I priced up a new bow with most of the accessories and it was over $2,000. Just keep using my 12 year old Mathews. Put new cables and strings on it. Bought my son a nice used Mathews well equipped for $500. I guess I'll just keep buying used. Trying to find used lefthanded 32" draw bows takes a bit.
The 180 Scenar shoots great in various twists. Using H1000 or RL26, you can get 2900 fps or better out of a 24" barrel. My old 77 Ruger 9.5 twist actually shot them very well. On a few large bull elk, black bear and muley bucks, it performed very well. Just for something different.
Actually a lot of moose get killed on I-70 around Eisenhower. So perhaps selectively increasing cow tags in areas with high moose/car collisions makes sense. Otherwise I am 100% with you. I guess the wolves will handle things in short order though.
Kibler is rolling out a Hawken kit in a year or two. Probalby no lefty but a buddy has several very nice Kibler kits he has done. Like to see a finished pic too.
Keep getting light primer strikes on my 9.3x62. The original smith, well known on the fire, chambered it stupidly short. Second smith, well known guy in the Springs, lengthened throat but appears to have bumped shoulder slightly.
So now expanding brass with 375 sizer, then necking down to 9.3...
Few years back two guys were bowhunting where I hunt bears. They were in thick oak brush calling elk during archery. One guy starts screaming, other guy runs over, bear has first guy in his jaws. Second guy pulls 44 mag and kills the sow. First guys forearm is busted from the attack. So it can...
Finally got out and tried something new today. Using my H1000, I started at 55 and worked up to 56 with 140 berger vld. Out of the 23" barrel I was getting 2900 to 2940 in that charge range. The 55.5 gr 5 shot group was very consistent at 2920 fps and .75 moa. I may load up 10 at 55 and 10 at...
This one had dried leather all over it but was surprisingly intact. Soaked 9 days, skinned it, soaked another 10 days. Degreased in dawn water for a week. Then hit it with peroxide. No boiling, no simmering, just patience and 90-100 degree water.