game .... Let's see them!!!
Looking back at my previous posts I see that I missed a few... South Africa Texas- buffybr
- Post #58
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Other Big Game .... Let's see them!!!
6 A 150 gr FMJ bullet from a .308 Win that I borrowed form from the outfitter. On a following trip I loaded a box of 150 gr FMJ bullets for my .300 Wby to use for the small critters. The last night of that trip, we sat in a hide overlooking an open area where they threw the inedible parts of...- buffybr
- Post #52
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Other Big Game .... Let's see them!!!
OK, here's the stuffed version :D- buffybr
- Post #50
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Other Big Game .... Let's see them!!!
Montana Colorado Alaska Zimbabwe South Africa- buffybr
- Post #33
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Other Big Game .... Let's see them!!!
New Zealand Azerbaijan Canada, NWT Quebec Mozambique- buffybr
- Post #32
- Forum: Other Big Game
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What are you currently reloading?
I shoot 3 or 4 rounds of Skeet every week, so I have an ongoing project every week of loading the shells that I shot the previous week. At a loading rate on my Hornady 366 loader of 5 minutes a box, that's only 15-20 minutes of loading time. A couple of weeks ago I bought a mold for 300 gr...- buffybr
- Post #332
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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NM sheep tag out bid.
I don't know if that would apply or that he was very picky for the ram that he wanted, and had the money to do it.- buffybr
- Post #24
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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NM sheep tag out bid.
Yes, a number of years ago the Montana governor's ram tag sold for somewhere in the 300K range, the buyer didn't find the ram that he wanted, so he came back the next year and bought the tag again.- buffybr
- Post #22
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
