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<blockquote data-quote="TDD" data-source="post: 330702" data-attributes="member: 13492"><p>Aaron: Thanks for your reply. I will give you a call at your shop tomorrow sometime. Your turn key package system appeals to me. I am 56 years old, a busy professional. I used to handload--I weighed every case, uniformed the primer pocket, cleaned up the flash hole, neck turned the cases, etc. etc. I even went so far as to have Kenny Jarrett make me a set of hand dies for one caliber that were made with the same chambering reamer for the rifle. I just don't have the time or desire to do that anymore. I do understand that I need practice (including field practice) to become proficient. I would not just get a rifle, put a few rounds through it and go hunting. </p><p> </p><p>I do have some questions for you about variations in field conditions and your system (temperature, elevation, inclination, etc.) You addressed some of those questions in your post.</p><p> </p><p>I have taken over two hundred head of game in my life, including Dall Sheep, moose, caribou, elk, deer, a Boone and Crockett brown bear on Kodiak, and most African game. All of those animals were taken at ranges of less than two hundred yards, except for an antelope at 500 yards and a wildebeest at 400. I have always been an advocate of larger calipers: my favorite all around big game round was a .340 Weatherby. It's also why I carry a .45 handgun versus a 9mm. I know there are all sorts of studies about the effectiveness of the 9mm the .40 and the .45. I just look at the holes in the barrell and figure I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a much bigger round. That is why I have some concern about the 7mm RM. However, you watch your videos and all sorts of big game animals just go bang! and flop. The proof is in the pudding.</p><p> </p><p>There is just something about carrying a PDA and doing all these calculations in the field that is not congruent with the hunting I have done in the past. I know a lot of members in this forum do a lot of scouting and set up in certain areas, etc. I would like to have the ability to do some of that, but not have to bring a backpack filled with gizmos into the field to help me accomplish it. I have never hunted that way, so I am not speaking from experience, just kind of visualizing what it would be like.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, I look forward to talking with you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TDD, post: 330702, member: 13492"] Aaron: Thanks for your reply. I will give you a call at your shop tomorrow sometime. Your turn key package system appeals to me. I am 56 years old, a busy professional. I used to handload--I weighed every case, uniformed the primer pocket, cleaned up the flash hole, neck turned the cases, etc. etc. I even went so far as to have Kenny Jarrett make me a set of hand dies for one caliber that were made with the same chambering reamer for the rifle. I just don't have the time or desire to do that anymore. I do understand that I need practice (including field practice) to become proficient. I would not just get a rifle, put a few rounds through it and go hunting. I do have some questions for you about variations in field conditions and your system (temperature, elevation, inclination, etc.) You addressed some of those questions in your post. I have taken over two hundred head of game in my life, including Dall Sheep, moose, caribou, elk, deer, a Boone and Crockett brown bear on Kodiak, and most African game. All of those animals were taken at ranges of less than two hundred yards, except for an antelope at 500 yards and a wildebeest at 400. I have always been an advocate of larger calipers: my favorite all around big game round was a .340 Weatherby. It's also why I carry a .45 handgun versus a 9mm. I know there are all sorts of studies about the effectiveness of the 9mm the .40 and the .45. I just look at the holes in the barrell and figure I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a much bigger round. That is why I have some concern about the 7mm RM. However, you watch your videos and all sorts of big game animals just go bang! and flop. The proof is in the pudding. There is just something about carrying a PDA and doing all these calculations in the field that is not congruent with the hunting I have done in the past. I know a lot of members in this forum do a lot of scouting and set up in certain areas, etc. I would like to have the ability to do some of that, but not have to bring a backpack filled with gizmos into the field to help me accomplish it. I have never hunted that way, so I am not speaking from experience, just kind of visualizing what it would be like. Anyway, I look forward to talking with you. [/QUOTE]
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