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  1. LeftyWilbury

    Weather Station ideas?

    I'll second the Ambient Weather WS-2902. Have had it in my backyard 15 months now. No problems. Made the "mistake" to set it to update every five minutes instead of 1 or 2 so I don't get to see the instantaneous gust of wind ravaging my backyard, but batteries are still good after two winters...
  2. LeftyWilbury

    Cut barrel or Leave well-enough alone?

    damned if you do, damned if you dont. flip a coin. the two tikkas i sent off to get threaded came back as accurate or better. i'd hope if the shop is competent enough to thread a cold-hammer forged barrel, they can handle doing a proper crown.... good luck!
  3. LeftyWilbury

    April 8th Eclipse

    had friends get married in the mountains for the last one. 98% totality. they should have splurged on the extra 2%. it was pretty cool, but not 100% cool. that said, i'm too lazy to travel for this one. i did grab some glasses so i can walk outside and see the whopping 20% we're allowed up...
  4. LeftyWilbury

    Little Known Fact about Bears

    dont lions regrow the tail like a lizard if you pull it off?
  5. LeftyWilbury

    Tikka Not Grouping??

    adjust the trigger down. all my tikkas have aftermarket trigger springs in them except my T3 tactical. they're almost too light for hunting depending on how you like to roll. but you can get the factory pull down pretty low. i was shooting a buddy's .308 roughtech this morning. i have the same...
  6. LeftyWilbury

    Happy Wheelgun Wednesday!

    he said wheelgun, not cannon! a kid at the range asked me if i wanted to fire his .460. sure i says. sit down at the bench, gun on rest, elbows on bench. pull the trigger, hit steel at 100 yards. "cool, nice gun, a bit much for me though. thanks" the next morning i'm staring at my arms...
  7. LeftyWilbury

    “Look!… right?” One hundred percent!

    yeah but people who say IRregardless should be beaten with a dictionary a hard bound oxford dictionary and if my wife gets caught up in that, tough, she should know better
  8. LeftyWilbury

    Should reloading inventory or a rokstock take priority?

    reloading components, especially powder and primers are going to become very difficult to find this year according to the ammo manufacturers we talked to at SHOT. even mid-sized manufacturers are worried about their ability to produce ammo. covid already made their prices skyrocket, like 3x and...
  9. LeftyWilbury

    Howa mini magazines

    only two of my 8 distributors even carry howa mags. not currently available. probably haven't made any in a while that haven't gone out attached to a gun....Howa doesn't have any available on their site either. Howa HPTM15-0053 Detachable Magazine Black Polymer 5rd 7.62x39mm, 6.5 Grendel for...
  10. LeftyWilbury

    10mm pistol hunting

    our Sig rep filled his doe tag on a whitetail at 120 yards with the P320 10mm with a red dot and a 124 gr Sig V-Crown. upon further questioning the tasty little critter was more fawn than doe but dead and tagged nonetheless.
  11. LeftyWilbury

    Help with Tikka T1x

    Is this happening with multiple types of ammo? I can't use winchester subsonics. 100% failure to extract. Everything else, aguila, federal, remington, no problem.
  12. LeftyWilbury

    Longer .223 Tikka mag option

    now if tikka could just get me a left handed 223
  13. LeftyWilbury

    Triathlon/Marathon/Endurance Sports Thread

    i dont run competitively, i'm just trying to escape my problems. too bad i run real ******* slow. the stupidest thing i did was the Rut 28k about 5 years ago. I promised myself i'd never do that again. too bad i'm getting old and forgetful and i signed up this year. the real secret to long...
  14. LeftyWilbury

    Kuiu pant sizes Help

    i'm also a 32x32 160lbs in most everything....except kuiu i've settled on 34 regulars for the pro pant. i dislike how the regular inseam is 34 but the short turned out to be too short. better to have the pants too long to keep burrs out of my damn socks. i have 32 reg for the attack pants but 34...
  15. LeftyWilbury

    Feedback on Preferred Barrel Hybrid Lite for Tikka T3x Lite

    factory tikka 22" barrel cut down to 20". I can only speculate on the specific magic he did to get me 5/8-24 threads with an appropriate shoulder for my cans. but i trust his work and i trust the other shop that threaded my tikka 7RM which also required a shoulder. i'm confident neither of these...
  16. LeftyWilbury

    Feedback on Preferred Barrel Hybrid Lite for Tikka T3x Lite

    i sent my 22" 243 to kampfeld customs and had it cut to 20" and threaded 5/8-24 with a collar. no regrets. shoots great. looks great. under $200 and back in my hands within a week.
  17. LeftyWilbury

    Tikka Woes

    while i love my tikkas, if the rifle isn't making you happy and not doing what you want it to do, nothing wrong with selling it and trying something else. you already have a .308 that does what you want it to do. consign the 7-08, buy a different rifle. buy a sidearm. a better optic. buy...
  18. LeftyWilbury

    New 6.5x55 barrel, rechamber action, or Seekins 6.0 or 6.5PRC?

    i'm fond of the 6.5x55. i wouldn't turn it into something different. i'd just buy another rifle, after putting a new 6.5x55 barrel on the current one... might even be able to find a tikka barrel. looks like one sold last summer on rok
  19. LeftyWilbury

    Barrel diameter for accuracy with a suppressor

    i have a 24" tikka 7RM hunter (wood stock/blued) i had threaded and NOT chopped. it's looong. and it got even more accurate after hanging a suppressor off the end.... you could buy a new barrel or just get another rifle. who doesn't want another rifle? just not a remington.
  20. LeftyWilbury

    Underwood 44 magnum for bear

    no direct experience with bears but i'd choose either the lehigh defense xtreme hunter or xtreme penetrator or black hills honeybadger for such an application. the 40SW honeybadger is nicely accurate from a P320 and my sig 220 in 10mm likes the underwood 140 gr xtreme penetrator. goes fast and...

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