They also have a place for you to sell your firearms, and buy them.

 

I reload 223 Rem, 243 Win, 338 Win, 44 Mag, 45 ACP, 375 H&H and 458 Win Mag.

Interested in any experiences with Noslers 180 grain ballistic tip in 338 Win. Heading down from Alaska to Missouri for some whitetail hunting in November and think my usual 250 grain partitions are a bit much.

 

bigdamnmoose,
All you need in the south is a .243 anything more and you will blow away most of the meat.
Also, I not only reload but cast my own 9mm, .44 mag bullets using linotype and monotype.
9mm are very accurate out of my browning hi-power.
I plan on going to alaska to hunt caribou, bear and wolf using a .300 win mag.
What kind of chance would I have filling my tags by driving to deadhorse?

 

97 Ford1,
Thanks for the reply and the .243 advice. I lived in Missouri in my younger days and did plenty good with the .243 and my trusty old beat up 30-30. Most shots were only in the 60-70 yard range anyway. I just kinda got set in my ways up here and use my .338 for everything but the coastal bears. Gonna set up on some river bottom corn and soybean fields this November, so I may get some longer shots. Besides, my brothers, old friends, etc. will get a kick out of making fun of me hunting deer with what they will consider a cannon! I'll just have to take broadside lung shots so I only make a mess out of a couple of ribs... My primary goal will be to take a nice buck with my .44 revolver. I didn't start hunting with the pistol 'til I moved up here (Ruger Super Redhawk). Bought it for back-up and found it to be wonderfully accurate, so I started hunting with it too. Speaking of casting... I do a bit myself. It started out of necessity, but has turned into a lot of fun. Two years ago I shot a 5 1/2 foot black bear with a Speer 240 soft point and got a complete pass through at about 15 yards. Felt pretty good. The problem is that I shot a 6' 9" black 3 days later with the same load and it was not so good. I shot him in the shoulder at about 12 yards and the soft point glanced off the big front leg bone and only penetrated about six inches into the lungs. He died, but it took too long for my liking. I like it over as quickly as possible for the bear's sake and mine. It made an ugly mess of the bullet. That's when I decided to start casting my own. For bear hunting and back-up I cast 310 grain linotype flat points. Brother, they work! I shot a six footer this spring at about 15 yards. Got a complete pass through, broke both shoulders and dropped him in his tracks. I'm sold! I also cast for my .458 Win Mag and my buddy's 45-70. Haven't killed anything but paper with my .458 cast bullets, but my bud killed a nice moose this year with the ones I cast for his 45-70.
If you're hunting grizzly, caribou and wolf on the Northslope on up toward deadhorse your .300 will serve you well. Use a good load - I recommend 200 grain partitions or other quality bullets. More than you need for the bou and wolf, but nice if you do get on a griz. I hunt the Northslope a lot and have killed all but one of my animals with .338 250 grain partitions. The only one I didn't was a caribou at 600 +/- yards with a 750 grainer from my .50 BMG. No, I don't do it regularly because it totally takes the fun out of the hunt, and carrying a 30 pound rifle for five miles sucks. Just did it to say I did it. You are aware that you have to be 5 miles from the road to shoot a rifle on the northslope corridor, right? No motorized vehicles allowed either (4 wheelers, snow machines, etc) There are fly-in and river float (before freeze-up) options too. If you are serious and want more info e-mail me at bigdamnmoose(No Email Addresses In Posts!) and I'll give you tips, contacts, etc. (free of charge for a fellow Ford man, Ha!) Take care, and good luck!

 

Hey the BDM, there is a place called Beartooth Bullets that makes a pretty good and hard cast load avialable in just about any weight you would care to shoot.

They are available from http://www.shootersforum.com

 

wow, thanks for pointing out the forum.

I got a Dillon progressive and admittedly I've been too dumb to figure out how to make it work. I mean, I fully assembled it and didn't know what to do. I don't have a good relationship with mechanical things. (sometimes)

 

I reload, it is great "alone" time.

Rifle;
17 Remington, 222, 223, 22-250, 220 Swift, 6mm Benchrest, 243 Winchester, 6mm-284, 25-06, 270, 7mm Rem. Mag, 300 win. Mag, 300 Weatherby.

Pistol;
38 Special, 357 Mag, 45 Colt, 45 ACP.

Shotgun;
410, 28 guage, 20 guage, 12 guage.

I varmint shoot, hunt, and shoot 600 and 1,000 yard benchrest.

 

Hey treb, this is off subject, but I tried to e-mail you and you have it turned off. Are you coming to the FTE get together at Plant City Saturday nite? If you are, reply in the Florida Chapter forum; if not you don't need to reply and waste ken's space.

By the way, I don't reload, I don't even shoot hardly anymore. In IL I used to shoot possums off the front porch. I'd wait till I heard them rattle the cat dish, flip on the light and blast away with my trusty .22 semiauto rifle. Worked good until one night I accidently shot my wife's cat right in the head. Whoops!

 

i did not mention 148 gr. wad cutter reloads not only do they cut a clean hole in target they also have quite a blunt force impact on whatever else they hit Bubbashrimp cant go P/C good shot

 

Hey, Mattsbox99 - That's a pretty damned cool site! Thanks for the recommendation. I'm gonna go over that one a bit when I get more time. Shoot straight, brother!

 

Been reloading since I was a kid, grew up with it. Just about everything, rifles, pistols, shotgun, hunt too.