The 50BMG necked down to.22 calibre was called the Eargesplitten Loudenbommer!😂

Man i loved the Super Short Mag cases. I still shoot the 300WSSM and 243WSSM often. Its a shame winchester didn't do better marketing.

16 days and a wake up till we leave for South Africa. We are so excited!!!!

You have a unique way of presenting good information, not too hype filled, but using verifiable data. I also enjoy listening to your Hunting Stories. I remember reading Ed Zern's Exit Laughing column columns at the back of the magazines. They reminded me that you have to have a bright spot once in a while to lighten the mood which can overwhelm a lot of people. Another "mood lifter" was Patrick McManus. His camping, hunting, fishing and general life guide "docudramas" were a source of much enjoyment on dark winter nights in the Okanogan Country of Washington. His guide for a successful "Hunker" is priceless. We need more hunkering and less bombastic shouting in our society, and you present a good blend of the two.

@11:07 I'm completely with you on the gear stuff. Hunting can mean different things to different people. Each person can take from it what they will but not everyone feels some mystical ooey-gooey energy while afield. I hunt because I enjoy it; its that simple. Not everything has to have some deeper meaning.

Great video Ron. Looking forward to seeing some video from your hunt in Namibia. Best wishes for a great weekend ahead.

Great as always Ron. I got to meet Rick Jamison at a SHOT show years ago when I worked for API treestands. I also got to meet Col.Craig Boddington. I met Melvin Forbes of Ultra Light Arms and many other gun writers. I even got an autograph from Tink.🤣. The torch it seems has been passed to you. You represent the shooting sports well.👍

The question about the necked down .50BMG case reminds me of the 8mm German anti tank round 7.92x94mm

A 300 WSM is a good cartridge. More than necesarry for most of my hunting, but it's a handy caliber in a short action rifle. If the 308 won't suffice, then the 300 WSM will improve your odds.

The Monarch Hollow Point is an awesome round for the 7.62x39. I get sub MOA out of it.

I've been loving your podcast since I came across it shortly after applying for my first tag. That meat buck video you mentioned was very enjoyable to watch, and I'd love to see more hunting story videos like it from you.

Hi Ron, I inherited a rifle from my mom yesterday; she inherited it 30 years ago from her dad, who inherited it from his father in-law as a wedding gift when he retired from hunting with it in 1935. The rifle is a first generation Savage Model 99 with the straight lever and straight-grip stock, serial number 121335, produced in 1912 (according to the Savage SN checker.) It would be great to hear your review of this legendary rifle, with its innovative features such as a Take-down barrel that’s switchable with other barrel models; a small round-counter window on the left side of the receiver; a rotary-style magazine permitting the use of spitzer bullets, which competing tubular-magazine rifles could not handle, and a cocking indicator on the top of the receiver. It’s far from pristine, with longitudinal cracks on the fore-end grip and stock, and surface pits on the barrel, so I feel good on keeping the grip and stock in my safe, slapping on some Boyds XX grade walnut replacements, and taking her out into Oregon’s Coast Range forests to hunt the black-tails my grandfather and great-grandfather hunted with it. It’s funny; I was thinking about getting a brush gun last week, en lieu of hunting again with my tang-safety M-77 before receiving this wonderful gift. Pa pow! I’m happier’n a butcher’s pup!

Ron, I love watching your videos and learning from you. You have a wealth of knowledge, and present things in a great way. If there was one famous person I would like to hunt with, you would be the one.

For the ruger American 7.62x39 question prvi partisan makes that brass case soft point bullets that’s really good ammo I had a single shot in that caliber and prvi shot the best and I took several deer with it

Ruger ranch 7.62x39 is a great rifle. You can get lots of trigger time with cheap ammo then move to factory hunting ammo or handloads with very little poa change and tight groups. I found average 1.3 groups with factory hunting loads and .8 or tighter with handloads . Definitely nice to shoot surplus ammo for practice instead of 45$+ a box ammo like many other rifles

Herters 7.62×39mm soft points from Bass Pro and Cabalas is relatively affordable and shoots good from my little Ruger. I think they are loaded by Winchester by the headstamp and styrofoam in the box. I would avoid anything with a steel jacket soft or hollow point for deer.

Being retired I am down with the 2 podcasts a week. One of my few complaints with RSO has always been that you release 1 KZfaq video and 1 podcast a week and they are on consecutive days leaving a huge 5 day gap in my ability to enjoy your material. A second podcast will fill this niche nicely. Thanks

Love the podcasts Ron. I have been reading your articles since I was a child and continue to enjoy your podcasts. If you could, or rather if you would not mind, maybe dive into the discussion some day on 30-30 and how it changes when you he the advantages of a box fed bolt action such as my stevems model 325 B. I have taken several bear countless number of deer and two Elk with the rifle now.

Hi Ron ! Can you do a podcast/ video on the effects of shooting in the rain ! Accuracy and down range velocity ! I’ve never seen that covered . Thanks for the great content

The issue is that Winchester essentially stole Jamison's cartridge designs and did not change them enough to avoid the lawsuit. Remington had independently developed their SAUM cartridges, so they were not involved. Jamison had worked with Winchester and Ruger for the "JRW" (Jamison, Ruger, Winchester) cartridges but had done most of the development himself and thought he had an agreement with them. Apparently Ruger was fine with the original agreement but Winchester decided that they wouldn't sign or pay Jamison. You can see the details with the "Jamison vs Olin Corporation-Winchester Division" details online.

408 cheytac shell necked up to take .458 Barnes TTSX BT Socom 300grs. i call it the 45 Qdums... Quigley down under magnum special :D :D :D

Being Gear heads is just our nature, it's not just hunting. We search for edge and it's fun, it's more emotional piece of mind than anything. Its the same in every hobby I have and in my job.

I used a 7.62x39 for deer last year. Used barnal soft points

I have killed many a pig here in Texas with 7.62x39. I use the PPU 123 grain Soft Points ( short and stubby with a round nose like a .30-30 bullet) and the PPU Pointed Soft Points. I use the Soft Points in my AR guns that have the one big "300 Blackout" feed ramp and the Pointed Soft Points on the others with M4 feed ramps. The big round bullet of the Soft Points will hit the M4 feed ramps and get gouged up. Both have been very effective on hogs and are very affordable.

Have y'all forgot about the side scope mount that came out for Winchester top eject lever guns? My Dads '92 30-30 still has that mount on it.

People who lost an eye a long time ago use to be able to take their rifle and shotgun to the local gunsmith and have a bent or curved stock put on them. They still shouldered it in there right shoulder but the stock bent to the left so they could aim with their left eye. You rarely see them now a days since they make left handed guns. But you can look it up to learn more about it. Canadian classics has a short on here showing one.

a really good option for shooting the 7.62 x 39 is the cor-bon ammo. especially if shooting out of a 308 barrel. I had 2 minii 30 rifles converted to true 308 bores by a company in Colorado that specialized in accurizing the mini 30's. they are about .5 moa rifles , and my children used them for several years and took deer out to 250 yds with cor-bon ammo. I think they were 150 gr .

Psi is pounds per square inch. Metal yeild strength is measured in psi. So when a cart is bogger but the same psi. The metal has to be much thicker. So a 50 bmg case could need a huge wall. Shotguns are like 12ksi not 60

Hello Ron, love the channel as I've been a fan for some time now and enjoy the content you bring. I understand that you hunt all over the World and spens time out in far off desolate places more than your average person. My question to you is have you ever seen or experienced anything that you couldn't explain? Maybe saw something that threw you for a loop or had an experience that you couldn't explain? Curious to know, anyhow thanks and God Bless.

I like the way BERGER bullets work.

Love Hammer products,,,,great folks too..

I have a romainian ak47 I have taken deer with at short range. I used a tula 154gr soft point it worked wonderfully had great expansion.

7.62x39 by Hornady, PPU, S&B, Nosler, and UNDERWOOD all make decent hunting ammo. Aguilla also loads this cartridge, but all I've seen is FMJ stuff from them. Of those mentioned, my preference is UNDERWOOD.

I can understand that there is good reason for a guide to provide follow up shots on a game animal if it is going to get away wounded and the hunter is unable to stop it, or in the situation of hunting dangerous game, things go sour and someone could potentially get hurt, but barring these instances, if someone chose to put some shots into my game animal, it would really sour my hunting experience. If someone else is going to fill my tag, then I could just as well stay home.

We still hunt for meat and you all should be prepared for a time when if you don't eat bugs you will need to hunt for meat. And no I'm not a pepper.

16:30 Richard, look for the federal fusion factory loaded stuff, I've taken a few deer with it out of my old Norinco sks

The big thing that hurt the marlin express was they came out just before they were bought by Remington

What happened to the 325 WSM? Was it too much for deer?

I shoot a 6.5 by 300 wsm and it hits hard out to a mile 153 gn. a tip 55 gn rl23

Wild game and a garden is what I live off of.

I believe P.O. Ackley necked a 50bmg all the way to .17 caliber and shot it through a smooth bore. All in an effort to reach 5000+ fps. The name he gave it: The Eargesplitten Loudenboomer

The way kids are today, if it doesn't or can't be done with a cell phone. They don't want anything to do with it.

I use the sks alot, though I haven't taken a deer with it, you can get Barnaul in hollow point and lead point pretty easily.

Hi Ron! I think simple, small doses, is great. However, if I get notified, I'll watch! Me, I'm a handgun gun guy with preferably odd calibers. But, your rifle info interests me greatly! Best to ya',,,,!

The SAUM has the longest necks of all of the short-wide cartridges.

*DATS A THICCCC BOI!*

You forgot to take me hunting with you.

I dont own 7.62×39 but i know they make a few hunting rounds for whitetail i seen them in federal fusion

What happens if he rotates the scope so it’s straight up and down with regard to the reticle? Would it help or just hurt??? It wouldn’t be in line with the barrel anymore so I’m assuming it would be awful.

I am curious. Now there is a round at 80,000psi. How mush pressure can a brass case take?

The problem with this hi tec is it’s turning hunting into just shooting !

LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET.

Hi

so i herd a few weeks ago that they where doing away with the 300 wsm do you know if thats true or not

The biggest impediment to hunting are the stupid regulations and the crazy fees!

Necking down a .50 BMG to .338 to fit in a short action fat magnum just would not work in a standard short action reciever. Your bolt head diameter with the .50 BMG is enormous by comaparison, and would never fit standard rifles. You would have to use a .50 BMG action and bolt, and if you want that shortened, you are either going to have to use the same .50 BMG reciever, or a custom machined reciever with a shortened.50 BMG bolt. I guess that could be a real kick in the teeth (no pun intended), but it just seems a bit unfeasible to me.... Of course this has already been, kind of, done. Not with a .50 BMG parent case, but with a .416 Rigby parent case, in the .338 Lapua Magnum. Not quite the diameter of the mighty .50 BMG, but definitely something shortened when compared the the Ma Deuce. On the same case come, also, the .375 Chey Tac, and .408 Chey Tac. Probably best to save yourself the money and hassle of modding a .50 BMG when you could spend a little less on one of those magnums that are already SAAMI spect.

I don’t know that reverence for the outdoors can be obtained through influence??? I don’t think Ron has much to do (no offense Ron) with it. To revere something you have to experience it, the rest is up to the person. Give them the opportunity and wait… It will happen…

You can barely see the channel logo. White on light grey is a bad choice

Waiting for 300 wsm on steroids🤔

I like the TTX for hand loading in my 303British but hand loading or factory bullets for my 30-06,308,30-30 and 6.5creed im a lead bullet guy dont think all ever switch to copper bullets

🕵️‍♂️ Only Yesterday I watched a video podcast of a Guy Claiming to be an "Idaho Elk Hunting Guide"! He was doing a podcast of His Favorite 6 ELK HUNTING CARTRIDGES! The First one on his list was the 6.5 Creedmore! ☹ To Make Matters Worse, He Claimed It Was a "Thousand Yard Elk Hunting Cartridge"! 🤦‍♂️ And, to make matters even worse, he said that he hunts with Burger Bullets (A Frangible Bullet)! 😬 Now, as you know, the majority of hunters don't reload and will buy the cheapest Ammunition that they can, before going hunting! I know, because I have worked in several different sporting goods stores! So, let's just say that they buy Horneday's Factory Ammunition with a 130 grain Horneday ELD-X bullet! Now, run the velocity and energy numbers at 1,000 yards and see what you get? Reloading Weatherby recently did a podcast - showing that this bullet had only 30% weight retention! So, 130 grains times 0.3 = 39 grains of weight retention! 🤢 Now, my 22 long rifle with a 40 grain solid copper bullet will have just as much retained weight and velocity at close range as the 6.5 Creedmore will at 1,000 yards! Would you hunt and shoot elk with a 22 long rifle? Just Rediculous! 😳 But, that is no different than what many of these 6.5 Creedmore Owners will be trying this fall, thanks to this "Idiot Guide" and his U-Tube Podcast? Just think of how many hunters are out their with their 6.5 Creedmore in the Woods and Trying to Hunt Elk? Now Just Imagine if 40% of them are using target bullets to do so and are even willing to take 1,000 yard shots on elk with that load? 🤯 Get the "Point Yet"??? 😱 This is why you need to speak up loud and often on this matter! 🗣 Do I Need to Draft Legislation to Force Manufacturers to put "Not for Hunting" on the Box, Establish the Minimum and Maximum Calibers to hunt a specific species, and Force Every Game Warden to examine every carcus that comes through their checking station to see if it was harvested in that (proper) manner? I WILL, UNLESS YOU AND THE OTHER GUN WRITERS AND MANUFACTURERS DON'T START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Just Remember What Happened to "Budweiser Beer" when they started acting "Irresponsibly"? Go Woke, Go Broke! If the "Sportsman", Manufactures, and Gun Writers Can't Do The Job - Then I Will!!! 🤑

166gr HH from a 30-06 at 3k fps, with staball 6.5, he's at 81kpsi. How about no.

All copper bullets suck I rather shoot a solid tungsten at something better yet all uranium haha LOL😂

I am working on a 20mm cannon case necked down to .17 that shoots a 500 grain copper bullet @ 10,000 fps.