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Pack for Mammoth 2020
I started looking at Mystery Ranch packs again because I like my scree so much. Their Glacier and Terraframe packs looked like they'd be good options.- teddy12b
- Post #109
- Forum: The Armory
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Mammoth Sniper Challenge 2020 Discussion
I'm training for the 2020 mammoth too. For me, I'm an office guy with little munchkins. When the munchkins go to bed, I grab my ruck a couple nights a week and go hit the road. My loadout for the trip is basically finalized, but the fitness and actual pack is not. I got out of the crossfit...- teddy12b
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- Forum: Competition Shooting Talk
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
Last weekend I went to an REI to check out a variety of packs. I was hoping to get my hands on an Granite Gear 60L so look at what I could strap to the outside of it. They didn't have any in stock, but the sales guy actually recommended a Gregory Baltoro after I hesitantly told him what it was...- teddy12b
- Post #105
- Forum: The Armory
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
I'm at a place where I'm comfortable with what's going in the pack. Last night I tried a couple more options and just got frustrated with the packs I have on hand. The newly purchased eberlestock gunslinger is going back. For the weight, I'm just not that impressed and it sounds like there's...- teddy12b
- Post #94
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
I did a little more fooling around trying to figure out as little as I could carry and get away with on this and here's a couple pictures. The kifaru gunstock holder came in yesterday, and I just used some paracord for a quick & dirty way to attach it to the mystery ranch scree. Then I stuffed...- teddy12b
- Post #82
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
@SuperChop Yeah this pictures are still showing on my screen. For what it's worth, I've got a kifaru nomad 2 gun cradle that's coming in the mail tomorrow. That's going to be a big part of any attempt I make to jerry rig a rifle onto a pack to try and save weight. I was just excited enough to...- teddy12b
- Post #77
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
Honestly I have no desire to hump 52#'s anymore unless I absolutely have to. I have no problem forfeiting my man card to those that do. Last night I got out the scale and weighed about every pack I would even remotely consider using for this and I was looking for pack weights in the 3# range...- teddy12b
- Post #67
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
Trekking poles have absolutely proven their worth to me. My first outting this year was a solo overnight. I got to the place at 9:30pm ish and started down the trail by 10pm ish. Trail was mostly covered in snow with ice under some of those spots. During the 5 mile hike I would have been on...- teddy12b
- Post #65
- Forum: The Armory
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
Saturday I just did a 12 mile day hike with the guy I'm going to Mammoth with. Very minimal loadout for this day hike and just wanted to get my body used to the miles more than anything else. I was feeling a little bit like an old guy when I was done with lots of soreness. I can tell...- teddy12b
- Post #63
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
I have similar plans with regards to dropping the pack weight on my body. Ideally I'd like to get down another 25# to a really good weight for me. Part of the appeal of this match is the suck factor and testing myself. Our teams goals are simple. 1.) Finish in the tough man division with our...- teddy12b
- Post #61
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
How did you secure your rifle to that Osprey Xenith? I thought about a Kifaru Gun holder mounted to webbing or trekking pole loops on a smaller pack.- teddy12b
- Post #57
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
The pictures were posted yesterday and worked, for some reason today they went down. I edited and added the links again. If given a choice I'll take a hammock any day of the week. With not knowing the terrain of where we'll be having a designated sleeping area, I wouldn't risk taking my...- teddy12b
- Post #55
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
Finding the pack and loadout for this event is part of the fun because it's the same old balancing act of durability vs weight for what we're looking at doing. I've got some lightweight packs, and I've done some backpacking with some nasty and heavy loads. Last night I started laying stuff out...- teddy12b
- Post #51
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
Does anyone have a picture of their ruck & loadout? I'm going to work on getting a round 1 rough draft laid out this weekend with mine.- teddy12b
- Post #48
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Pack for Mammoth 2020
I'm in a very similar boat to many here it seems. I've got an Eberlestock gunrunner that's going to be a big stretch to see if I could get all my gear for 3 days in it. I'm right on the razors edge of whether or not that's going to make it so I've been looking at other packs. From what I am...- teddy12b
- Post #41
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Night Vision Armasight Spark : CORE review
When I first started looking into a Gen 1 device I was nearly sold on the Armasight OPMOD Gen 1 monocular because it seemed like a solid package with the headmount for the price. I'm not sure if you're familiar with that armasight model but this was the video I found that made me lean that...- teddy12b
- Post #78
- Forum: Observation & Sighting Devices
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Night Vision Armasight Spark : CORE review
Was there a big improvement with the new one?- teddy12b
- Post #76
- Forum: Observation & Sighting Devices
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Night Vision Armasight Spark : CORE review
You brought up a good point about the illuminator. I know absolutely nothing about those, and to be perfectly honest, I think I'd be happy with the IR equivalent of one of those cheap $50 flood lights you see on the shelves at big box stores. I don't think I'd need anything high speed as far...- teddy12b
- Post #71
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Night Vision Armasight Spark : CORE review
I know I'm getting on this a little late, but I'm looking at buying one of these Armasight Sparks and it's tough to find decent reviews on this particular unit. Delta, I'm a former 12B and we only had PVS-7's. I've been out for a decade now so just about any night vision seems high speed to...- teddy12b
- Post #68
- Forum: Observation & Sighting Devices
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DPMS Mark 12 308's are in, what do you think?
Re: DPMS Mark 12 308's are in, what do you think? I couldn't argee more about expecting better accuracy for that kind of money. Back when I had the DPMS 308B I could get just shy of 1/2" groups at 100 using federal gold medal match and black hills. I was expecting this new rifle to have...- teddy12b
- Post #17
- Forum: Semi-Automatic Rifles
