No, this is Southeast Idaho.

I believe other than “Black” in the name, they are in no way similar, the Black Wolf is a carbon riser with Carbon limbs, black ek is an aluminum riser and I can’t say what limbs. Both are ILF fittings but otherwise completely different animals.

Thanks, if I never got on a motocross track, I think I would just pick the XR. However, most certainly when hitting big jumps the XR is not in its element. I wouldn’t even try it. The only other place a YZ outshines it is an ultra Technical Enduro style riding where you’re jumping ledges and rocks. If you were riding forest trails, or open desert trails all the time. You would be just as happy on the XR.

Light years better (for me) than a Bear Grizzly, I have had a couple bear Grizzly recurves. Good reliable bows, a good solid bow, but nothing remarkable, just good. I like the look of, and tool-less design of the bear takedown, but I wouldn’t buy a non vintage bear because of quality issues that are always a problem. So I would rank the Striker a 9/10 a Grizzly a 7/10 (if it’s a vintage one).

Thanks for the response. Do you prefer 4 inch feathers over 5?

I think I’m using 4” right now, I don’t know that I really care one way or another, whatever I can find in a color and profile I want to use works.

Federal Premium ammo using a 160 Nosler Accubond.

I have only heard good things about Tikka accuracy, they look a little plain to me, but the accuracy has been touted well by people I know who have them.

I had the same opinion of the WSM's. The short fat cases are just more problematic I've found.

It is fairy soft recoiling, I have a 22” barrel Xbolt 308, shooting 165 accubonds around 2750, and it feels about the same, the longer action 7mm and 26” barrel seem to tame some of the recoil. But, the loads I’m using are 160 gr at 2950 on average, so really they are middle of the road 7mm loads and the 308 are full loads so they shouldn’t feel much different. I don’t think it kicks any worse than a 270 Win.

I'll tell ya I have a hard time believing a 7Mag will get that velocity with a 160Gr bullet, 3000FPS is about the norm for a 160, and maybe, maybe 3100 if you really loaded it hot. To each their own, but if you're at nearly 3100 with that bullet I would feel uneasy about the pressures its creating. RL26 from their website shows a charge of 67 Gr RL26 produces 3014 FPS from a 24" tube. I'd think again if its a 7MM Rem mag. A 7mm Weatherby would do that much though.

I responded to your comment but it looks like it’s been removed.

Basically what I said was that my velocities are legitimate. Look up The Real Ginsmith video “reloading tips with 7mm Rem mag”. That will explain how I get those velocities.

I watched that video. I’ve always enjoyed his videos, here’s where I’m coming from. He talks about needing to throat out the chamber to allow the bullet to be seated longer and have a magazine box that allows that. Those two things right there eliminate uploading the seven mag in many factory rifles. if you’re interested in creating a custom rifle to maximize the cartridge that’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with that and that’s fine. if you’re going to use a factory rifle like I am and you’re gonna load for accuracy, you’re probably gonna end up between 2900-3050 ft./s with a 160 Accubond. Playing with slower burning powders you can push that number upwards but ultimately what’s the point? Anywhere in that range is a very effective hunting projectile. And at 200 300 400 and 500 yards. There’s no practical difference between a load at one end of that spectrum and another. Reliability is a key factor to me. Pushing pressure envelopes to obtain 50 or 100 more feet per second or even 150 ft./s. Ultimately gives me no tangible benefit. I’m gonna post a link to a video of someone whose life was nearly lost along with his sister because they had a hot load in a large magnum rifle. The primer blew out of the case and jammed the action. They were then left nearly defenseless to a large Alaskan brown bear. Thankfully, they found their pistol that they had a one point dropped and were able to stop the bear. I’m happy to sacrifice 100 or 200 ft./s to avoid a scenario like that. The primer in the rifle fell into the action in a way that jammed the Bolt. And they acknowledge that they were very hot loads. Most likely no one will ever encounter that scenario again. Or it’s so unlikely to that it’s not really a statistically significant issue. But not loading to the maximum pressures that are often above book numbers, helps you avoid that type of issue. m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jN9_aLmkl87ZmJs.html&pp=ygUgQWxtb3N0IGRpZWQgYmVhciBzdHVjayBuIHR0ZSBydXQ%3D

Great video, thanks for sharing that. I totally agree with you. It is not necessary to push them that hard. 100 ft./s difference is really of no consequence. My go to hunting ammunition for the past couple years has been the factory federal terminal ascent 155 grain. Out of my 24 inch barrel Tikka I get 3100 ft./s . That’s a really tough bullet with a reasonably good BC. My rifle is a Tikka T3X superlight and it does have a bit longer throat from the factory. I load to the maximum length that the magazine will allow. So no single feeding. My browning X bolt 30 O6 is a shooter.. it’s the only Xbolt I have right now.

P.s....do not sell it, and buy some modern weapon coz I guarantee you will regret it. I know I did.

It really is, truthfully it doesn’t belong in the air and on a track, it can manage small stuff if the suspension has been set up to handle it, but ANYWHERE else it’s fantastic. I’ve taken it on trail, desert and enduro terrain with all of the modern 300cc two strokes and done better in many situations and only in a few had the liability of all the extra weight. It’s a fantastic machine.

I took it out the other day, and made 3 shots at 570 yards. It was just over a 2" group almost perfect left to right. This gun is crazy accurate.

Its been fantastic.

Thanks, one of the great outcomes from this was to find that those short bear bows aren't as slow as they may have been made out to be. I have owned 3 different super mags at different times and have enjoyed each one. K Mag I haven't had yet but would love to.

I haven’t shot any through it yet as I pretty much exclusively shoot hand loads in all my guns. But during the past two years ammo shortage I did come across some Federal premium nickel plated brass with 160 Accubonds and I grabbed a couple boxes. So I think it would be fun to compare velocity of the load I made with the factory load (should be real similar as I didn’t try and max out my velocity) and compare accuracy of the two. I have a couple rifles I want to shoot and test loads and over this coming Christmas break. I’ll try to remember to take this out and report back with how these factory loads shot versus the reloads.

So I just went out for a few minutes today and shot some Federal Premium 160 Nosler Accubonds in it. 3 shots were .366" center to center! Even better than my best group with handloads has been!

Check out this video to see the Federal premium accubond load vs my hand loads. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJ5pdpB_yNanfIk.html

@@Bowstringdotcom Thank you!! I just dug up my Striker bow to start bowhunting again!!