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    Best place to grab a beer and crash in Bozeman?

    Haven't been to Bozeman since 1974. It used to be a cool little town. Sounds like it's changed a bit...
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    Mountain Whitetail Kill Kit

    Yep. Right between the base of the skull and first vertebrae.
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    Turkey leg recipe?

    I posted this on another forum. Same recipe can be used for the legs. In the bottom of a crockpot, crosshatch some celery and carrots. Add a sliced onion. Fillet the breast and cut into cutlets. Lay them on the veg along with the thighs. Add a can of cream of mushroom and a can of cream of...
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    Mountain Whitetail Kill Kit

    I keep a Silky Pocket Boy 170 (with fine teeth) at camp for cutting the skull cap. You can detach the head from the neck with just a knife, in the field.
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    Mountain Whitetail Kill Kit

    A good sharp knife A good sharp backup knife (never needed yet) Game bags 5x7 sheet of Tyvek I keep a Silky Pocket Boy, with fine teeth, at camp to cut off the skull cap. While field dressing, I ream the pelvic canal from the outside and the inside, and everything comes out as it should. The...
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    Scope mounting loctite or not?

    I have never used Loctite to mount a scope in over 50 years. Always torqued to manufacturer's spec, and good to go. Never had a base or ring loosen in all those years. Curious to note, however, that for the last few years Leupold has been supplying screws treated with thread locker, of some...
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    Your favorite hunting knife?

    Thanks. The top is a J A Henckels and the bottom is a Grohmann #3.
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    Your favorite hunting knife?

    At the risk of being redundant. ( I'm not searching through 10 pages) Grohmann #1 (middle blade)
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    First Time Hunter - Northeast

    YouTube is chock full of videos on how to field dress, skin and process deer. Watch more than a few, since some show better camera work and better tutorials than others. Taken together as a whole, you should get a pretty good idea. Good luck, and welcome to the club.
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    Kimber firing pin spring

    Yep, light strikes. There was a time frame when it was most prevalent. I dont recall the years offhand. They supplied free replacements for a short while, then stopped. The replacements are longer by about 5/8", and much stiffer. I didn't have a problem with any of mine either, till I did.
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    Kimber firing pin spring

    I love my Kimber M84s, I truly do. But it's seems they've created a nice little side gig selling replacement firing pin springs to replace what was, obviously, a design flaw. At $7.50 apiece, the price is not killer, but they should replace them for free. I replaced one on a Montana .257 Robts...
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    260 rem or 260 AI or a 7mm-08?

    120 TTSX @ 3195 fps is the front runner, so far. Been using them on everything including a heavy bull elk a few years back. Lots of confidence in that bullet. I have a box of 139 LRXs inbound to work with a bit till Oct. My Montana doesn't like 140 TTSXs
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    Priming tool

    Another vote for the Frankford Arsenal.
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    260 rem or 260 AI or a 7mm-08?

    Same here. I'll be adding Alberta moose to my list, come October. I also have a 260 Rem in a Ruger Ultra Lite tanger. Dandy little combo. 260AI sounds cool. Will you get enough extra juice to be worth the squeeze over the standard 260?
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    Shooting prone

    In all my experience, which is by no means extensive, the vegetation has been too high for a prone shot. My shots have either been sitting and shooting off my upright pack, or standing off of sticks.
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    7-08 Alberta moose

    Just an update I'm about done with load development. The Hammer 132 HHTs didn't work out as I had hoped. My Montana wasn't thrilled with them. So far I've got my load choice down to either a 120 TTSX @ 3195 fps or a 140 Accubond @ 2885. Both shoot under an inch......sometimes, well under. It's...
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    Knife woes

    This^^^^^
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    Knife woes

    Grohmann #1 Middle blade
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    120 TTSX Performance

    Gonna resurrect this old thread one more time. I'm getting 3150 out of a 22" Montana, and just under 1" accuracy, with a 120TTSX over 47.5 CFE223. Still some wiggle to get to max, but I've been happy for years with the load, as is. I'll be taking it to Alberta in Oct., for a moose hunt...
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    All around deer hunting cartridge.

    7-08 in a Montana And the old classic, .300 Sav in a Savage 99F

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