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  1. SwiftShot

    Build a rifle or buy a rifle? Left Handed

    That statement is key. Education on what is out there and what you can do is huge. Informed buyer.
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    Build a rifle or buy a rifle? Left Handed

    Build it. Look at Brownells and type in actions on the search. You can get a barreled action from a bunch of manufacturers. You save money as no stock. Also you have actions that can take barrels no work needed. Just add the stock. Very good prices. Left will make it harder but they...
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    Non-marring scope rings wanted

    DNZ scope mount. Pinching comes from thin top metal usually. Also lapping will remove some of that problem. I like to save weight on my rifles, but never with the scope mount.
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    Cheap Stuff that Works

    Military Surplus Bunny Boots. They work and are cheap. Great for long sits in cold cold weather. https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-instinct-stand-hunter-parka-for-men-with-scentinel-scent-control-technology-and-4most-dryplus
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    Budget Rifle for Western Rookie

    Despite what people are saying, not all coolers are the same. Get on YouTube. There are some really good comparisons videos. They put ice in the coolers with sodas ect and leave them outside checkng once a day on them. Some last forever and some where out of ice in 3 days. Yeti did not win...
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    Budget Rifle for Western Rookie

    Not the lower budget ones. Which is in the price range he is talking, ie budget. 700 and down is the Ruger American Gen 2 and that price range is velow the threaded barrels I have seen on Tikkas.
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    Budget Rifle for Western Rookie

    Tikka are good shooters and budget friendly. The animals never ask what they are shot with. The Tikka problem is not a threaded barrel. A few years from now you want a can. Well no joy on the Tikka. Ruger American Gen 2 Not Gen 1 but Gen 2. Cheaper than a Tikka by a few bucks. Shoots just...
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    There is a very vocal person selling it on rokslide. He is the 223 thread.
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    25-06 and Elk

    Depends on the range. Hell I bet my shoulder could stop one if it was far enough.
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    Budget Rifle for Western Rookie

    Ruger American Gen 2 in 6.5 PRC, 308, 6.5 Creedmoor, 270 win all will work.
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    Quietest Deer Caliber, Rifle, Suppressor Combo

    I have good results with the Hornady Sub Sonics. The problem is finding the powder to load them sub on a 308. Trail Boss is impossible to find.
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    Which side arm makes most sence

    If your not dancing with the brownies a 9mm is more than enough. I have popped one nice black bear with a 9mm. Sorry but they run from you. A mountain lion, well they shoot them with small caliber all the time. So keep the 9mm.
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    Tell your Senators not to vote John Cornyn

    Thune is very pro 2A and pro hunting. https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/9/thune-calls-out-biden-for-defunding-school-hunting-and-archery-programs
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    What the closest face-to-face encounters you've had with animals while hunting?

    I once low crawled through a bedded herd of elk in a tall grass field while bow hunting. A calf came over and started licking the bottom of my boot for about a min . The it just walked off. Got a nice bull that day.
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    Building a Custom Rifle

    I am thinking of a lightweight mountain rifle in 300 PRC. That is what I was thinking about. I could just buy the MDT HNTR 26 stock and put it on this rifle. Try it out for a little while and if I dont like it put the old stock back on it and sell it. Then get the action and barrel
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    Building a Custom Rifle

    Who would recommend for a custom lightweight action.
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    Building a Custom Rifle

    I was thinking about building a custom rifle. I like that Ti X Long Action Magnum from Defiance. I was thinking that action, Carbon Six Barrel and putting it in a MDT Hunter 26 Stock. I was thinking of 300 PRC. Well then I went to the range and pulled out my Christensen Ridgeline in 300 RUM...
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    Rant - What happened to respect for other hunters???

    I had a bull in a herd of cows while bowhunting at 40 yards. A guy parked his truck next to mine and ran across the clear cut and flung an arrow at roughly 90 yards. Dude knew I was there and did not care. His exact words where, I am not trying to screw anyone but there were elk so whatever...
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    Scope Leveling; Instruction that ran counter to everything I thought I knew

    Long Range shooting and sniper are not all the same. Army sniper school is 5 weeks and yes it teaches long range it teaches a lot about being undetected, movement to and from target ect. It does mean they are way better than average shooter, but that is just the beginning. I once was sent...
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    Suggestions on Caliber in Light Weight Rifle

    Valid point. It is 80 percent placement 18 percent bullet and 2 percent caliber.

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