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    6mm Creedmoor or 6.5 Creedmoor for Western Hunting

    Whidden gets 3000+ rounds out of his 243s pushing 108-115s over 3000 fps. Barrel burning is relative of course, but the old saw about 243s being burners went away 20 years ago with powders like H1000, Retumbo, etc.
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    300 WSM vs 300 win mag

    My 23” bbl 300 WSM Browning sends 180 Bondstrikes from muzzle @3060 with 60 gr 4350 .
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    Objective lens diameter vs effective lens diameter

    I was looking at specs on the new Maven RS1 1.2 2.5-15 the other day and I saw something I don’t recall ever seeing in the long years I’ve been looking at riflescopes. The scope specs list “effective objective lens diameter” as 28.5 mm @ 2.5x power, and 44mm @ 15x power. I’ve been a sorta...
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    270 wsm 165 ABLR loads

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    Let’s see your Vintage Classic Rifles

    Am not the expert on pre-64s but I’m pretty sure they came d&t’d for receiver sights, left hand side. In fact I have a couple of vintage “W” stamped Redfields. And I’ve cleaned more than a few cocoons and other small critters out of those old red heneycombed recoil pads😉
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    Realistic range for Iron Sights

    6:00 hold is standard for shooting paper and works well when you have a 72” bull at 1000 yards for your aiming point. Hunting is a different ball game. Consider how early 20th century marksmen and hunters like Whelen and White set up their rifles. The old adage “keep hair under your front...
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    Help with new Rangefinder Selection

    Been around a long time, was an early Kifaru poster from ‘03, I read threads here, don’t post much but I thought I’d toss in my perspective on RFs: Bought a Leica RF900 back in ‘06, bulletproof to 600, sketchy beyond that, transitioned to Leica RF 1200, and it was bulletproof to 900-1000. No...
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    Tikka romance confessions wanted

    Just happened by here today, don't do much forum time but this subject caught my eye. For twenty years I've hoped someone would bring out a reasonably priced, LW bolt gun in .223 with a 8 inch or faster twist. About two years ago I saw the Sportsmans Warehouse Tikka superlight SS fluted in 8...
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    Hanwag Alaska GTX Brand New

    Hey Roksliders, don't post much here, I'm Elmbow from Kifaru's early days. I recently purchased a pair of Hanwag Alaska GTX boots from Backpacking United in Germany. I mistakenly ordered them in U.K. size 11.5 (U.S. 12.5) so they are too large for me. Return shipping to Germany is insanely...
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    Review: Vortex Razor HD LH 1.5x8x32, by Robby Denning

    The one thing that has always kept me from buying Vortex riflescopes is their weight. I don't question their value or their warranty but invariably they are 20-25% heavier than comparable Leupolds. My gold standard Leupys for big game hunting for years have been the 1.75-6x32 and the 2.5-8x36...

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