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the first part of this epic has been moved to the "Art of the Rifle" category. Probably because it didn't have any hunting in it :D Anyway, this part of the story will be different, it has hunting. I've covered the part where the rifle and caliber were selected and how Pete strove for...

After scouring every gun shop in Sydney, Pete found the deal he wanted. He hadn’t discussed the scope selection with me and I had no idea what he’d eventually buy. I’m a Nightforce fan so I thought that might have some influence. I was wrong. As I mentioned in the last post, the choice was...

I have a good friend named Peter. He's a good bloke and a very experienced hunter. He's been shooting since he was a teenager and has made hunting part of his life. For many years he's had a two gun arsenal when it came to rifles. For close-up stalking he's had a Marlin 30-30 lever gun and...

I'm setting up a new rifle for long range shooting. It's a Steyr Tactical Elite that I'm topping off with a Nightforce NXS in 8-32x56. I have another target rifle in 6.5x55 that I handload for. I use a Sierra Match King bullet in 140Gn. That gives me a BC of around .52 or so. I'd like to...

I just picked up a Steyr Tactical Elite in .308 from a friend who, as far as I know, bought the rifle new. I shot the rifle about 18 months ago and achieved a three shot group as big as my thumbnail. Hence my reason for buying the rifle off him. After getting it home today I did what anyone...

I Took the Tikka Master Sporter out for a run on Sunday. I was load testing with Sierra Match Kings in 140 Gn with ADR 2208 powder. I have fogotten which primer I'm using but it's a leading brand. Anyway I started at the lowest pressure load and worked up by 0.2 Gn increments. This is the...

Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in their Homes by Kyle Cassidy. The book doesn't come out until summer, but Cassidy's site has an excellent selection of the photos. http://www.armedamerica.org/ This isn't a book about guns. It's a book about people.

I found a website that shows the scale of the pile of dollar notes expended on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The tally is 315 billion if the information is accurate http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/ If this is the case then with the current population of 298,444,215 this government...

I am just starting out in the handloading game so I thought I'd make it easy on myself and get a Lyman 1200DPS powder trickler to measure with. My gun store highly recommended it and it made sense so that I could get accurate results from the get go. Now to my problem. I plugged the Lyman in...

Here's the scenario. Your buddy Wayne has nodded off in camp. You've just trudged five miles from a whitetail ground and come back empty handed. When you arrive in the clearing this shot presents itself. Maybe the day's not going to be a complete washout. You could bag a canary! You have...

Who will be our Goldstein now hat the "mastermind" of 9/11 is dead? http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1747203.htm Mebbe he's jes playin' possum....

Hi All. I'm a total noob in the reloading area and I have a problem. Here's a pic of the handload I am trying to work up. It's a .308 hunting round using a Hornady SST projectile of 150 Gn weight. I have a pile of once-fired brass from my Steyr Scout and so I have used a prepped but unprimed...

This guy has more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYYq4QI3MxQ&mode=related&search= Ha!

Love 'em or hate 'em. Range Officers are essential to the safe operation of any shooting range. I was at a new range (to me) a few weeks ago and saw an incident handled superbly by an off-duty RO. It's so good I want to share it with you. Maybe the members could share some of their stories as...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police Monday shot and killed five buffaloes that escaped from a meatpacking plant. Instead of fleeing, the buffalo began grazing in a yard and police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles as each charged officers one-by-one. "If five of them would have...

Hi All. I am just about to pick up my first large caliber ceterfire rifle. I chose the Tikka Master Sporter in 6.5x55 because of a lot of good info here on the forum and it also has a target style stock. I have heard that scope rings are hard to get for this rifle. Can anyone fill me in on...

Hi all. I've been lurking for a while and had nothing to post until now. After doing extensive research I joined a pistol club here in my city and began the paper trail necessary to eventually own a handgun. I just thought I'd appraise you of the process and maybe any other Aussies on the...