nzs204 - I think you've found the perfect rabbit bullet - for folks who want to eat their rabbits! No damage, just a dead rabbit... Cool.

Excellent! What a great looking rifle... Dang... I've been day dreaming about a Cooper... Now it's going to get worse!

I'm with Rick. Five shots for varmint rifles. Three shots for sporter-weight big game rifles. The big powder charges heat up the skinny barrels pretty fast. For my match rifle, I have to shoot 20 round strings in competition, so I often shoot 10-round groups at longish ranges to test. The real test ...

Picked up a good looking Rem 700 CDL in .300 RUM, spring of 2006. It was just too good a deal to pass up. Great looking rifle, with a trigger that needed attention. It sat around for a while, while I gathered the supplies needed to load it, along with data, from all the usual sources as well as info...

Those .257 Wby targets were long ago in my mis-spent youth. About the same time we had to use a 4' cheater bar to open the bolt on the same Weatherby with heavier loads. I survived, and so did the rifle, but sorry, no photos of any of it back then... Seriously though - a fragile bullet - like many &...

Rick, Skippy could follow that vapor trail right back to your position!

"Vaporizing bullets? I'd love to see that." Fairly common when fragile bullets are pushed hard, from a fast-twist barrel. See it now and again at long-range prone matches, where the guys have their rifles set up with fast-twist barrels to stabilize long bullets. Just a little puff of smoke...

Good tips. I like those little "lens pens" sold in most gunshops. Easy to just stick it in your pocket. Also am a big believer in lens caps - have the Butler Creek flip-up jobs on most of my rifles, and the threaded screw in type on one scope. Completely understand about not wanting to use...

Okay. Time to wake up and have a cuppa coffee. You're obviously dreaming... Dang, sounds like you scored! I'd take care of that farmer if I were you...

I believe Leupold makes an illuminated 1.5-5x scope.

Regards, Guy

I know there's got to be some guys using older, classic .22 match rifles. I still practice with, and occasionally hunt with, this old Winchester 52-B, complete with the equally classic 20x Lyman target scope. Dad & Grandpa used it in competition, it's been in our family 50+ years and is still mi...

I'll second that point about bullet placement. You can kill game with any number of different cartridges and bullets, as long as you hit your quarry well. Am a big fan of the 7mm Rem mag. I've had bigger, badder rifles, but the 7mm Rem mag with 175's or 160's will dump an elk just fine. I find the 7...

Rented sea kayaks, then paddled, camped and fished for a week in Barclay sound near Tofino, Vancouver Island. It was absolutely outstanding! Fresh salmon, ling cod, black rockfish & crabs every night! :D Caught 'em all ourselves. Have also enjoyed outstanding trout fishing along the Blackwater r...

"Some of those in the front look pretty big and wolfy, huh. "

Yeah... You could say that!

Lotta fur came out of the back of that pickup truck!

I've used USO and Leupold illuminated reticle scopes. Often in fading light, conditions are such that the animal can still be seen, at least silhouetted, but standard crosshairs fade out and can't be seen. An illuminated reticle takes care of that. Very important that the reticle can be illuminated ...