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    Water Bladder Adapter for Filter

    ^^^ This is correct. If you start with a full bladder (all water and no air) and drain it, or even an empty one with all of the air squeezed out. You can put water right back in as long as you are not introducing air into the system. The quick disconnect prevents air from entering as well as...
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    Water Bladder Adapter for Filter

    You just need a quick disconnect on your drinking line. And a matching connector coming from your filter hose. Maybe $10 in fittings. Disconnect the bite valve, plug in filter and fill the bladder. Disconnect filter and reconnect the bite valve. Just make sure that you orient the disconnect...
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    Source for practice ammo and best suggestion for reloadable hulls?

    ^^^^^ I shoot far more trap and 5 stand than I do hunting. With cases of target loads being $80-$90 bucks I don’t even reload those shells very often. I got started reloading as a side hobby when I got a hot deal on a progressive setup. I would think with the right charge bar and dies you could...
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    Source for practice ammo and best suggestion for reloadable hulls?

    Remington gun clubs. I’ve reloaded these hulls a few times. A case (250ct) of loaded shells goes for about $90.
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    Chopped Magnums

    The only “factory” ammo that I have chronograph data for is an Unknown Munitions 168gr VLDH which is going a mild 2731fps. I don’t have any data for this load before chopping the barrel. It worked well on deer and elk this year. My numbers for velocity loss came from my hand loads. My 168gr VLDH...
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    The Slik Sling... your thoughts?

    I have one of the older versions. It is overall good very good, however I don’t like how low the butt stock hangs down. It hits first when I sit down. It’s also not very comfortable to have an arca/pic section poking you in the back of your shoulder, but that’s not the fault of the sling. The...
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    What the closest face-to-face encounters you've had with animals while hunting?

    Twenty years ago I was walking back to the truck in the dark. I had a junky AA mag light flashlight that I was using to check the logging road ahead of me intermittently to save the battery. I heard the gravel crunch right in front of me so I shine that dim light in front of me. I was confused...
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    Chopped Magnums

    I have one cut at 20” for use with a suppressor. I gave up on average 28fps per inch. It would depend on what barrel length your suppressor is rated for if you are using one.
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    Combo guns

    I’ve held on to Savage 24V for a long time. Originally was a 222/20ga. Someone apparently rechambered the rifle barrel to 223 rem. It’s in kinda rough shape, but I like it. I even picked up a cheap rifled chamber adapter 20ga/9mm for fun but I have not tried it out yet. It goes on grouse walks...
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    YOUR favorite all purpose jacket

    Arcteryx Atom LT hoody. Great piece of active insulation.
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    Looking for some courage/advice on leaving a job for a 40k pay cut per year?

    You seem to have had this weighing on your mind for a while now. You know what you want to do, and you just want some encouragement to make the tough decision. If you and your partner are on the same page in regard to the financial implications and your family is taken care of. Go for it!
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    Long drive ebook suggestions

    I like the Hardcore History podcasts. Super in depth. Not all subjects are appropriate for listening with little kids. As mentioned earlier “Ridgeline” by Michael Punke was a good listen.
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    Kifaru lost park parka size help

    Large would probably work for you well. I am 6’3” 230# and I have a lot of room in my XL. Plenty of room to layer underneath. I have the full zip model. I have had mine for a few years so hopefully their sizing is unchanged.
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    Good work gloves???

    North Star glove company Tacoma, Wa. Rawhide, Buckaroo or White Ox. Pretty decent gloves.
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    Backcountry rifle hunters, ammo quantity?

    Three or four in the gun plus ten extra. A full box at the truck.
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    Nosler M48 Liberty vs. Montana Rifle Company X3

    I still use it and I like it. The mag box is kinda short if you reload. There is not a lot of aftermarket stuff available for it like prefits or stocks. Trigger is good. It’s a Timney set at two and a half pounds. I cut the barrel to 20” and threaded it for a suppressor.
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    40th Birthday Gift for my hunter!

    I’m pretty particular about the gear I use. But I have told my wife that I just want Darn Tough socks they’re great. Perhaps a lifetime hunting/fishing license? This will set you back $1008 in Nebraska for both hunting and fishing $355 for just hunting. Or access passes for state managed lands...
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    If you had to start over....

    Get good measuring equipment. Good calipers, comparators, and shoulders bump gauges.
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    Looking For Suggestions - (Elk) Mountain Rifle Build Shooting Copper

    You could meet the goals you laid out in your first post with a 7mm-08 rem. or a .270 win. Factory loaded ammo starting at 2800 fps out of a 22” Nosler e tips should stay above 2100 fps out to 400+ yards in either chambering.
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    Spent casing stuck in chamber

    OP I’m glad you got your issue resolved. A tip for anyone who comes across this post in the future. I just had a case head separate in my 7rem mag leaving the case body behind. A large rat tail file inserted into the case body from the back with a light pressure and rotation and it came right...

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