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Is anyone loading the 139gr 7mm Hornday CX in 7mm-08?
The Ace Hardware near my house started carrying them for ~$0.80/ea, so I just picked up a box of 50. I have H4350, RL-16, and IMR4064 on hand, and Hornady and Hodgdon post data for those so I'll give them a shot. I'm curious what...
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I've never been quite satisfied with the accuracy of my Savage 16 LWH with the factory 20" 1:9.5 7mm-08 barrel, and have been looking at new barrel options. As much as I'd love to drop $1000+ on a premium tube, it's hard to stomach that in light of all the great guns that can be...
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Doing some spring cleaning, and looking to get rid of some components I no longer need.
Hornady ELD-X 7mm 162gr bullets, full 100ct box - $35 TYD
Nosler E-tip 7mm 150gr bullets 49ct total - 19 current model with the cannelure, 29 older model without the cannelure - $35 TYD
Nosler...
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Within the next few weeks (+/- depending on work stuffs) I'll be doing a side-by-side test to see if replacing my factory non-accustock with an accufit accustock makes my Savage 16 LWH more accurate. It's going to be fairly simple (20 rounds with the old stock v 20 rounds with the...
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This is a very nerdy stats question. Apologies.
I'm a research and data professional at my day job, and I've had a passion project in mind for awhile to write up an article on using statistical inference for choosing ammo (this would apply to both choosing between factory ammo...
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I've been trying to find ways to cheaply upgrade the stock on my Savage 116 Lightweight Hunter, and I'm a bit torn between getting a new-but-second-hand Accufit Accustock (≤$250 with aics bottom metal) and an MDT Field Stock ($299+tax&shipping). Both come with weight penalties...
Anyone have any favorite recipes for DIY dog food with game meat?
I have about 8-10lbs of perfectly-safe-but-a-little-less-than-tasty trim meat from a cow elk that I was planning on turning into dog food. I've already ground up some and mixed it into their regular food (Science Diet), but I...
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I am new to reloading, and I'm trying to figure out why I'm getting very inconsistent CBTO measurements (+/- 0.010 in some cases) when seating bullets. I'm working on three loads right now:
Hunting load option #1: 150gr Nosler E-tip over H4350
Hunting load option #2: 131gr Hammer...
My big game rifle is a Savage 16 Lightweight Hunter chambered in 7mm-08 (under a Nikon Prostaff 5 2.5-10x42), and now that I'm able to hand load and chronograph, I'm on a mission to up my precision a bit. The goal is to be able to confidently ring steel out to 800 yds or so, i.e., I want to be...
I'm new to reloading, so I've been rabidly consuming every bit of advice I can find online on the subject for the past two months or so.
And I just need to say for the record that a standard deviation on three data points (e.g., velocity for a three-shot group) is utterly and completely...
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I'm looking for advice on finding bears in late fall, after the berries are gone. Based on sign in the areas I've been hunting the past few years and my cameras, the bears seem to be plenty active through mid-november at least, even though the only berries from now on are...