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    Shooting near homes?

    Just having to ask the question shows we don’t have enough safety education, warnings on every part of every rifle, laser etched warnings on every piece of brass, lawsuits, and public service announcements. Cheese and rice. Wtf Do you know how stupid it sounds to say you’re actually thinking...
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    Shooting magnums more better

    300 Norma has about the same recoil as a 375 H&H, or 340 Weatherby - I think it’s funny that anyone would suggest it’s just like shooting any other cartridge. Lol Having shot this range of cartridges since high school, and seeing what has and hasn’t worked with a fairly wide group of...
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    Shooting magnums more better

    Another thing that helps train your body to not get involuntarily movements during recoil in the face, hands, arms, shoulder, or even torso, are dummy cartridges. I check myself occasionally to nip any small flinching in the bud. Mix in dummy cartridges with full power loads and you’ll know...
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    Shooting magnums more better

    That’s a good way to get beat up by the rifle - for 4 decades since that first 338, every time an experienced shooter of smaller cartridges wants to shoot something with more recoil for the first time, it’s instantly obvious that their technique is not ideal for something that shoves them...
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    Shooting magnums more better

    Nope. You guys want to barely hold a rifle, rest your thumb to the side and not hold the pistol grip, barely any pressure on the shoulder, maybe even free recoil it, then have a hard time controlling it and blame an inability to get back on target on the cartridge.
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    Shooting magnums more better

    I don’t buy it that a small gun can or should be shot the exact same as a big kicker. That’s a recipe for bad results.
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    Shooting magnums more better

    That’s a good question, because recoil does complicate a few things, at least for me. I had groups with higher recoiling guns that were shifting almost 1 MOA depending on the position, while the 243 groups weren’t. The main issue is holding on, but not too tight. I’ve never been a fan of...
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    SWFA website updated; More to come in 2024

    I think they have just started playing with it, and no review yet.
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    Wyoming Mule deer units

    You need to be careful with some limited draw tags - just because it’s hard to draw doesn’t mean the hunting is good. Sometimes it is popular because of where it’s located, or any animals there are simply easy to kill.
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    SWFA website updated; More to come in 2024

    SWFA recently sent a scope to review to the guys at Long Range Only. It’s nothing special, but it was nice to see someone at the mother ship is still alive and trying to build up interest. I wonder who else was given a scope to review?
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    How much of your unit do you scout or hunt?

    You can try to hunt every type of country, everywhere elk exist, but it helps to narrow it down and specialize in the areas that are more productive for you. A lot of my friends kill the hell out elk in the quakie patches, barely out of the foothills, but my brain just doesn’t enjoy that...
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    BRO Breakup

    We all handle grief in different ways - if anyone is sad and just needs a friend to talk to about feelings, get ahold of me and you can FaceTime with my dog. Glad to help.
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    Need some help on rifle decision

    I think it’s cool that Weatherby is now making all their actions in house - right here in the Wyoming 307 area code. Rather than supporting foreign workers, so their kids can afford to enjoy the outdoors, Wyoming kids grow up with a solid love of western hunting and shooting, and that’s worth...
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    .257 Roberts

    The 25 caliber rifles have a long deep history in the west prior to the 25-06 that has been mostly overlooked. The 25s sure pop up over and over and over with old timey experienced hunters since WW1. The 270 and magnum crazy took most of the wind out of the sails of the quarter bores, then the...
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    Do you hunt from home?

    The farthest I ever hunted from home, was a six hour drive one way, just to hike up to one small ridge, eat lunch and head back home. There have been some whoppers on that ridge, so it’s not as crazy as it sounds. Just like a rock hound visits multiple places, and develops favorites, pocket...
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    Avery vs. JvB - Podcast Back and Forths

    I find it funny that JVB is labeled as anti small bore, yet is shooting elk way out there with a 6.5 creed. He has a 22 creed and I have no doubt he’s taken deer with it. Professional gun writers shoot a really wide variety of cartridges to the extremes on both ends - and make money talking...
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    What is "proper cheek weld" I'm getting different advice

    Another aspect of cheek weld and moving away from a traditional way of leaning the head forward and planting the cheek, is there is more opportunity to move the head forward or back, by design or accident. This more upright head position isn’t a problem with light recoil, but every year guys...
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    Let them grow?

    Keeping the low life poachers out of the winter range would help big deer more than most folks know. We can’t pick them out of a crowd, can’t shoot ‘em for driving a country road, so all we can do is hope they do something stupid and get caught, or I’d be ok if they get really drunk and...
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    What did you sew today?

    Sailrite machines have a large following, great customer support, are compact, easy to store, easy to learn, somewhat upgradable for slower speed/more power, and will do most things. To be fair the last thing I sewed on one was a hot tub cover 8 years ago, but it sewed about a 100 weight...
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    6.5x55 or 6.5 PRC

    It’s a new generation and everyone wants a rifle they can buy off the shelf - I get it, heated seats in a new car seem strangely satisfying, and following GPS through streets that make no sense is a small price to pay for the benefits. It’s literally the dumbing down of America. Every year I...

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