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This will be my first time with Chris Widrig. He seems to be an old school gentleman, and he's always ready to answer my emails and give advices. I know he has a good area and good reputation. Did you had good hunt with him too?

I just checked "BPO" and they're not my outfitters - mine is Widrig Outfitters But the area is very close Hope to have good luck with rifle and rod as well...

Hello Pimes! Did you hunted up there in Yukon with Chris Widrig? If so, yes I know the main camp is just on the lake shore... Did you had good time and hunt?

Thank you Scott Fantastic I will (y)

'Morning Friends, next year - between late august and first week of september - I'll be in Yukon for a Grizzly and Caribou hunt. I will hunt around Snake River, Bonnet Plume Lake and Bonnet Plume River - really close to the border with NWT (area "6"). Have any of you ever fished there? I believe...

I think for most of us (me included) hunting is not just a hobby. I would consider myself a hunter even if I didn't own rifles - in fact I am a bowhunter, too. Hunting is who I am. Is like to light a fire, making sex or looking at the stars : something we as a species have always done. It's also...

This is the way I do, very simple and solid - but I admit it's not a true and traditional European style. The threaded rods are epoxy glued into the skull, on the back of the shield there is a washer and a nut, both cashed to make it flat on the wall.

Umbelivable - congratulations! How much he squares?

Yes, same weight - actually the 8 is like 100 (+/-) grams less due to the different riflescope. Don't know : it's something not easy to explain or to prove, but I believe cartridge design plays a role in recoil.

Sure, you're absolutely right. But, I would say, there are different kinds of recoil - or, better, how the recoil is perceived. For example, I have a 300Wby, and an 8x68. Same rifles (Sauer 90), same barrel lenght. The 8x68 produces a lot, really I mean a lot, less recoil than the Wby. I would...

My 26" barrel would help in gaining just few more fps and reach the 2600 mark - flatter than many 308 with the punch of a 375, and much less recoil, in a lighter gun...

Time to make a Club fot that :D Beers:

What a good bunch of receipes :D(y)

I would also say that our 9.3 would make a great Brown Bear cartridge as well - to say, the TTSX pushed at 2800+ would be my choice for that.

This is also great because I do have a couple bosex of TTSX 250!

This is great Thank you sooo much Really appreciate

Yes, I definitely think that twist rate/rifling played a big role. For sure Tug and Tig bullets are perfect for any 9,3, hard to say if I'll get lucky with those long bullets. I know of a gentleman who used them with great accuracy in his Mauser 66. As for the powders availability, here is a...

This is a very good input, thank you Geoff! I'll find a way to have the Woods data (y)

I'd like to try the Norma Oryx 325 gr. Do any of you have some load suggestion? I have access to Reload Swiss powder (RS60/62 the more appropriate I guess), IMR 4350, trying to find again Norma powders. Any help?

May I suggest to simply refresh often the gun oil patina on your double? Just before to start the hunt at morning, or at the lunch break - simply and fast with the Ballistol "savett fresh" They are easy to carry in a pocket, I've found them perfect to travel with.

For sure your Guardian Angel will be with you during this surgery, prayers sent, you'll be fine and in good shape for your hunt. Let us know in the next few days about you.

Back in 2013, my hog gun was my 70# Hoyt!

I'm exactly on the same boat I'd like pretty much to find some A Frames for my 416 Hope to find good news on this thread

A very warm welcome aboard (y)

Thank you for the most exhaustive treatise on the subject!

It should be what you're looking for

Yes absolutely, I'm focused on that

This is so interesting to me, as I started my career as a hunter, going after Elk in Montana. I've always been fascinating in this majestic deer, a true symbol of the West. As I remember, the east was indeed home of the Eastern Elk, the biggest subspecies of them all, even bigger than the...

I live in Italy, and here - just as in almost the rest of the world I guess - it's very hard to find components. I also would add the some of those components, are no longer as good in quality as they used to be "pre covid". For sure I will start to reload my Big 8, just regret I didn't buy a...

It would be enteresting to know what subspecies of Elk they are

No, it has always liked the 200 Evo showing super small groups with them. Problem is, with the actual production Evo ammo, the everage group is 3 or 4 times bigger than used to be. I started to be worry about the scope, the mounts, the rifle, an so on. But I found some old RWS 8x68 (the H Mantel...

Me, I can confirm that - went this morning at the shooting range, shot some some rounds from a very old box of 8x68 RWS H Mantel 187 gr. (a very different bullet structure / weight / velocity from the RWS Evo 200 gr.). Group of 6 shot - 3+3 fast shooting - went in 1.3" @ 100 mt, with a Swar Z6...

That's a great idea! I'd love to built a braai!

Thank you Wab! It's not as wild as the log cabin in the middle of nowhere I dreamed of when I was a boy, but for sure it's better suited to a retirement age. I love the country living, tending the garden, having my own made wine and oil, and the possibility to host friends...

Here in Italy the same

Thank you Kevin, here are a couple more of the garden, you can see the town (Todi, Umbria, Italy) in the landscape

Well, my place to retire will be my countryhouse in Umbria, just in front of the little town of Todi. There are rows of vines and olive trees all around, and the rolling hills are home of roe deers and wild boars, and good sort of upland game. Sure is not a home "in the wild", but it's a place I...

You are more than welcome aboard!

Sure, it could be the rifle or the scope. But I dubt because the set has never gone hunting in recent months, only target shooting, no damages at all, and problems started to show with the lot change. But I will (again) double check everything...

This is umbelivable, you know, the cost of quality ammo (and components) is skyrocketing, and it seems to me, the quality is going straight down So bad

'Morning Gents I discovered accuracy issues with some RWS cartridges, purchased a month ago. A rifle I own, used to produce tight groups with a given factory ammo, now spread all over with the same brand and bullet. I'm talking about RWS Evo, in my darling Sauer 8x68. Everything else is tight...

I confess I do

RWS by far : they are amazingly uniform from lot to lot, very accurate, and the published velocity are true

Thank you for this informations, I'm not directly focused in purchasing your bullets, but sure I like to learn (y)

Welcome aboard Mark, good to have young hunters here! You'll find a lot of info, and some good friends (y)

Well, being the 7mmRM a (small) niche between your 270 and 300, you certainly have a good excuse to buy one, if you find a very nice rifle you can't live without... I do have a 270 and a 300wby (two Sauer 90), and I don't "need" another 90 in 7RM - but you bet, I'd love to find one!

As far as I know, they could be Redfield

A very warm welcome aboard, excellent caliber choice, you'll feel at home here in AH!

I shot this combo too, and can say that Evo is also extremely accurate! Congrats for your trophies!

I have both calibers, in two Sauer 90, same barrel and stock lenght, so I have a pretty good way to compare the two. To me, the 8x68S is a better caliber. - same velocity with less recoil (and a "straight" kind of recoil, not a jumping one) - more accurate on everage - heavier bullet and more...