Shooting’s Family Affair

Some famous cartridge families from L. to R. include the 308 Winchester clan, 30-06 Springfield tribe and 375 H&H belted magnum group. Outlier on far right is Remington s 300 Ultra Mag based, like many of our fat magnums, on the 404 Jeffery case.When you re talking hunting cartridges, it s a family affair. Nepotism at its best. Practically Old Testament. Begat begat and begat again Variations on a theme is what they are. While hunters persist in imagining different cartridges possess magical properties, the reality is that most are nearly genetic matches with minor changes in power capacity and bullet diameter/weight. Those minor changes are, however, worth contemplating. Our famous, old 30-06 (8th from the L.) was built by modifying the older, German 8mm Mauser. Check dimensions of the two and you discover many more-than-coincidental similarities in head size and body diameter. The 30-06 was then necked to a narrower diameter to hold a .277-inch bullet and called, you guessed it, th
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Weather Or Not

It s nice to know what kind of weather you re challenging before you leave the house.You might have noticed the ScoutLook Hunting Weather banner on our pages. WARNING: Don t click it unless you want to open the best weather app for hunters. But if you do want to know which way the wind will blow tomorrow and how hard, check out ScoutLook. It goes way beyond the usual temperature and moisture forecast to provide the kinds of details outdoors people really need. Like barometric pressure, relative humidity and the dew point. Do tell. ScoutLook weather will let you know what time the sun rises and sets and in what phase the moon shines. Opt for instant weather, hourly forecast and 7-day forecast. And then, for a real birds eye view on the weather, click on the radar map. See where the clouds are. Then click on the Play feature to see how they ll be moving. But all this is just the start of ScoutLook s features. There s a widget that shows you how your scent cone will disburse in curren
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