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  1. Robobiss

    120gr Barnes Tac-TX for reduced 308 loads.

    Can’t offer any load data as I’ve only shot the Tac-Tx out of a 300 blk. This is a 110 Tac-Tx. Shot was sub 30 yards on a whitetail buck. Quartering pretty hard, entered in front of left hip, scrambled guts, hit heart and right side lung. I found it buried at the base of his neck just under the...
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    That’s no better, instead we just fight about fixed vs mechanical, single vs multi-pin, and heavy vs light arrows. All the same shit
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    Bahahahahaha. That’s true though! At least that’s what we were taught in Inchon range in bootcamp. Edit: there’s NO WAY my drill instructors lied to me /sarcasm
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    From what I understand they are looking for a cartridge to better penetrate body armor, not necessarily to make it a better killer in regards to soft/unarmored targets. That said, because of the Geneva convention the U.S. military is not allowed to use any ammunition that is designed to...
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    Fair enough in regards to the follow up shot. Once blood is drawn, all bets are off. If I paunched either of these animals and they were hunched up walking away, I’d take it. I wouldn’t be happy about it, I wouldn’t write off the day as a “success” because I 1. Made a bad shot initially, 2...
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    I usually stay out of the weeds and keep to myself with these posts, but I’ll throw in my two cents regardless. Hunting *for me* is strictly about meat. It doesn’t matter if the animal has a big rack, a small rack, no rack, or is confused about its gender. I could not, and will not, purposely...
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    Thunderbeast POI shift

    No experience with that specific can, but that’s a reasonable amount of shift.
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    Kid on an Extended Hunt

    Any chance you could make it a “family vacation” of sorts and put Mumma up in a hotel a couple hours away with one of her friends or sister or something? Get her a rental car, or let her have the truck and keep in contact with Inreach or Zoleo when you need a ride. That way if it all falls...
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    Any book recommendations for 17yo?

    “Rule of the bone” by Russel Banks. “Coming of age” tale about a kid that is a real shithead with a shitty home life and drug habits among other issues. Trigger warning-sexual abuse, drug use, murder, death, etc. I could identify with a lot of this when I read it when I was his age or a little...
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    Silencer Central

    Silencer SHOP is a great outfit but they have a different system than Silencer Central. Silencershop has you select your local dealer, you buy the can online, they Form 3 the can to your local FFL, and it stays in jail at your local FFL until approval. Aside from system issues that have...
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    SCOTUS to hear "bump-stock" case!

    Have you seen some of the approvals lately? Seen multiple sub 48 hour and sub 1 week approvals the last month or so online. Something weird is going on. Election year!!! If there was ever a good time to buy one, I’d imagine it’s right now from what I have seen.
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    SCOTUS to hear "bump-stock" case!

    Swinging the tax stamps is hardly the problem. The problem is there’s a supply and demand issue. When you cant hardly get a transferable full auto M16 lower for less than 20k nowadays because in 1986 they made it illegal to add new machine guns to the registry it creates such an issue. The only...
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    6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

    I know this is an old comment (and I’m not form) but I’m reading through the thread again. DMT makes great diamond stones. I keep a diafold in my pack “just in case”. in fine/extra fine. They’re less than 1” wide and 4” or so long. You’d hardly notice it, but you can literally sharpen just...
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    Pics of animals you weren't hunting

    Not the best picture, but me and my old man drove by this nice bull early in the spring on a quick trip to the archery shop.
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    Old dudes and old photos.

    I have nothing to add (I did just text my dad and ask if he could find some old pictures) as a lot of these photos are twice as old as I am. But this is such a great thread. I’ve really enjoyed all of these old photos.
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    6.5 CM copper bullet choice lite and fast or heavy

    “In another mag for those longer shots”, as in carry two types of ammo while hunting and use a different one if it’s “too far” for the first? That’s not the move, in my opinion, and likely many others’ opinion. Are you going to zero the rifle for the LRX so your dope only matches when you...
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    Kuiu piece you can’t hunt without?

    Darn tootin’
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    Long Range Hunting: Hold Over Reticle, Dial or Both?

    The issue you describe (with a scope that doesn’t have zero stops) is easily fixed before you hunt. Start at zero, crank the scope all the way down and count how many full rotations it takes to hit the stop (ignore the extra clicks that aren’t full rotations) Write this down with the rest of...
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    Packing meat in trail running shoes?

    I wear my Crispi’s every single day, so wearing them while hunting isn’t a pain in the ass to me. Maybe a trail runner would be more enjoyable at times, but the ankle support of a mountaineering boot is not something I want to be without. All it takes is one misstep and one broken ankle and you...
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    anyone pay attention to their resting heart rate?

    Mine is in the low 50’s. Its upper 40’s when I’m first waking up and low 40’s while I’m asleep. I do a lot of zone 2 cardio, and a lot of higher intensity stuff as well. When I was younger (20 or so) getting drunk every day and acting like an idiot it was in the 70’s and even the 80’s. I’ve...

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