Recent content by rondaxe

I have a Savage Hog Hunter in .308 and it is a very accurate rifle. I handload and if I do my part it shoots sub-moa at 100yds, and I'm 67 yrs. old so that's saying something about the gun.

I have a Savage Hog Hunter in 308. I live in NY so I don't know anything about putting a suppressor on it. I bought it because it has open sights so if I'm at my camp two and a half hours from home and something happens to the scope I can pop it off and still hunt. It's very accurate and overall...

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Thanks for the answers. According to what I interneted it is a full size 20ga. frame. It was either made in 1978 or 96,

Looking at a 20 ga. 870 barrel for my sons gun. It's a 20 ga. Wingmaster 2 3/4" chamber but the barrel I'm looking at is a 2 3/4" or 3" barrel. Looks like a 870 Express barrel, it's the dark Matte finish. Would there be a problem using it on a 2 3/4 inch receiver?

Your wife did it. They can be evil at times.

I'm no expert on anything,(just ask my wife), but YouTube is your friend in this case. There are plenty of F Class shooters, Eric Cortina comes to mind, with videos that will help.

Trimming brass. Other than that I find reloading very therapeutic.

Savage Hog Hunter 308.

I got to thinking about it and I've never killed a deer with anything other than a Remington Cor-Lokt bullet in my 30-06. I killed my first deer with my own reloads seven years ago and use 165 gr. Core-Lokts over 54 gr. of Win. 760 and it kills real dead real quick.

Sage is right about the recoil in the Rem. 760. Mine kicks like a country mule. It has a narrow stock and a hard plastic butt plate. When I take it to the range I have a slip on recoil pad I use. I've never had any issues with extractions and I've run a lot of different handloads thru it. I...

A Garand load at 46 grs.of IMR 4895 is for a 150 gr. FMJ bullet. The lowest starting load I could find for IMR 4895 with a 165 gr. jacketed bullet was 48 grs. with just a little over 2700 ft. so 2400 ft. with 46 grs. with a 165 gr. bullet may be about right.

Most of my deer have been taken with a Remington 760 30-06 or my Remington 870 12 ga. Both pumps. 54 grains of Winchester 760 and a Remington 165 gr. Cor-Lokt shoots 1" groups at a hundred yards, if I do my part, which I do most of the time.

I don't own a tumbler and don't plan on getting one. Just another piece of equipment I don't have room for. I wash my brass using something very similar to the NRA formula and then dry in the oven. Is it shining like being tumbled? No. Do I care? No. Shiney brass doesn't help that bullet go down...

You're not supposed to sell a gun. Once you own it you own it forever!!