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18 03, 2015

Deer Rifle Update: Remington Model 783

admin2020-06-10T09:19:39-04:00March 18th, 2015|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Remington|9 Comments

I was one of the first hunters to shoot and test the Model 783 back in 2012. That November John Fink, who works for Remington, shot the first ever buck with the 783 on a hunt with me in Saskatchewan. We filmed that 160-inch giant going down for my show, Big Deer TV On Sportsman Channel. When I posted my first review on the Model 783 in January 2013, I had shot the rifle (in .30-06 caliber) quite a bit, but I had never killed a deer with. I have since shot 5 bucks with the 783, 2 with the .30-06 and 3 with one chambered for .270. A recap of the Model 783’s features and specs: Built in Mayfield, KY, the 783 bolt-action has [...]

5 03, 2015

Obama, ATF Propose AR-15 Bullet Ban—Gun Owners and Hunters Take Action!

admin2020-06-10T09:19:51-04:00March 5th, 2015|BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Hunting News|1 Comment

From Washington Examiner: As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56 mm ammo on a fast track, immediately driving up the price of the bullets and prompting retailers, including…Cabela’s to urge sportsmen to urge Congress to stop the president. The AR-15 is among the firearms that the Obama Administration has unsuccessfully sought to outlaw. Since they can’t ban the rifle, they are going for the .223 ammo [...]

18 07, 2014

Video: Best Remington Core-Lokt Deer Shot

admin2020-06-10T09:22:48-04:00July 18th, 2014|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads|7 Comments

The bullet that has killed more deer than other turned 75 years old in 2014. Serious gun writers with more knowledge of ballistic coefficients and terminal performance than me say that the iconic Remington Core-Lokt produces good accuracy in most center-fire rifles and “typically sheds considerable weight during expansion and penetration, which quickens the death of an animal.” While I might not have as much ballistics knowledge as those gun writers, I have more field and hunting experience than most of them. I have shot dozens and dozens of whitetails and mule deer (and one blacktail) over the years with 140- to 180-grain Core-Lokts, both the soft-point and pointed-soft-points. The shock and knockdown power of these bullets are impressive. They kill [...]

11 07, 2014

Rifle Hunt: How Far to Shoot a Deer?

admin2020-06-10T09:22:48-04:00July 11th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads, Deer Hunting, Deer Management|7 Comments

One time I shared a camp out West with a gun writer of some repute. He was retired military and rough around the edges, but a nice enough fellow and well-schooled in literature, politics and firearms/ballistics in particular. Having fired hundreds of rifles and a zillion test rounds over the years, the guy couldn’t hear squat, but he could shoot. I watched and spotted for him as he sighted his 7mm Mag. at 100 yards. I was impressed with his 1/2-inch groups, and I told him so. A couple days later he dragged in a nice mule deer buck. “How far?” somebody asked randomly. “542 yards,” the scribe bellowed proudly. He had missed with his first 2 “test” shots, but with [...]

17 06, 2014

Muzzleloader: How Temperature, Air Affect Rifles & Loads

admin2020-06-10T09:22:49-04:00June 17th, 2014|BigDeer, Deer Guns & Loads|4 Comments

Toby Bridges of the North American Muzzleloading Association is an expert on blackpowder rifles and loads. Here is some new info from Toby that will help you sight-in, shoot and hunt better: "Temperature is one variable that affects muzzleloader performance. So are changes in the humidity and elevation. I almost always obtain the best and most consistent accuracy with saboted bullets when shooting at temperatures from about 40 to 60 degrees. Here in Montana, I'm lucky that through most of June I can still get in several hours of shooting early in the morning with temperatures still in the upper 40s and into the 50s. Even in early July, I can drive up to 5,000 or so feet and shoot for a [...]