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    Ideal weight for Western Hunting Rifle

    Like a lot of other folks have mentioned, anything under 10# is fine with me. My Remington 700 7mm08 weighs in at 8.5 w/ VX-3 3.5-10x40 and I have little issue huffing it around Colorado. My 7mm Rem Mag is more like 9.75 and similarly, the length presents more issues than the weight. Much...
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    Crowd Sourced Optics Comparison (CO area) ***Updated 3/9/24***

    Damn I won't be in town.
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    Crowd Sourced Optics Comparison (CO area) ***Updated 3/9/24***

    I might be able to assist depending on when. I'm on the front range when not traveling, and I have a set of Meopta Meostar B1.1 HD 12x50's I can get out of storage with some coordination.
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    Tikka compact w/ 20 inch barrel - velocity loss

    I also have a 20" T3x CTR in 6.5 Creedmoor and mine also runs several factory Hornady 140gr bullets around 2550 chrono'd at 6000' elevation.
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    New Ruger American Gen II

    How's the stock rigidity? Think the forend is stiff enough for a bipod?
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    Stocky’s Hunter VG Tikka stock

    I await with baited breath!
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    Stocky’s Hunter VG Tikka stock

    Hopefully this is the right place to put this question: Can these Stockys carbon fiber stocks be inletted for CTR bottom metal, and/or will the barrel channel accept the CTR barreled action?
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    Any Las Vegas Area Residents?

    Thanks for the input folks, it is greatly appreciated!
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    What was you American vehicle experience that made you buy a Japanese vehicle?

    I've only owned Japanese so far, but for what it's worth I owned a 2014 Tacoma 4x4 (V6 auto, SR5 Package) and put 175K miles on it with nothing beyond routine maintenance that wasn't my own fault (a wreck and tearing a CV boot off roading). OUTSTANDING vehicle. I sold it when I deployed which...
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    Any Las Vegas Area Residents?

    I'm in the midst of a career change, and Las Vegas keeps coming up as a potential place for the SO and I to relocate to some time next year (currently reside in CO). Vegas is a major center for my new employer so it's high on the list of consideration. SO works in HR so that is, I assume, a...
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    Garmin Smartwatches vs Apple

    Like other folks have said, they really aren't comparable. The Apple Watch is an extension of your iPhone, with some fitness/GPS features as a near afterthought. The Garmin is a fitness/GPS watch with phone interface as a distant afterthought. I love my Garmin Fenix 6 and have no intent to...
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    Moving to colorado

    My only suggestion about skiing is try to go during the week when you can. "Denver skis Saturday." I say this as someone who was on the slopes 8 months of last season. Welcome to CO!
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    Savage lightweight storm 7mm-08 review

    Thanks for the input, looks like I'll have to go another direction for a suppressed rifle of that barrel length.
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    Savage lightweight storm 7mm-08 review

    I know I'm resurrecting this thread (again), but I was wondering if the OP still owns this rifle, and if the OD of the end of the barrel is known. I am interested in this exact model, but I would like to thread the barrel for a suppressor.
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    Subaru durability

    I'm currently driving a 2008 Outback that I bought earlier this year. I bought it with 49K miles on the clock (proverbial old blue hair drive to church and back car) I've put about 5K miles on it so far without much issue. It's a boring car but so far reliable. I have Blizzaks on it for the CO...
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    How's everybody make a living

    Military pilot right now but I'm actively working on moving into the civilian sector.
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    7mm-08

    I've been hunting with the 7mm08 since my dad gave me one as a teenager (still the same rifle, with some upgrades). I like the cartridge a lot and really appreciate the efficiency. With that said, if you're already in a .308 IMO you don't gain much by switching. Some will argue reduced recoil...
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    Nosler v. Peterson - Which 7mm RM Brass Should I Keep?

    I had two back orders of brass for my 7mm Rem Mag come in at the same time. One is getting sold or sent back, I'm not interested in experimenting with both. If it were you in this situation which would you hold on to? Nosler or Peterson?
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    Let’s see your Remington 700 builds

    Hopefully these are welcome in this thread, they've both had some relatively minor custom work done but retain the factory barrels and have not been blueprinted. First, my main squeeze: 7mm08, factory 24" tube (this gun started life as a "Classic") Timney Trigger (currently set at 4#, I plan...
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    20” 7mm Rem Mag, suppressed????

    Here's an article where someone cut a 7mm RM barrel down from 28" to 30" in 1" increments. All things considered it didn't suffer too much. Based on this article I'm not as married to a 26" tube as I previously was in my custom 7mm RM desires. I may do something oddball like the 23" the author...

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