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    6.5x284 Hunting rifle?

    This is one of the key reasons I went with the 25-284, didn't require magnum bolt face and was compatible with the LA mags I already had for the .25-06. I already had a LA bolt stop, but this is a $50 super easy change if you have a SA stop. With the LA stop and LA mags, you can seat the...
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    What books do your teenage girls like?

    If she likes Tolkien, I recommend The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and The Lost Tales, and other books in the canon. There is a ton of great Tolkien material that goes way beyond LOTR. CS Lewis series are also very good books, and he and Tolkien were actually close friends in real life. My...
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    6.5x284 Hunting rifle?

    Not a 6.5-284, but I have a .25-284 build in progress with UM. Waiting on the reamer now, and when complete I'll be testing Berger 133/135 and Hornady 134. Should be able to get 3,000 MV out of 22" barrel. I'm using Lapua 6.5-284 brass necked down with Redding 25-284 dies.
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    What did you do in the reloading room today?

    Cleaned stainless .25-06 Tikka take-off barrel and sorted and bagged 363 pieces of .30-06 and .25-06 brass for potential sale.
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    Four words that ruin an elk hunt

    Upon return to camp after a full dark-to-dark day on the mountain, experiencing every known type of precipitation possible, without seeing so much as a bird... "Our tent is leaking." I said to a guide. "Yeah, mine is too." He said. "Our stuff is soaked." I said. "Yeah, mine is too." He said.
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    Vets refusing to work on hunting dogs

    Nope, our vet runs her own bird dogs, and likes to share stories and lessons learned.
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    WTS Tikka DNZ Game Reaper 1" Medium and Leupold VX Freedom Tri-MOA reticle Scope

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    WTS Tikka DNZ Game Reaper 1" Medium and Leupold VX Freedom Tri-MOA reticle Scope

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    WTS Tikka DNZ Game Reaper 1" Medium and Leupold VX Freedom Tri-MOA reticle Scope

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    Joseph von Benedikt vs Formidilosus

    I think it would be a pretty quick podcast. If JVB won't concede that energy is not a predictor of terminal performance and tissue damage than there's no value in continuing.
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    Joseph von Benedikt vs Formidilosus

    That was on the list too as well as Brass Monkey!
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    Joseph von Benedikt vs Formidilosus

    Many of his YT videos have .30-06 in the title and wax poetic on its superiority... Makes it easy to keep scrolling.
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    WTS Tikka DNZ Game Reaper 1" Medium and Leupold VX Freedom Tri-MOA reticle Scope

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    Joseph von Benedikt vs Formidilosus

    They went with the hard stuff... Boones Farm Strawberry Hill and Bartles and James strawberry daiquiri wine coolers! :ROFLMAO:
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    Joseph von Benedikt vs Formidilosus

    Literally laughed out loud on this one. My wife didn't tape it, but she and her sister always drove around with a boom box on the floor of her '76 Monte Carlo after the 8-track died. They went through a lot of D batteries and Marlboro Lights!
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