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This deer hunter was a little intimidated by the prospect of possibly shooting a 700+ pound animal when I went elk hunting. Chose my 7mm Rem mag, but loaded it up with those long & deadly 175 grain Nosler Partitions at about 2930 fps. Warm load. :D The Nosler worked just fine and I took a dandy ...

Great photos! Thanks!

What a great grin on his face! You guys did well.

Congratulations, Guy

Critter and Rick, those are a couple of beauties! Thanks for posting the photos. Ray, that Anschutz sounds like one heck of a rifle... They're shooters!

Regards, Guy

I had a very nice Ruger Number One varminter in .25-06, that's the model with the heavier barrel and a different scope mounting system. The previous owner had also massaged the trigger a bit. It was one heck of a shooter, with no problem beating .5" at 100 yards with 100 grain Sierra SPBT Gamek...

That gentlemen, is one huge elk! Makes mine look like a puppy...

Am a big fan of the 7mm Remington mag and have used it on critters from coyote to big bull elk. Over the years I've worked up several good loads but a favorite was given to me by the good folks at the Sierra Tech Line: 65 grains of Reloader 22, a Federal 215 mag primer, and their 160 grain SPBT Game...

Nice shooting and good photos. Thanks! The little 85 gr Sierra performed about as I'd expect: dead deer and little bullet left. Works out just fine!

Quite a few of those deer there?

Regards, Guy

Bones - if you're carrying for self defense, it would be real smart to take a basic defensive handgun course from a qualified instructor. Knowing when and how to use the gun is a lot more important than if you're packing a Ruger or a Kimber or a Sig or a Glock or whatever. Any good, reliable defensi...

Hey congratulations on the tag - that's got to be a tough one to draw! I hope you're not contemplating a long shot in a 50 mph crosswind. Drawing on a lot of long-range shooting experience, I'd say that's pretty much impossible under field conditions. Depending of course on what you mean by long ran...

When I get results like that top picture - I'm the culprit. Looks like three shots almost on top of each other and one way out to the right? Am I reading that right? Rem 700 triggers are pretty easy to tune, and also very easy to replace. A good trigger can make a huge difference in group size. Rem ...

nzs204 - I think you've found the perfect rabbit bullet - for folks who want to eat their rabbits! No damage, just a dead rabbit... Cool.

Excellent! What a great looking rifle... Dang... I've been day dreaming about a Cooper... Now it's going to get worse!

I'm with Rick. Five shots for varmint rifles. Three shots for sporter-weight big game rifles. The big powder charges heat up the skinny barrels pretty fast. For my match rifle, I have to shoot 20 round strings in competition, so I often shoot 10-round groups at longish ranges to test. The real test ...

Picked up a good looking Rem 700 CDL in .300 RUM, spring of 2006. It was just too good a deal to pass up. Great looking rifle, with a trigger that needed attention. It sat around for a while, while I gathered the supplies needed to load it, along with data, from all the usual sources as well as info...