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Timberland chocuras are the greatest hiking/hunting boot in all conditions but snow. I get about 4 years per pair and i put a LOT of miles on them.

Lefty bolt actions are already less common. Magnum length even more so. I think the CRF is getting hit by price. Even the nice bolt action rifles like tikkas and bergaras aren’t crf anymore

Ding. Boeing will never face the consequences a lesser company would because they ARE the USA aerospace industry. Lawsuits for wrongful deaths and FAA fines are the cost of doing business

I agree with you but i also think there’s another layer to this. Classification is a system set by the federal bureaucracy. The President is the duly elected highest office. I’m not saying rules don’t apply, but I think it’s ridiculous that some bureaucrat have that kind of power over the...

I don’t get much choice in the matter… i manage to damage just about everything I own pretty early on. I’m just rough on things

I’d love some plentiful and hardy not quite but mostly bighorn sheep. Maybe then I could actually afford to hunt one.

The shmucks who consume legacy media still approve of biden. The establishment likes biden. 1.9% of our workforce is a federal employee so they like him. Everyone who’s business relies on government contracts like him. The automotive industry likes his green initiatives because it’s forcing...

I only really shoot 22 rimfire, 45-70, and a handful of 9mm. My 375 comes out on special occasions. My AK looks so sad and lonely in the corner of my gun room, but I just can’t bring myself to pay quadruple what i used to for ammo pre ‘rona.

I haven’t hunted in Africa either, but Ive done a hell of a lot of research, and if you watch a large volume of youtube videos of animals killed with x caliber you get an idea pretty quickly for how animals shot by x caliber react. 1) .375 is the minimum diameter. For the bigger animals...

I would respectfully disagree with you there. Perdue would find US citizens to work for them if their wages were higher and more competitive. Immigration legal and illegal is being used as a stopgap by employers to avoid raising wages. I understand importing technical knowledge, but most of what...

I’m sure shifting the focus from safety to skin color doesn’t help and is absolutely a step in the wrong direction. But that’s only exacerbating the deeper problem that the airline industry as a whole has a very shallow technical bench right now. They have people with decades of experience and...

Axial compression is a function of cross sectional area AND the Young’s modulus. Considering carbon fiber is usually mostly hollow, or filled with foam, I bet the difference in felt stiffness is far less than you might think. Additionally, the modulus of elasticity of steel is around 215 Gpa...

In other news, coyote and wolf population exploded on catalina island in 2024

Not to be reductionist, but dictatorial thugs stick together. And considering the Chinese dictator for life Xi has given putin a special friendship medal recently, and the supplies, equipment, and weaponry china and north korea are sending to russia I think it’s unlikely that Russia will join...

Divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived, if I’m remembering the little rhyme right

That’s the key. I bring a sniper veil when hunting. Nothing crazy, just a brown or green net depending on foliage colors. But when worn properly it does an extraordinary job of breaking the human silhouette up. I use it to peak at animals without attracting their attention.

Thank you for explaining statistics on a topic i actually care about for once. You know if they taught statistics in regards to shooting in school maybe I’d have actually paid attention.

Generally I thought it was known that for superior accuracy you don’t crimp your bullets. Most long range shooters i know don’t crimp their bullets. But crimping is necessary if you’re concerned about recoil moving the bullets in the cases under recoil. I crimp the snot out of my 45-70, 44...

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I pronounce her field-worthy! Got this doe the second day of rifle season at last light. In one shoulder and out through the other.

All set for deer season this weekend, rifle is sighted in at 1.5” high at 100 yards and 3” low at 200 yards. I’m loading speer 270 grain soft points with 71 grains of H4350. What is everyone’s experience with speer soft points on game? Im assuming at proper shot angles i should have no issue...

Personally I’d love to figure out a load that doesn’t blow up my gun but stretches the case the extra .060” to make it into full length brass. The problem I’m having is the brass spends a while in an intermediate stange where neither my hornady crimp nor my lee crimp work properly

I’m 6’4”, the best sticks I have are the super tall ones i made myself. Most production sticks will have you scrunched down if you’re much more than 6’2”

You have a flat shooting rifle you trust you’re halfway there. Find some monometal bullets and experiment with those you will need a tougher bullet for through the shoulder shots.

Who do you guys use to ladder these short term CDs?

Shouldn’t he have been a prohibited person for being involuntarily comitted to a mental health facility?

Half of the fun is finally using your super nice gun for what it was meant for!

I know two folks who have complained to me about ammo availability of 375 ruger. I don’t know all budgets, but ER shaw in Pittsburgh will make you a bolt gun in any caliber under the sun. As long as you’ve got a year to wait lol.

I got a mossberg 535 from Walmart years ago for $289. I’ve taken that shotgun hunting in rain, sleet, and snow. I’ve fallen on it, used it as a walking stick, and dropped it dozens of times. It still runs like a champ and I’ve bagged more game with it than any other firearm i own. I consider...

I mean the best isn’t always necessary. Premium bullets maximize performance for your caliber. But if you’re using more than enough gun already who cares? I don’t need a ttsx for my 45-70 or 375 h&h when all I’m doing is shooting whitetail. The deer is gonna go flop immediately when hit with a...

Boyt harness makes lefty shirts. It has a shoulder pad on the left shoulder and right breast has button pocket and shell loops. Long tails too which is essential for me being 6,4”. I have one long sleeve (with the tab and button for holding roller) and one short sleeve and they are my favorite...

Is hunting a cow the same experience as a bull? Do you get the same adventure?

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Agreed. If someone is seriously considering buying this I’d recommend looking at a custom. You can get some really nice left handed ones with slick actions and beautiful artwork for 6000 dollars

The simple truth is that lefty magnum rifles barely exist, and dangerous game rifles are even rarer. I’m a left handed shooter and I generally find that most left handed rifles sell when they’re $100-$200 more than an equivalent righty. Lefty shooters are willing to pay a small premium, but...

Remember we are the carbon they want to reduce. The same people who extoll us on our climate footprint create more emissions on a single private jet flight to their summits than the average American makes in their entire lives. The same people lecturing us on rising sea levels keep buying...

For a frame of reference I was like you and was totally comfortable with hot 45-70 so I figured a step up to 375 h&h wouldn’t be too much. My 375 is by no means painful, but it takes more work on my part to keep her on target. The best way i can describe it is the 375 isn’t held down by it’s own...

This is push feed.

Unfortunately I haven’t zeroed it yet we’ve had nothing but windy rainy weekends. I insist on zeroing in broad daylight when I can see clearly and I’m not in a rush. I’m hopeful for this weekend though. i loaded 3 dummy rounds (dead primers and no powder) and they cycle every time but that...

Scope is mounted and bore sighted and ready for the range. Just need some clear weather to zero her

416 rigby has some pretty nifty performance, I’m especially intrigued by it’s penetration of armor. But I’ve never seen it for sale on a gunstore shelf. I can usually count on seeing 458 win mag next to 375 h&h at larger gun stores.

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Wow didn’t know they were that slow

If you are ok with a push feed and waiting 8+ months er shaw will make you a bolt action rifle in anything up to 458 lott. They’ll even do lefty bolts for southpaws. And they cost about the same as a cz 550 did depending how tricked out you want it

I’ve always wanted to hunt an American Buffalo… but all my research has indicated it’s less hunting and more shooting a bison in a pen. Not quite the “dances with wolves” type adventure i dream of for a bison hunt. I definitely would use my 45-70 just because of the history.

Option 4: go big or go home. You already have the sensible 375-416. The only reason to go bigger is for the sake of going bigger. With sensibility and utility both out the window, search your heart. Say you get a 470, once you master it, will you want a bigger caliber? A 500 or 600 nitro? Or...

What changes about the power base? Pre russian invasion Ukraine gdp was ~5% of Russia’s. What wealth is there to be seized here? What power?

Russia has a GDP the size of texas. This isn’t the Soviet Union that ruled half the globe anymore. It’s a pathetic corrupt dictatorship limping along trying to relive it’s glory days. I’m happy to hand anyone who wants to kill russies a gun. But why are we funding their pensions and social...

Ukraine isn’t a priority. I’m still flabbergasted that we’ve sent so much money to a dinky little corrupt former combloc nation that’s not even a member of NATO.