Greetings from FL

[Deleted member 74105]

Long time lurker here. Avid rifle nut and reloader. Love the history and older calibers such as 6.5 x 55, 7x57 &. .375 H&H. Enjoy the big bore Marlin levers as well in .444 Marlin and 45/70 Gov. Have hunted primarily in North America, with some great Alaska hunts. Now retired career military and just retired after 10 years in the civilian sector. Hunt mostly whitetails and hogs in AL on private land. I like to use the use hogs as ballistic gelatin for my reloads. We have a severe hog problem in AL, so there are plenty of year-round opportunities for hunting them. I’ve been on a 7mm kick lately reloading the 7x57, 7mm 08, and the .280 Remington. Fortunately, I have horded reloading components for years, so I have a tidy stockpile. I did have some trouble finding heavy 7mm bullets but managed to find some 175 grain Woodleigh Weldcores which I loaded for the 7x57. They have been lethal on hogs so far, looking forward to using them for whitetail. Great to be here and enjoy the topics.

 

[cpr0312]

Hello and welcome!

 

[BourbonTrail]

Welcome to AH

 

[thi9elsp]

Welcome. I'm about an hour north of Tampa. If you're anywhere in the area would enjoy getting together, sharing yarns and some brown liquid!

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

Welcome to the forum, sir.

 

[Deleted member 74105]

Welcome. I'm about an hour north of Tampa. If you're anywhere in the area would enjoy getting together, sharing yarns and some brown liquid!

Many thanks, I'm on the AL/FL line in the Perdido Key area close to Pensacola.

 

[Jörg Krüger]

 

[kdenn]

Hello and Welcome to AH.

 

[Hunt anything]

LT Backstrap, welcome. I’m just west of you outside of Foley in Magnolia Springs. If your ever over this way look us up.

 

[Deleted member 74105]

LT Backstrap, welcome. I’m just west of you outside of Foley in Magnolia Springs. If your ever over this way look us up.

Many thanks, small world, know the area well, we lived in Fairhope for a while.

 

[nztimb]

Giday LT Backstrap and welcome to the A H forums

 

[cls]

Welcome to the dark side. Great place to spend time.

 

[Randy F]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Deleted member 74105]

Welcome to the dark side. Great place to spend time.

The 7x57 thread sucked me in.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Welcome to AH LT Backstrap!

 

[Deleted member 74105]

Welcome to AH LT Backstrap!

Many thanks Jerome.

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

Welcoeme to AH. I use 7x57. Very good caliber. Good luck.

 

[Daktari]

I'm over in Miami, us Florida guys should get together sometime!

 

[Deleted member 74105]

Welcoeme to AH. I use 7x57. Very good caliber. Good luck.

Agreed, great old round that gets the job done.

 

[Shootist43]

Welcome aboard LT Backstrap. I enjoyed your introduction. The 6.5 X 55 Swedish Mauser has been my go-to rifle for over 20 years. I've been using 140 Gr. Partitions on Hogs, but lately I've been using some 156 Gr. Norma on Whitetails. I bet they'll be fine for hogs as well. BTW thanks for your service. There are a lot of Ex-GIs on AH. Feel free to post some photos and stories of your previous hunts.