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    .300 WSM Twist Rate vs. Bullet Weight Question

    You cannot overspin or over stabilize a bullet but you can spin it so fast that the bullets jacket is damaged and the blows up or comes apart. The only effect that spinning a bullet faster possibly has is it will have slightly more spin drift, which most people can’t tell anyways and if you can...
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    High End Brass for Hunting Hand Loads

    There is absolutely no reason to buy high dollar brass for the op’s use. Neither is there a reason to do any extra prep like weight sorting or anything else. I would chamfer and debur the necks, clean it and resize and reload it. He’s talking about hunting rounds out to 500yds, brass is not...
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    What to choose: Close to home but worse or farther from home but better unit...?

    This is completely my perspective and opinion not experience because I am a new elk hunter. I am assuming you work normal schedule where you have 2 day a week off? Perhaps you can take off for a week during hinting season? How far are you talking about driving to get to decent/good unit and...
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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    Can you see impacts on the steel, tell exactly where the bullet hit or good berms behind targets? Are you using factory ammo? If you are using factory ammo just start out with the velocity stated by the manufacturer and plug that into a ballistic calculator. I use shooter and ABMobile but...
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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    No you can’t. Velocity out to 100yards will give you a bc at 100 yds which isn’t what manufacturers give you, it’s an average across a wide velocity range or an average from short range and some longer ranges. More and more manufacturers I believe are getting BC number from doppler radar. BC’s...
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    First Lite help

    Lol, you’re the one that was trying to bash a company because of where it’s made and they are one of the big ones that aren’t made in China, at least the pieces I have. Which honestly I don’t really care where it is made, I would rather buy IS when I have a choice but when no equivalent choice...
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    First Lite help

    Hmm, you know what’s funny you complaining about a Chinese tape measure and out of curiosity I just looked at all my gear. None of my Kuiu gear is even made in China. Pants made in Ethiopia and Vietnam. Gloves made in Sri Lanka and base layers made in Vietnam. Guess which of my other gear is...
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    First Lite help

    I don’t know what kind of weather conditions that you are hunting in but I prefer the light-mid base layers for what I do, October in Colorado sitting and glassing and on the move. Sitting in Texas all deer season. I have the Kuiu ultra merino 145, I’m not sure if that is equivalent to the...
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    First Lite help

    I have not had an issue with Kuiu sizing yet but I don’t have a ton of clothing from them. I have two pair of attack pants and a pair of tiburon pants and like all of them. I also have some base layers from Kuiu and really like those as well. From first lite I have socks, underwear and wick...
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    Rebarrel question

    You beat me too it, I was typing same recommendation when you posted and didn’t know it.
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    Rebarrel question

    I do not personally have any experience with them but Long Rifles Inc. has pretty good reputation, fair price and quick turnarounds the last time I heard. There are probably companies out there that are better but with very long turnarounds. Like I said that’s not personal experience and...
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    Sig Kilo Vs Leica Range Finders, help me pick one!

    So I’m a little confused, what did you expect them to do or what was the problem. They replaced your unit and upgraded your friends, seems pretty good to me. Now maybe you had to jump through hoops or something and if that is the case then I understand. Equipment fails and it stinks when that...
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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    Wanted to add (for some who may be reading this thread without a chronograph) for me the major benefit of a chronograph is for load development or possibly troubleshooting an issue like bad fouling or something similar. I really don’t see much benefit past that, it is nice to have a starting...
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    Chronograph Reccomendations

    There are only two chronograph that I would consider and that is magnetospeed and Labradar. They cost quite a bit but to me the other chronograph just don’t cut it. All the other chronographs are a pain to set up and are finicky. Bryan Litz tested most of the popular chronographs and many of...
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    trajectory change charts temp and elevation?

    What pryo said, JBM trajectory card does what you are asking for. That being said, if you already have MOA or MIL turrets just use them, in my opinion they are just as simple as custom turrets if you just take a little time and learn to use them. They can be used at any elevation in any...
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    Clean brass first or resize first?

    I use the Frankford arsenal hand depriming tool, then ultra sonic clean them, anneal, resize, ultra sonic clean again. I usually deprime 200-300 cases at a time and don’t have an issue with the hand deprimer. Quick and easy. Pain in the rear to clean twice but I use spray lube to resize and...
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    New guy, West Texas

    New guy from West Texas. This site is a great resource and hopefully I can help contribute some. I do some competitive long range shooting (PRS) and have been hunting since I could but only down here in Texas and in Missouri for deer, duck, turkey and varmints. I am an Army veteran as well. I...
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