Great thread, and love that blacktail country! Nice to see a Tarptent Aeon out in the field (I had one briefly).
As a small aside, not totally related to this thread, I started on Kimber MT's back in 2004, where I subsequently discovered the feedramps were too steep. Fortunately a friend was the brand new Chief Design Engineer there (formerly at USRAC) - I called him about the feeding issue, he looked into it and got back to me a week later. Indeed, turned out both the 8400's and 84M's were 10* too steep. He changed them on CAD (he inherited the 8400/84M designs from the previous designer) but it took almost 2 years for the supply of 84M's on the market to run out before the new ramp was available. Sooo, in 2006 or 7 I finally got an 84M in 308.
I've taken everything from coyotes and antelope to elk with the 308 MT. I've had a pile of MT's over the years in all sorts of chamberings (257 Rob, 6.5CM, 260, 7-08, 308, 270, 30-06, 270 WSM, 300 WSM), but the 308 is my first love when it comes to all cartridges. However, as I've aged, I find it a bit too much of a good thing recoil-wise and am considering cutting it to 18" and putting a can on.
This post certainly has inspired me to cut it and get a can... I've got an NXS 2.5-10x42 NF that will go on top.
Question - for that scope, what 30mm Talley LWT's do I want - Low or Med?
As a small aside, not totally related to this thread, I started on Kimber MT's back in 2004, where I subsequently discovered the feedramps were too steep. Fortunately a friend was the brand new Chief Design Engineer there (formerly at USRAC) - I called him about the feeding issue, he looked into it and got back to me a week later. Indeed, turned out both the 8400's and 84M's were 10* too steep. He changed them on CAD (he inherited the 8400/84M designs from the previous designer) but it took almost 2 years for the supply of 84M's on the market to run out before the new ramp was available. Sooo, in 2006 or 7 I finally got an 84M in 308.
I've taken everything from coyotes and antelope to elk with the 308 MT. I've had a pile of MT's over the years in all sorts of chamberings (257 Rob, 6.5CM, 260, 7-08, 308, 270, 30-06, 270 WSM, 300 WSM), but the 308 is my first love when it comes to all cartridges. However, as I've aged, I find it a bit too much of a good thing recoil-wise and am considering cutting it to 18" and putting a can on.
This post certainly has inspired me to cut it and get a can... I've got an NXS 2.5-10x42 NF that will go on top.
Question - for that scope, what 30mm Talley LWT's do I want - Low or Med?
