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    Question for you straight wall cartridge bolt gun guys?

    We have a 45 Raptor for whitetails here in Iowa. Only had 1 season with it so far, but all 3 that have been shot with it went less than 2 steps. All 3 were 100-180 yards. Significant step up in knockdown power over the 45-70 we had been using. We have it braked and the gun is fairly...
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    Potential Lightweight Hunting Rig

    As the title suggests I am looking into putting together a lighter-weight rifle to fill a role in my closet. This gun would be mainly a deer and antelope rifle, maybe pulled out for a cow elk hunt, or if by some random chance a sheep tag was obtained. I have 2 options in mind, either the 25 SST...
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    Big 7s vs Big 30s final decision

    Hi all! Kinda of narrowed it down to 4 cartridges that are pretty similar but just looking for any experiences or reasons to go towards one over the others The 4 I'm looking at are the 28 Nosler, 300 Norma Mag Improved, then the 7 and 30 RBH from RBros. This is for a gun that would be a North...
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    Long Range Elk Gun, What caliber you would choose?

    I’ve been a longtime lurker on this site, but never posted. I’ve been thinking about putting together a new rifle that would function as gun that would have enough go to anchor an elk out to 1000 yards. Pretend that components are not impossible to find, which would you choose? To use as a...
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