By Kerry O’Day It seems the world had gone crazy over the 6.5 calibers: 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, 6.5-300 Weatherby, 26 Nosler, 6.5-.284 Norma, and 6.5 Grendel. With all the new .264 caliber (6.5 Caliber), you would think this was a brand new caliber. But it has been around for…
If you’re in business there is a saying “the customer is always right”. Well, sometimes the customer is uninformed, been told something wrong, watched too much TV or is just wrong. I had two customers order custom rifles from me. They both wanted lightweight hunting rifles in 7mm Remington Mag. …
Long-range shooting has become the new fad in hunting; I admit it is great fun to hear the strike of a bullet on a steel plate at 1400 yards. But can a bullet help you to be able to make these shots, and should we use them to hunt game…
Back when guns were first invented and up to the late 1800s, when a hunter was done hunting he would put the rifle in the corner, and unfortunately, it would rust. He would have to scrub the rust off with a coarse piece of steel wool or something similar. After…
The other day I was loading some ammunition for a customer and noticed he had ordered four different calibers and they were all in the 7mm family. A 7-08, 7 Remington Magnum, 7 Weatherby Magnum and 28 Nosler. I started counting all of the different 7mm’s that are made by…
Long Range shooting is the rage these days. Being able to hit a target at 1000 yards seems easy. It seems like every Hunting TV show has hunters shooting deer and elk at 800 to 1000 yards. The truth is that shooting 1000 yards is not easy. It takes serious…
Last weekend I spent all day Saturday shooting with some new shooters. Most of the time new shooters are kids but this time I was teaching adults to shoot. Two of the shooters were a father and his 17-year-old son. They were from South Africa and had never shot a…
Any caliber can be a Varmint caliber. I have a customer who shoots little Varmints with a .375 H&H. Another customer uses a .375 Ultra Mag for long range shooting. Both of these customers shoot Prairie Dogs as practice for the main type of hunting they do. I have used…
In the world of “if it breaks throw it away and by a new one” or “I have to have the newest and fastest”, why has the 30-06 stayed so popular for over 110 years? It seems that every few years or so a new caliber is being touted as…