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<blockquote data-quote="alcesgigas" data-source="post: 531114" data-attributes="member: 34925"><p>Thanks all I didn't drop out--just had to finish a wood stove I was making before the sky fell in...</p><p></p><p>I watched those videos and yes I'm drooling all over myself thinking about those CheyTecs and then there's those "pesky Allen exp/raptor/mags" with that 338/408... I'm thinking that in spite of all the rush resulting from necking down when it comes to the real long ranges the highest BC/SD wins out--to a point. While there's plenty of tanks here they're all friendlies and those engine blocks are unconscionably difficult to digest... There seems to be a great selection of good bullets for the 338sm but not so many for larger calibers; maybe that will change? I could build a bullet lathe--how complex would that be? Just monitor shape, weight, and dimensions. It'd be slow, but worth it I think.</p><p></p><p>In visiting those recommended sites I have to say (<em>safe</em> to say as Jack O'Connor passed some years ago) that, for me anyway, <strong>function</strong> <strong>first</strong>, <strong>then form</strong>, and if <strong>there's anything left be fashionable</strong>, <strong>but do avoid the fad</strong>... Any stock that supports a LR barreled action and appropriate scope best--irrespective of its appearance--is tops. It's the barrel and its mating with the machinery that's so important and from what I've seen on this site there's any number of people who really are into LRH--and know what they're talking about. I think I learned more than I forgot today alone--that there really is even more I don't know... And its great.</p><p></p><p>Is that what's called a "tube rifle" bogger1?</p><p></p><p>I'm going to try to post some pics of that moose lake--with moose <em>in situ</em>--and maybe some of the bulls I've extracted from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alcesgigas, post: 531114, member: 34925"] Thanks all I didn't drop out--just had to finish a wood stove I was making before the sky fell in... I watched those videos and yes I'm drooling all over myself thinking about those CheyTecs and then there's those "pesky Allen exp/raptor/mags" with that 338/408... I'm thinking that in spite of all the rush resulting from necking down when it comes to the real long ranges the highest BC/SD wins out--to a point. While there's plenty of tanks here they're all friendlies and those engine blocks are unconscionably difficult to digest... There seems to be a great selection of good bullets for the 338sm but not so many for larger calibers; maybe that will change? I could build a bullet lathe--how complex would that be? Just monitor shape, weight, and dimensions. It'd be slow, but worth it I think. In visiting those recommended sites I have to say ([I]safe[/I] to say as Jack O'Connor passed some years ago) that, for me anyway, [B]function[/B] [B]first[/B], [B]then form[/B], and if [B]there's anything left be fashionable[/B], [B]but do avoid the fad[/B]... Any stock that supports a LR barreled action and appropriate scope best--irrespective of its appearance--is tops. It's the barrel and its mating with the machinery that's so important and from what I've seen on this site there's any number of people who really are into LRH--and know what they're talking about. I think I learned more than I forgot today alone--that there really is even more I don't know... And its great. Is that what's called a "tube rifle" bogger1? I'm going to try to post some pics of that moose lake--with moose [I]in situ[/I]--and maybe some of the bulls I've extracted from there. [/QUOTE]
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