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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    When i get another 25 cal ima try 110BD2s, 117? Cayugas first. I love hammers but the bc of em isnt ideal enough in windy canyons. With the BD2s my 7mag liked em seated deep! 150 at 3.2col. My 6.5 likes 125s at mag length or longer 2.9 something and my 284 likes em long with 150s at 3.163 c.o.l.
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    Thats an awesome place to be! I shot the same bullet at 3180 from my 6.5PRC i had. It killed small and large animals extremely well. Loved that gun and would still have if my nephew hadnt wanted it soo bad. He asked at just the right time as i was magnum poor at the time lol.
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    Another im heavily considering! Whats ur bullet, barrel length and velocity?
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    Yep for the most part. In other areas perhaps not. Ive been shooting Badlands Bulldozer 2s in both the 284 and one 6.5 and also have some PVA cayugas for both calibers waitin their turn. As far as BC theyre game changers if terminal performance is there. Only 1 kill so far and not impressed but...
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    Im really glad i posted this! Lotsa great points of view and applicable info. Yeah this is a lightweight hunting rifle that is just as likely to be used at 30 yards as at 600. Im only concerned with spotting hits/misses on long shots where i can get prone or prone ish. Closer in my other eye...
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    VM thanks for your reply. Thats an awesome system ya got there! I mostly use my horses to access the high country and then to hit different drainages and such when up there. So i spend more time on foot droppin off the top down into deep n steep country. But i have jumped em while riding and...
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    They do make those yes! For horses in various shooting sports and warfare id assume. But id never have time or would forget and mess up. Lol
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    Stockys carbon hunter? Its the classic model. Sposed to weigh 21 oz. Its way lighter than the stock T3X stick and fits in my hand better when carryin it which was my gripe about the original with that square 2x4 feeling.
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    Yeah im with u there. I have a 6.5 PRac in ruger hawkeye hunter. I loved it but my nephew talked me outta it. It was way heavier and still rocked pretty solid. I think in a rig light as this thing id have even more muzzle rise than i do now.
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    Yeah i forgot to say that part, i cant do a brake because i hunt with my horses and i dont wanna risk blowing their hearing if we jump somethin while ridin. Re the scope and stock i hear ya. I had switched scopes before but was from a 30mm to 30mm tube. This one is a 1" so that coulda made the...
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    Question regarding light mtn rifles vs recoil

    So for those of you who have spent time shootin light/UL rifles at range where did you find the limits in rifle weight/caliber/bullet grain/cartridge/speed/magnification for spotting your own hits at say 5-800yds? I been shooting semi custom Tikka super light in 284 (same profile and 22" not...
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    284win help

    I built a 284 on a Tikka T3X this summer and went thru this exact conversation. The Saami reamer doesn't show any fb in the normal parallel manner that more modern cartridges exhibit so I get what was mentioned above about determining its freebore. We ended up deciding I should send in a dummy...
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    Will a 7-08AI feed in a browning Xbolt magazine?

    So I have a Xbolt HCLR in 6.5CM that I want to re barrel. Has anyone ran a AI in these? I'm assuming I'll need the 7-08/308 mag. Further down the same hole, can the 284Win be made to work? And while I have ya, can the bolt face be opened to .532 or is the head replaceable? Thanks I tend...
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    Re-barrel dilemma

    I have the Ruger Hawkeye Hunter in 6.5PRC. 22" handy rifle spitting a 124HH or 127LRX at right about 3200 is not a bad place to be at all! It hits hard! 😁
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