Exactly what I did, but cut to 16” to not anger the letter people. Full mag, VX5HD, and can at 6.75lbs and shoots .75 MOA with 129gr ABLR factory loads at 2,300.
I used to target 7.5 pounds fully kitted on my bolt guns, once I pushed down in the 6.x# range, the old rigs feel like boat anchors. My little Howa carbon stalker is fully kitted at 5.5lbs and it’s ruined every other rifle I have.
I guess it’s a totally different setting here in south and central Texas. Timed feeders bring deer like clockwork and as long as you’ve got a solid 200 degrees of cover within a radius of 20 yards around the feeder, they’ll hold there no problem. If you park one in the middle of a field...
I have one central broadcast feeder spinning 15 minutes before sunrise and an hour before sunset, then a big 6 drop free feed station that’ll hold 10+ does on it continuously night and day during the season. I have both clearings connected by a road I had cut, but not in direct view of each...
I don’t think I could do it. I tried to unify on a 16” suppressed AR platform and just run a 6.5 Grendel upper for game to 400, and a 7.62x39 sending 154’s for short range hog, but ultimately couldn’t do it. I just didn’t like dealing with the weight. I ended up looking in the safe one day and...
I’ve got 6 in the safe, and a Fly45 waiting on the letter people to clear. After I snagged a 450 Bushmaster, I pretty much had to. It would have felt really discriminated against and I don’t want to get cancelled…
On the off chance you drop and damage it, any of the majors will fix it up for you no questions, but it would have to be a significant impact. Customer relations is still strong in the industry. Ti is really only limited with sustained fire. Today’s cans will get you about 30-60 rounds of fast...
I run the Xeno brakes on my AR platform rifles. Love the Xeno system for the rifles I actually use QD’s on. 100% recommend. It gives me the versatility to run them naked and still get great control to put quick follow ups on target.
I run Dead Air on my rifles. Nomad-TI on my standard chamberings, and the Nomad-LT on my magnums. I direct thread on all my bolt guns, so QD is a non-factor. They work beautifully, are super light, and offer top notch suppression. The only can I’d consider over the Titanium Nomads is the...
I snagged a pair of Zeiss SF’s. Assuming I didn’t get ripped off, I’ll have them here to b2b with the EL and NL’s. Hopefully I don’t end up blowing my bonus on a set of pures….
i was more coming from a thought process of, “These are supposed to be the reference standard bino. Why would someone sell them unless there is something they didn’t like?” Admittedly, this is my first dabble into the good stuff. I’m pretty ignorant of the whole lane.
Ohh yes, I’ve had a couple on my other WTB’s trying to run game. FNG accounts, like mine, with poorly photoshop’d images from other ads on other forums.
I posted a WTB just now for a pair of SF’s. If none come out of the works for a price I can stomach, I’ll likely just snag some EL’s. It seems they do actually get a lot of love. I was just unsettled thinking there were a lot of folks who bought the Swarovski name and the product ended up...
I’m on the fence between the EL’s and the Zeiss SF in 10x42. On paper and from reading reviews, I’m liking the Zeiss, but it’s a lot easier picking up a lightly used pair of EL’s and saving a good bit of coin. SF’s come up every once in a while, but not like the EL’s. I just can’t find anywhere...
I switched to Outdoor Edge about 10 years ago now and never looked back. I have yet to have any issues skinning and breaking down an animal as long as I hit the joints accurately. Plus, blaze orange is a lot easier to find when you drop or misplace it. For me, traditional fixed blades are...