Glad you're safe! I heard the Lt. Dan guy rode it out in the Tampa harbor on his 20' sailboat. Good for him!

I have a Leupold Freedom 3-9x40 on my 240 Wby Mag. The scope itself is fine but I do not like the exposed elevation turret adjustment. There is a tiny little hex-head set screw that is supposed to "lock" it in place, but in the field, I accidentally bumped mine and had to go back and re-sight in the rifle. It's a bad design in my opinion. Just stick with the turret caps and protect the adjustments.

For that reason alone, I probably won't buy another one. I've been using Vortex and Burris mostly of late. Also, for cheap Chinese optics, the re-branded Academy sports exclusive Redfields have help up well in the field for me. I have a few and no complaints, yet.

Thanks for sharing. Those are great pictures and great trophies! I always wondered how the taxidermist handled velvet on the antlers. Do they cure it and preserve it somehow or do they strip it off and replace it with something non-organic?

I don't have any issues with suppressors other than I think they make a traditional rifle look ugly.

Agree with y'all on the nonsenseness of the entire NFA classification for them too.

What are the details on the 270 Wby factory ammo? Can you post a picture or two?

I've had sub-par results doing hot and cold bluing myself and finally resided to the fact that the good lord did not bless me with that particular skill set.

Any metal finishing work like that I contract out now with much better results.

I have never used a torque tool when mounting a scope. I've always snugged all the screws with lock-tite and never had a scope go loose on me.

The most expensive scope I own is probably $400 and the average scope price for me is usually well under that. I've never missed a shot because I had a cheap or loose scope in the equation.

Congrats on your retirement and thank you for your service, Oscar! Looking forward to hearing about that 416 and a buffalo hunt.