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    Tikka t3x comb or cheek piece add on?

    It’s a quality piece. Had one in my Tikka before I swapped the stock. You’ll get a little of this weight back removing the foam insert from the t3x stock, but I don’t have it to weigh. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Cabela's "Upgrade My Gear" Promotion?

    I know nothing about your tent or the vestibule that goes with it, but maybe they’re trying to manage inventory and disguise it as a promotional giveaway. If the vestibules ONLY go with those tents, and their inventory and sales numbers suggest they’re going to be sitting on a mountain of...
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    Backpackers Pantry- Favorite Meals

    If you know how to cook Pad Thai, and check the Backpackers Pantry ingredient list, it will explain why it didn’t appeal to your taste buds. Somebody was smoking something when they came up with that recipe and called it Pad Thai. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    First go at once fired brass. Trim question.

    FL size, then trim. Sizing changes your brass length, so doesn’t make sense to trim then size. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    High Country Meal Plan

    Your body needs water. I’m not a dietician or doctor, but I’m not sure it makes much difference if you eat it in a MH or drink it. Maybe somebody knowledgeable on the subject will chime in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Tripod- Center column or no center column?

    Center column for sure if you intend to spend a long time behind the glass. Makes it much easier to get the right height. I use a Sirui tripod (can’t recall the model but it’s obsolete now anyway) that came with a long and short center section. Short is effectively “no” center section, but...
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    Pics of backcountry camps

    Seek Outside Cimarron, bear fence, meat tarp, great view. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Backcountry food questions

    Typically, no. If I want small game, I go small game hunting. On a backcountry hunt, I have all my calories planned out. I don’t want to plan on eating small game and be short calories if I don’t find it. Likewise, I don’t want to carry extra calories I didn’t eat because I chose to dine on...
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    Gaiters...worth it?

    For the occasional splash that would go over the boot tops, a well fitted pair of waterproof gaiters will keep you dry when you would’ve had wet socks without them. They’ll keep your boots tied and free of snow or debris, and your pants legs clean. They’ll keep your legs hot, and given...
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    Planning a trip to Alaska, need gear suggestions.

    There are lots, and lots of “xxxx hunt packing list” threads on this forum. Reading a few of them would probably help a lot. Binos will be plenty to tell a first-timer if a caribou bull is a shooter or not. A spotter is really only necessary if you’re looking for very particular antler traits...
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    Who uses collapsible water bottles?

    Last big hunt season I ditched the nalgene for a 1L platypus paired with my pack bladder system. No regrets Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Rotating Collar

    Secondly, it’s almost never at 90-degrees Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Rotating Collar

    I have an angled spotter and rotate the scope all the time. I wouldn’t even consider an angled spotter that doesn’t have a rotating collar. Firstly, rotation is integral to how I use my tripod, ball head and spotter together. 90-degrees is the default. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Mesa Precision Altitude Tikka Stock Group Buy

    No concern. Bed it if looking at it bothers you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    'Magic bus' removed.

    The bus was in a class of its own, but I’d love to see more mining trash hauled out of our wild places. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    *updated 3/3/24* 2 oz that might be worthing adding to your first aid kit *updated 3/3/24*

    Great find for a lightweight trauma bandage. Don’t forget the training to use these things! Bandages are fairly obvious where to put them, but tourniquets require some training to apply correctly and in the right place. When I’m really trying to weight weenie, I’m selective about when I carry...
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    Anyone own the H&K VP9 or VP9SK?

    Only way I’d ditch my VP9 is to replace it with a new one with the slide cutout for optics. Has all the features I want and none that I don’t want. I’m picky about getting things to work the way I want them to, and have no reservations about doing modifications on working guns. My VP9 is bone...
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    Stupid to put a 24oz scope on a 5.5lb rifle?

    They do send back a report unlike some other companies’ “here, it’s fixed”. Not really relevant to the discussion here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Stupid to put a 24oz scope on a 5.5lb rifle?

    It got flown into the mountains in a plane and hunted with. No major oopsies. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Stupid to put a 24oz scope on a 5.5lb rifle?

    The Vortex cliche. Sent one way over a legal ram’s back at a range I can hit. Sent the scope back to the mothership and it failed internal inspection on a couple different criteria. Got it back and moved it to a rifle that doesn’t get shot at game. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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