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    College vs skilled trades.

    the "real men don't wear safety glasses and earplugs, OSHA is for pussies" probably contributes. At least that's what i observed when I was roofing and throwing crates in a warehouse as a younger, dumber man.
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    College vs skilled trades.

    It shouldn't be a versus. Figure out what interests you, what you're good at, and do that. I'm pretty decent at analysis, I grew up playing rules-heavy games like D&D and GURPS, and i figured out I was pretty decent at summarizing long reports. On the recommendation of a mentor, I tried an...
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    New Meateater episodes dropped on Netflix.

    Alright but that one's true. There's a limit to what the human lip can achieve and clearly he's beyond reality.
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    Over crowded Colorado units getting worse

    Blame Joe Rogan for his incessant bugling about elk meat. Or be happy that there are still people interested in hunting, and petition the state to acquire more public land.
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    How are people affording these crazy home prices?

    Lets take a minute to give it up for the "I'm not a doctor and I haven't seen this person's medical records and I didn't examine them myself so because they're not hobbling around on a walker I will presume they're not really disabled at all." None of the words I have for that line of thought...
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    Suppressor Folks, come on in here to tell me about them

    I have been eyeballing an Form 1 build just to do a nice, lightweight Al can with a low expected volume of fire (.30-30 single shot, not really mag-dumping) but when i do the math on a kit+the equipment to make one I end up just deciding I'll wait for a sale on one with a warranty. I don't have...
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    How are people affording these crazy home prices?

    I guess it's a matter of calling cashed in vacation days "not working." Personally i think you have to be absolutely insane not to take your vacation days (and my union agreement has a rollover cap) but I also know the attitude that my parents had toward people taking vacations. Damned if you...
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    How are people affording these crazy home prices?

    Not for the feds. It's calculated as years worked as a percentage of your average high-3 consecutive, same as when I was working in a hospital. Is there a state government I should be going to work for? Or is there a private industry employer you're thinking of? A disability claim isn't a...
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    Suggest me a nice wood stock rifle

    CZ Mannlicher if you can find one. Money is not a factor? Grab a No 1, or even better a rolling block and then have the barrel you want spun up and grab some custom wood for it. Take a look at some of the high-grade wood on offer from Blaser and Merkel. Showstoppers, every single one.
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    How are people affording these crazy home prices?

    How does that work?
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    Suppressor Folks, come on in here to tell me about them

    SilencerCo Hybrid for the centerfires. It's bored out to .46 and build to use up 5o and including .338 Lapua (22" barrel minimum iirc) and .45-70 (18" barrel, not limited to trapdoor loads either). You can swap frontcaps if you want, using a smaller bored frontcap will quiet down the .223 a but...
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    How are people affording these crazy home prices?

    Yeah but that's not really an option for most people. The businesses that can survive without relying on interstate and global trade and ancillary services are slim to none. Builder? Where do your materials come from, who owns and works at the train yard, who drives your materials to the depot...
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    Wife worried

    I mostly solo hunt and hike (although that might be changing, trying to wrangle a buddy into coming out for his first deer) as well. To ease my wife's concern, I make a habit of letting her know that CA or trail I'm on in advance. For CAs, especially walk-in areas I'll use my preseason visits to...
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    Press Suggestions

    A lot of folks will say start with a single stage, I would say my turret presses (Lee and Lyman) get plenty of work. Easy to set up your dies and run through a couple boxes of brass. If you're a volume pistolshooter, a progressive might be worth your time, but IMO for handloading a rifle for...
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    HPG or Kifaru

    I have a tarahumara, a tara pocket on an umalindi, and a snubby kit bag. Can't say anything bad about the HPG build quality. I have also looked hard at selling off my Eberlestock Gunslinger and picking up a frame pack. My only Kifaru kit is some organizers, but a friend swears by his (I think)...
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    Replacing the M14 with M16 during Vietnam. Your thoughts?

    It's a tough topic to discuss because of the false histories and thirdhand anecdotes. When I was in Iraq it was not uncommon for a Pfc to insist the guy he was shooting at must be all hopped up on morphine soaking up all those wimpy 5.56 bullets. Then you get to the house and gosh darn it, by...
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    Howdy

    Hey folks, I finally broke down and registered. I've been watching the .223 do-all thread, the Hobbit rifles thread, and browsing some of the GPS discussions long enough to want to see my new and unread posts. Mostly hunt NE/central MO, hunted Florida and North GA in the past. I keep telling...
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