Whidden gets 3000+ rounds out of his 243s pushing 108-115s over 3000 fps. Barrel burning is relative of course, but the old saw about 243s being burners went away 20 years ago with powders like H1000, Retumbo, etc.
I was looking at specs on the new Maven RS1 1.2 2.5-15 the other day and I saw something I don’t recall ever seeing in the long years I’ve been looking at riflescopes.
The scope specs list “effective objective lens diameter” as 28.5 mm @ 2.5x power, and 44mm @ 15x power. I’ve been a sorta...
Am not the expert on pre-64s but I’m pretty sure they came d&t’d for receiver sights, left hand side. In fact I have a couple of vintage “W” stamped Redfields.
And I’ve cleaned more than a few cocoons and other small critters out of those old red heneycombed recoil pads😉
6:00 hold is standard for shooting paper and works well when you have a 72” bull at 1000 yards for your aiming point.
Hunting is a different ball game. Consider how early 20th century marksmen and hunters like Whelen and White set up their rifles. The old adage “keep hair under your front...
Been around a long time, was an early Kifaru poster from ‘03, I read threads here, don’t post much but I thought I’d toss in my perspective on RFs:
Bought a Leica RF900 back in ‘06, bulletproof to 600, sketchy beyond that, transitioned to Leica RF 1200, and it was bulletproof to 900-1000. No...
Just happened by here today, don't do much forum time but this subject caught my eye.
For twenty years I've hoped someone would bring out a reasonably priced, LW bolt gun in .223 with a 8 inch or faster twist.
About two years ago I saw the Sportsmans Warehouse Tikka superlight SS fluted in 8...
Hey Roksliders, don't post much here, I'm Elmbow from Kifaru's early days.
I recently purchased a pair of Hanwag Alaska GTX boots from Backpacking United in Germany. I mistakenly ordered them in U.K. size 11.5 (U.S. 12.5) so they are too large for me. Return shipping to Germany is insanely...
The one thing that has always kept me from buying Vortex riflescopes is their weight. I don't question their value or their warranty but invariably they are 20-25% heavier than comparable Leupolds. My gold standard Leupys for big game hunting for years have been the 1.75-6x32 and the 2.5-8x36...