Recent content by Airgead

Actually I tried. The Cabelas in Triadelphia, WV has a distribution center on the other side of the complex has more stock. In many cases, you can buy on order from the store and then zip across the street. Unfortunately they didn't have any there either.

So a 1lb canister of Varget came home with me from Cabelas. Sadly they were out of IMR3031 but I still love seeing a sizable stock on the shelf now after those few horrible years. So I'll have to make a trip out to Fin Feather Fur for IMR3031. But I've decided that I'm going to load some batches...

Didn't know that bit of powder lore. I will definitely get 3031 when I find it. If Cabelas doesn't have it, then it'll just give me another reason to go to Fin Feather Fur soon. Ah, the sacrifices for this hobby...

Maybe I'll look for Varget and 3031 at Cabelas.

I have a good load worked up for my dad's 336RC in .35 Rem. I had bought 4lbs of LVR for that and .30-30. The FTX for the .35 Rem shoots nice - 1"ish groups at 50yds. I did that after the .30-30 loads so I guess I now have a lifetime supply of LVR for that gun. they havent had a successful...

Yeah, mine is micro-groove too. I was wondering if that has something to do with the lack of accuracy I was seeing. I'm basically looking for reasonable accuracy between 50 - 100 yds. Where I hunt sometimes has some long downhill shooting possibilities. I picked this rifle up used about two...

I've tried off and on to develop a good load for a Marlin 336C (70s era) in .30-30 Winchester using Hornady FTX bullets (160gr) and LeveRevolution powder. I've worked through a variety of charge weights and the best grouping I've come up with is a little under 4". Factory Hornady LeveRevolultion...

I ended up getting two MidwayUSA Pro Series Gen 2 mats (https://www.midwayusa.com/product/342825/midwayusa-pro-series-gen-2-competition-shooting-mat) and we used them weekend before last at an Appleseed shoot. The width didn't end up being a problem for me - I could comfortably put out both...

Thanks everyone. I'm looking at these suggestions.

Do you have one of these? What are the elbow pads like? I am a little suspicious of the ones that look like they embed them in the mat rather than be a separate piece - at least based in the picture.

Looking for recommendations on some shooting mats that would suffice for what I'm calling non-average-sized shooters. My daughter and I are going to an Appleseed shoot later this year and I want to upgrade from the rug fragments we used last year to a real product because both of our elbows and...

Sounds like I need to take a lot closer look at .357 Magnum. Thanks for the thoughts everyone! Any further thoughts would always be welcome.

Ah, probably posting a list would have been helpful. In Ohio, it has to be a straight-walled cartridge and on a fixed list of approved calibers. Here's the relevant section from ODNR: Straight-walled cartridge rifles in the following calibers: .357 Magnum, .357 Maximum, .38 Special, .375 Super...

I am looking for some opinions or recommendations on a rifle and caliber that would be both legal for deer in Ohio and have reasonable recoil and other characteristics for youth hunting. I'm looking for something to get my 10 year old daughter started. Being from Pennsylvania, the usual go-to...

Can't say more than others have already said. RCModel helped me out with a few things in gunsmithing and reloading and of course his posts were always must-reads. He was a huge repository of knowledge and he'll be missed here and I am sure by his friends and family.