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    .223 for bear, deer, elk and moose.

    Thats fair. We base our decisions off our own experience. My point was only that, if I were choosing a starting point today, it would not be an R700 or a clone. I’ve owned them. My first was in about 1988.
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    .223 for bear, deer, elk and moose.

    People seems to like R700s enough to get defensive about them or to have had issues and choose not to use them. It’s not up to me to decide which group someone else is in.
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    Cut my barrel or re-barrel and sell the old one?

    Bmart sums it up in few words. I am a former nonlead person who used them for several years and doesn’t any longer. DRT bullets seem to be the best of the nonlead options at the moment, but I’ve gone more to the TMK and ELDM direction. If I had to use non-lead, I go with the DRT and keep my...
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    AR triggers

    Appreciate you sharing this info. I’m not going to run out and change mine because it frankly doesn’t get shot near as much as my bolt guns.
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    Lightweight Tikka t3x stock (peak 44, stockysstock, wildcat)

    The issue isn’t so much recoil reduction as much as it is direction. A low comb and butt relative to the bore results in more muzzle rise which means the comb is coming up into your cheek and you lose or sight picture. A higher comb/butt makes for a recoil impulse that comes more staring back...
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    AR triggers

    I have not. But my understanding is that you pay for the LaRue name. My RRA Varmint is really crisp and I breaks right at 3.5# with about 1/16” of take up on the first stage and another 1/16” of overtravel. The reset is nice and audible and tactile. I’ve seen them for as low as $80, which about...
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    AR triggers

    I’ve used the RRA varmint trigger for about 6 years and have had nothing but good results with it. It’s a non-cartridge option that doesn’t seem to get a lot of traction, likely due to its name. It’s a 2-stage mil-spec type trigger that has a nice crisp 3.5ish# break and it’s inexpensive (often...
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    .223 for bear, deer, elk and moose.

    Tikkas aren’t the only option, but they are the most reliable and smoothest option under a grand. Tikka triggers and barrels are also generally better than anything else in their price range. But I hear you on having to cut and thread. My local smith’s charge for that work went up 30% over the...
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    Lightweight Tikka t3x stock (peak 44, stockysstock, wildcat)

    My experience with the WSM was similar. I found that I shot my smaller caliber guns consistently better and that recoil was a thing for me despite not also not being a small guy. Most vertical grips suck. I find that chassis put the vertical grips too far below the bore line for me, which...
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    Lightweight Tikka t3x stock (peak 44, stockysstock, wildcat)

    I owned a Tikka in 300 WSM and sold it over the winter. It had a lot of back-end snort due to being a light gun with a low comb, even suppressed. I wouldn’t want to make it lighter without a stock that significantly improved the ergos. The torque specs for the action bolts on the Peak 44 stocks...
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    I have never met a naturally gifted shooter who doesn’t shoot a lot. It’s not something we are born with.
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    Not saying this is you at all. But I see people at the range who check their zero with 3-10 rounds over the bench once before the season and who freely admit that is their preseason practice regimen. Others have admitted they are their sighting guns in for family members who’ve never shot them...
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    I’ve never met anyone who shoots 3-5 times a year that can shoot well in the field. Edit: That also goes for 100 yards and in. Short range shooters are almost never shooting prone or with a solid front and rear rest. Shooting like that takes more practice than most people think.
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    Lightweight Tikka t3x stock (peak 44, stockysstock, wildcat)

    The carbon hunter and the wildcat both have basically the same ergos as the factory stock, but coming in lighter. Both will have significant muzzle rise due to the low comb and both have long trigger reaches. The Stocky’s VG Hunter has a higher comb to reduce muzzle rise, make spotting your...
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    The Shoot2hunt Podcast

    The online class seems like it will be a great resource for those who can’t make the live one. Looking forward to taking it.
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