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    Is A400 bulletproof?

    dam, glad ur ok. I would not be happy
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    downsizing bullet to reduce recoil

    Thanks guys, I havnt decided what to do yet. Again, I dont want anyone to think I cant handle the recoil of a 308, it just hurts my neck.
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    Who else is a Tikka convert?

    bought my first this year. I did not want one due to the long action thing. But they checked all my boxes with a price point I wanted. Im glad I did. One of my favorite guns for sure. I plan on buying a couple more in time. I dont like it the way I did the seekins element I handled, but for the...
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    tikka compact

    thanks guys, thats the one I was looking at. I just bought a 308 so hate to, but, its calling me
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    tikka compact

    Can someone tell me the differences between compact and regular tikkas. I see the 20 inch barrel in the compacts. I am assuming the stock has a shorter lop? Will the action fit in a regular stock? Im thinking about buying a 243 compact, dropping it in my stockys stock, putting the 308 back in...
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    downsizing bullet to reduce recoil

    nosler loads the ballistic tip 125s up in factory, thats what I would go to. hornady and hsm have custom lites in 125 but they are loaded way down. The nosler box says 3100 fps, hornady and hsm are more like 2600 ish
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    downsizing bullet to reduce recoil

    thanks guys, Im leaning towards using my ar 15 with the tmks next year. It has a match grade chamber an 1:8 twist so should be ok. Ive read the thread an saw the pics, cant argue with real world results. I just have always been a you cant kill them to dead guy. I can only shoot to 125 yds ish...
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    downsizing bullet to reduce recoil

    Has anyone legit went from say a 165 grain bullet to a 125 grain bullet and if so how much did it actually affect felt recoil. For reference I have shot 308s over the last few years and love them cause I am a 1 gun guy. I went with a tikka and stockys this year to reduce the weight of the gun...
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    cleaning breech plugs

    ordered, thanks guys
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    cleaning breech plugs

    Im pretty much new to ml and inlines. How do you guys clean your breech plugs after you shoot? I have a irrational fear of my plug being occluded after this happened to my old hawkins.
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    t1x stock change

    anyone know what I would need to do to put a t1x in a boyd thumbhole stock for a t3x? I am not handy with changing stuff so need it simple.
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    NEED a New Semi Auto 12 Gauge

    I love my sx4, 26 inch barrel, 3inch gun. never had a hickup and fits me perfectly. I would buy another in a second if I needed one
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    Help me pick Elk .308 factory ammo to test accuracy in my rifle

    I havnt shot an elk, but, what about the nosler 165 grain trophy grade accubonds? I shoot that load with ballistic tips for deer and its awesome
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    Sold t c impact

    I have a lightly used t c impact 50 cal muzzleloader. I used it for 3 days a few years ago for a mule deer hunt but thats it. Prob been shot less than 25 times. I put a new breech plug in 2 days ago, and have a scope mount from tc I will send with it. 125 tyd firm as the breech plug was 20 and...
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    CO Muzzy VS Archery

    Im burning 6 points on a 2 point unit so I can muzzy hunt with my daughter next year. Part of that is Im burning co points so I can quit buying pp every year, part of it is hoping this is a bucket list hunt with my daughter so its worth it. Yea, I wish she had more points and we could go to a...
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    Looking for rifle ID from old photo

    no way he killed that buck with no camo, lololol
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    Sub $200 binos for kids

    I saw some diamondbacks on sale I think at midway but not positive for like 137. I used them for years here in mo and they were fine. If your out west not so much. I ended up giving them to my grandson
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    Firearm nihilism - does everything actually just suck?

    yep, just bought a new rifle, put a new stock on it and new scope. Now wonder if I shoulda just bought some 77 gr tmk and took the ar out instead. it goes on and on. and I dont even wanna kill anything anymore.
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    blackhorn 209 and thor

    thanks guys, I have the sizers in house, just put a eeab peep rail on it, gonna change the breech plug to a new one at some point. all I am lacking are magnum 209 primers then im set. Prob just shoot 777 out of it this year and work up a load next year.
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    blew it tonite

    I changed the stand out, put it higher, and in a diff tree. I dont think they will see me now. I dont like it, I dont care for heights, but its prob as good as Im gonna get. I will say a buck made a new scrape that wasnt there yest some time last nite, and I saw one before I saw this one so...
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