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    Tell me why I shouldn't move to wyoming...

    I wouldn’t say large numbers, but I personally know several who have done exactly that (well, 1 was buffalo). A lot of normal working class people have left the Jackson area (to include star valley/drictor), myself included. I had a home there that I didn’t have to worry about price increases...
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    Tell me why I shouldn't move to wyoming...

    One thing to consider- if you buy a property and STR it for a time, there is a really good chance you’re starting in a deep hole with the neighbors once you move in. Short term rentals have been one of many drivers of the problems in the west Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Tell me why I shouldn't move to wyoming...

    Ha! I moved from Wyoming to Alaska for milder weather. Winters here (in south central AK anyway) are a piece of cake. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Best bear defense ammo? & New Hornady Backcountry Defense/DGH?

    That’s about all they do- they only include that “expansion” capability in the description so they are legal to hunt with in places that require expanding bullets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Best bear defense ammo? & New Hornady Backcountry Defense/DGH?

    I know copper bullets don’t get much love here, but that sounds a lot like Hammer’s pistol bullet offerings. Wide meplat, slightly concave, designed to expand slight to caliber size (to meet some state’s requirements of expanding handgun bullets for hunting) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Recheck Zero After Removing and Installing Stock?

    If its not bedded well its not zeroed any more. Even if bedded it’s hard to trust until It’s been disassembled, put back together, and maintains zero a couple times. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Middle of rifle season your rifle spends all day in snow then rain

    That’s pretty much what mine do for a month or so every year. I take it apart and clean it up at the end of the season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Pressure: when is too much and why?

    I’m pretty sure 99% of this (and every other) forum is beating dead horses. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Any barrel companies have Black Friday sales?

    Doesn’t matter at all. Slight change esthetically, installation slightly more complicated. No difference in function. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Montana Rifle Co, Shoot2Hunt, and Rokslide Rifle

    I’m currently thinking of opening a shop. I’d be willing to become an official disposal site for those filthy tikka actions the masses of RS will be unloading next spring. I’ll even cover shipping. I just happened to come across this thread, which interestingly includes the same type of...
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    Montana Rifle Co, Shoot2Hunt, and Rokslide Rifle

    I dated a girl that taught me that lesson long ago. Lesson learned. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Montana Rifle Co, Shoot2Hunt, and Rokslide Rifle

    Even more interesting if they can get someone to agree to make quality x 57 brass. I’d buy one just to support that effort! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Day Pack Weight- How much is too much?

    Yep, pack so an unplanned night out will suck quite a bit, but you’ll get out with your fingers and toes. Of course that can vary from nothing to still quite a bit of stuff depending on where and when you are. I’m a long time ER nurse, so people assume I bring a bunch of first aid stuff. Exact...
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    30-30 Copper ammo (Barnes) penciled through Whitetail Buck this morning...thoughts?

    Surprised it didn’t open more if it was the Barnes designed for the 3030. Lots of options now though. The Hammer design for the 30-30 works well, and there seem to be lots of options popping up built for the 300 blackout that should be excellent. The ones I’ve looked at are generally a giant...
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    Alaska Caribou draws

    Ummm, the answer is no. There isn’t really anything to put in for for caribou. There are like 3 draw hunts left for caribou, and you’re not going to draw any of them anyway. Well maybe 23 or whatever went draw for non-residents a few years ago. Another couple years the central arctic herd will...
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    Best option for a tikka 6mm build

    Why is fireforming a pain? Go shoot your gun- bam you’re fire formed. I usually do an abbreviated load work up (typically a dozen rounds or less), then I have a load that works fine for fireforming. Probably not far from what it will shoot when it’s done. Then go shoot it. Hunt with it, shoot...
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    Neck shot ethics

    I don’t care for the neck broadside, though I’ve used it. Head on? I like it better than frontal chest, and it’s very effective. Not something I’ve ever had a use for at much distance, generally close in the timber. Pretty common shot opportunity when moving slow through timber when elk are...
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    That is exactly right, A bullet (or pretty much anything else) through the vital organs is what matters. And while everyone wrings their hands over the minutiae, some guy is probably out there gutting an animal right now that he killed with a patched round ball. My favorite part of the 223...
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    It’s a cartridge debate, which means it is an argument over how to skin a cat, and the number of ways to skin that cat is roughly equal to the number of cartridges there are x the number of bullet types that can be stuffed into those cartridges. Generally speaking, all work. Sent from my...
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    7mm Soul Searching

    A wash in a lot of cases, assuming the 284 is twisted and throated right. If I ever do another Tikka 7, it will be 284 instead of 280ai. Just makes a lot more sense if there are OAL limitations. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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