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    Tacoma 100,000miles

    Also, have you had your spark plugs changed out recently? Or radiator flushed.
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    Tacoma 100,000miles

    Probably good time for new rear shocks and front coilovers too.
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    Sold Custom 7mm-08 Ultralight

    Great, thank you.
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    Sold Custom 7mm-08 Ultralight

    If you're willing to split the package, I'm interested in the Lapua brass. Lmk
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    Looking For Suggestions - (Elk) Mountain Rifle Build Shooting Copper

    Kimber Montana in 7mm-08 - checks all your boxes
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    6.5 PRC for Elk - A colorful chart.

    Nice. I concur the 6.5 PRC is no doubt fully capable and a rock solid elk gun.
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    fish recipes

    We make fish curry that is bomber. It has cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, and boneless trout fillets in a jalfrezi curry. Pair it with naan bread and basmati rice.
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    Mule deer what to look for?

    October is a somewhat tough hunt for bucks. They have moved from their summer haunts and they're not rutting yet. In Colorado, where I'm from and hunt, the muleys are usually bonus encounters while hunting elk in October. I've seen them in the aspen and sage interface most often.
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    Muzzleloader vs. First Rifle Elk Hunting

    A lot more pressure during September from both hunters and non hunters. Plus with a rifle you can kill them 200-400+ yards out. Way higher chance to fill a tag first season. Plus a lot of first season tags are either sex.
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    Muzzleloader vs. First Rifle Elk Hunting

    First rifle over muzzleloader
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    WTS The pay it forward / free gear thread

    I'll take knife, if that's cool. Pm sent
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    Bor Lock 270 grain loads

    This bullet is the only 270 copper bore locks I've ever recovered from three bull elk kills. Under the hide on the far side after smashing the shoulder on the entry. Every other one has been a pass through. All three bulls were pretty close shots ranging from 16 to 75 yards and one shot...
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    Bor Lock 270 grain loads

    I shoot 75 grains by weight (about 100 grains by volume) of triple 7 with copper bore locks. Shoots great in my cva optima!
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    Dream elk rifle setup with $4k budget

    Kimber Adirondack in 308, TBAC ultra 7 and swaro z5 (maybe used for 1k)
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