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PEAX DUO Headlamp Failure?

Did you try the push and hold the power button to unlock it? I thought mine was a turd also on day one. turns out I locked it before I knew of the feature. If you push and hold the power button until it flashes, that indicates locked/unlocked.
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- Post #16
- Today at 8:26 PM
- Forum: Gear
JTAC Screech Owl chassis

watching... I've been thinking about one of these for a Howa
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- Post #2
- Sunday at 9:18 AM
- Forum: Long Range Hunting
Photography- one photo a day

Sharptail grouse in Eastern Montana
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- Post #15,463
- Saturday at 4:42 PM
- Forum: Photography // Video // Filming // Digiscoping
Photography- one photo a day

rutty little 4 point acting tough
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- Post #15,461
- Friday at 10:47 AM
- Forum: Photography // Video // Filming // Digiscoping
Painless load development (mine)

My load dev has been gravitating towards this even before i heard of this painless method. Because I build rifles, I shoot almost all of them to at least get a sense of accuracy potential. I can't tell you how many times I've simply looked in my Nosler manual, picked a powder I have in the...
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- Post #1,054
- Thursday at 7:48 AM
- Forum: Reloading
Painless load development (mine)

To bad it isn't a STW...yet...
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- Post #1,053
- Thursday at 6:05 AM
- Forum: Reloading
Photography- one photo a day

one and done...
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- Post #15,455
- Thursday at 5:06 AM
- Forum: Photography // Video // Filming // Digiscoping
Tikka 223 Magazines

Post in thread 'Anybody Else Having Failure to Feed with Tikka mags?' https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/anybody-else-having-failure-to-feed-with-tikka-mags.395215/post-4099548
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- Post #8
- Mar 25, 2025
- Forum: Firearms
Anybody Else Having Failure to Feed with Tikka mags?

This may or may not prove to be a long term fix. I have 3-4rnd factory 223 mags for my RSS Tikka that did the same thing more often than not. I popped the follower out and stretched the spring to push harder on the rear. Then I took a small flat file and barely slicked off the inside corner...
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- Post #19
- Mar 25, 2025
- Forum: Firearms
Your first deer rifle?

kept it 7 Rem Mag just for sentiment
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- Post #360
- Mar 25, 2025
- Forum: Whitetail Deer
Your first deer rifle?

Tang 77 7 Rem Mag. Dad said he'd buy it for me if I worked for half of it. At 13, I spent the summer setting chokers behind his skidder. The only "elk" rifle I owned for 20 years. I shot the barrel out and got bored with 7mm at the same time. I finally rebarreled it and restored/customized it a...
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- Post #356
- Mar 25, 2025
- Forum: Whitetail Deer
Photography- one photo a day

Alpine lakes are the best lakes
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- Post #15,446
- Mar 25, 2025
- Forum: Photography // Video // Filming // Digiscoping
Help choose new cartridge.

338 RCM! 6.5 Prc is the same case as the 338 RCM. I've necked ADG 6.5 PRC up to 338 and 375. neck up to 7mm then 308, anneal 338, anneal, mandrel, trim. I'm getting 2800 w/225's from a 24" barrel pretty easy. 20" would probably still go 2700.
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- Post #28
- Mar 24, 2025
- Forum: Reloading
Photography- one photo a day

October is pretty awesome
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- Post #15,444
- Mar 24, 2025
- Forum: Photography // Video // Filming // Digiscoping
Tikka trigger spring fail

t to clarify, the failure started with the replacement spring. After I reinstalled the factory spring, it failed also when below 2lb. After turning it up to 2.2lb, it has not failed. The difference is the replacement spring is much smaller wire. After installing the replacement spring, I set...
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- Post #73
- Mar 23, 2025
- Forum: Firearms