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    Unique Caliber...just one more gun honey...

    These are the 2 bullets I am using in my 280AI’s.....getting a bit over 3200 FPS with the 139 LRX and about 3175 with the 145 with RL26....and very accurate. I use Quickload Software to work up my loads and confirm with Oehler Chronograph
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    Unique Caliber...just one more gun honey...

    As I was writing my reply I realized I should have inquired about that Weatherby Back Country (although I am sure it has been returned by now). Many times they offer the guns in for review to the shop for purchase instead of sending it back since it has already been transferred on a 4473. I...
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    Unique Caliber...just one more gun honey...

    Whitegirlproblems? So thats what they call it? I’ll add my 2 cents and take it for what it’s worth. I‘ve been a ballistics/rifle nut for the last 4+ decades and have built, fired and burned out more barrels than I care to remember(I’m sure I’m into the triple digits). Everything from .17/204...
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    Bullet styles for the yukon/AK

    I’m thinking along the same lines, my upcoming sheep hunt may have changed from a sheep/goat to a sheep/grizzly combo. So my possible caliber choices went from .257 weatherby or 280 AI to .300 Weatherby and I am seriously looking to begin load development with the Barnes 175gr LRX.
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    New Zeiss rangefinder binoculars

    https://www.rokslide.com/vortex-fury-hd-10x42-review/ Also worth a look
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    Binocular upgrade

    I am similar to you being in PA but hunt mostly field edges but some woods in archery. I have several western and northern Canadian hunts booked and I wanted something newer and lighter than my Zeiss 10x50 or Leica Geovids with rangefinder, both at least 15 years old. I picked up a pair of...
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    Tripod Selection Help (Swaro 65 ATX)

    I just wanted to throw out a little more information regarding the AOKA tripod that I learned about on this thread. I had been looking over the Spartan line of products but figured it was just a little to complicated with all the gadgets plus very pricey....BUT, I saw an opportunity to make the...
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    Rain gear ?.

    Do most of you run your rain gear as your outer layer throughout your hunt or do you wear a soft shell and pack your rain gear as an extra layer in your pack
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    3/4 ton truck gas mileage?

    I believe you can get around that in PA if you combo tag the truck. I have my 2001 Chevy 2500HD Combo tagged at 26K lbs with a goose neck
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    That would be a long explaination as to how to properly bed a rifle. It usually takes me about 3 to 4 hours of prep work before I mix the bedding compound, I use Devcon Aluminum . And then after the bedding has cured it’s another 2 hours of cleanup and dressing any rough edges. A video...
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    I know the last Weatherby Mark V I bought had an attempt at bedding but not a complete bedding job. They just plopped a blob of bedding compound in the recoil lug area which filled in most of the voids but I wouldn’t call that a true glass bedding job. Other than that one, I think most either...
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    It my particular case I don’t believe it was a failure of the stock itself but of the inletting. I don’t think any manufactures stock could have withstood the beating this stock took in the same area. There was a lot of recoil force being concentrated to a small area (1/4 inch action screw-...
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    Today I had a great conversation with a customer service rep at Bergara. I wasn’t sure why I was calling because I was fairly certain I wouldn’t be returning the stock since it was repaired and bedded now. If I returned it I would have to start all over again and rebed the barreled action...
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    Yes, the lug only makes contact with the bedding/stock on the rearward side. It is relieved on the bottom, sides and front.
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    Thanks for the input. Maybe I didn’t give Bergara a fair shake by emailing them, I am used to getting crappy service from most companies today and just figured they were like all the rest. I will try calling them tomorrow and see what they say. As far as the stock goes now, I am sure it is...
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    I guess I could try to see if Bergara would replace the stock but I received no response from them on other issues. I have enough faith in my ability to fix the stock that I originally felt it wasn’t worth my time trying to deal with them. But I assumed they would want me to send the entire...
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    I contacted Bergara by email with questions about the rifle when I first purchased it and got no response. So I chalked it up to another company that has poor customer service
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    Tale of a Bergara Mountain Rifle/Kimber Mtn Ascent 280AI FINAL

    I recently purchased a Bergara Mountain Rifle in 280 Ackley for an upcoming Backpack hunt. I have plenty of rifles I built over the years but most tipped the scales in excess of 9 lbs so I wanted something lightweight; close to 7 lbs would be ideal. I really didn’t want to go through another...
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    Any old guys hunted Dall Sheep?

    I can’t speak as someone who has done this but I was in your exact shoes about 6 months ago. Sheep is one of the few species I have not hunted in North America but always wanted to. It was always out of reach due to finances, work or family commitments. But I will retire in less than 2 years...
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    Sheep rifle attributes?

    Was that something they had the inletting pattern for (since medium length action) or was it something you had to send your barreled action to them to be fitted? I use a lot of McMillan stocks in Game Scout and Carbon Edge but they are usually standard short or long action Remington 700’s

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