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    Awesome trail cam pictures?

    reminds me of the movie "Critters" 😆
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    Awesome trail cam pictures?

    I never would have guessed bears greet eachother with a bear hug! pics or it didn't happen! 😆
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    Kimber for Custom Build

    you could consider a Sauer 100 in 6.5 Creed or 243. I recently came into one in 6.5 creed. I had never considered a Sauer before because there is zero aftermarket for them. I am impressed with it though. it's shooting 130 ELDM @2830 for 1.2" or less @ 100yds. it uses Rem 700 scope bases...
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    Elk Rifle

    Tikka in your favorite flavor. Definitely upgrade your scope! I'm diggin the Mavin NF is always good or buy 2 SWFA's and a pile of ammo and go shoot. My wife and I have killed a bunch of elk, deer and antelope with 6.5's out to 500 w/143's, 147's, 153.5's and 156's. I have no need for anything...
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    Heavy Timber Rifle

    my wife killed several elk from 100-350 with the 165SST, excellent performance on all of them.
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    Photography- one photo a day

    I lost the original when I smashed that phone so I have to use a screenshot. Sunrise over the port of Tacoma, Mt Rainier touching the clouds. This only happens one or two days in September and lasts maybe 20 minutes.
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    Photography- one photo a day

    Somebody was feeding this baby buck and he figured out he could make rounds through the neighborhood and not have to work for his food. two weeks after this pic the neighborhood cougar got him.
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    Photography- one photo a day

    I had a 9 footer in my yard at my first house. Funny how men tamed these huge trees with sweat and muscle, now the trees are smaller all the time and machines do most of the work.
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    FNG from Montana

    welcome, fellow NW MT'er. you ready for bear season?
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    Need advice - 6.5 CM Kimber Hunter Pro Threaded

    At a basic level, if I don't know who threaded a barrel, I'll pull the bolt and look down the barrel with the suppressor attached(from breech). eyeball center of barrel and as long as you can't see the suppressor bore intruding into the barrel bore line or appears uneven, you're good.
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    Backup irons or backup scope

    I've been testing both backup irons and scope remount to zero. As far as scope returning to zero after being remounted, torque the mount nut/screws and put a witness mark on them. upon remounting, torque to witness mark and go kill. So far my testing has shown this to return to exactly zero with...
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    Tikka Experts Needed

    check the lugs and see if they galled from the sand.
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    ISO gunsmith that could finish Octagon Barrel

    search Country Custom Metalsmithing https://countrycustommetals.com/?fbclid=PAY2xjawJkkhxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpy7KID6WcTSQErP9DRXCMm9WEpMHtoetiAu-eZUbSfgJbnc72D4Rz0yEVjfn_aem_ODWGauM9DS_G-orxWAmlOw He's been doing some good work like this. I'm not set up to blue yet, but I could polish the barrel...
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    Pics of animals you weren't hunting

    Man I wish we could post video! I was hunting bear, just not miniature bears!
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    Creepy experiences in the backcountry

    Probably 25 years ago now, I found a spur road off a seldom traveled forest service road. The spur was ditched at about ¼ mile but continued quite a ways across the mountain. Being new to me, I was exploring the area when I had time. One afternoon on a week day, I went to the spur for some...
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