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  1. Zappaman

    WTS/WTT AR Optics and Bushnell Banner scopes

    I have two scopes here I found in the back of the closet (after finding some I already also posted a few months back). The Bushnell AR Optic 3x9 - 40mm scope was mounted for one session and did fine. Only reason I pulled it was I found a Weaver K6 right after I started using this scope. There...
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    6.5 Creedmoor Powder Recommendations?

    Temp stable: RL16 or RL23...
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    Budget Night Hunting Setup

    Check out Conyoy's C8 "ramping" light... I set them up on pig and coyote rigs. Got to buy them from China (email Simon- tell him it's for your gun- he'll know). They are the real deal-- 800 yards, TINY light, built like a brick shit house- no plastic. (*and they mount on 1" scope rings so if...
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    Copper bullets and whitetail

    I choose the bullet on where it's being used. I've shot Barnes (243) one year and it dropped everything from 80-200 yards (doe in Kansas- meat deer). But more deer ran further with the mono's until they indeed dropped stone dead. But it was a small caliber so limited data here for sure. If it...
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    Winchester large rifle primers?

    I stocked up on 5k of the OLD (red/white boxed) WLR primers when the new ones came out. Not saying the new ones are bad, they just didn't shoot in MY loads I'd had for years (and love). It was tough paying $40 a 1k box back then... but I'd stock up (you can always sell them for a million on...
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    Poor field dressing

    I help an outfitter here in Kansas every year... he's had a few hunters with gut shots come in an hour or so after the kill. ALWAYS pull the tenders right away. Most times they aren't that bad, but still a good rinse in water helps. I have poured vinegar over a few, then rinsed again. Cut...
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    Sold Tikka T3 hunter 7mm rem mag

    If I had the cash today, I'd buy it! Nice gun, won't last long at this fair price.
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    Wild Animal Fat

    I'm pretty sure it's a cultural (or acquired) taste thing. I was raised a few miles from the Mexican border and our food came from both sides of the river. I LOVED everything our Mexican hands (and my Mexican nanny) made to eat-- EXCEPT menudo... BLAH!!! Tripe soup- no thanks! My butcher...
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    The Most Unnecessary Sh*t

    THAT! - and "Emergency" packs for the water. I just load a pack per water bottle the night before and head out. Used to laugh at my buddies with their cramp pills until I started having the same cramps at 1am- sucks! But drinking "Emergency" all day keeps them at bay and helps with a vitamin...
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    Savage lightweight storm 7mm-08 review

    For deer and up in my 260ai, the 140g Gold Dot (or Fusion if ammo) has become my fave over the years. Tried SST... accurate and kills like hell, but baseball hole on off side shoulder- messy gutting/butchering job and lost meat. Tried the Game Kings- also accurate, but still too frangible...
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    Grinding meat and sausage stuffing question

    Yes, if two grinds I wait on the "ice water" until grind #2 time. If I use it first, it's no easier (on that first grind) and if I wait a day between grinds, the meat (overnight) soaks up any water added the day before-- and it's just as hard to get through the following day on grind # two...
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    243 bullet choice

    This bullet is my "poor mans Partition" and I'm glad to see it continuing to gain favor with hunters. I stocked up on the "Gold Dots" in both my 6,8 SPC "pig rig" and my 260ai. It's bonded, but it expands well (at any distance) and usually comes out the other side (leaving blood I rarely have...
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    Football fans???

    Damn, we were at KC Bier Co. today watching that game up till 1/2 time- looked like a slam dunk! We left and jinxed the Chiefs!!! I knew I SHOULD have stayed and watched the WHOLE game... and had a few more beers ;)
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    Vacuum sealer bags

    Waste of money... I put up four deer (plus an elk or oryx on occasion) along with some waterfowl every year (just finished four deer a few weeks ago). I THREW the vacuum sucker out into the back yard about 10 years ago when me and a few hunters were processing a pair of oryx-- the bag "stuff"...
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    The Most Unnecessary Sh*t

    Beer. OK, yes... I've done it (not hunting, but technical packing 30 years back- when I was 20 something). I ALSO insisted on taking BOTTLES (yes I was a dumb-ass... plain and simple). I had a 12 pack next to my 6 oz stove in the bottom of my pack (obviously, I also REALLY loved beer- GOOD...
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    Determining boot quality

    I'm into the boot I need a FEW times a year type of guy. If I hunted 120 days a year... the top brands just make sense. But If you want say, have a boot for flat land, or a boot for a few hunts a year on the mountain... there are some boots that can be had for less than Crispis, etc. I like...
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    FNG from Wyo

    Welcome and I hope to see you posts as you engage our varied group with LOTS of opinions... ALL worthy of contemplating!
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    Won the lottery.

    Weight is the question... but if you know you can pack it along with everything else, sure take it. If your guide is doing the work, might decide (when you are there) what the best course of action should be. I'd have a REAL heart-to-heart with the guide in any case. Personally... I'd not...
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    WTB Cheap 243

    That is a decent offer... another EXCELLENT gun! If I needed one I'd buy this one tonight!
  20. Zappaman

    WTB Cheap 243

    Savage Axis ALL the way. XRP is "hit or miss" BUT when you get a good one-- a great bargain. The Weaver (or Bushnell Banner) the Savage comes with is ok, but not great. I've bought a dozen Savage Axis II XP rifles the last 10 years-- ALL of them shoot MOA or better (most better). But I'd...

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