What a beauty William Christy! I've heard tales that this fine specimen of a boom stick has accounted for more dead critters than any break action on the planet. If this is true pray tell, throw in some fine German glass (non of that cheap Conquest shiz) to sweeten the offer and only a fool...
I've thought about the Ackley Improved version, but from what I've read the velocity gain is minimal. I'll have to research that some more. The guy who runs the site ballisticstudies.com speaks very highly of the Improved version. Dunno anything about the Brown version.
Thanks for the advice, Ben! That looks awesome btw. The Oberndorf style is very cool. What grain Barnes TTSX are you shooting? I was thinking of trying some 200 grain Hammers once it's finished.
Gents, this is what I'm thinking for this rifle...
Send the barrel off to JES like T Bone was gonna do and have it rebored to 35 Whelen. I had Jesse at JES rebore my grandad's old Win Model 70 in 7 Mag to 338 Win Mag and it's a shooter. Before the rebore job the throat had worn out and I was...
My smith in Plains, MT built a .284 Win for me over a year ago and it exceeded my expectations. It shoots lights out with 143 grain Hammer Hunters. I went with the Gentry 3 position safety.
Since squatch are most definitely bipedal like humans, I would aim for center mass. With that being said, I've never considered the Achilles heel shot. I think you might be onto something with that one.
I few years ago I was reading the FWP survey statistics for a moose unit I dream of drawing. Average amount of days hunted was like three among several tag holders and no tag was filled. With the $10 put in fee that's what you get.