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I have seen that people enjoy the newer 109eldm

Dream hunt: Year 1800-1805, somewhere in Wyoming/Utah border region, maybe elsewhere in Wyoming. Whatever looks tastiest . 58 Flintlock.

That kind of snow is so miserable to hike in let alone pack one out. Kudos

Haha that's a good one. Fortunately I've got a keeper. She lets me rant about this tuff and tries to help me figure out what to do, all while keeping me from loading up my CC because I have poor financial self control. She actually suggested just waiting until next spring and using our tax...

I think it is too. The only issue is consistent brass availability, especially if you want to use Lapua. Mine was very accurate, even with the sizing issues. See my update in post #70 :) Ray at Manson did find that my resize reamer was about a thou too large at the 0.200 line and that my...

Ya he said awhile back when I talked to him he usually does bushing Newlon blanks so he didn't have any standard FL blanks on hand and he didn't know the exact lead time on getting one. I'll ask him about this. I figured the lead time would likely still be faster doing that than going with...

Update here. I had Manson send my reamers to Old Dominion custom rifles and I'll have him set my barrel back to clean out the oversized portion of my chamber. I'm also going to have him cut me a new sizing die from a newlon blank. I decided to not have Manson regrind my reamer to change any...

Highly depends on the terrain, exactly where the animal is in relation to the nearest trail, what the weather is like currently and what it is supposed to be in the next few days, How many days do I have to get it out, how long can I take to get it out before it spoils. Finally, how good of...

Interesting info on what training provided the biggest gains. I enjoy rucking but I typically run a ton and have worried about not being able to have enough time to get the rucking volume up enough. Apparently rucking in as high a volume as I thought necessary isn't needed! Which is good...

I wish one of them would start making the 284 family cases so we have a second US made option

Did they actually state there's a hold on 6.5-284? I know this has been the case for 284win but I don't remember that for 6.5-284. Well ... Maybe adg and alpha will up their offerings to include the 284 variants. Peterson can't be the only guys in town for that. It's too good of a case.

If I were starting over, I likely would just do a straight 30-284 or 30-284 shehane because of the minimal change to the case going with 40* shoulder and there are easier die options for a straight 30-284 now by using either SAC modules dies or Cortina's die. But it's still a custom die with...

I think most factory cartridges don't follow Ackley's case dimension standards (40* shoulder and 0.10/in case taper) because of the potential for feeding issues but likely the weight is more towards the case taper hiding pressure signs and having potential for extraction issues. I think the...

@Elk868 , the modern miroku 1886 can shoot the Marlin 45-70 safely. There's some info on the internet about this but it's relatively sparse.

What's the angle of the cutter?