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    4.9# Weatherby

    Just to muddy the waters a bit on a 4.9# rifle It seems that Weatherby has cracked the nut of keeping the action light weight by going with a standard bolt in a standard TI action instead of a magnum bolt in a short magnum action, and a proprietary case that has magnum capacity. Others like...
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    4.9# Weatherby

    Will be interested to hear your first impressions
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    I was a skeptical of the Mountain Ascent for the same reasons as you, but decided to take a chance for the more than 1 lb weight savings over the Bergara. In my opinion both rifles need some tweaking and a good bedding job to get them to perform. My Mountain Ascent needed the magazine box...
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    KUIU Super Down vs. Western Mountaineering Badger, 15-degree bags

    Good information! I’ve been thinking I was going to invest in a WM Antelope until I talked with the Kuiu people at the PA Outdoors show this weekend. But I didn’t pull the trigger on one because I felt I needed to do more research. Tightness/claustrophobia seemed to be about the only...
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    I spoke with Alaska Shuttle and they run a shuttle bus service between Fairbanks and Dawson on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday and run from Dawson to Fairbanks on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. So those days coincide perfectly with my trip since I need to be in Dawson on a Wednesday and will need...
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    Thats great, thanks so much for that information. I guess I need to contact Air North as this hunt approaches
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    Thanks!! Much appreciated...curious as to what you find out. I didn’t have any luck locating any flights using August 2020 dates
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    Thanks, I will look into that further
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    Thanks, it was worth a try. And thanks for the info regarding car rentals as well. I saw there is a Tour company that runs a daily bus route for about $300 round trip which sounded interesting. Not sure how open they would be to a hunter with guns and gear taking their tour
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    Won’t be until August 2022 but just checking out my options and getting an idea about cost
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    Thanks for the feedback. I looked at driving and it looks like about a 10 hour drive. The next problem I ran into was renting a car which appears to be a problem leaving it in Dawson. Unless I rented it for 2 weeks and used the same car to return to Fairbanks. I couldn’t find any flights from...
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    Fairbanks to Dawson City Travel info needed

    Can anyone tell me how to get from Fairbanks to Dawson City by the easiest (and reasonably priced) method. Maybe someone from Alaska knows the secret. I had friends who made this trek years ago but it appears the airlines have stopped flying this route. Maybe I’m just chasing my tail but I’m...
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    Which 140 class .284 bullet?

    My Bergara Premier in 280AI likes the 139LRX and RL26. The 145LRX did well but not as accurate as the 139 and it unfortunately didn’t like the 140 Accubonds at all, factory or handloads. Just picked up a Mountain Ascent and the same 139LRX load was much too hot for this rifle and accuracy...
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    Just a follow up on this rifle since I just finished up with load work. After about 200 rounds down the tube since the bedding job and stock repair, everything seems to be holding up fine. I am really pleased with it in the accuracy department which is usually the most important thing for me...
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    Anyone still use the TSX?

    Probably very good advice. In this same .257 Weatherby I have a very accurate load with the Barnes 100gr TTSX with velocity just over 3700FPS and this will probably be my new Whitetail load and rifle. I would have chosen this load for whitetail but wanted to try out my sheep/goat load on an...
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    Anyone still use the TSX?

    Go for it.....I guess anything is possible....but then again you don’t know me or my ability, and I don’t know yours so I won’t follow you down the road you took. With the fact that there are numerous stories similar to my experience (which I posted a picture and “a picture is worth a thousand...
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    Anyone still use the TSX?

    He was about 1/4 mile from where I shot him but not sure if he wandered a few days before finally dying. He was in an area where I never would have thought to look. He was in different area from the direction he ran....behind my neighbors barn
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    Anyone still use the TSX?

    Funny how things turn out.....neighbor found the buck today and called me to pick up what was left after the coyotes finished with him.....5 weeks later. Not enough of him left to do an autopsy for bullet performance
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    Anyone still use the TSX?

    This year, first and last time for TSX for me. I worked up a load in 257 weatherby with 115 TSX for an upcoming sheep hunt. Tried it out on whitetail and lost my first wounded animal in the last 35 years. At first I blamed myself completely and still do take most of the blame......figured...
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    4.9# Weatherby

    Just talked to the guy doing the photo shoot .....he claims they are releasing the Back Country Ti for ”Shot” which is in about 2 weeks....so your dates are probably good....he is still in possession of the rifle so I am crossing my fingers

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