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Minimum Elk Caliber. what do you think it is.
About a year ago I replied to that thread simply saying "There are better choices" and I got royally flamed. I'm a .30 caliber guy, but one of my quickest elk kills was on my 2nd best 6x6 bull that just dropped dead where he was standing with a 117 gr Sierra GameKing bullet from my .257 Ackley... -
Why & what do you handload?
I bought my first centerfire rifle in 1967, a Herter's .30-06 barreled action and a semi-inletted stock. As a 21 year old college student, I also bought a Herter's C press, dies, and balance scale and started reloading mainly to save money. After I got back from Vietnam in 1970, I bought my...- buffybr
- Post #48
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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How to trap a skunk?
Many years ago I lived in a trailer court on the edge of town. One year I shot a deer and hung it from a pole tripod next to my trailer. The town had a dog leash law, but there were still dogs running loose, and one or more of them were biting my deer. I told my neighbors that I was going to...- buffybr
- Post #20
- Forum: Other Small Game
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Scope for 22-250
For almost 40 years I've had a 10x40 Weaver on my .22-250. Last month I replaced it with a Leupold VX Freedom 4-12x40 CDS scope. So far I've only zeroed it at 100 yds and haven't dialed it in on any longer yardages. -
Leupold scopes love or hate em?
I've finally "upgraded" to Leupold scopes on all of my hunting rifles, .22 LR up to .375 RUM. One has their B&C reticle, all the rest have CDS turrets that I have field zeroed at 100, 200, 300, and 430 yds and painted white hash marks for those yardages on the top of the turrets. The .22 LR... -
Hang a bear rug?
I like them with their head down so you can see the face/mouth. I've had this one in my stairwell for almost 50 years. Hung with small flat head nails through the hide and backing.- buffybr
- Post #14
- Forum: Other Big Game
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How far have you gone to use your elk trimmings?
I've been doing all of my "at home" wild game butchering since 1965 when I shot my first deer. I used to save and eat the heart and liver, but now they go into the dog food bucket. Even for my burger meat, I trim off anything white and as much silver skin as I can, and that all goes into the...- buffybr
- Post #11
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Vortex 10x42 Ranger HD 3000 Laser Rangefinding Binocular
Last month, just before going on our 25th anniversary trip to Hawaii, I used my Cabela's points and a couple of their gift cards and bought a pair of these binoculars. The lanai of the condo that we stayed in overlooked a sparsely populated hillside and a 2 mile long beach. The island that... -
The Rifle you haven’t shot in a long, long time…but should!
Back in 1996, I won a .270 rifle at our annual gun club picnic "Top Gun Shoot" (a combination of scores from .22 LR and centerfire rifle and pistol targets along with a line of 16 yd Trap and Skeet). I took it home, mounted a 4x Weaver scope on it and worked up 4 shot Moa load for it, and it's... -
Antelope and Rattlesnakes
In over 40 years of antelope hunting in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, I've only encountered rattlesnakes once. I was hunting in NE Montana, and as my Golden Retriever and I crossed a small coulee, there was about a 2-1/2 foot rattlesnake coiled and rattling just in front of me on the other... -
7mm Rem Mag Powder
Just because a loading manual or manufacturer's website does not list a certain bullet does not mean that bullet won't work, it just means that they didn't test it. From the Hodgdon load data website: 7mm RM, 162 gr Hdy BTSP bullet, IMR 4831 powder 58.2 gr 2700 fps 61.8 gr 2877 fps 3.6...- buffybr
- Post #6
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Anyone else hunt with a .257 Roberts?
My first centerfire rifle was a Herter's .30-06 that I put together in 1967. I used that rifle for everything from prairie dogs to elk for the next 10 years when I had it rechambered to .30 Gibbs, just because I liked the looks of the Gibbs case, for my primary elk rifle. One of my first...- buffybr
- Post #33
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Unnecessary but...
Pins are a PIA to get out of .223 and .22-250 brass.- buffybr
- Post #5
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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35 Whelen vs 7mm Mag
To answer th OP's question, I would say to use the 7mm RM because he is familiar with that rifle. Bullet placement is more important than bullet diameter, both options will easily kill an elk. My first centerfire rifle was a .30-06 that easily kept my freezer full of elk meat. I later had it... -
What Ammo is This?
.22 LR shotshell w/ #10 shot Many, many years ago, I shot those at a Boy Scout Camp. They also had smooth bore .22 rifles for them.- buffybr
- Post #19
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Marcus’s Montana sheep hunt
Great video and Congratulations on a beautiful ram! You certainly put your time in on scouting and hunting him. It makes me wish that I was 40 years younger and that I had hunted them harder than I did back then.- buffybr
- Post #6
- Forum: Fresh Tracks+
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Spring Black Bear, May 2024.
Did you leave your .220 Swift here when you moved up north?;)- buffybr
- Post #21
- Forum: Other Big Game
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7MM-08, max range for deer/elk?
I almost weekly practice with my .223 and .308 out to 430 yds, and have verified the CDS settings on all of my hunting rifles at 100 yd intervals out to 430 yds, but even with my 7mm RM and .300 Wby I limit my shots on game animals to 350 yds. Although I did shoot a gemsbok in South Africa at... -
Question for the 30 cal guys
Like others have posted, it depends on what you are shooting at and what your rifle likes. My .308s like 150 and 158 gr Hornady Match bullets. My .30-06 liked 150 gr Hornadys for deer and antelope and 180 gr Sierras for elk. My .30 Gibbs liked 180 gr Partitions for elk and moose. My .300 Wby...
