A bright, blood-orange sun dipped below a fir and ponderosa mantled ridge in Montana’s Blackfoot River country. A tedious, yet picturesque afternoon-long wait had come down to this; fifteen minutes before last legal hunting light and still no deer had…
The latest generation long-range hunting bullets are known as Very Low Drag (VLD) or Reduced Drag Factor (RDF) bullets. These super-slippery slugs have revolutionized hunting and shooting with improved aerodynamics. Like all engineering, there is no free lunch and so…
Every one likes accuracy, hunters included. Bullet placement on game is mission critical. If you load your own ammunition, you can tailor it to wring the best accuracy from your particular rifle. Today’s video shows you how to measure your…
A worrisome thought occurred to me as I pulled the last .300 Winchester Magnum cartridge from my rifle’s magazine after a successful whitetail hunt in Montana. The rounds looked odd, not right in the least. Good news–bad news. Good news,…
There are two ways to do things in this world, the easy way and the hard way. The latter is how I went about load development for quite some time. I started reloading because a certain ammunition company, whose initials…
I’m mad. Okay, perhaps frustrated is more accurate. Why? Simple. Spring bear season is a scant few months away and I still don’t have the 300 grain load I want for my .375 H&H. Why? Simple. I can’t get the…
“Sorry, we’re out. Our supplier doesn’t know when we’ll get more.” If you’re a hunter, you’ve no doubt heard this countless times at your local gun shop. Your favorite load, bullet, or gunpowder isn’t available anywhere for any price. Hunting…