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  1. J

    Images: Hunting with KRG Bravo

    Certainly not a sheep hunting setup but for antelope, coues deer, and eastern whitetail the weight is alright with me. The gun with scope, bipod, and suppressor on it comes in at 14.5# so it's a bit of a tank but happens to be the lightest rifle I own for now.
  2. J

    Budget FFP scopes

    Here's a place to start. Some of them are FFP. https://rokslide.com/forums/forums/rifle-scope-field-evaluations.133/ Maven RS1.2 2.5-15 Trijicon Tenmile 3-18 (if it's lower price somewhere) Nightforce SHV 4-14
  3. J

    How do you choose a custom rifle builder?

    If LRI's build times are long, GAP's build times are glacial. Of the ones you mentioned, LRI would probably be suited very well to a modern action in a wood stock. I have builds from LRI, TS Customs, and RW Snyder. On the face of it though, how much gunsmithing does your build require? It...
  4. J

    Bear attack or homicide in Montana

    Sounds like the opposite of this Onion video.
  5. J

    Looking to buy my first bolt action rifle

    The first part of your research in this should be looking into how bullets kill things. 2:40 - 7:40 in the below video is an alright 5 minute summary of the basics of it. I promise you I don't like react content or clickbait titles either but his explanation is pretty succinct.
  6. J

    Looking to buy my first bolt action rifle

    Honestly not sure any of those mentioned scopes are what you should be looking at. As a side thing I'd personally flip the budget and do $3,000 on optic and $2,000 on the rifle but that's just my opinion.
  7. J

    Kelbly actions

    Impact's 75 degree bolts just drop in to their current 90 degree actions so there's probably some truth to this.
  8. J

    Suppressed vs Non-Suppressed Hunting

    You say that while he's trembling in his closet clutching his rifle with tears streaming down his cheeks because the suppressor fanatics are going to throw him in jail? This isn't a time for humor.
  9. J

    Rangefinding Binos with Ballistics vs without?

    I still need to work on this heavily.
  10. J

    Weight of your rifle support gear?

    RRS TFCT-34L w/ Anvil: 5 pounds (plus another half pound for pan head for glassing if we're counting that?) Pint-Size Gamechanger with Git-Lite fill: 1 pound Bipod: Ckye Pod Single Pull: 1.5 pounds but I'm very likely leaving it at home from now on So very likely 6 pounds total moving forward...
  11. J

    Swarovski Z5

    I think this is true but doesn't take anything away from the RS complaints. Most people (at least in the US) with a Swarovski scope, once they're zeroed, are not touching those turrets. They're putting 5-20 rounds down range before hunting season starts and calling it good. And then most are...
  12. J

    Looking to buy my first bolt action rifle

    Does that budget include the scope? If so, what scope do you have in mind? And if not, what is the scope budget?
  13. J

    Suppressed vs Non-Suppressed Hunting

    I don't either. I think a portion of the more vocal people people fit the description I gave. I personally won't shoot unsuppressed now (excluding shotguns) but I use ear protection when I'm not hunting anyway so I'm perfectly fine to shoot with people who aren't suppressed. If they have a brake...
  14. J

    Tip suggestion: seated shots?

    It would probably freak some people out. I did it with the tripod legs extended far enough for standing position, but all 3 legs together. The rifle was clipped in and I was only holding the tripod legs with the rifle just hanging over my back with the muzzle pointed up (nothing in the chamber)...
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    Suppressed vs Non-Suppressed Hunting

    I think the term is way overused to the point it has lost its meaning but kind of? A part of it is SOME boomers that have an inferiority complex about how they compare to the generations of men that came before them. This group has some decent overlap with the demographic of hunters/gun owners...
  16. J

    Suppressed vs Non-Suppressed Hunting

    There's a large percentage of the US hunting community that genuinely hates any progress in technology and quality of life improvements in hunting. The reasons vary but normally it's nostalgia, manhood, and/or money. Decades ago it was "sissy sticks" and now trekking poles are just common sense...
  17. J

    Tip suggestion: seated shots?

    My dad and I just killed 2 pronghorn both at 360 yards fully standing from my tripod (different locations/days). I oddly enough found it easy-ish to carry my rifle/tripod together with my rifle clamped in via its ARCA rail for short distance maneuvering as I was getting a good angle on the...
  18. J

    Tip suggestion: seated shots?

    For one small payment of $1,000 you can own a MDT Ckye Pod Triple Pull!
  19. J

    Tip suggestion: seated shots?

    I'm not yet brave enough to do this but it's on my radar after the pronghorn hunt I just finished. Other than serving as something to prop my rifle up with there's zero chance my bipod would have gotten any use.
  20. J

    How many of you keep a gun you will never use in the woods?

    I have rifles that are really just for long range hobbyist shooting. I have a .22lr that's a match-style rifle and will never see the woods. I also now have a centerfire competition-style rifle that's in that same category other than maybe tree stand hunting in the Carolinas (it's like 21.5...

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