SmallCaliberCentral

Whatever works BEST in your application. I have a little of everything, but a lot of Hodgdon powder...especially from the "extreme" flavors. They are supposed to be better in the not so temperature sensitive arena. I work up loads in the heat....and shoot the loads year round. +1 For the ...

The two most accurate rifles I own are a Remington 700VS in 223 and a Savage LRPV in 204. Needed to work on the Remington trigger a bit; the Savage was perfect at 1/2# out of the box. If I had to pick one it would be the Savage 'cause it's ready to go right out of the box.

Aging is NOT for sissies!

I've got a 35 Whelen Ackley Improved I had built in the 90s using a 1903 Springfield action and a Shilen 22" barrel. It shoots 250 grain bullets at just under 2700 fps and works nicely on elk.

I've loaded for about eight different 270 rifles over the years. Winchesters (pre and post 64), Remington, Ruger, Kimber and Browning. Every one that I tried it in (all but one) liked the Hornady 130 SP Interlock and 60.0 H-4831. I have also had success with the Hornady 140 BTSP Interlock using RL-2...

H335 pretty much always works for 223s.

Don't know much about the 338-06 AI, but I did stay at... I do have a 35 Whelen AI and if yours works as as well as mine, you'll be a happy camper. Good luck in your quest!

Nice shooting - congrats on making the best of a tough situation.

Two weeks ago I sent two older Vari-X III rifle scopes back to Leupold to get new reticles installed. One was a 6 1/2-20 and the other was a 4 1/2-14. I wanted the varmint hunter reticles in them. Cost $110 per scope including return shipping. I got the scopes back today with the work completed and ...

I recently spent a year with that same gun. Smith and I did everything we could think of and never could get it to shoot as well as I thought it should. Every now and then a good group, but mostly about 1.25" at 100 yards. I finally gave up and traded for a CZ. That one does a lot better for me...

On a prairie dog hunt lately my partner brought along a borrowed Ruger M77 MkII VT in 308. It wore a Leupold 4-12 and he was using 110 grain factory ammo. One day there was a hay stack and fence line measured 520 yards away and we saw a dog right under the fence. The rifle was zeroed dead on at 300 ...

...better send that one in to the Boone and Crockett club...

Sorry, no camera - the pix are all "in my mind".

A friend and I just got back from a three day prairie dog hunt on private land in northern Wyoming. I got about 500 or 600 over the three days using a Savage LRPV 204, a Remington 700VS 223, a Dakota Alpine 243, a custom Ruger 77 lightweight sporter 22-250, and a Colt SAA 45 Colt. Actually got one a...

This past week-end I made it to the Sheridan, WY area with a friend for three days of intensive prairie dog hunting on private land. Took along my Colt SAA New Frontier 5 1/2" 45 Colt and got a few shots with it. It has the regular adjustable sights, nothing special (rather like my pistol marks...