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    3 hours ago, L Cazador said:

    So you don't fireform brass first? I for one am not waiting for a fouled barrel to show up right in the middle of a hunt or match whether it's 40 shots or 50 shots?

    Totally depends on the cartridge of choice. 

    If it is any sort of a wildcat or Improved version (.260AI, 6.5SS, .25-06AI), then yes, I absolutely have to fire form brass before starting load development.  But I work up a good fire forming load just like anything else and then use that load while fire forming to the improved chamber. 

    If it is for a belted magnum cartridge know to grow a lot of headspace (like .264WM, 7RM, .300WM), I will start load development with virgin brass, get 95% done, then verify with fired brass and fine-tune as needed.

    For SAAMI spec non-belted cartridges, I would absolutely start load development with virgin brass.

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    Bullet weight for bullet weight, 6.5CM will have better ballistics, but 600 yards will not be a big difference.  

    Bullet BC for BC, 6.5CM will have less recoil.

    For steel out to 800, flip a coin.

    For deer out to 600, flip a coin.

    For me, honestly, I would go 6.5mm for a practice/steel rifle/deer rifle to 600.  If a lightweight rifle is the goal, again, 6.5.  One of the worst recoiling light rifles I have shot is my son-in-law's 7# .308.  Have no clue why, but it SUCKED.

    Get what you can find components for.

     

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    56 minutes ago, Explorer said:

    Checker boarding state land is a result of the railroad companies back in the day. Wonder how much it costs in signs to post such a large chunk of land.

    Most of the time, there are no fences to separate lands/post.  So you better have OnX.

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    Have you seen the damage that "hunters" do to the Big Bo each year after 5 months of hunting season?  Shooting up tanks, cutting fences, tearing up roads, driving off roads and causing land damage, shooting windmills, letting cattle out of unclosed gates or cut fences, leaving tons of trash and litter??

    I would close it too if I owned it.  

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    Seems like the Big Bo not signing agreements happens every few years.  I have just never heard of the Commission considering reducing tag #s by the amount they are talking about.  And only for bulls, which seems like the State is saying, "If we can't use the land, you can't have outfitters paying your fees to guide hunters either.  We will take our ball and go home."  Because who pays a guide for a cow tag.  I would bet the bull/cow ratio climbs like crazy if the draw suggestions do happen.  

    I think it is borderline criminal to allow zero public use of the public lands locked withing the ranch boundaries.  It would be interesting if all the AZ STL inside those same boundaries was revoked for running cattle upon.  I bet an agreement could be made pretty quickly after that.

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    For POI (Point of Impact) changes, yes.  All my rifles have a POI change when I went from brake to can.  Anywhere from .5 to 1.0 MIL (1.5MOA to 3.5MOA).  Totally normal.  It is the added weight of the can hanging off the end of the barrel. 

    As for velocity gains, I have seen between 15-35fps gains with the can.

    As for accuracy changes, I saw very little changes. Only had to slightly tweak one load.  It was on the upper end of an accuracy node to begin with, and I feel the added velocity is what caused the need to tweak.  Dropped .2gr, and back to shooting like before.

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    I have heard from numerous people that it was a very tough year up on the Bab.  I think the biggest buck I have heard taken on the late hunt was a mid-180s buck. Have not heard much about the Strip either.

    Water everywhere had them scattered, and the big Magnum burn has not recovered enough yet to draw the deer into it.  The deer are all in the transition, and that is thick and hard to glass.  More like quail hunting, trying to jump a buck and get a good look, then a good shot is hard to do.

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    13 hours ago, bigorange said:

    Educate me on this…can you use .30 cal on smaller calibers effectively? Or am I just gullible and missing another joke here?

    Absolutely.  If you are only going to have one suppressor, a .308 cal is the way to go. From 17 to .308 and everything in between.

    I use my Ultra 9 in .308 on my 6 Creedmoor, 25SST, .280AI, 28 Nosler.  

    I use my Dominus in .308 on a 6.5SS 26", 7SS, and will use it on my .260AI when it is done.

    I use my 6.5mm Ultra 7 on my 6.5SLR, 6.5SS 20", and will use it on my 25 Creedmoor when I build it next year.

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    I used Mr Silencer in Mesa.  Used the electronic kiosk there.

    You pay for the suppressor when you go in.

    Then they will send you electronic copies of all your forms.  You sign electronically and email back.

    Rhen you pay the tax stamp electronically. 

    Once all paperwork is done and tax stamp is paid for, they send everything in at once.

    Then you wait.  ATF will send back the approval, and the store can then legally release the suppressor to you.

    $200 plus doc fees for every can you buy.

    You can reuse your fingerprints and electronic signature saved in the kiosk for future purchases.

    I have 3 suppressors now. 

    TBAC Ultra 9 in .308, took 3 months

    TBAC Ultra 7 in 6.5mm, took 2 months

    TBAC Dominus in .308, took 9 months

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