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Steam affecting spotting hit/missess in low light
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This is why I'm against the laws banning thermal devices and electronic scopes for big game hunting. With a thermal monocular you could...
Nov 1, 2024
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Sako Riihamiki .222 Remington Beautiful rifle!!!
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Kinda slimming down my Sako collection again and this one is up to bat. Traded into it a few years ago and couldn't bring myself to...
Nov 1, 2024
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Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round?
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No, not with any of the cartridges I've seen. When the first hit is bad, good chance you're gonna have a sh*tshow on your hands.
Oct 30, 2024
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Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round?
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The 6.5 elk looked like a neck/spinal shot... it dropped instantly. IMO a riskier shot (perhaps a slight miss to the left from wind?)...
Oct 30, 2024
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Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round?
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I agree that what we want with expanding bullets is maximum energy transfer. The bullet must decelerate as much as possible between...
Oct 30, 2024
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Today's Ram
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This morning, on the way home from hunting quail, I came across our local bighorn herd near the highway so I pulled over and took a few...
Oct 29, 2024
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New In Box early 2000s Kimber 84M Classic in .308 Winchester
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Oct 29, 2024
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New in Box Kimber K22 SVT .22 LR with add'l NOS (new old stock) Kimber K22 Classic Varmint stock!
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Oct 29, 2024
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Bumping bucks
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I have surprised a young whitetail buck and had it hang around (go off a hundred yards, snort, try to sneak back), during squirrel...
Oct 29, 2024
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Bullets Pencilling Through
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Son shot a buck last week with a factory load 103 ELDX out of a 6 Creed. Shot was right in the pocket and caught the triceps on the way...
Oct 28, 2024
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Central WA buck
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We left my house at 5:30 this past Sunday morning for our day hunt and successfully made it back home by 9pm. This deer was HEAVY AF...
Oct 26, 2024
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I kind of have a “stove problem”. I have about every model of MSR stove and most of the older Coleman stuff. The setup a carry in my...
Oct 26, 2024
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Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round?
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Foot-pounds is a measure of kinetic energy... the ability of mass combined with velocity to impart force. The formula of E = 1/2m × v^2...
Oct 26, 2024
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.277 build using the 170gr. Elite Hunter
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On the way! https://atlasdg.com/product/6-8western/ Lou
Oct 25, 2024
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Effective Game Killing
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Yep. A solid has excellent weight retention but not impressive one-shot kills. Bullets lose mass because of energy transfer that exceeds...
Oct 25, 2024
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