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    Subconscious vs controlled actions

    When you are doing repetitive training, you are programming the subconscious. Also, the subconscious can actually multitask, unlike the conscious thought process which can only deal with one thing at a time. For example how many times have you driven through an intersection and then immediately...
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    Final evidence that 300 win mag is enough gun

    No, for more Omph.
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    Should hunting be uncomfortable? -Bringing up young hunters

    There is no simple answer, because what works for one child may totally fail for another. In my own case, my son has been extremely motivated to hunt and shoot from a very young age. When he was 8, he started some predator/pest hunting with me at night with a spotlight. Its relatively easy and...
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    Montana Rifle Co, Shoot2Hunt, and Rokslide Rifle

    For a manufacturer, the biggest advantage of a "traditional sporter style stock" are that the target market for a 375H&H will buy the rifle. For the forseeable future, I think the market for 375H&H in a Rokstok is pretty limited. Note - I am not saying the Rokstok or similar stock is bad or...
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    6 Creed vs Fast Twist 243ai

    I have run a 243, then AI'd it. Got about an extra 100fps with a 22" barrel. I have run a 6Creed & 6XC the last few years - they are essentially ballistically interchangeable (NOT literally interchangeable). The Creed is the easiest due to wide availability of components, dies, etc. Personally...
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    The 6UM

    Thats excellent penetration and you cant question the performance. I am assuming that since it penetrated so far, the bullet retained a lot of mass? And assuming its a DTAC, the great terminal performance and a lot of penetration means it tumbled rather than expanded? I guess thats what I am...
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    Pics of Custom Knives

    Id have still done red liners with the micarta. But its just personal preference - no right or wrong answer. Tangs are nicely tapered
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    Pics of Custom Knives

    Thats come up nicely. The Loveless dropped hunter is an iconic design and takes some skill to get right. I am assuming a tapered tang and thin red liners?
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    6 dasher load data

    Almost 3000fps with a 105gn bullet is HOT in a dasher. How long is brass lasting? You dont say what powder, but I dont see how you can get that velocity safely unless you are running a 30" barrel. I am running around 31-32gn of Varget with a 108gn ELD-M in several PRS rifles and the velocities...
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    22 ARC or 6ARC

    My preference would be a 22 ARC. I think in terms of terminal performance with an appropriate bullet you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the two. But 6mm is the minimum legal deer calibre for me, so I am currently getting my Zastava 85 short action rebarreld to 6ARC
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    What is "proper cheek weld" I'm getting different advice

    I shot benchrest for 20 years and will say what your friend is describing is very common in BR. This style of shooting is called "free recoil" and you pretty much just contact the trigger of the rifle so as to minimally influence the rifle when letting off the shot. Because BR rifles are...
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    What bullet for 22-250 & coyotes

    Yes, roos can be a real issue since they are mostly nocturnal. My son was driving earlier this year on our way home from a PRS match. As we came around a corner at around midnight, there was a kangaroo just standing in the middle of the lane and we hit it at about 65MPH. We were 4 hours from...
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    What bullet for 22-250 & coyotes

    Yes, our "animal rights" people are just as nutty as yours. Kangaroos are already in very high numbers, and when they try to suggest otherwise its ludacris. The actual method of hunting coyots is similar. But roos are pretty easy to shoot - very little challenge at all. So shooting roos is...
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    What bullet for 22-250 & coyotes

    We dont really hunt them, its just population control culling. There are more kangaroos now just in my home state of Victoria than there were in the whole of Australia when Europeans first came here due to the clearing of land, permanent water on farms and improved pasture that has been put in...
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    What bullet for 22-250 & coyotes

    Yes, thats the one. Sold here by the thousand. https://gunforce.com.au/products/sierra-1365k-22-55gr-sbt-super-roo-load-1000pk
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    DiY New Zealand Chamois and Tahr

    Yes, semiautos are restricted there now. But if you look at web sites in NZ there are people selling MDT, ELR, KRG and other chassis with no mention of any limitations.
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    Knife Sharpeners for the Unskilled

    I have used the ken onion worksharp for years and get excellent edges with this system. I mainly use a belt progression where I go from a 400 grit, then a 1000 grit, then a 1500 or 2000 grit. If I batch a few knives through at once I can get several razor sharp in maybe 5-6 minutes. The only...
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    DiY New Zealand Chamois and Tahr

    I dont think so. I know a lot of guys in NZ with rifles in chassis. There are even NZ made chassis like this company https://www.dpt.co.nz/shop/filter/category=37370/
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    Fluting change accuracy?

    In theory, the bore can open up a little due to cutting flutes. But from my own experience I have not found a drop in accuracy in very accurate rifles after a barrel is fluted. I have sent match grade barrels off to get fluted, then shot them in competition and long range hunting rifles and they...
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    Pics of Custom Knives

    I guess you do the half tang to save weight? The steel looks pretty thin too, so I imagine all those factors add up to more weight savings. Are all the handles micarta? Terotuf might save a fraction more weight off the handle.

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