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Brenden

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  • Birthday 04/20/1988

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    Bow hunting, building guns, mausers, reloading and ballistics.

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  1. I love the 454. I was going to buy an Encore barrel in 454, but I chose to go with the 480 Ruger instead. MGM is making my barrel as we speak, 8.5" long. Should be a great deer thumper. I still love my 375 JDJ in the Encore pistol, but having an extra barrel is nice. My friend shoots an Encore pistol in 45-70 with no brake. It is wicked with the IMR 3031 loads with the 350's. I shot two rounds of the 405's a couple weeks ago. My hands are still sore from it! My 375 will leave your knuckles bloody and hand sore after about 20 rounds. I have rather large hands and no matter how I hold that darn thing, it smacks my knuckles. It shoots like a rifle, but can be hard to control. Most off the time I shoot one handed off the bench. I plan on cutting the trigger guard spur off and relocating it. T/C is the worst designed hand cannon ever, but they are damn accurate. Brenden
  2. hope you had a good one. Wish I could have been there to jump out of the cake for ya! Brenden
  3. I built my first AR this spring. I swore I would never own one. it's one gun I take out every time now. Mines just a 5.56, but it's awesome. I mounted a 3x9 Bushnell on it and accuracy rivals my bolt guns with the 1x7 twist and 69 grain sierra bullets. I'm going to do a 300 blackout pistol soon. I think it would be a great home defense item. I do lust for an AR 10. One in 7mm-08 would be a great critter getter. Brenden
  4. You can't find many around here that will pass a drug test, he didn't lie there. That's southern West Virginia, and just about every state around. It's your typical politician word war. Nothing new to me. Coal is about the only source of income in southern West Virginian, well that and drugs. We bear hunted down there for years. It's a drug filled wasteland. If we listened to everything they said, not a one would receive a vote. None are worth voting for now, nothing ever changes, just empty promises and meaningless campaigns. I believe I summed up about all of them with the last statement. EPA has tried to shut down coal for years. Haven't gained too much ground. Coal is dying, is dirty, cost millions of dollars every year for violations, and people are sick of seeing mountains removed. Gas is the future, for now. People are already sick of seeing drilling rigs setting on the hills, and pipelines cutting through their land. There isn't too much gas in southern WV, as stated above, this is about it for income. Coal is always the main campaign issue here, but nothing is ever done. Nothing more than a hot topic. In short, this happens every year, Karl. Brenden
  5. Graf and Sons has PPU brass for $50 a hundred. It's supposed to be very good brass as I've heard good reviews about it. Watch Midway for brass. I got 3 boxes on sale a few months ago for a decent price. I usually form just about everything from 30-06. I'm trying to get out of that as it could be disastrous when dealing with 25-06, 30-06, 338-06, 8mm-06 and now the 35 Whelen. I may just be paranoid... Thanks, Brenden
  6. Midway had the 7mm bullets on sale probably four months ago or more. They were around $17 a hundred if my memory is correct. As far as "blemishes", I can't really see them. I haven't sat down and measured each bullet either. For less than 100 yard shooting, I feel they will be ok. Open sights and my eyes don't agree much past 100 yards. I can remember a few years ago shooting deer routinely with a muzzleloader with open sights at double that range. Funny how things change. I used a 21" green mountain barrel for the 7x57. It was originally going to be a cast bullet weapon until I stumbled onto the blemished bullets. It's on a Brazilian sr action. I'm working on the stock now. Still need to chamber and weld a new The 35 is a green mountain barrel as well. They may not be the best barrel in the world, but have always shot well for me. Thanks, Brenden
  7. I have acquired a 24" 35 whelen barrel and it now resides on a spare action. It is still short chambered, and needs finished. For those that have the 35 AI, is there much improvement over the standard? Is it worth the extra effort and work? I'm always looking for something different, and haven't added any Ackley Improved cartridges to the stable yet. From what I see the Whelen is a good performer, improved or not. I've also been working on a 7x57 on a small ring. It should make a nice short range plinker once finished. I bought several hundred 162 grain interbond "blemished" bullets to load for it. I just drilled and tapped it for a reciver sight last weekend, so it's coming along nicely. Thanks, Brenden
  8. I've been watching this round in great anticipation. To me, it just looks like a 375 Ruger necked down. I really like the .375 case, along with the RUM cases. In my opinion a case should never have a belt unless it's a H&H or a Weatherby. Most other cases have enough shoulder to headspace off of, and don't need it. A belt is the weakest link in a cartridge. It will sure be a barrel burner, but for long range deer hunting it will be a nice round. I'm glad to see companies offering new items. Yes they are niche items and will never outlast a 30-06, but are pretty darn cool. Brenden
  9. Haha! That's way south of me. I have a good bit of friends down that way that were affected. It's a shame for sure. Brenden
  10. I wanted to do a 338 RUM, but this 300 RUM was available for under $100. I like the big magnums, the recoil isn't too bad but I like to shoot a lot and you can't do that with the big boys. I will never again have a muzzle brake. My 375 JDJ pistol has one and I touched it off on a doe this year and didn't have time to put in hearing protection. Never again, I couldn't hear for over a week. Brenden
  11. A while back I said I was looking for a looking for a low recoil and reasonable cartridge to deer hunt with. All though I have all I need, I'm always looking for something else. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, and were discussing how well I like my 7mm STW. I told him I needed another barrel for my savage switch barrel rig to complement my STW. Well I bought a barrel tonight as the price was right and I've had a hankering for another long range weapon. 300 Remington Ultra Mag. Guess there goes my shoulder as well as my sensible approach to caliber selection! Should be a fun gun to play with. Maybe one day I will grow up.. Brenden
  12. Amen to that. I've wore a lot of bandages from shooting the 375 JDJ and 7mm-08. I've also come to the conclusion that the T/C is the worst made platform for a pistol. My friend fires Hornady Leaver-evoulation 325's through the old 70'. You learn to respect the old girl quickly. Brenden
  13. AZ, A good friend of mine has an Encore in 45-70. He is quite larger than I and can only handle 6 shots through it before he needs a break. I'm a pistol recoil junkie and I touched it off 3 times screaming profanities each shot. I have never experienced that much pain in my life from shooting a pistol. I had no use of my hands for over two hours. Very accurate, just abusive. My savage striker build is going to be a .338 win mag, without the muzzle break. It should be manageable throwing 160 grain barnes bullets. We will see. Now back on track,that just reminded me of a story. Brenden
  14. Those are nice guns Tony. My most accurate- 7mm STW with a Nikon scope, 8mm-06 with a weaver scope, 375 JDJ with a swift 2x scope, and 338-06. Inaccurate- 7mm remington magnum ( barrel is toast ) and my dad's old 25-06. He shot that gun like it was an extension of his body. I can't shoot that thing worth a darn. Brenden
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