lancetkenyon

Nothing wrong with your kids shooting a deer bigger than any you have ever shot. Super proud moment. It is the fact that the parents are not teaching the kids about conservation, nature, skills, tracking, flora & fauna, terrain, weather, insects, predator/prey relationships, enjoying the outdoors, stopping to admire a flower or sunset, the chase, the disappointment of a blown stalk or miss, the hard work and time that precludes a shot, the hard and messy work of cleaning an animal, the hard work and effort packing out your own animal, the hard work of processing the animal, the hard work of preparing a meal from that animal, the fantastic memories and lessons learned in the field, and the satisfaction of eating the animal you harvested while admiring the rack on the wall.

Should fit any Toyota with the same bolt pattern. I am north central Phoenix, 101 & I-17 area.

One person's definition of "long range" is a chip shot to others. I have several rifles extremely capable of making "long range" shots out to 1K or more. I practice and shoot almost every weekend. A few thousand rounds a year from 10 to 1300+. Shotgunning, to .22s, to an AR, to high powered rifles. From a bench, prone, sitting, etc. Rarely do I shoot off hand other than hunting situations, and even then, if I have a chance at a tree branch/trunk/fence post, I will most assuredly use it. From fast flying doves, to quail, to jacks and cottontails, squirrels, and on occasion, big game if I get lucky. I also bow hunt. I work on loads all year long. Fine tuning, tweaking, experimenting, all in the quest for the absolute most I can wring out of my rifles. That extra .005" is an addiction. With all of that being said, besides a few coyotes at 320 & 1327 yards, my one long big game shot was 488 yards. Everything else has been under 160 yards. But I am always preparing for the long shot if the need ever arises.

No p in stripes....just elk blood hopefully.

I think my firing pin is a Pierceision. Been a while.

Worth every penny. I love mine.

It is funny. People think there are mature 4x4s behind every tree up in the 12s & 13s. You still have to work for them. Sure, you can get lucky and see a brute on opening morning, but not the norm. 2 years ago, we saw 85 bucks in 9 days. Probably 5-6 were big. Still, another 15-20 were 120-150+ 4x4s. Still good odds, but that was with probably 80+ hours of glassing and moving. One day, we say 22 bucks. All 2x2s. From yearlings to 26" wide, but still all forkies. Last year, on the late hunt, in 3 days, we only saw 9 bucks. Wind had them down for the first 1.5 days before the opener. Day before opener, it quit at sunset, and we saw two decent bucks, 140-150ish at last light. Opening day was tough, saw a brute 3x3, 2 small 4x4s and a 3x3. Taylor shot her buck at first light on day 2, and we saw one other small 4x4 as we were hiking over to her buck. I am sure we would have seen a lot more deer, but Taylor popped her nice buck early in the hunt.

Website says 8.5#. You have to scroll over to the right in the specs.

Toytec 3" coilover front, 2.5" springs and shocks rear with Light Racing UCAs, no spacers. It changed the ride just a touch, just a bit stiffer and faster damping, not as mushy feeling, which I prefer. Rides great and drives great. 285/70R17 Goodyear MTR-K.

Cabela's online. I have been checking about 15 sites over the last few weeks at least once a day, and Cabela's had 2 in stock. So I jumped on them. I actually have already upgraded the firing pin to TI and swapped in a Wolff Blitzschnell spring in the bolt. The action is OLD, and I would have some intermittent light strikes, so I upgraded and BOOM.....literally. Every time now.

My wife is usually the same.... I surprised her with the 4Runner for our 25th anniversary. I already had the lift and rims/tires purchased before we even took posession of it. Great story on it, and I got some amazing help from another member here. He saved me a crap ton of money. But....she didn't mind me hooking up her new 4Runner like this.

I got a LOT done in that 14 hours. Not sure on the turn around time for the rifle....but it can't come soon enough. Since I didn't draw any deer tags, this rifle will 1st be carried by my cousin on a late elk hunt, but if I get load development done in time, it will be a back-up to my lighter weight elk rifle at the end of September. Which is coming up really fast.

Got a bit of time yesterday (at the end of a 14 hour reloading day) to do some brass prep for the .280AI. Got it all ready to load once I get the rifle from AxisWorks. Primer pockets touched up. I think only 3 needed just a shave, but ran all 100 pieces through just to be safe. Weight sorted, all within 1.3gr. 214.4 to 215.7gr. All base to shoulder with a .375 gauge were within .002" for headspace. Without rifle, or a fired case, I don't know what my chamber will be like. Neck sized just to round a few out and ensure proper neck tension to start with. Neck thickness is .016" on the Nosler brass. All 100 pieces annealed and primered with Fed GM210M.

She doesn't want TRD rims?

I just swapped my 15x56 Euro HD for a new pair about 3 weeks ago. None in stock, but they ordered a pair for mybreplacement, no questions asked. I am shocked they are gettin rid of them. Super popular glass.

I shoot a lot of match bullets on game. All have performed great. .308 215 Hybrids from a .300RUM on elk .308 175 SMK from a .300RUM on elk 7mm 180 Hybrids from a 7RM on elk 6.5mm 140 Hybrids and 142 SMK from a .260 Rem & 6.5 SLR on yotes .224 69 SMK from a .223 on bunnies, yotes, and javalina .257 100 SMK from a .250AI & .25-06AI on yotes and javalina I have 230 Hybrids in my .300RUM ready to go for my elk hunt this year. I will be shooting either a 168 HVLD or a 160 TMK from my .280AI I am building. Might try the 140 Hybrid in my 6.5 SS too.

I just took a full set off of my wife's 25th anniversary present I bought her. 265/70r17 on Toyota TRD 4Runner rims. 330 street miles on them. Dunlop AT20 Grandtrek. They seriously still have the tits on the tread. Rims, tires, caps, lug nuts $600. No TPMS sensors.

A 6.5 CM should work on elk if you put a properly constructed bullet where it needs to go. 6.5x55 have been killing moose and red stags for years. That being said, it would not be my personal choice for an elk round.

The camera flash scared the crap out of her.

Me too!

I would sight in for your CB shot. And the keep the following shot difference in mind if you need a follow up. You want 1st shot going where you want it.

My finding have been very similar with the Nosler brass. Just as good of weight sorting as my Lapua brass. Plus, their prep work is very nice too. No need to uniform primer pockets or deburr the flash holes. I recently weight sorted 400 pieces of Remington .300RUM brass.....wow. If I remember correctly, approximately 12 grains of difference across the 400 pieces.

Yup, Brown Santa left me a present this evening.

Two puppies means destruction x2...