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    Painting a stock

    I’ve painted some older wood stocks (Rem 788) that were pretty beat up and were just some type of cheap wood like birch .....nothing worth a clear finish since no real grain pattern. Painted them just like a fiberglass stock and you would never know it was wood after it was finished
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    Painting a stock

    Finally got around to this old Brown Precision blank when building my new 458 Socom. 3 coats of Rustoleum gray automotive primer then let it dry overnight. Then 3 coats of Krylon Mink, Krylon Marbelizing paint, and then 3 coats of Rustoleum Dead Flat. All 7 of those coats were only done about...
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    Short Range Suppressed Rifle for Deer Woods

    Another option if you want to start from scratch and depending on your ultimate goal. I am also in PA and hunt almost exclusively with suppressed rifles of many variations. I sometimes hunt with a full powered 257 Weatherby with a 30 caliber suppressor and it sounds about like a 22 mag...
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    How long will the ammo shortage last?

    Exactly, after the Obama elections it took years to normalize. When Trump got elected people stopped buying as they felt a sigh of relief and there was a glut of ammo and guns in short order. If Biden is the President I don’t see this correcting for years if it ever does based on his proposed...
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    Pa Whitetail Season comes to a happy end

    Congratulations on your buck, that is a true stud and certainly had more inches of antler than mine. 260 lbs was live weight....only weight loss was blood. I just rolled in with the loader tractor and scooped him up. He was extremely fat with a thick layer across his back and inside the body...
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    Pa Whitetail Season comes to a happy end

    I’m in Lehigh County, northwest of Allentown. Farm Country bordered my the Appalachians
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    Pa Whitetail Season comes to a happy end

    Never posted a photo on this sight before but figured this one deserved it. When I first started hunting PA whitetails almost 50 years ago, just seeing a buck was a feat in itself. But antler restrictions and management is certainly paying off. This year I harvested my largest buck ever and...
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    KUIU Sale

    That same thing happened to me last week. They changed their website recently and somehow I got switched to Canadian. I’m on their frequent buyer club program so not sure how I got switched. Had to log in and out several times in order for it to correct itself......must be a glitch somewhere
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    KUIU Sale

    I have 4 items on my wish list and none are sale priced. Usually their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are the best from what I‘ve seen. Looking for Super Pro Down set and Kutana Rain gear
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    .223 Vs .243 for white tail deer hunting?

    Yours has the better stock since it has the block. My sons was just the molded composite which had some flex to it. I was able to make it into a sub MOA rifle by bedding and stiffening the stock
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    .223 Vs .243 for white tail deer hunting?

    That is the exact one I purchased for my son; it is stainless with a composite stock. I don’t believe it was an HS precision back then since most of those have the aluminum bedding block
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    .223 Vs .243 for white tail deer hunting?

    Does Remington still make the Model 7? I bought one of those in 243 for my son’s first rifle about 12 years ago. Now I occasionally use it because it is so light and compact
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    Rifle care in Sheep country

    Thanks everyone for the input. There is a lot of good information here from doing nothing to things a little more elaborate. It’s given me a lot of different ideas to contemplate and I’ll probably end up somewhere in the middle. I can buy a rain cover for my pack which has a hole for the...
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    Rifle care in Sheep country

    A lot of good info here so far, things I hadn’t thought about such as ammo corroding or scope screws which are steel. I was concerned about water getting into the bolt and rusting the firing pin spring or worse yet freezing and causing a misfire; I have had that happen in extreme cold. I plan...
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    Rifle care in Sheep country

    I’ve been wondering how hunters maintain and care of your rifles while on a backpack hunt for sheep. After reading many posts on hunts this year, it seems like rain is a constant factor while in the sheep mountains. While I’ve been on many hunts over the years, those hunts always ended up back...
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    Odds my July NWT dall hunt happens?

    For what it’s worth, a friend of mine had a hunt booked with a well known Canadian outfitter and had his trip cancelled. He refunded his money 100% and made no offer to reschedule. He said there would be no point In rescheduling and won’t be booking any more hunts until the situation gets...
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    Odds my July NWT dall hunt happens?

    No one knows for sure at this point, but many who have been frustrated that their cancelled hunts have been pushed off to 2022 may not have a choice for other reasons. I would not be at all surprised if 2021 Canadian hunts get pushed back, the way things are unfolding, and then my 2022 and 2023...
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    Ever feel like someone's trying to tell you something?

    Thinking Cephalexin may be a good choice here....or Doxycycline if looking broad spectrum....trust your Doc who will need to write the Rx. I wouldn’t go on the hunt without something and probably need to start now
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    Kuiu Rain Gear - Chugach vs Kutana

    Thats the Softshell....not Rain Gear
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    Kuiu Rain Gear - Chugach vs Kutana

    I have no first hand knowledge from actual use of either the Chugach or Kutana but I was able to speak with 2 guides that were working the Kuiu booth at a show I attended this spring. Both spoke highly of and used the Chugach while guiding in BC, Yukon and NWT, but said they would be switching...

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