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    Should I go 20 practical?

    I'd always used a XP-100's 22 and 6 BR along w/ a 223 Rem 14" Contender barrel. During my "leave of absence" from pd hunting for many years for child rearing, the 20's came out. When I wanted to start my son on pd hunting, I bought him a bolt gun in 223 Rem. Up to this point, I'd had no...
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    Should I go 20 practical?

    I understand you concerns. My son-in-law and brother-in-law both mainly shoot 204 Ruger's that I load for. OTOH, I sometimes shoot the 20 Practical. I use different bullets to help me differentiate the loads. The 204's use red tipped V-Max bullets whereas the 20 Practical uses black tipped...
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    Newbie about to start loading for short barrel .308 and looking for some advice

    I feel your frustration working up a completely new load w/o an appropriate powder. Thank goodness you've got everything else you need. I've been loading for 308 Win in a Savage Striker handgun w/ a 14" barrel for many years. The prevailing thought in the handgun hunting community was the...
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    How Often Do You See Rattlesnakes PD Hunting?

    Those look good, Cholla.👍
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    How Often Do You See Rattlesnakes PD Hunting?

    I go on 2-3 pd hunts every year and usually see 1-2/year. They're usually at the edge of the hole. What do you make w/ the skins?
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    "Jumping Over a Snake" One Week Before a PD Hunt

    When I was growing up, if one managed to avoid a bad event, we called it "jumping over a snake." Nowadays, various professions have fancier phrases like "sentinel event" or "near miss," but it's still the same thing. I had a similar experience last weekend. It was only 7 days before my last...
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    Anyone Familiar with the Weatherby MK XXII

    I know a local guy who has a collection of Remington Nylon 66's. I've never seen his collection, but he's told me about it. He has a number of Nylon 66's I was aware of having been made. He has them in various colors (Apache Black, Mohawk Brown and and olive green), a number of different actions...
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    Prairie Dog Hunt #1

    I'm not aware of any guided hunts in OK. A guide I once used, Les Karlin, developed health problems and is no longer able to guide. I had a couple enjoyable hunts w/ https://rebelridgeoutfitters.com/. He's in southwest KS, but the last time I hunted w/ him the hunt was actually in southeast CO...
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    Portable shooting bench recommendations

    RB II, Hunting PD's is something I really enjoy doing. I go on 2-3 hunts every year. There are a number of different ways to hunt prairie dogs. I started out shooting of a fixed table, but I later started using a rotating table. Now I have my original rotating table mounted in the back of my...
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    Nosler M48

    "I'm going to like this M48!" Looks like you'll have a good reason to like it. :) My XP in 260 Remington has done well deer hunting w/ various 120 gr bullets including the Barnes TTSX, Speer Gold Dot and Hornady SST (123 gr). The 120 gr NBT is a great bullet as well, but I wanted to try...
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    Prairie Dog Hunt #1

    XP-100 in 223 Remington Ackley ImprovedNosler Custom Handgun in 22 Nosler "Oklahoma! Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain!" That was the theme song tor my first prairie dog hunt of the year. I usually go on 2 or 3 pd hunting trips every year. I just got back from this year's first hunt...
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    Factory seconds

    I have no hesitation buying seconds/blems, as long as they don't appear to be Sierra's. I've shot a lot of Nosler and Hornady's w/o noticing any variation from their usual bullets. I've shot a few from Barnes and they shoot okay on paper so far. OTOH, I once bought some 70 gr 25 cal spitzers w/...
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    Remington 700 bolt swap for Remage barrel

    If you don't mind loading single shot, you can buy a bench rest single shot follower like this There are no guarantees the 223 will feed from a 308 action, but it might. I've converted two Savage bolt actions that were factory chambered in 270 Win. I converted one to 221 Remington Fireball and...
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    Lapua 221 Fireball Brass

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    Lapua 221 Fireball Brass

    Hey guys, I want to buy #200 of Lapua 221 Fireball brass, new. My 20 VarTarg specialty pistol needs more brass. I'm not interested in Nosler or Remington. Thx.
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