en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:34:33 +0200 webmaster@reloadersnest.com 60 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/ Reloader's Nest Forum http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/../ http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/images/oxlerss.gif 125 17 lost-leader@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=12384&REPLY_ID=87573 General forum Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:30 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12384 Quote:
Thanks for all the help guys. The .308 was going to be my weapon of choice for the opener tommorow, but will now be carrying the .35 Whelen instead. The spare rifle will be a Ruger Mini .30- When the 9 day season is over, I'll devote some more time to the Savage. If it does'nt come around and shoot descent, Midway has a Adam's & Bennet barrel for it in .358 Win. cal. for a $129.95- I'm developeing kind of an appetite for those .35 cal. Anything that can turn your shoulder black and blue in 2 shots from that Whelen, must put a world of hurt on the venison. I guess it's suppose to get to 55 deg. tommorow, so should stay warm. lost.]]> HighPoint@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12398 General forum Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:23 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12398 338User@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=11810&REPLY_ID=87572 General forum Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:22:48 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11810 Quote:
I had a .25/06 for many years as my only centrefire. It works well on anything from rabbits to red deer. Then I decided to hunt sambar deer, but the .25/06 is below the legal minimum for that species (ie 270 with 130gn bullets). So I needed something else. Kansas Ed's graph is a great way to show how these cartridges relate to eachother. I appreciated the overlap between various calibers, although I had not seen a graph like that, and I didn't want to spend my hard earned dollars on something that was only a little more capable than what I already had. I thought about a .30/06, but then I thought what about getting something nearer the top end of the power spectrum so I may one day get a chance at a water buffalo. That was when I bought my .338 Win Mag. So back to the original post, I think Kansas Ed's graph says it all. Decide what you want to go after, then pick the appropriate caliber. For some game the 270 or the 25/06 will do the job, and you won't notice the difference in the field. It is only when you are after bigger game that a heavier bullet is required, and then the 270 is a better proposition. At the smaller game end the .25/06 will shoot 75gn bullets with a very flat trajectory, and so for long range varmint shooting this fact combined with less recoil makes the .25/06 a better choice. If you are hunting smaller deer species, any number of calibers will do the job.]]> Matthew222@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=12310&REPLY_ID=87571 Share your hunt with us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:55 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12310 Quote:
Thanks Dom,
I think th best thing about that day was actualy "hunting", not just sittin in a ground blind with my rifle sittin on a sand bag rest and waitin for somethin to come out, that's shooting and I like to do that too, but just walkin thru th woods enjoyin th surroundin beauty and then th rush of adrenalin when those deer jumped up, it felt good.

Matt]]> lep999@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=11789&REPLY_ID=87569 Big game hunting Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:29 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11789 Quote:
I'm new to reloading I loaded up some 180gr SST BT Hornady InterLock Bullets for my 06 they do kill deer dead but explode on impact of the 2 deer I shot no exit wound!!MV was around 2700 both deer where with in
50 yards]]> manyplews@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12397 General forum Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:40 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12397
http://precisionbrass.net/

I ordered 500 once-fired .223's on 10/4/09.Apparently their supply dried up about that time,and they notified me about that.They offered me a refund(paypal) or 10% more if I was willing to wait.
Being born during the depression,I elected to wait.
They reported on 11/12 that their truck was enroute to pick up a load,so I hope my order arrives soon.
They seem like a reputable outfit,but I'm a little nervous.
Thanks]]> tberkhouse@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12396 Load request Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:14:53 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12396 curly@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=12393&REPLY_ID=87567 Big game hunting Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:02:06 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12393 Quote:
Given the exchange rate on our dollar at present, a box of GMX should cost about $35.00 CAD at the most....So what else is new...??? [V]

Curly]]> Dom@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12395 Share your hunt with us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:52:43 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12395
Keiler or Uberlaufer?

How about Uberlaufer Keiler?

Many of you have taken Jim’s Schwartzwild Quiz, you know, the one with about 30 questions that makes you think. At the Stammtisch the other evening we were talking about it and the reason he developed that Quiz, and I thought I’d provide a little background on what prodded him to make it.

I had to search through some of my older photos, this was in the day before I owned a digital camera, so all my old hunting photos were taken with a small 35mm pocket camera. I found them and scanned them into the digital age.

Thanks to Jim for giving me a Hunting Log Book, which breaks out the Hunting Years and you can write in game you’ve shot, date, details, etc – or missed as he so eloquently noted on one of the pages by making a “Missed Shot Log”. I have to admit, I haven’t been diligent on that page but have entered a couple, ok, a few entries. If you’ve never missed you need to get out there and hunt more often!

The date was 6 November 2000. After work that day I packed my ‘stuff’ and headed out to a State Forest Area, near Eichelberg, where I have a Begehungschein to hunt. As I remember the evening, we must have had near full moon, I believe it was cloudy, and I hunted the “Waschloch Hutte” Kanzel, which overlooked a plowed corn field. The weather was wet the days prior, and the freshly plowed field was wet and clumpy. That soil with clay sticks to everything, so I remember walking the grassline edge down to the Kanzel without walking across the field. I probably got in the seat and situated around 7 P.M. and usually sit for about 3 hours. Nothing eventful happened until around 8:30 I spotted a Boar come out of the woods and was trotting up the field in my direction. After I identified it I didn’t have much time to get the rifle up and was getting ready to get a shot off while it was moving, around 50 meters off to my right. Just then it stopped, and I immediately shot. It ran right at the Kanzel, and I remember thinking man, that sounds just like a horse ran by me. I grabbed the binoculars as I seen it drop about 30 meters from the Kanzel to my left, and watched it until I was pretty sure it was dead. After about 10 minutes I got down and walked over to make sure it was dead. I figured I’d then try and reach Jim and see if he was available to help me get it out of there and loaded, and he said sure, he’d come out. On his way he picked up a trailer and about an hour later he arrived. We looked the situation over, and decided to manhandle the trailer across the plowed and muddy field to the Boar. Well, that sounded good but as you see in the pic, about 6” of clay/mud stuck to the wheels, coupled with a couple hundred pounds of bricks in the trailer made for a hard “pull”. Anyway, we managed to get the trailer over to the Boar, loaded it, and then I drove up from the bottom of the hill with the Truck and we hitched the Trailer and made it back down without getting stuck.

At the Wildkammer, I told Jim let’s hoist it up and weigh it before dressing, as we knew it was a good sized Boar and I was curious on the weight. Well, the scale tops out at 100kg, and that Boar buried the needle. So much for “live” weight. I then field dressed it and again we hung it to weigh. I thought it was going to peg the scale again, but it did stop at just under 95 kg (~210 lbs). Jim looked at the front teeth and could tell the Boar had not reached 24 months old yet (bottom front four not even, the outer two were lower), but just to make sure I cut off the upper and lower jaws behind the molars to verify the age. This is an amazing weight for an Uberlaufer, and set the stage for many a discussion, something like:

“How old do you think this Boar was that dressed out at 95 kg?” Many a hunter, young and old, have argued and will not believe that it is not even 24 months old and still an Uberlaufer.

It indeed is an Uberlaufer Keiler, just shy of 24 months old. And that is the History behind Jim’s Boar Quiz! Waidmannsheil, Dom.

Where the Boar ended up after I shot it:
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Loaded in the Trailer, notice the wheels!
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Field Dressed and Weighed, 95 Kilogram! ~210 lbs
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Jaws:
[img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9cf01b3127ccef8fc98f9c34b00000030O00AcNWbJu1bt2IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/[/img]]]> ten2six@oxle.com http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=12394&REPLY_ID=87566 General forum Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:27 +0200 http://www.reloadersnest.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12394 Quote:
That's a good price from what I can see out there, Jim. GunBroker is around $890. Able Ammo around the same. Impact doesn't seem to have them. Whittaker doesn't have them listed on the site, so you'd have to call them.

Good luck and good shooting.]]>