Thanks guys. I sent HSM an email. I will let you know what they say.
I did do a through cleaning of the rifle as one of the first steps. I used hoppes #9 followed by Sweets 7.62 until the blue green stopped followed up with a hoppes patch to clean out the ammonia based sweets.
Thanks for the ideas. i am going to send HSM a note with the lot numbers of both batches of ammo and see what they say. Cowboy i am trying to get my hands on some of the original stuff. i gave a couple boxes to a buddy and I believe he still has it. I shot all mine up to keep the two lots...
I am hoping someone can provide some insight on what changed for me. I bought a savage 260 rem about 5 years ago and wanted to shoot 130 gr berger VLD's. HSM loads Bergers so I ordered a couple boxes. The factory HSM shooting 130gr vld hunting bergers grouped about MOA maybe a bit better. I...
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I have the MT hardware hoopster and the design seems far superior to a standard teepee. One cylindrical pole gives you a lot more usable space with a small weight increase.
Assuming this is cash outside of retirement savings and emergency fund you should pay cash for a $7,000 to $10,000 vehicle invest $7,500 and use $2,500 to go on one or more great hunts.
I put an adjustable Williams rear peep https://www.amazon.com/Williams-FP-99S-Sight-Target-Knobs/dp/B01NB1ILI4 that was tall enough to overcome the front sight height. I didn't end up using the adjustment knobs in the fields but they could act like a CDS turret if you wanted.
I sent in a set of SLC 10*42 that I had had for about 10 years. They suddenly became unusable with the focus spinning freely. Swaro identified the problem said that it was caused by dropping them. and fixed if for $300. I certainly have dropped by binoculars been bucked off a horse with them...
I put the lee shaver insert on for a nevada hunt last fall and it is definitely worth it. everything else covers way to much of the target. you can also learn to use a 6 oclock hold and a fine post. the fine crosshair sight was just like a scope for me.
I hunt the big belts a fair amount. Lots of big bulls on the south end, also a lot of private. you will likely need to be north of deep creek (highway 12) to benefit from packing in. Good luck.
MT now allows you to purchase points as long as you are at least 1 year old even for species during a waiting period. I tried to purchase points for my twins last fall but the system could not handle an age of zero so FWP would not allow me to purchase the points.
MN public,
I plan to use the 4% rule - take 4% of the amount of invested retirement $ every year to live on. The theory is your investment should make 7% and the 3% will be reinvested to keep up with inflation. This should allow you to live forever. I would like around 2 mill invested to be...