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Warrick - I'm another 'late to the party' responder to your 2019 post but I can't let it go without saying how much I enjoyed your commentary about the knife show - AND the outcome. After reading Nathan's book and saw your knife, I perused your web site. Some mighty fine looking cutlery there. In addition to being late to the post, I'm also new to hunting and trying to learn from the likes of Nathan, you and other frequently appearing names on this forum. I can't contribute anything informative ..

I've got a few of Nathan's books on the shelf and, of course, have read his primer on the subject of marksmanship technique here on the sight. I consider this "Traditional" technique - I say that only for clarification. Modern technique, on the other hand, consists of getting square and straight behind the gun, head up, butt on the collar bone. I wouldn't typically post a link to another forum, but it is a handy reference and I'm damn sure not an expert: https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/thre..

I had a Ruger .17 that I could not get to shoot, and eventually I realized that in my excitement I had disassembled and cleaned and checked everything except the factory scope rail. Turned out all the screws were about 1/4 of a thread twist too long for the holes. No wonder it had been returned. I shortened them and the groups shrank dramatically. Even the recoil of that little bullet was enough to bang the scope around. Not to insult anyone's intellect, it's just my experience. Afterward it tur..

Don't normally open the "Other Topics" forum so I didn't know this thread was running. My thinking parallels Bill Badgley - the book is so much more than a story. Highest kudos to Nathan and Steph. Thanks for sharing.

Is any else having trouble views forum posts with multiple pages? I just tried viewing a few different posts with more than one page. It seems the page buttons and the next button are corrupted with incorrect links. Sierra's new TGK (tipped GameKing) LR bullet in long range hunting and shooting. https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Resources/Discussion+Forums/x_forum/18/thread/17453.html [https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Resources/Discussion+Forums/x_forum/18/thread/17453.html] Page one button has a..

Nathan’s recent email to members contained a link to his new Vimeo feed, where he answers random questions posted on this forum, via video responses. I learned about this new feature before today’s email, because he posted a link to it in a forum thread I’ve been following. I’ve been watching some of the videos, and picking up tidbits of info that, if I poured over the books, are probably there. Still, it’s worth hearing live. I realized that much of what I had read, and thought I absorbed, was ..

Quote:Luis - not to hijack the thread, how do you find the FC brass? Obviously, you like it, or you wouldn't have bought it, but I'm interested in the characteristics like hard/soft? , primer pockets? , number of loads? sizes well? . Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. And, sorry Scott. I have a batch of 60 pieces of federal premium nickel brass that I got for my m700 7mm rem mag that I shot when I first got it a few years ago. THe 165 gr Sierra btsp load shot really well for me so I bought ..

Reporting back on an old topic: My friends' course was postponed due to weather and the pandemic but we did it yesterday. Weather was picture perfect. Prior to the earlier postponements and after the discussion on this thread I did talk with my friend and he was clear that the round count would be considerably lower than 200 in a best-case scenario. It seemed that he wanted to give a high number to ensure no one showed up short, which I can understand as he is designing this course to be offered..

Greetings. I am seeking your experienced opinions here. I already know that some (many?) of you have more reloading experience than I do and why I am posting. FWIW, I’m not a reloading newbie in spite of the fact that I was an English major…as was Mr. O’Connor in my defense. From .375 H&H all the way down to 6mm, I’ve successfully loaded MOA loads with the reasonably frequent 1 hole 3 shot group @ 100 yds. Maybe my handloading skills could be fairly described as intermediate with my triple check..

It seems that Andy's "Have a Laugh" thread is locked up --- too much mirth. If some Webmaster can unlock it, then we could keep all this absolutely priceless and intelligent humor together. In the meantime, I will try to post a story my mother told me long ago about life in the middle of the 1930s Dust Bowl.

Ha, fun to stir... OK, at .177 height, 100 yard zero, 3035, Alt 1900ft, Sierra says 8.2 while shooter says 8.3. Either way its dial up 8 MOA plus one click for 550 yards. So basically this is merely adding confusion to matters. At 12 inches of extra height at 550 yards, you have somehow gained just over 2 MOA or two extra inches height at 100 yards. So what we are looking for is something dramatic, a major change in POI. I am really sorry Matt but you may have to pull the target back to 100 and ..

Martin.....how far,how fast,what position is ethical can be sorted really quick by answering ONE simple question....are you minute of milk bottle capable 100% of the time???? WTF you ask??? can you CONSISTANTLY hit a 3ltr plastic milk bottle at a given range from given position everytime.....if you can,well you can chest shoot a deer at stationary deer at same range,afterall a 3 ltr milk bottle/jug is pretty darn close to 8"x8" standing I will back myself to 75 yards on that...sitting braced on ..

tons of 223's - 308's come with brake's or threaded muzzle these days, which kinda sucks, i don't trust threaded muzzles for long term accuracy particularly when they are much smaller than the barrel diameter.