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    Hunting & Fishing 300 win mag load for Deer/Brown bear self defense?

    Re: 300 win mag load for Deer/Brown bear self defense? 180gr hornady Interbond at about 3000fps
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    Hunting & Fishing best long range yote caliber

    Re: best long range yote caliber what platform? .243wssm? 6mmARturbo?
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    Hunting & Fishing MI Coyote down

    Got this one tonight, 1st blood with the bullpup.
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    Hunting & Fishing DEER HUNTING THREAD

    Re: DEER HUNTING THREAD Actually both shots were pass through, 1st shot was through the spine (pretty much center of spine above shoulders) and was not recovered.the 2nd shot was the one that I recovered, from the "killing shot", it was recovered out of the ground under the deer, point blank...
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    Hunting & Fishing DEER HUNTING THREAD

    Re: DEER HUNTING THREAD last week Saturday hunting a gully that had been the travel area, with an orchard behind me. this buck came through the orchard gettin his groove on/off with a doe...through the whole orchard, he would get up on her, go to town, then they would walk a bit and he would...
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    Gunsmithing Anyone here familiar with the remington 550?

    Re: Anyone here familiar with the remington 550? what it looks like to me is what you said the lifter is not allowing the round to come back under it to lift it up.....so what makes the lifter go "down" enough to let the round come over it? the spring keeps it "up" to lift the round.
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    Gunsmithing Anyone here familiar with the remington 550?

    I have a Remington 550 that will not feed, I replaced the magazine tube spring, the lifter tension spring, the lifter, cleaned and polished everything, and still have the same problem, here are some pics of where it is hanging up...any ideas?
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    Hunting & Fishing 6.5 Grendel hunting bullet choic

    Re: 6.5 Grendel hunting bullet choic I want to get video too, hopefully of my daughter getting her first deer with it.
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    Big news for Fans of the 6.5 Grendel

    Did a search and didnt see this brought up yet....quoted from David Fortier Well, today Alexander Arms announced a few things at the Big 3 writers event. 1. The Grendel has been accepted by SAAMI 2. They have released their trademark on the 6.5mm Grendel 3. They showed off steel cased Grendel...
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    Hunting & Fishing 6.5 Grendel hunting bullet choic

    Re: 6.5 Grendel hunting bullet choic <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MLC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">100 grain TTSX. Same sectional density as a 120 Nosler, almost the same BC. You can push it faster with that small case and no lead in your...
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    Discovery Channel: Secrets of SEAL Team 6

    Re: Discovery Channel: Secrets of SEAL Team 6 Marcinko was looking pretty rough there....any of you guys read his books? especially the 1st one?
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    Looking for pet loads AR-15 using 77gr Nosler's

    Re: Looking for pet loads AR-15 using 77gr Nosler's I'll double check my data when I get home but I believe my pet load is 25gr of r15 with cci primers seated to Max length for the mags I use, around 2.28
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    How are the mi-surp poweders for temp stability?

    Re: How are the mi-surp poweders for temp stability? ok, I am using some WC846...in the wc846 using BL(c)2 data ish, would the WC846 be more temp stable than the BL(c)2?
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    How are the mi-surp poweders for temp stability?

    Are the mi-surp powder more temp stable than commercial ones?
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    Some Random Planking Pic Heavy

    Re: Some Random Planking Pic Heavy uhmmmm....ok
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    Women teasing cheetahs

    Re: Women teasing cheetahs despite the fact she looks like she might be hot, I think folks like that deserve to be lunch
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    Michigan members-who wants a suppressor?

    Re: Michigan members lets get suppressors legalized FWIW there is a request sitting on the AG's desk for him to issue a opinion on this issue, but "it is low on the priority list"
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    Gunsmithing Duracoating my 1911, Any tips.

    Re: Duracoating my 1911, Any tips. Though not required per lauer, roughing up the surface (I blast with aluminum oxide) will give you better adhesion, parkerizing prior to is good as well, do not use any cleaner that will leave anything behind, I use acetone usually for final clean prior to...
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    Hunting & Fishing 6.5 Grendel hunting bullet choic

    I am looking for a bullet for huting +/- deer sized game with my 6.5 grendel, and have narrowed my choice down to 2 bullets. The 120gr hornday GMX or the 120gr Barnes tipped TSX, I was a bit suprised to see the hornday bullet has a better BC, but I question its expansion velocity range vs the...
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    Compensating for a 20 MOA base

    When figuring your shooting solution how does a 20 or other degree base get put into the equation. As an example I have a 20 moa base on my .308 shooting 175gr pills, I want to use my ballistic programfor figuring my shooting solutions, how does this work with the base?