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I have been talking with the folks at Cross Trail Outfitters about starting a chapter in Alaska. CTO is a Christian Youth hunting and fishing club that focuses on "Building men, preserving our heritage and sharing our faith." They do amazing work with young men in the lower 48 and we want them...

I have a Leopold Freedom 1-4 on my 375 Ruger and it has worked out well enough. Occasionally it seems the zero wonders a tad, maybe 1 MOA. It is not clear whether this is me or the scope. All I can say is my Leopold 2-7 on a 308 has been more consistent, smaller groups AND it never seems to...

I have always been happy with Nosler Partitions in my short barrel 375 Ruger. Good accuracy and performance on game. The problem is they have not grouped well lately. I'm trying to run down the problem but in the meantime I have a load that works just fine. 250 grain Sierra Gamekings at 2450...

I have a 375 Ruger Hawkeye that I'd like to restock. Does anyone have a fiberglass Hawkeye stock they want to get rid of? I'm familiar with McMillan stocks and MPI stocks but I don't have the time or money to get one made. My rifle currently wears a glass bedded plastic stock. A stock I'd buy...

On a whim I stopped at the local guns store. They had a BRNO 600 that had been modified. The barrel was a 20 inch 35 Whelen AI. The stock was fiberglass. No markings but I'd guess Bell & Carlson. No rear site. It is probably 7 pounds. I did not buy it but was tempted. What do you guys think? I...

With moose season coming I have a bit of a dilemma. My 358 Winchester has had some issues and my 308 is spoken for (loaner for a friend getting into caribou hunting). Neither is ideal for my planned moose/grizzly hunt. That leaves my 375 Ruger as my only big game rifle. The problem is my 375...

My brother is coming up to Alaska and the plan is to ambush a bear from a blind. Could be a 200 pound black bear or a 400-800 pound grizzly. My way question relates to HIS rifle. I will be backing him up with a 375 Ruger. I am totally happy with my rifle. My brothers choices are limited...

So I have a question for folks who have hunted with the 358 Winchester and 9.3x57 (I'm lumping them together because they are close). I have a very nice little 358 Winchester and reloading components (important given the shortages). I'm tempted to take the 358 on some hunts where grizzlies...

I posted the story of my spring bear hunt earlier but the pictures were making it slow to work. To keep things more reasonable I'll post the video link here (hopefully it works). Anyway I thought some of the folks interested in bear hunting would enjoy it. During the slow days I've got a lot...

So I'm shopping for a pair of BUDGET scopes and was interested in hearing opinions. Zeiss etc are off the table because I purchased land in Alaska and am on a "pay it off fast" plan. No big splurges for a while. First I want to put a better scope on my 308 Ruger American, it gets used for...

Preface One of my favorite things about this site is reading about hunting adventures in places very different from my own. I've especially enjoyed the stories about old India. With that in mind I thought some of you might enjoy the story of my spring bear hunting adventures in Alaska. I was...

So I have a 375 Ruger coming home from the gunsmith soon. I've been using it with 1.5-4 Leopold VX scope. It's a good system, I'd just like a bit more magnification. I want Long eye relief Low power, 1x would be ideal, definitely nothing over 2x. Light weight I don't really feel the need...

I love to hike so my rifles get carried a lot. With that in mind I sent my 375 Ruger off to a gunsmith to loose weight. So far he's cut the barrel to 16 inches and shaved a bit of metal off both the barrel and the action. He also replaced the safari style sights (they are 3oz) with a lighter...

When I was maybe 8 years old I saw a movie where a huge grizzly was attacking a cowboy on the frontier. I decided I wanted to hunt a grizzly someday. Sadly grizzly hunting is expensive and by my teens I realized it would probably never happen. I felt called to a variety of rewarding but low...

Since Kawshik was interested in American bears I'll add one of my experiences with grizzly bears in the USA. I didn't end up shooting this bear but I thought I would have to. Growing up in Texas and Arkansas grizzly bears were facinating to me. I didn't get up close and personal till I was a...

Hello from Alaska. My name is Luke. I've enjoyed the forums here for a while so I thought I should sign up and start participating more. Alaska is pretty different from Africa or even Texas where I used to live. I laughed the other day when teenagers at church said it was "hot" in the summer...