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    Anyone hunt Colo 82/86 during 2nd Rifle this past year?

    i was in 86 in bow season and they were all low same last year.
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    Finally killed something in Colorado

    I spent the last three weekends shooting my DPMS 308 all the way out to 875 yards and was feeling very confident for the hunt I had coming up. Besides a bad wind call here and there I was hitting 8” square plates with crazy regularity. Opening day came and we couldn’t find a deer on the...
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    Where are the prairie dogs?

    i think number are really low everywhere due to two really rough summers . the towns i shoot here in colorado are nearly died out. only places i get good shooting is in the river bottoms
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    Fire forming 17 Hornet brass

    its way of fire forming brass . you take a fast powder (pistol powder) put a small charge in the case then fill the rest with cream of wheat and plug the top with a toilet paper plug and fire . then boom fire formed brass without wasting a bullet. in my 17 ackly my fire forming loads shot...
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    Fire forming 17 Hornet brass

    its a simple cut and dry process. use a little extra lube and run it through a sizing die . must people i've talked to use the cream of wheat method but i just loaded them up and took them to a prairie dog town and they really shot quite well. not sure if you bought reloading supplies yet but i...
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    colorado springs gunsmith

    thank you. ill be looking those guys up
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    colorado springs gunsmith

    Hello, I was hoping some of you might be able to recommend a good gunsmith in the Colorado springs area? I have two rifles that I would like to get the barrels threaded on, one is a AR 10 i would like to be able to spot my shots with and the other is a new 338 edge that i would like to be able...
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    Taking animals with long range target bullets

    If your only hunting whitetail and smaller I really wouldn't worry about it even with the 243 just stay away from lighter varmint bullets with most brands 85gr and up. but if you really are worried about it there are plenty of hunting bullet that will shoot good out there. To name a few: nosler...
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    H50bmg for 338 edge

    hello everyone , i was hoping some of you could give me some help. im about to start trying to work up a load for the 338 edge with H50bmg powder, my components are: 300gr berger VLD, REM case, H50bmg powder. it was recommended to me to use 98.0 grains as a start load but i was hoping someone...
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    Powders for 338 edge

    anybody got a start load for h50bmg??
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    Rifle choices for the wife

    17 hornet is a lot of fun and super cheap if you reload. just wondering why leave off the 223?? for low recoil and killing paper its about as good as it gets.
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    Powders for 338 edge

    Hello gentlemen I’ve had a 338 edge built for a few months now and have yet to fire a shot. I have been searching for h1000 and retumbo everywhere with no luck. But I do have a few slow burning powders on my bench and I was hoping for a start loads or pointers as to what one to use. The...
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    Newbie hunter in Colorado

    pm sent
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    Newbie hunter in Colorado

    ill send you a pm
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    Great load for .204

    sold my 204 but when i id have it i had great luck with BL-C2 cant remember the weight but it was just under max with a 40gr vmax it was slightly better then the varget load in my rifle
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