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    Help me decide which 22LR bolt action

    Won a couple of Savage 22’s at various competitions some years back(TR and BSS). They surely performed well on the 50 yard line for my informal competition and hunting. When I decided to get into rimfire PRS, I decided give them a try before shopping for a dedicated rifle of one of the popular...
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    Necessary precision to kill something

    YES…Good listen! An excellent book that discusses this topic in detail is Bryan Litz’s book “Accracy and Precision for Long Shooting”. His term is WEZ….Weapon Employment Zone. His caveat is that the two “indeterminates” are wind and cartridge to cartridge variation. Given the...
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    Wax-in your blueing, along with your wood. Weather Protection.

    After trying just about everything, I settled on Clenzoil for metal, wood, and synthetic finishes. Does not harm wood finishes(including oil finishes) and maintains the lubricity of the moving parts when subjected to moisture, carboin, and dust. I will always dry out a gun that has been exposed...
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    100% Hits to 600 Yards?

    Don’t know about 100 shots, and I’d be loathe to **** away the barrel life of my go-to hunter trying it. Surely a viable/doable exercise with a PRS rig where that accuracy/volume is necessary to compete. But I’ll do 10 for 10 shots cold/warm bore at 600 yards into 1 MOA with my hunting rifle…...
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    Thrash a nice wood stock hunting?

    My first 3+ decades of hunting, I used walnut stocks exclusively. While I switched about 20 years ago to synthetics when I extended my hunting range beyond 500 yards, I would still very much prefer a a wood stock by a wide margin simply for the beauty and feel…which,IMO, improves with use and...
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    What’s the farthest you have taken a big game animal with a rifle?

    1188 yards, antelope, chest-DRT Cooper 520, 6.5x284N, 142gr JLK VLD
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    Tangent Theta vs ZCO vs Schmidt vs Kahles

    Between three, S&B, TT, and ZCO I think the glass differences are a push…they are all superb….as are the mechanicals. My personal favorite for LRH has quickly become the ZCO 420 over the past few years. At least to my eyes, the sight picture of the ZCO seems noticeably bigger/pronounced maybe...
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    3 lug vs 2 lug: GO!

    I have and use both styles. Most all my competition rifles have 2 lug’s. My most used LRH rifle for the last 15 years or so is a 3 lug Cooper that is smooth as silk, is very accurate, and performs flawlessly. I do like the short throw and do not perceive the heavier bolt lift while hunting.
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    What is the most hated deer rifle you owned ?

    Kimber Light Classic Sporter in 270WSM. While very nice looking rifle that was very well finished, felt recoil was atrocious, the action was very rough/notchy, and it was quite difficult me to shoot accurately due to the muzzle jump of its pencil-thin barrel. It was replaced by a Winchester...
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    What bipod for hunting???

    Still using the same bipod from the survey here several years ago… Evolution Bipod with 8-11’ legs. I carry 12’ long switchable legs that extend to 16” that work well for sitting, and fit nicely in my daypack, for very stable sitting shots in high grass or snow…… ‘Boomstickin” …I don’t load my...
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    Proper trigger pull and shooting technique

    I couldn't agree more that training/observation by a "skilled" instructor is priceless. I was fortunate at a young age to have benefited from this, and found that the fundamentals, once engrained and routinely practiced will serve a lifetime of successful shooting. While there are several...
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    6mm ARC

    Since my primary purpose of the rifle was 300 yard Egg Shoot Competition I went with the heavy/longer Hart Varmint barrel, which provided the shooting stability to capture a wind condition, and accurately place 5 shots on 5 eggs in under 10 seconds. A couple of MPH wind shift can easily blow...
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    6mm ARC

    I'm running my 6mmAR with a 22" barrel. Case capacity is same as the ARC/ 6.5 Grendel .
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    6mm ARC

    I have been running a Whitely 6mmAR, which is essentially the same cartridge) in my gas gun for for about 15 years. I use 28-29gr of R15 with 105/107 gr Bergers and SMK's at 2700-2800FPS. Exceptionally accurate, and +20 reloads using necked down Lapua(6.5 Grendel) brass. My go-to rifle for 300...
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