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    Browning X-Bolt 2 - Shipping Date to Dealers

    The adjustable stock is what catches my eye on the XB2.
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    Muzzleloader in the Backcountry?

    For my spot and stalk hunting trips, I have started not loading my muzzy until I am ready to stalk in to something. It's so rare I bump a deer, bear, or elk I would want to take traveling too and from glassing knobs.
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    Montana point creep expectation

    I too have been working on estimating what it will be in 2024 and beyond. I suspect the total number of applicants to stay the same (2022 and 2023 were basically the same), but a continued decrease in single point applications, which will of course trickle into the 2 and 3 point groups.
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    High End Gun Coating Supplier Recommendations

    Thinking of kicking off on a gun project where I would like to have the stainless steel action, bolt, and barrel coated with a PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) like diamond like carbon (DLC) but might be willing to do melontite, or similar. Not looking for ceracoat/duracoat/things that are...
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    Tikka T3 prefit barrel options

    Looking to get a prefit barrel blank for my Tikka T3 superlite. Stainless steel and preferably, the same or similar contour and fluting as my factory super lite. Any recommendations? I have heard mixed reviews about preferred barrel blanks and they don’t seem to offer the OEM tikka fluting...
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    Barrel and Action Wrenches and Vices

    Thanks guys, good info. Right now this is what I am thinking: -Short action customs internal receiver wrench for assembly. -Haven't decided on which external action wrench, but planning on using that for disassembly of troublesome factory parts. -Looking at either the short action customs...
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    Barrel and Action Wrenches and Vices

    Looking to get tooled on the action and barrel wrench/vice department. Mostly for Tikka and savage 110. Watching YouTube and it seems many guys struggle with the grip (parts slipping in their tools). Willing to spend some money on tools that can do the job easily and professionally. Also I am...
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    Garmin Xero C1 Pro Chronograph

    Anyone know if this work with muzzloaders?
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    Crispi Wild Rock GTX Plus Liner Thickness?

    I kept them and hunted mule deer in eastern MT in late November last year. temps ranged from about 8 deg F to just above freezing. I made due by putting chemical heaters in the toe, but they are not very warm. Butt dyno says they are at best equivalent to 400 gram boots. I just bought a pair...
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    In a world without lead, how would you optimize a rifle for monolithic ammunition?

    Something I should point out, is they already can make copper bullets expand at lower velocity's. The copper bullets (federal Bore Lok) I use in my muzzy have cuts to facilitate this. They open beautifully, I have recovered at least 5 bullets from animals ranging 75 yards to 10 ft with a...
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    In a world without lead, how would you optimize a rifle for monolithic ammunition?

    The big jump I would like to see is higher pressure cartridges like the 277 SIG fury. It would benefit long range shooters as well as tree stand or still hunters. Long range guys could have their 800 yard shots with reasonable barrel lengths and the tree stand/still hunters could have a very...
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    Real life Federal BOR Lock feedback?

    I like them, easy to load and have killed two deer and a bear with them. Great terminal performance, recovered all bullets and for the most part they look just like an advertisement (perfectly opened up). I had to give a finishing shot to my bear at about a 10ft distance, recovered that bullet...
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    Muzzleloader New + Thor Bullets

    With primitive sights I can't convince myself a 45 cal is worth it over a 50 cal. Federal Bore locks are a lead free option, I use them in my CVA MR with an accuracy of about 2MOA. Hopefully going to mess with powder and get that more accurate.
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    UM TIKKA Scope Rings

    Any plans to make a folding anti-cant bubble level like US optics for the Tikka Rail? Any plans to make 1" rings...
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    Favorite Possible Bag?

    I keep items for an immediate reload in a stock pack, but I want a possible bag to keep in my backpack that is better organized with my other muzzy tools and such. What are people's favorites? Looking at the kifaru possible pullout at the moment. I like the fact they have three compartments.
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    Trophy copper

    165 grain 30-06 shoot great out of my old savage 110. One pencil though mule deer at about 300 yards (recovered). Devastating damage to a blacktail at 100 yards and rosie elk at 50 yards. The scene around the blacktail looked like a horror movie, blood everywhere and an exit hole almost fist...
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    Integrally suppressed rifles

    Sounds like more development work is needed then. Or at least the trade off discussion of various metrics (i.e. muzzle velocity vs noise). It seems highly unlikely an optimized integrated solution shouldn't be able to have improvements over a modular approach. In my career as an engineer, the...
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    Integrally suppressed rifles

    Would love to know as well. This is the direction I would like to go for my next hunting build.
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    Ideal cartridge for short barrel and suppressor

    I am very interested in the new sig fury with it's high pressure for this kind of application.
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    Anyway to reduce muzzle noise to reduce noise for neighbors?

    What's the layout of where you shoot and where there house is? Could a linear compensator reduce the sound in their direction?
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