Recent content by colinhlavinka

Re: Official MidwayUSA Codes what are the codes now. forgot to place order yesterday and tried placing it today and it said promo expired. ordering $650 worth of stuff and the $50 would be nice. thanks.

finally decided to purchase my can. i have a .308 that will be the primary use weapon but also have a .300 RUM i would like to use it on. is there a single suppressor i can get that will work on both.

Re: IOR Illuminated 3-18 FFP The gen 4 is good to go!

Re: Anyone shooting 308 with 45 + grains of Varget? I run 47.0 behind 155 Amax. With Lapua brass I have great results. Only on 4th reload though. Gets me 2910 out of 24" factory 5R.

Re: Gun Shops Houston, TX +1 for Carrols. I have purchased several rifles there and the service is awesome. Selectio n is also very good. Also, a little further down 59 is R&M. The have a great selection of reloading stuff (powders and primers). They even have a good selection of guns...

Re: IOR Warranty with no Sales Receipt Hope you get squared away. I just had my gen 2 replaced with a gen 4. It took no time at all once they received it. Just remember that UPS does not ship to PO Boxes. Made that mistake and it took about an extra week and a half. DUH.

Re: Favorite beer thread <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TXBRASS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Brewed just 15 miles from the house. Very smooth dark beer. </div></div> Thats the stuff.

Re: Alaskan rifle <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jcvibby</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here is the reason you want to carry a sidearm in the woods on almost all occasions. You are shooting say a 300wsm. In a light weight rifle you have 1 in the...

Re: Alaskan rifle <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tigerbikes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Never been to Alaska, but there are some big black bears in the Adirondacks for which I have a Wild West modified Marlin lever gun. It is light...

Re: Alaskan rifle Damn I guess I did not know what I was starting here. I think I am leaning to just a .300 WM. That way if I need to I can use it here as well. If I get a crazy bear only gun then if my brother ever moves from Alaska I will be stuck with something I will never use. As far...

Re: Alaskan rifle <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: THUNDERBOLT68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Do they have mall ninjas in the hunting threads. You forgot to discuss bi metal properties. Also, it is real important to be able to hold your mouth in...

Re: Alaskan rifle <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 45.308</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes, I have seen ole' boo boo up close and personal on more than one occasion hunting, camping and hiking. Been nose to nose, well almost about 20' heard the...

Re: Alaskan rifle <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ArcticFun</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For Alaska you basically just need to ask yourself 3 questions. Is my rifle durable? If used for hunting bear would I trust my life on it to stop a 2,000lbs...

Re: Alaskan rifle <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hummer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As several have pointed out shot placement is the key by the guys that live up there. Ken Corcoran is a outstanding gunsmith up that way (Fairbanks) and he...

Re: It just hit me, duh (GPS for target shooting) I do sell some Trimble units that are good to under 1" repeatable year to year. Very expensive though and require a ground based reference within a couple miles. The WAAS enabled receivers I sell are accurate to around 6" but I do set them...