They are not Dire wolves. They are modified Grey wolves. Here is what a real Dire wolf would be in size.

It’s a publicity stunt. Clone “dire wolves” and name the female after a character from Game of Thrones. If they weren’t such vanilla names, the males would have been named John and Rob… But, the nod to Roman mythology gets the job done too. Though, Romulus and Remus were humans raised by wolves, not wolves raised by humans.

Anyway, make dire wolves ==> giant splash ==> media attention ==> investor interest ==> funding for underlying research. This isn’t, likely, a viable path to resurecting extinct species. (These aren’t dire wolves, just grey wolves with some modified genes so that they superficially appear like dire wolves.) Though the approach could, potentially, eventually, be used in the “designer pet” trade. But, you better have a big check book. “Regular” designer pets like an American Bully pup can set you back several thousand dollars.

The real play is funding for gene editing research.

Qpski said:

I had success with all the below. All light weight and hit hard. here's my recommendation.

6.8
450 Bushmaster
300 HAMR
350 Legend

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He's specifically asking about his 2 available options.

If I was buying or building, a 358 Winchester would be the choice.

The D said:

We’re bringing all the old shit back! Can’t wait to go to Siberia on a hunting trip

This Company Is Trying To Bring The Woolly Mammoth And The Dodo Back To Life—A Biologist Explains

Colossal Biosciences is now valued at over $10 billion and is working on ambitious projects to resurrect multiple long extinct species.

www.forbes.com

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Yup... Maybe release them into the Chernobyl exclusion zone! Radioactive mutant Mammoths would be awesome!

Sirhr

biggershooter said:

Which is a shame, because I use StaBall 6.5 - but, at the cost of obsoleting about 7 lbs of it, I could switch. Wouldn't want to.
Bigger picture, lots of people use ball powders for precision shooting, although I think extruded powders are more common.

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Have you tried metering your staball powder? Ball powder meters quite well usually.

Sounds like all this is is genetically modified grey wolf made to LOOK like a dire wolf - beyond appearance it's still just a grey wolf, albeit a genetically modified one.

So, not a dire wolf brought back from extinction....

I'm putting this in my Avatar rotation!!!!

TTT

MK20 said:

Idaho has already cratered its elk population by bring wolves back. We don't need some cheetah too.

I can assure you the mountain lions already kill enough elk and deer.

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Hence the reason I have not returned to hunt elk despite having an Idaho lifetime hunting license. Idaho is missing out on revenue from out of state tag purchases because of their miss management. I can put into the tag draws as a local and if drawn, I pay out of state tag fees, but why? It’s too far a drive for too little elk. I would love to see the stats on out of state hunters 25 years ago vs now. They need to round up the wolves and drop them off in downtown Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and LA……maybe a few in Boise.

TheOE800 said:

Interesting. My ACRO mount isn’t even at the ring at the rear, but I see your RMR plate is. Odd choice and I’ve had preferred the ACRO mount be even with the ring at the rear - the overhand caused me some fitting grief.

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Send me a photo of what you're talking about. Seems like there may be something going on with the ACRO mount (if it's one of ours, and I've not missed some context).

Can throw in the chat here, or PM me, or email, maybe even a carrier pigeon? Your call.

You are all forgetting one huge aspect of this, humans have an incredible talent for violence. That is why I am not worried about a zombie apocalypse or resurrected direwolf or mammoths. Two weeks of trouble and someone will figure out how to take care of whatever living problem there is and make it dead.

I think its nifty.

gopherslayer said:

That first one on the far left isn’t what she was made out to be. Conservative my ass. We all knew the other 3 would be idiots and the DEI hire proves it in every case with all of her talking.

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they're all just horrible.

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That first one on the far left isn’t what she was made out to be. Conservative my ass. We all knew the other 3 would be idiots and the DEI hire proves it in every case with all of her talking.

beetroot said:

This thread just popped up for me again.

Did you end up doing the rebarrel?
My barrel is finally extracting reliably (after a lot of frustration), wish I'd gone for a straight contour but it's shooting pretty well now.

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I did not send the T1X off to Gary Eliseo for a Shilen... probably should have, but the OEM barrel shoots well.

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MK20 said:

The problem is everyone wants to bring back all these things and don't think about the fact that they eat tasty animals.

Idaho has already cratered its elk population by bring wolves back. We don't need some cheetah too.

I can assure you the mountain lions already kill enough elk and deer.

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Sorry... SH really does need a Sarcasm font! I'd only want one as a pet!

I am thinking we don't need to bring ANY of them back.

The ONLY argument I might make is for some species destroyed (or almost destroyed) by modern human activity. Market hunting, habitat destruction, etc. This 'might' be a way to put things back ahead of the tipping point. Or restore things like passenger pigeons. Maybe.

There is a great case to be made for breeding and saving Ocelots, for example. A really cool small American cat that has been devastated.

That said.... mankind is part of mother nature. And we are selecting/have selected species out of the future of the planet. That is still nature at week. Whether it's done by a meteor or a bulldozer or a punt gun. Someday it will be our turn. Really. Nothing we can do will change that. We will evolve into something else or get wiped out by something else.

But the idea of re-growing a hyper-predator because you can... is not a good idea. Noone is asking 'Should we.' They just say "Can We?" And with that comes big stock values and bonuses for scientists who see this as a path forward to a shiny future.

Remember Brave New World? The Chrysalids? Fahrenheit 451? 1984? Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep??).

They were warnings, not recipie books.

The debate on this SHOULD be interesting. And it should be taking place in labs, universities and boardrooms. Not just in the Bear Pit. But we have as much a right to debate it as anyone. Besides, I trust you guys more than some egghead with a test tube rack trying to clone a Petrosaur to release into the air or a new plesiosaur to unleash into Lake Michigan.... Those geeks will kill us all....

Sirhr

beetroot said:

If you want lightweight then the CZ in a Boyd's Pro Varmint/Tacticool stock is probably your best option.
A T1x in a Bravo isn't overly heavy but it's not lightweight either.

If you just want a hunting rifle then the T1x is a good option, I prefer the T1x magazines for hunting with. The UPR is probably the way to go for a lightweight pinker. However Bravo is better if you want to add accessories.
The T1x Ace is actually a nice option if you want a chassis, however it's similar price to a T1x MTR + most chassis on the market.

If competition is a consideration then 100% go CZ. I'm a Tikka fan, spent lots of time (and money) on my T1xs and in hindsight should've gone for a CZ.
I think 20" barrel is a better option unless hunting is all you'll be doing, anything more than pinker the 20" barrel is likely the safer bet for accuracy/repeatability.

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I would say 85% of the time it will be for plinking, the rest would be keeping the turtles thinned out , in my pond and squirrels out of my deer feeder, which can be done off of my back porch.

I like the t1 ace, but I have zero time behind an actual chassis, im afraid I wouldn't like one, i have had a couple manners and McMillan on some of my rifles over the years, never any chassis. I would like to shoot a few chassis to see how they feel.

I may go 20", i plan on shooting suppressed most of the time is why I was looking at 16's. But just plinking, 20 is fine .

On last season of Skinwalker Ranch, they found a rotting carcass in a creek. They took it for evaluation and were told it was a young Dire Wolf. This was in Utah, so maybe they truly aren't extinct. The truth will come out....

Western Living said:

This is a misunderstanding. I meant to describe how the longitudinal (straight back) recoil of the gun moves the shooter, and the shooter subsequently moves in directions other than straight back. The brake should reduce all that movement.

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Nothing will completely remove that movement. Rifles recoil. Period. It’s up to the shooter to be able to work with the recoil he gets and stay on target best he can. The .223 is not very hard recoiling so it’s not to difficult to use a good brake and stay on target. As Tiger said a compensator by itself would not be what I want on a rifle. Buy a good brake and practice with it. Don’t get into analysis paralysis. If you do this long enough you will try all different types. Buy one that looks good and give it a shot.

Still available...

Grab a Bravo, and spend the other 2.5 on b/a, brake and trigger. Down the track you can add an enclosed forend, KRG pro forend, or even the NextShotPrecision Alpha. Plenty of stuff to tinker with.

MPA CDG rifle really is a badass deal though…

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