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    Outdoor Vitals NovaPro?

    Did you end up trying it? I'm looking at it myself.
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    Youth rifle - compact really needed?

    I bought the Tikka compact. Sent it to Kampfeld to be threaded and cerakoted. There are cheaper options, but that 223 will work forever. I have 4 daughters to teach how to shoot and hunt using it. Once they all finally outgrow it, I’ll put it in an adult stock.
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    Waters Rifleman Magazine Group Buy

    I’m in for a 10-round 223 mag. 2.4 length. Thanks.
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    ~$300 Hiking/Hunting Boots

    Midway has some "open box" Crispis on sale for under $300 right now. I just ordered a pair of insulated Nevadas to try. I'm hoping Schnees will run a sale on their mountain boots in the next monthish so I can try a pair of Beartooths as well. And then send back whichever one I don't pick.
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    Need new boots - fit question and recommendations

    I'm very interested to hear back about your experience. I was unaware this is a thing.
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    H4350 - am I doing it wrong?

    🤷‍♂️ I’ve used it in 6.5 Creedmoor and 30-06 without trouble. It’s definitely my standard powder in the Creedmoor. It doesn’t always give me the velocity I want from the ‘06, but I can’t say I’ve ever had it just suck on the accuracy front. IMR 4451? Yeah, I had a barrel hate that stuff, though...
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    Use of Powder Dispensers vs Powder Droppers??

    How did you polish it?
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    New Tikka Ace

    What bipod are you using at 5-6 ounces? Spartan? ETA: Man, if they could have gotten that thing under 8 pounds bare it’d be a lot more interesting for NRL Hunter. And chambered it in 6 Creed. For factory w/o power factor, could have been a good option. Oh well.
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    Would you buy this scope?

    Japan just got hit with a 24% "reciprocal" tariff. How much is that going to affect the price of this thing?
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    Would you buy this scope?

    I learn something new every day. I had no idea HORUS made/imports a scope. I only knew of their name because of those over-busy, grid-style reticles I can only assume were developed for artillery spotters (I'm obviously being a bit facetious). Their current scope is a 5-25x50, made in Japan...
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    Would you buy this scope?

    Technically true, I guess I should have said “brands.” I was responding to someone suggesting it could be a Nightforce scope.
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    Would you buy this scope?

    I was (pleasantly) surprised when I heard that price point. I'm very curious what concessions they had to make to hit it. I understand the weight is coming in a little higher than originally intended, and I would expect the glass to be "good" and capable through legal shooting light but not...
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    Member title definitions

    I had been wondering what the BOAL stuff was about. Thanks for posting. Is it worth reading all 166 pages before it got locked?
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    Box velocity vs chrono vs trued to distance velocity

    That Hornady podcast beginning around minute 50 discusses with graphs and charts what is going on with a bc vs actual drag of the bullet and what happens when you start truing. I’m not qualified to give advice as to what matters and when and what you should do, but I find this stuff interesting...
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    2025 NRL Hunter

    I also shot the OK match. My first one and I shot in Skills division. It was humbling, to say the least. As others have said, the hard part was finding targets and managing gear/building positions on the clock. The shooting sure seemed like the easy part. Also, my scope lost zero...
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