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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    Your rangefinder has less field of view than your "10x" scope? Yeah, whatever. It's clear my opinion isn't worth anything here. Your credibility is shot with me. I'll just be on my way, it aint worth it.
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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    If that really is 40 yards, field of view is 8.6'. That makes that goat about 2'7" long and 1'8" from ground to shoulder. Uh huh, big as a deer? I
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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    If that is what you think, fine. Instead of getting in the cool kids club, I went out and tried things. No, I never heard of SWFA 10 years ago, and nobody off of social media did. They don't advertise, and they don't sell in stores. I used to read about the old timers when fixed powers were...
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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    This was wide open South Dakota, saw him trotting at me. Wind was too strong he didn't hear me yelp to stop him. He was walking a normal pace at 40 yards Luckily being wide open I had time to get on him and make the shot. I'm not saying a 4-12x is a bad choice, it can make sense to some...
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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    Nothing really, just a deer that I had to make a shot. 4x at 40 yards the deer fills up most of the field of view. Practice or not, using too much magnification is a liability. Fixed power is never an asset.
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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    I can't give good recommendations, I don't use target scopes. All I can say is the 4x on my 4-12x almost cost me a 40 yard shot last year, and I wont be making that mistake again. To straight up answer the question in your original post, yes, I think hunting with a fixed 10x is insane.
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    How long would it take for you to give up?

    I don't think any of those considerations would really factor into when I would quit elk hunting. If I went 7+ days of solid elk hunting and never saw elk sign or elk, the solution is clear. I would never go back to that area. Honestly by day 3, I would have been doing the big move to a whole...
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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    Well, consider the source and make up your own mind. If you want a SWFA, they make a 3-9x, it even says in stock. It's $600 and dials. I would never use a fixed 10x for hunting even if I were dirt poor. I would take it off and use the open sights.
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    Owner of Deadhorse Outfitters LLC charged with outfitting or advertising a big game hunt without a license

    Ok, that makes more sense. I didn't realize he also did transporting. That might explain the previous probation.
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    10x SWFA for hunting?

    I don't understand the sudden fascination with fixed scopes at all. And now you have guys like Axlrod claiming they were big into SWFA 10 years ago? Best I can find online is forum dates from about 2020. I never even heard of them until this year. No real info on their website, says they used to...
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    Ranking States with best future of Sheep hunting?

    This is only my opinion, but I'm just a little older than you at 29. A few years ago I did research on sheep hunting, and what I found was bleak. There are random draws, but banking on a lottery on a tag that realistically you will never get in your lifetime seems silly. There are also some...
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    WTS New Weatherby 30-378 Wby Mag brass

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    All-time favorite Sub Gauge Upland Bird hunting Gun?

    All gauges are inferior to the all might 10 gauge.🤘 Honestly though, with enough money there is a great shotgun in every gauge. For modest amounts of money you have to be a lot more selective. I like my 16 gauges, but there is a long list of cheaper ones that are one step above trash. Many are...
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    Owner of Deadhorse Outfitters LLC charged with outfitting or advertising a big game hunt without a license

    Man that sounds way too harsh for the crime, but with such a short clip I probably do not know much of the real story. Even if there were some probation conditions, which are not stated, renting out some camping equipment is considered outfitting? If I rented a tent of mine to some hiker going...
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    MKC Speedgoat Knife

    There is a time and a place for paracord handles, but I would never buy one that way. Certainly not on a $200+ knife. Are you even saving more than 1 ounce of weight? Skeletonized knives at least save some bulk along with weight. There are lots of better ways to carry small amounts of paracord...
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    Batteries: 18650 vs...

    If going to a single size is the goal, I wouldn't be going bigger. An 18650 is already pretty big. I'd rather go to a 14500, although I'm not sure what devices are out there that run these.
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    TC Impact Load Suggestions

    No, but there isn't much to try. Put in 2 pellets and it either works or not. 3 pellets is safe, but almost never more accurate.
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    Lightning Steel reloading manual

    The RSI manual is definitely the best one for multiple powders. Most everything else really only uses Alliant Steel, except for the target loads. RSI has some boomers with 800x and Bluedot. SR4756 too if you have that.
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    Doc White's vintage powder VS SWISS

    Just as good as they day it was made 50 years ago. I'm glad Swiss puts out such a consistent product, but I have found it isn't the end all, be all. I'd love to see you do some chronograph tests too.
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    Lightning Steel reloading manual

    I guess that depends on what you mean by overbore. I'm going to assume you are talking one of the 12 gauges with a 10 gauge bore diameter such as a Mossberg 835. I don't think I've ever tried such an extreme example like that. I would expect a Sam 1 to seal pretty well, but one of the features...

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