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Thanks all! Glad I had a couple of strong, young fellows to help me on that hunt.

Guy

Sometimes 40 seems like a long time ago. Other times, it's like it was just yesterday. I like the forum title, I just need to remember to get here more often. Haven't been shooting my 204 a lot, did shoot one rockchuck on a walking-varmint hunt last summer. The 35 grain Berger did a fine job. :) Inh...

Thanks. My son and I should get out for another hunt at the pheasant club soon.

Guy

Obtained an elk depredation permit to take one cow elk. With the help of two fit young men, I managed to stalk close enough for a 405 yard shot in a stiff crosswind with my 30-06 Remington 700. Results were good, and the meals so far have been excellent. The stalk was pretty tough, several miles of ...

Thanks. It was a short and simple hunt. And yes, the meals from that doe have been very good.

Regards, Guy

I don't do as much varmint shooting as I would like, my 204 often just hangs out in the safe, waiting patiently to be put back in use.

I'm good with 20 cal anything. We already have areas for big game and such.

Regards, Guy

Always loved hunting birds with my dad. These days I love hunting upland birds with my son. He started when he was much younger, but now in his 30's he enjoys hunting birds, particularly pheasant with me and with our dog. Anymore I generally use an 80-90 year old Remington 32 over & under 12 gau...

Well sadly this year my son struck out on his regular season mule deer hunt. He has an astoundingly accurate 7mm Rem Mag Bergara rifle and we were hoping he'd tag a nice buck this year. No luck. I had a late-season doe tag and though the hunt was in open sagebrush & bitterbrush country, I decide...

Guy : Good to see you back here on the forum, and nice to see you getting out after one of our favorite varmints. Your comment about favorite powders missing in the inventory rings true also. If there was ever a time to lay in significant amounts of our favorite powders, it has past. Prices now are...

Thought I should share a very nice 223 load that I recently wrote about. Used Gavin's "223 Trainer" rifle to test it and shot a .053" three-shot group at 100 yards. It was gratifying to have a handload shoot so well. Link goes to the article and video: https://ultimatereloader.com/202...

stubshaft wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 11:18 pm Thank you for both the great article and the video.

Your're welcome. It was a fun video to make. We've covered a lot of different cartridges on Ultimate Reloader. I've got another video in the works re the 223 Remington with an exceptionally accurate load.

Regards, Guy

Guys - I've been having a lot of fun lately, loading for and shooting the 204 Ruger: Recently I've been loading and shooting the little 204 Ruger a bit. The link goes to both my written article and the video as well: https://ultimatereloader.com/2022/05/15/have-a-need-for-speed-try-the-204-ruger/ Lo...

Rick - good to see that you're getting the rifles out! :) Yesterday I took my 204 / CZ 527 for a walk in the hills. Popped a rockchuck at 135 yards from standing, using the bog-bod tripod as a rest. Chucky was quite a bit below me, down in a big ravine. The 35 grain Berger FBHP did what it always do...

The CZ 527's are missed! Great rifles.

Guy

I was hoping that I could get H380 to stack these in an acceptable group. Wasn't to be. Will still try some different powders as they become available. That's the fun right. Was also a .243 not 6 rem. Guy, Really have been enjoying your guest appearances on Ultimate Reloader. Keep it up an also Gav...