I’ve been looking with interest at the 8,5x55 Blaser lately. On paper it seems like a very interesting cartridge. In many ways it looks similar to the .338 Win Mag in terms of bullet weight and performance, but with the advantage that it was designed to work efficiently in short barrels.

Personally I really like shorter barrels, especially for driven hunts (monterías) here in Spain, where a compact rifle handles much better in thick cover and fast shooting situations.

For many years I’ve...

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I’m seeing a point of impact shift when shooting off of sticks. It’s not enough that I’m concerned about it in the field, but it’s more than I’ve seen in the past. This is a rifle I acquired about a year ago, and have shot extensively, but this is the first time shooting it off of shooting sticks. Rifle is a Remington 700 in 270 Win, with Meopta 3-15x scope. The pictured groups were shot this morning at 150 yards. The group on the right was shot prone using my daypack as a rest. The...

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Just some info on a assault.
Anti-hunting hate crime



The chairman of a major Belgian hunting association - Rudi Van Decraen - was recently attacked and seriously injured by anti-hunting activists in his hunting area. The masked activists were in the area to destroy hunting installations like high seats and trail cameras. They attacked the hunter when he arrived in the area after being notified by trail cameras that the activists were present.



After the attack by the anonymous thugs he...

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Hi guys and gals,
I saw this on another forum and really liked the idea.
In a nutshell here is how this works:
Members put up an item that they may no longer need, want or have upgraded and it is just sitting around taking up space. The rules are that the item must be given away at no charge to the first person that names the item and says they will take it. In turn, the person taking the item MUST put something up in its place. For example, I will start this thread off with a box of...

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Hi everyone...

I thought I'd just share a pic and a bit of a back story about how I acquired my latest purchase.
It's nothing fancy or exotic.
It's a Weatherby Vanguard and it's chambered in .300 Win Mag.
It's fitted with a Bell & Carlson stock and up top it has some Nikko Stirling one-piece rings and a Nikko Stirling 'Platinum' 3-10x42 scope.
Once again, nothing fancy.
A lot of people don't like Nikko Stirling scopes, but they are fitted with Japanese glass and are nice clear, rugged...

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