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  1. yycyak

    Kowa spotting scope

    I run Kowa binos (love them) and was fired up when I came across this a while back on my twitter feed: Image from Jason N Gardner's twitter feed, a retired Navy SEAL master chief. He says the spotting scope is a Kowa, and it did awesome over in Afghanistan. I was told once (Doug at Camera...
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    "Possibles" Pouch for Horse Trips?

    This is a dumb question, but what can you "do" with that contraption? (I like it, btw). My guess is that you can pull, hammer, and half-assed crimp? Does it work okay for you? I might rig one of those up just because - I've got an old unused pair of channel locks laying around the shop that...
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    "Possibles" Pouch for Horse Trips?

    Alright horse people, wanted to ask another newb question: Whenever I go into the woods, I always have my "Possibles" pouch in my backpack. It's nothing fancy; just has all of the basic things or extras I would likely want/need when out and about. And that got me thinking about putting together...
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    Newb Question - Halter vs Get Down Rope

    I'm generally a newb when it comes to horses and horsemanship, with most of my experience being around ranch horses and that culture (as opposed to hunting-specific riding/packing.) With that in mind, I have what I'm sure is a dumb question: I know you're not supposed to lead a horse around...
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    Show Off Your Tikka T3/T3X Groups

    People don't like 10 round groups, because 10 rounds easily shows how crappy a shooter you actually are. It also shows the limitations of a rifle. I've experienced the suckiness of this realization first hand - there's a whole thread I have somewhere testing out @Formidilosus 's stuff. In...
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    T3X Superlite stock mods.

    I have a thread somewhere that details this. I've removed these "speed bumps" from both my 223 and 30-06. No issues. I just used a rotary file and started gouging until things were free-floated. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    I can't say I invented the term, but for me personally, I find I can get so caught up in the nuance and bull**** of analysis that I lose sight of what's important. Who cares that Cartridge X drops 6" less at 600m vs Cartridge Y. Just dial higher. My hope is that this thread lets people skip...
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    Equipment versus practice posts and Rifle practice/shooting

    *******. Humbled. 100m with Tikka 223/SWFA 10x. This was a huuuuge eye-opener. I need a lot of practice. Offhand was a joke. Considering getting an actual shooting sling now instead of just a carry strap. It was not a good feeling going from shooting off pack/bino harness and putting up...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Update - 17 May 2021 Yesterday I finally managed to make it out to the range. And by range I mean I drove about an hour an half out to public land, and then hiked 1km away from the truck to set things up. You’re guaranteed to avoid people this way, but you miss out on things like gongs and...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Misc Update Ordered the Atlasworx bottom metal sized for a long action. The intention was to run the AICS magazines, and have a bit more room for the long high BC bullets. From what I read, the Atlasworx should have been plug and play. It is not plug and play. The whole point of this build...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Update - 11 May 2021 Nothing too exciting here. The day got away from me a bit, so I worked late in the shop getting this done. Same as before: - free float barrel - tighten action screws to 60in/lbs - degrease rings - get ring spacing/scope position set - loctite on everything - tighten base...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Well my busy season at work finally slowed down. And after having some bad juju follow my Zastava Mauser around, my wife yelled at me to stop screwing around with nonsense, and then this happened... I need to sight the new 30-06 in still, and will post how that goes. Haven't figured out if I...
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    Cursed Rifles?

    See that's exactly what I mean. Those weird things that happen whenever you take a certain rifle out... I've got a rig that I'm considering dumping, but the problem is I really, really, like it. If I can somehow "uncurse" it, I'd like to. But my experience to date is that bad juju items just...
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    Cursed Rifles?

    Does such a thing as a 'cursed' rifle exist? You know, the one that every time you haul it out, you never see any game. Or when you take it to the range, something always goes wrong? And if these bad juju rifles exist, can they be fixed? The curse somehow removed? Maybe a new paint job on the...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Actually, one more thing I will add about shooting under field conditions: I blew a shot earlier this season. Found a buck, stalked up closer, belly crawled closer. Ranged it. Okay beauty, go-time. Pulled the rifle to my shoulder. I still had my neoprene scope cover over the SWFA.... Buck saw...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    No updates yet - I've been spending most of my limited free time actually hunting and haven't had time to do a dedicated range session/proper update. Still hoping to fill my cow elk tag before Dec 20th hits. Based on everything done previously, I wouldn't really change anything. The rig shoots...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Random Problem - 04 Sep 20 One thing that came up during the range session today was I can't figure out how to make "zero stops" work. I did Form's suggestion of 3/4" hose washers. Took the turret cap off, stuffed two washers into the top of the turret cap, and then put the cap on really...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Update - 04 Sep 20 Got to the range today. In summary, the Tikka with an SWFA is the Easy Button. Get one and don't look back. Longer Version: Went to the range, and got bore-sighted at 50m with Winchester whitebox 55gr stuff. Got that dialed in, and then went to 100m. Started shooting 55gr...
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    I Drank The Form Kool-Aid.

    Update - 27 Aug 2020 On mobile again, so no decent formatting. Wanted to post a cool find. A local dude happens to 3d print Tikka magazines. Picked this beauty up for $45 cdn shipped to my door. (8 round center feed.) Should allow me to load heavyweight 223 bullets without issues now...
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    Question about mils adjusting

    No you read correctly. Thats exactly what I did. Note to self to not do that again.

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