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  1. ORJoe

    Form 1 help for silencer.

    Almost whatever you want (edit, the diameter of the bullets you plan to use), but it needs to function for that caliber so you have some leeway in one direction but not the other. -List it as .223 but you drill the baffles at .375? It functions for .223 so it's fine. Wild coincidence that you...
  2. ORJoe

    Swaro Habicht 10x40

    I like 'em I wear glasses so all of the eye pieces are either folded, butchered or both It's true that they are very high quality binos for about half the price of normal high quality binos. The biggest downside is that they pretty much need to be special-ordered from Europe, which can cost...
  3. ORJoe

    Thoughts on Improvement of My Long(ish) Range Shooting

    But you did have to fire 20 shots to know that is true rather than guessing or hoping it.
  4. ORJoe

    So ... How far are you all pushing your bear hunt back.

    Gonna keep on skiing until I see bear tracks, then start skiing with a rifle.
  5. ORJoe

    Buying my first Tikka, what to upgrade first?

    But also threads and a silencer
  6. ORJoe

    6.5 creed vs 30-06

    "You need 1800 ft-lbs to kill an elk" >"Behold, as a .223 with 500 ft-lbs renders this elk dead" "Yeah but your shot placement needs to be right" >"Shot placement needs to be right with even an uber mag, and it's easier with a poodle shooter" "Ok but you're always saying that bullet selection...
  7. ORJoe

    24" too long?

    Whether you're on Team Energy or Team Bullet Construction & 1800fps Impact, a 16" 300WM gives up only 150-200 yards over a 24" 300WM, and matches or beats a 24" .30-06 whether it's shooting the same bullet or a more "appropriate" bullet. And those yards that the shorter rifle "gives up" are way...
  8. ORJoe

    243 for Bear????

    Boyd's gunstocks Bought the barreled action from Brownells and the stock from Boyds. Little bit of righty-tighty and I declared myself a gun builder. It was a 6.5 Grendel to start with and I wasn't happy with the accuracy. Got a Shilen 6mm blank a few years ago planning to change it to 6...
  9. ORJoe

    243 for Bear????

    Funny you would mention that... Hopefully finding out next month how it does.
  10. ORJoe

    Taking a non-Hunter along - Yes or No

    Are you a journalist?
  11. ORJoe

    6.5 creed vs 30-06

    Energy is what kills an elk if you compare hitting it with a car vs a truck vs a train. Those projectiles transfer their energy to the elk and kill it by traumatizing all of the tissue at once, accelerating the body and breaking its neck, or accelerating the entire animal and bashing its little...
  12. ORJoe

    Ticks vs Floorless Tents

    Independence Creek east of Lake Pend Orielle. A bunch of years ago in an August. Rode my dirt bike through a bush in the trail, thought "that felt like a bad one" and pulled a tick off myself at dinner later. Not exactly like sleeping on the ground in May, but they're out there.
  13. ORJoe

    How many millions

    It might be negative considering the guys selling their $1000 Leupolds and Zeisses to buy $300 SWFAs.
  14. ORJoe

    10 shot group advice

    "Where will the bullet go next time I pull the trigger?" 3 shots tells you nice things, 10 shots tells you the truth.
  15. ORJoe

    Is a .22 enough for gophers?

    You've actually seen a gopher up where you could shoot it? I would need to narrow down which mounds look freshest and drop mortars until it looks like Paaschendale.
  16. ORJoe

    Is Hornady using RL26 in their factory loads?

    That, and Hornady is probably one of the players that when they say they need a railcar of RL26, it becomes available.
  17. ORJoe

    Spare pistol or not in the back country, a modest proposal.

    Can we get some dudes that speak American in here? I'm trying to put Tiger Balm on this grizzly's nuts and he's working up a ladder test over here.
  18. ORJoe

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Yeah, but I woke up this morning and chose to use my powers for good
  19. ORJoe

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Somebody around Page 140 said "No cheat sheet" but I say "Yes cheat sheet" Page 1 thru 10: Lot of arguing, couple of pictures. Some urban legend type of stuff, I can see why somebody would abandon thread because it looks like it's going to be another 160 pages of memes and shitposts Page 10...
  20. ORJoe

    Form your input on this test method please.

    A jig that you can take the scope out, drop it, and put the scope back in knowing that the jig itself is not introducing any errors? And the scope-test-reading public is going to have more trust in that jig than a firing test? LOL.

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