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  1. northernlandgar

    Sub-sonic loads in a .308??

    Yeah for sure, I've had good luck using Trail Boss in .308, 6.5CM, and .30-06. I haven't chronographed any of those loads but wow it's quiet -- even without a suppressor. As an added bonus with Trail Boss, you barely use any powder (10 to 12gr in a 6.5CM with a 140gr Speer Hot Cor for me), so...
  2. northernlandgar

    Outdoor Poetry

    lol true! Never seen one like him before or since, and the folks at ADF&G weren't sure what deformed his antler either.
  3. northernlandgar

    Outdoor Poetry

    Glad you liked it. May as well share some photos, it was a spectacular day.
  4. northernlandgar

    Outdoor Poetry

    Love the idea of this thread. I wrote this poem a few months after a solo hunt on a beautiful November day in '23, shot an atypical buck in the mountains. Hoofprints in the snow, almost silent here. I walk alone, breathe the cold air far away from home. Mountains rise all around, white-topped...
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    Solo hunting

    Solo hunting is one of my favorite things to do. Some people have given me grief for it, but most seem to understand. I take a bunch of precautions (leaving a trip plan, packing extra layers, extra food and fuel, first aid kit, InReach, bear spray) but there's always risk. For the constant...
  6. northernlandgar

    Show your Tikka ten round groups

    Good to know, thanks.
  7. northernlandgar

    Show your Tikka ten round groups

    Here's a group with a question. Fired ten rounds from my T3x in 6.5CM into a little less than 0.7" inches yesterday. I'm shooting a 140gr Sierra Tipped Gameking over 41.9gr H4350 in Starline SRP brass with BR-4 primers. Really happy with the results. So here's my question -- I've fired over...
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    SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

    Another no, though the can is fairly new. I have 147 rounds of 6.5CM through it without issue. Barrel is 20" long.
  9. northernlandgar

    Your (limited to 3) top gear items for 2024

    1. Scythe Ti, far and away the best addition I've made to any rifle, ever 2. Leica CRF-R, no more guesstimating the range on Gaia GPS 3. A goat hunting partner, because the mountains are more fun with a friend
  10. northernlandgar

    3x9x42 Nightforce SHV vs Tract Toric 2.5x15x44

    I suspect you'd be happy with either the SHV or Trijicon. I have an Accupoint 3-9x40 as well, and I like it, though I find the Nightforce more forgiving in use. The SHV is a little more comfortable optically, though the NF reticle is quite fine compared to the mil square on the Trijicon. Both...
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    3x9x42 Nightforce SHV vs Tract Toric 2.5x15x44

    I agree! The MOAR reticle is usable for my purposes but if NF made a 3-10 SHV with Maven's SHR-Mil reticle or something similar, I think that would be my ideal scope.
  12. northernlandgar

    3x9x42 Nightforce SHV vs Tract Toric 2.5x15x44

    I only have experience with the 3-10x42 SHV, but I really like it. Mine has held up through a good bit of hard use, and I've never had trouble aiming at critters from 25 to 300 yards. Mine has the MOAR reticle, and I just wish NF offered the scope with a mil reticle, maybe with thicker stadia...
  13. northernlandgar

    Pack-out photos.

    This year's mountain goat, spectacular day in one of my favorite spots.
  14. northernlandgar

    Nanny or Billy?

    A beautiful nanny. I'm judging on the small diameter of the horn bases and the overall shape of the horns. Thought I'd leave a link to the ADF&G goat identification guide, too. https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/hunting/goathunting/pdfs/goat_long_quiz_for_web.pdf
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    Would you buy this scope?

    I'm interested. The specs are great. I've only used SFP scopes, but I'd be fine with FFP as long as it includes a reticle that works well up close at low power, and in poor lighting.
  16. northernlandgar

    bullet selection for mountain goat

    Chiming in late, but I took my first goat with a 127gr LRX from a 6.5 CM (partner followed up a second later with a 180gr Partition from his .300 WM). Both shots were in the lungs, just behind the shoulder. That billy took a few steps and fell. My second was with two 168gr TTSXs from a .30-06...
  17. northernlandgar

    UM Tikka Rings

    I have that exact setup, UM low rings with an SHV 3-10x42 on a Tikka with the factory sporter barrel. Works fine, and I have enough room under the objective lens to fit a neoprene scope cover without pinching it. The ring height seems fine when shouldering the rifle, but I later made a DIY...
  18. northernlandgar

    Tightness when seating primers

    Thanks for the reply. I'll pick up a swager kit from RCBS. I've also never had an issue with large rifle primers of any sort in any cartridge, which is why this small rifle primer tightness surprised me.
  19. northernlandgar

    Tightness when seating primers

    That's interesting, thanks for the info on European brass. Maybe something to do with CIP standards for the cartridge?
  20. northernlandgar

    Tightness when seating primers

    Thanks, I'll give that a try.

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