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I am not sure how all the other states handle applications for hunting licenses, but Colorado and Wyoming are accepting applications this time of year. Being older and retired, and understanding very well that this fun can't go on forever, I am going for broke this year. Black bear, cow elk...

Going to start by admitting that my wood working and gun smithing skills are way down on the low end of capable. A couple years back I bought a new Ruger Hawkeye Predator that had beautiful laminate stock. It only had one draw back---no thumbhole. So last fall Richards shipped a...

A friend gave me a box of 117 gr. Nosler Partition bullets that are no longer manufactured. In trying to work up a load for hunting, the best load so far has good velocity, consistent velocity but the best three round group was 1.75 inches at 100 yards. The other groups were 2.25" or so...

This was my first white tail hunt as such (did get a 2 X 2 a few years back purely by accident.) This area is private land, located north of the Platte River near Brush, CO. In an attempt to figure out where these things might be, I scouted the area a couple of times prior to season. I set up...

Finally drew a buck tag---needed 7 points in my unit. Grey cool windy day, with lots of humidity. Saw as many hunters as there were speed goats. After lots of glassing, three failed "spot and stalks" it was time for this old man to head for home and a nap. Try again on Tuesday. Best...

Drove through Sidney Ne the other day, going to shoot prairie dogs. Stopped at Cabela's and they had Rem 7 1/2 primers and H4198. It was nice to save the hazmat and shipping cost. Cabela's is higher priced than most, but at least they had stuff. If presidential elections in the past two...

I have a CZ American in 222 Rem. Over the 3 years of using this gun (bought new by me) the MAX COL (not headspace as I originally posted) has increased about .045 inches. I have no exact count of rounds, but less than 3000 for sure. Never loaded super hot. When I clean the bore , looking...

Today was a near miss day for me. Call me lucky lucky lucky! Started loading some .243 rounds with W760 and Speer SPBT. Checked the scale with a 50 gr. weight and it was good (balance beam scale.) Wife came in and made me turn down the music and said her Mom and Dad were coming by in about...

Getting ready to start hand loading for .243 Winchester. There are a couple of questions I have about load data contradictions. The Speer Load Data from Manual #14 for 85 grain BTSP shows Varget starting at 37.5 and max of 42.0 gr. The Hodgdon Manual shows 34.3 - 36.5 for Barnes 85 grain TSX...

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28049328/boulder-police-da-continue-investigate-fatal-shooting-pima This is an interesting (if sad) incident that happened in the heart of liberalism in Boulder, Colorado. The article and forum comments at the bottom of the article are revealing of...

The .204 Ruger (Ruger Hawkeye Predator) I am currently trying hard to wear out has 13-1400 rounds down the tube. Got it new and it has been mine for 15 months. These loads aren't loaded super hot, but are near the max book load. The only purpose for this gun is to shoot grass rats, and it does...

They were delicious! The deer we been eating the last couple of years has been Eastern Colorado mulie does. They are the best venison I have eaten in my life. I grew up in Western 'Colorado and the deer graze a lot of sage brush in that area. I liked venison from the first time I had some...

I have been shooting prairie dogs for several years, and finally think I will try to learn how to use a scope to help with windage and elevation adjustments in the field. I was shooting in a breeze yesterday and the dogs were mostly over 300 yards. The soil was damp from recent snow, and it...

A 22-250 I shot a lot, was perfectly accurate using Hornady 55 gr. spire points. The velocity was about 3600 ft./s. BUT! They were great at 100 yards, but at 250 yds. the groups were scattered, as big as 6-7 inches. I changed scopes, no improvement. I was talking to a gun shop guy I trust a...

The NRA called this evening trying to rally support to fight Obama on any executive actions that will diminish the 2nd Amendment. I Googled the subject, and find nothing indicating that Obama has taken or said he will take executive action on gun rights in the past few months. Does anyone...

I am prepping a rifle to glass bed the stock. Want to remove all of the trigger assembly, but the sear pin baffles me. One end is about 1/8" diameter, and that is on the opposite side from the one in the picture. That is where I tried to lightly punch the pin to remove it releasing the sear...

The other day I went to the pubic shooting range on the Pawnee Grasslands, northeast of Greeley, CO. Very nice range, but there is no range master present. Most of the shooters are very aware of safety requirements at a shooting range, and adhere to the practice of calling a "Cease Fire"...

I am replacing the barrel on my Savage Model 12 with a Criterion. The bolt face is concaved a bit, as you might expect on a rifle with several thousand rounds down the tube. Before the barrel went south, the gun was capable of 3/8 inch groups with it's favorite load. Should I replace the bolt...

Working up loads for a Ruger .204 I went with what seems to be a very popular set of components: Rem 7 1/2 primers R P brass Reloader 10X Sierra 39 gr. Blitzking I worked up a load that shot wonderful (unbelievable for me) groups of 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch, shot fairly deliberately and the weather...

The gunshop guy is a good salesman and in a conversation this morning about black powder rifles, he suddenly says "Hey! I have rifle to sell you." He gets out this stainless barreled laminate two piece stocked inline muzzle loader. I need another black powder rifle like....well, you know the...