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  1. Trackselk

    WTS Nikon Ed 50 with mc2 lens

    Thanks, that'll help me make up my mind
  2. Trackselk

    WTS Nikon Ed 50 with mc2 lens

    I'm debating on getting one of these, but I have 2 questions that might make me interested in yours. 1. Could you get me the total weight with the eyepiece? 2. I read that I should get the wide mc ii, is that a thing, or it yours the wide version? Pardon the ignorance, and thanks
  3. Trackselk

    Nikon Fieldscope 13-30x50 video review

    Thanks again, I checked out the KDC, looks crazy light although the actual weights aren't listed. I have 4 tripods but the one I'm currently using in the backcountry is the vortex that's under a pound with the lower part of the center section removed. It's a solid platform for my 15s and I...
  4. Trackselk

    Nikon Fieldscope 13-30x50 video review

    Thanks again! The weight of the nikon makes it hands down better for me, but for each their own. Hopefully zeiss will pull another rabbit out of the hat and make a 30 Oz 15x bino and 30x (ish) scope at 20oz!
  5. Trackselk

    Nikon Fieldscope 13-30x50 video review

    Thanks! I read your book, but can't remember if you mentioned the post ed50 days, and I since passed the book to a friend. I'm guessing you switched to the stc or 554?
  6. Trackselk

    Nikon Fieldscope 13-30x50 video review

    If you only used this for a better look at something and examining brushy and shady spots, would the 27x or the mc ii route serve me better? I'm thinking that I could look 'deeper' into brush at 40x? I'd be using this in conjunction with my 8x30's (woods hunting day) or 15x alphas (open country...
  7. Trackselk

    Talk me out of kowa 502

    So, here's the deal. I find myself in poor glassing country much of the time, and I'm loving my new zeiss sfl 8x30's, but I find something occasionally that I want a closer look at, but it's not worth lugging around my 15's or a kowa 554. So, I'm thinking that the 502 is the ticket. Please...
  8. Trackselk

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    This is how this forum is going to bankrupt me!
  9. Trackselk

    DRT Terminal shock results on game

    Thanks! I'll have to give these a try. And, please update us on any results. I killed a couple elk and deer with bulldozer 2's (.224) and it was great for deer at 3500ish, but I'm looking for something a bit more devastating for elk. 100 yard runs (3300fps) with both lungs punched, not bad...
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    DRT Terminal shock results on game

    So the 2 bulls both wrecked the liver maybe and lost blood pressure quick, or did they hit lung? Looks promising! I'd be launching them fast in an 18" 22creed. I can only imagine that faster is going to cause a deeper, more devastating wound, right?
  11. Trackselk

    Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

    Not sure, but as you probably know, the gas variant wrecks your hearing even with a suppressor. I wouldn't bother to make a muzzle heavy, extra long, expensive suppressed AR since it's still loud. On the other hand. I do a 2-3 week pack trip in the wilderness every spring where I lightly...
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    .223, 6mm, and 6.5 failures on big game

    Since there seem to be no failures I might as well go off topic... I only made it half way through and then skipped to the end. But, I think it's worth mentioning that it sure looks like the 77tmk's kill things quicker than old fashioned high weight retention bullets. In my experience blood...
  13. Trackselk

    WTS Kimber Hunter 6.5 Creedmoor 18" threaded with cerakote, fluted bolt, etc $1200

    SOLD
  14. Trackselk

    Ultra light hunting rifles

    Yeah, a lot of us have had great luck with kimbers, although the thin barrels heat up fast. Missed your accuracy question. Both of mine shoot under an inch 3 rounds with a few mins of cooling between shots. Not sure how bad they are if I didn't let them cool, but I'm at about 17 deer and elk...
  15. Trackselk

    Ultra light hunting rifles

    There's a whole thread on here, there are some lighter ones with big bore cartridges (ouch). My hot 22 creed loads with a suppressor are about like a standard .308 win. Would be pretty significant without the suppressor, but nothing like when it was a 5lb (scoped) 308 win, that wasn't fun.
  16. Trackselk

    Kimber 84 Hunter Models- what’s in the stock

    And drill a million holes, got mine down to Within 1.5oz of the lightest stocks out there (MPI). I would keep the forend about 3" longer though, and no holes around the action/magazine. I went a little crazy, so I'm making another one, might be 1 oz heavier...
  17. Trackselk

    Ultra light hunting rifles

    Yeah, I learned the hard way that when I got my .308 to 5.5lbs scoped, all of the sudden it was terrible for shooting off hand. With a rest and enough skill/practice it was fine for 400 yards, but there's no getting around the fact that they're harder to shoot accurately. Unless you've got...
  18. Trackselk

    Ultra light hunting rifles

    Good eyes, I went a little overboard on the forend, so I picked up another one and just have to spend hours cutting and drilling. I think I'll also avoid the holes around the magazine, since I also drilled holes in the mag (heavy steel kimber mags) and precip on hot reloads in no good. In the...
  19. Trackselk

    Ultra light hunting rifles

    Kimber hunter or mtn ascent. This one is in 22 creed, and I'm slinging 70 grainers at 3600 with an 18" barrel. Very light recoil with suppressor. Start with the Hunter and you can build something like this for about $2500, and thats a blueprinted action and custom barrel, add a mpi stock...
  20. Trackselk

    Non lead bullets and performance at distance

    Been forever since I estimated the speed. But, if you want to crunch the numbers: I shot 2 different bulls at 400 yards out of my 308 win with an 18" barrel and factory 150gr ttsx's. It destroyed both of those elk with excellent expansion. One of them dumped about a gallon of blood...

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