Recent content by Lester Long

None of those states is in the "midwest" -- they're all southwestern states -- so I couldn't help you there. However, Hugo WMA in southeastern Oklahoma often has good hog hunting/shooting opportunities from a public access standpoint as does Waurika WMA in southwestern Oklahoma (though Waurika...

The things that stand out most in my mind are the debunking of the mystique of the Ackley "improved" wildcats and pressure gauging based on bolt lift.

One thing I've been glad to see become more available have been chronographs. There've been a lot of myths and junk reloading science debunked due to better chronograph availability. I remember when they were fairly expensive luxury items and not particularly reliable. I had a neighbor in high...

Yawn.

Yawn. :offtopic:

The subject was whether the original poster could have his rifle re-chambered from .220 Swift to 6.5-06. You keep trying to change the subject since you're not familiar with re-boring a rifle. If you don't know, just state you don't know.

Your logic continues to be that if you haven't performed a certain task or are somewhat unfamiliar with an operation, then it can't be done. Or you're mimicking what someone else has stated in blatant sycophantic fashion. That only reflects a lack of experience, which is why you keep trying to...

It's obvious you're in over your head and are allowing your emotions dictate your responses. You should devote more energy to researching this subject if you're wanting to discuss it. Your ego won't let you admit you were wrong just as Mike cannot admit he was wrong. The original poster asked if...

Re-chambering, re-barreling, and re-boring operations all have certain criterion that must be met. Does the current bolt face have the same dimensions as the intended new caliber? Can it be feasibly altered to the intended caliber? If it's a re-chambering operation, does the intended caliber...

Once again, incorrect. I don't post assumptions as you have by assuming what my reasoning was on the subject. It's logical to draw the conclusion to re-boring when someone is planning on re-chambering if going to another bore diameter. Having discussed this very subject with Dan Pedersen some...

Also incorrect. The barrel can be re-bored and re-chambered for about half of a re-barrel. Dan Pedersen or Curt LaBounty's successor can handle that.

Incorrect. The .220 Swift was derived from the 6mm Lee Navy -- both hulls are semi-rimmed. The 7x57mm is rimless -- like the .30-06 -- and is the parent case to the .257 Roberts and 6mm/.244 Remington.

This hunt was much tougher than our previous Wichita Mountains experiences. Each of the earlier hunts was over within about 30 minutes of sunrise; I was sitting on the couch drinking coffee by 2:00 in the P.M. of my elk hunt (the weather was cold, wet, and nasty then -- about like this weekend)...

No, just load development and (as of late) hog extermination.

My dad and I were drawn out there in 2000. It wasn't worth a damn. That particular year was one when the ODWC still had different application categories for archery, primitive, and rifle. All of the primitive selections were during the regular primitive season, so we chose McGee Creek since it...