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  1. curtism1234

    Americans Not Taking Paid Vacations

    We don't get 40 hours of work done anyway. We sit in the office for 8 hours mindlessly playing on our phone or shopping on Amazon on work computers for half of it...or at least just staring at the screen daydreaming. Management believes in 40 hours because that's just what is engrained in the...
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    Americans Not Taking Paid Vacations

    Slowly and surely we were slipping backwards 100 years for worker rights and along came covid. It came at a critical time and it will have lasting effects, some good some bad; mostly good. The time for the 32 hour week is now. Research backs it up. The time for mandatory vacation is long...
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    Beginner left hand hunter

    A lever action 243 will work but imo you aren't going to get 300 yards out of it on a coyote size target due to a heavier trigger and forarm pressure on the barrel. But I think 150 yards is certainly very doable and 200 not out of the question depending on the shooter. I think the only ones...
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    Scope help?

    Imo it all came down to - it is cheaper to produce the matte scope. Likewise, the same with the rifle barrel. Matte blue barrel, matte scope is what you want. Brightly blued barrel, I want to seek out a gloss scope to match. My Browning BLR would look horriffic with a matte. As to spooking big...
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    Caught a bobcat this morning

    Like you I have mine mounted laying on a log. I had a cat specialty taxidermist i wanted to use and didn't want to spend $1200 for a side view sneak pose. In retrospect, I wish I had done so. I vote
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    Savage 110 info

    If I'm not mistaken, the spacing on that J series is 4.522 inches
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    Savage 110 info

    On the long actions (or the old SA cartridge on the LA gun), I do think a 1 piece weaver style multi-slot mount is nessissary as the savage LA is longer than its competitors. I have tried to use a 2 piece extention before and it wasn't even close - one of my rings are mounted in the center of...
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    Savage 110 info

    Pic? Is the magazine release button on the side of the stock?
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    Annual Festivus airing of Grievances

    3x3 overtime hockey and no fighting. Serouisly, the NHL is almost completely unwatchable
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    Fluting existing barrel

    What action do you have? Buying a brand new barrel and dumping the old on ebay may just be the best thing.
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    10 Animal Management Package Hunt With Variety - Karoo, South Africa From US$2,900

    Included is field prep and transportation of trophies. Are the hides and skulls included on the management animals?
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    Winchester XPR's in 338 Win Mag?

    Depends. You go after big elk, big moose, bison, etc - you will be just fine. I assume your concern is with brown bear? There may be some who wouldn't take it brown bear hunting, but the reality is (in my opinion) a bolt action is going to jam due to user error as opposed to a factory flaw. The...
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    Interaction With Browning Arms

    So bizarre. When I dropped mine off about 8 years ago, they gave me a receipt in writing exactly what they diagnosed (trigger pull at x) and exactly what the fix was (trigger pull now at x) @JimP was this at the Arnold Missouri location?
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    Interaction With Browning Arms

    I would demand to know what is wrong with the rifle before receiving it back. Otherwise they could end up with an unfixable rifle that they would have to unethically dump on someone. Might be worth exploring their "coupon" Yep, they are right down the road from browning and have former...
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    Partially the reason for some Creedmoor hate???

    I see the 6.5 Creedmoor as a "pop culture" cartridge, and I have no use for that when the 260 rem already exists. While invented to be a long range target cartridge, its popularity is really due to the light recoil suitable for youth hunters where parents want better performance than the 243 but...
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    Georgia vote

    Hershel Walker isn't qualified to be a pizza delivery driver let alone a United States Senator. 2026 will be the GOP's opportunity to knock out Ossoff but only if they nominate a sensible candidate.
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    Shoulder Mounts vs. Wall Pedestal Mounts

    Personal taste. I personally hate and would never in a million years have a pedestal style mount due to the curved back. But you may like that
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    Lion Rug Mount

    This may be a good compromise for space
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    Weatherby Vanguard Safari 375 H&H... it's a ghost

    You might look at numrich for a stock
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    How much does your African rifle weigh?

    Question on the 11 pound 375's. Do you own them bc 11 pounds recoils favorably for you or you own them bc the vast majority of them end up configured that heavy when its all said and done? Imo the 375's are way overbuilt (and maybe they have to be to not crack the stock). I find my 9 pound win...
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    How much does your African rifle weigh?

    Savage lightweight walnut 308 scoped = right at 7 pounds. New favorite rifle Savage 375 hh scoped = right at 8 pounds. I would prefer 8.5 but its nice to carry.
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    Good Gun Deals This Week

    Norma has some good deals right now. I bought 20 boxes of 308 150gr for $16.99 each. Probably didn't need that many but what am supposed to do, not buy it? https://normashooting.com/product-category/caliber/rifle/
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    Improving performance of 12 GA cylinder bore?

    Unless you are shooting pen raised birds, there is a good chance pheasants will fly up at 40 yards - especially after being fooled with. Foe those, you want a modified or full. Some hunters even use turkey loads for them (I use 3" 20ga) Personally, I would buy another barrel or use another gun...
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    Weatherby Vanguard Safari 375 H&H... it's a ghost

    I want to say they made them up until a few years ago. Not sure of how many were made, but one would have had no problem finding one as demand just isn't for that brand. You could of bought it new for like $800
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    Mountain rifle

    The Savage Lightweight Hunter would be a great choice. My 308 with leupold 2.5-8x36 weight right at 7 pounds. The new XP series w scope (which is not listed on savage website) is hardwood but it has the jeweled bolt from the pics. You can also buy the upgraded spring magazine. Short action only...
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    Kimber Classic Select 84M 7mm

    7mm-08 or rem mag?
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    Short action magnums

    There will certainly be those who take exception to this (and rightfully so - i mean no disrespect), but at the end of the day governments consider soldiers to be completely expendable. Though I think that has been changing a little the past 50 years - at least the public face of it.
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    Sources for 2 1/2” 12 gauge ammunition

    Federal Shorty also an option at 1.75" I know there are several methods by which you can cut 2 3/4 shells. From exactly knives, table saws, special tools. It is not expensive but it is time consuming
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    Short action magnums

    Oh I agree. If OP is looking for a "woods gun" big bullets at slowish/medium velocity dump game in its tracks. 358 win fits that
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    Short action magnums

    And I wouldn't be afraid of going 20"
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    Short action magnums

    The Buffalo Bore 358 still holds 1700 ft lbs at 300. Standard 165gr 308 win is advertised for 1650 at 300, which is a factory number and will not get that high. Would anyone not shoot a bear with a 308 at 300 yards?... didn't think so.
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    Short action magnums

    Imo 20" is too short for a magnum. All you are going to get is a super loud 30-06 / 35 Whelan whose muzzleblast could produce a bigger flinch than recoil energy. I do like the 338 federal, it seems to be the 308 case family's sweet spot. Ammo hard to get? A little easier to find at retail than...
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    What Type Of Magazine Do You Prefer On Your Bolt Action Rifle?

    Not a bolt action, but the new Browning BLR is the best magazine I have ever seen. Metal, almost flush, locks in solid, and virtually impossible to accidently fall out
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    POLL: Best Model 70

    Mcarbo should make a spring for it. $15 vs $120 and you should get a nice crisp 3-4 pound pull
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    POLL: Best Model 70

    I have never handled a pre-64 but have handled or shot all the others in somewhat limited capacity. My small sample size of 1 on the controlled feed pre-FN is my extractor is faulty and ammo must be seated in the magazine. I have held a few of the FN rifles and found the safety to be complete...
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    Options for red stag

    Would you consider the prices low like scotland, average like eastern bloc / Argentina, or high like fenced estate hunt?
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    Not addicted to hunting buffalo?

    I have not hunted them but I can see the potential letdown / struggles. You want to go on this hunt in large part of what you see on videos - not the full charges but him staring you down, the shooting him a half dozen times, he tries to get up and you drop him again. Then you get there and may...
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    My rifle range is about to close, possibly for good!

    But it is much easier to mismanage and then blame the government...
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    Need help with broken Kudu euro

    I think I would save the hassle & time of trying to get a replacement direct from Africa. There will be plenty of donor skulls here in the States on eBay and used taxidermy stores for a few hundred bucks if you shop around. Or order the fake kudu skull and see what it looks like for less than...
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    Options for red stag

    From my research on scotland, you are not likely to kill a trophy head on a free range hunt. 1. They don't grow huge like the above pictured Argentina ones. 2. They are a management hunt. Its going to look like a raghorn elk. Scotland is about the experience (not to mention cheap price). If I...
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    Good Gun Deals This Week

    Agree. I can live with a little bit of surface rust that comes off with light steel wool and doesn't affect the bluing (even if it comes back every couple years). Pitting and permanent blue loss is not excellent
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    World’s Fastest Land Animal Making A Comeback To India For The First Time In 70 Years

    It is a shame the Asianic cheetah in Iran are almost to single digit numbers with only 2 or 3 females left. No doubt, they will be extinct in our lifetimes. Cheetahs are hard to breed, I would wonder if an African female could even breed with an Asianic male. You would at least secure some...
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    Input Wanted 375 Ruger vs 375 H&H

    This is for sale now. Not sure what the current market dictates, but it seems a little high to me. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/950877988
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    Input Wanted 375 Ruger vs 375 H&H

    Its hard to argue against the HH, but they are essentially the same performance. If you want a decent wood stock, I would lean towards the hh for nostalgia. Certainly more ammo choices
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    Making the SCI (or RW) Record Books? How easy is it, really?

    These organizations have to bring down scores attainable for the masses. How else are they going to make money....
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    Marlin 375

    It would work in a pinch at 100 yards, but I wouldn't travel 1/2 way across the world with it. Maybe as a 2nd rifle if that is your next most powerful and only if you really really like your gun. Imo, the best lever platform for a scoped rifle is a new Browning BLR. Excellent hammer to use with...
 
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