WampusCat

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I read their email and it lured me in there. I put 15 different things in my cart and only 1 was in stock. I didn't buy anything. Guess it's easy to offer such great deals when you don't have any stock to sell. Looks like they are always struggling with inventory issues or conning sportsmen into paying them to do their beta testing. " we just tried some new stuff this year. How bout you guys pay full price and show us all the defects so we can try again next year." What gen packs are they on now? I guess I'll give em a couple years to get their stuff straight. I'll hand it to them though. Seems guys line up to dress in full kuiu camo from head to gloves to neck gaiter to pack. Their marketing is on point. I'd like to know where all these high speed fabrics they talk up are sewn. Havent seen them mention that part.

Anything in 3-9x40 will work fine for your purposes. One thing to note when mounting scopes on ARs is it's sometimes hard to get the correct eye relief without using a specifically designed mount that lets the front "ring" of the scope mount hang out over/in front of the receiver. Check out something like a Burris P.E.P.R. mount. It provides a solid base with the proper eye relief.

Great post. Those pictures tell a great story of what you went through. I always like to see the DIY guys get it done. Similar to you I am planning a few years out, but still in the beginning stages. How many points did you have built up to draw?

Good luck to you guys. Is your dad a contractor?

Those first two are the best thing to happen to the 6.5 lately. I'd guess in ten years from now the 26 Nosler will be an elusive creature that pops up now and again in the form of a dusty box of shells on a pawn shop shelf. Too much marketing and not enough utility.

For my style of glassing (sitting / leaning against something in the shade) I prefer the angled. I can get very comfortable in the head slightly down relaxed position. The one advantage IMO of a straight is the speed at which you can setup and find your target. It seems easier to point and find something way out there. The angled takes a second longer but more comfortable when glassing. Your mileage may vary.

Had the same problem with some Berger VLDs intentionally loaded into the lands because thats where there prefered to be. Opened the bolt and got an action full of powder. Eventually got it out with my best attempt at hydraulic pressure so I didnt need such a long stick. Filled the barrel with drinking water and made a small patch to seal the bore against a small stick as my plunger. Worked but cost me the better part of an evening glass. Bummer that it ruined your hunt. At least you took in the sights along the trail!

Awesome pictures and sorry to hear about the scumbags messing with your truck. I had some hippies from NM loosen my lugnuts once. Good thing we dont catch people like them in the act.

Buddies say I take too many pics... Nah. Here are a few more.

Blue-winged teal! Cinnamon Teal! Beautiful bird and photo, Wampus! There it is. Thank you.

Another that i dug out from a while back. Can you ID?

I know there are a few threads here and a few initial reviews that can be found on the interweb but I am wondering if we have any CWT.com members who had personal experience with this glass this season in Coues country. Was anyone able to compare the new 15x56 HD Swaros with the 12x50 ELs this year while Coues hunting? I would enjoy hearing your thoughts.

PTG has multiple reamers out for both of those chambers (diff necks and freebore). GAP and Sherman are both selling dies as well as Copper Creek. Easy necking down with a bushing die where you are able to neck down in multiple steps by simply swapping out bushings. They have been built and tested for over a year now. Two specific 6.5 4S rifles I can think of have over 4,000 rounds on their first barrels. Again accomplishing this by not maxing out loads to chase the holy grail 3,000 fps mark They both enable the use of slower powder to keep pressures down while doing better than 3,000 fps and the byproduct of longer barrel life achieved. Sounds like some kind of voodoo but to me but they have my attention. Other than obvious initial downsides of expensive brass and case forming I think the juice is worth the squeeze on one of these. One cannot shy away from 6.5x284 because of low barrel life and then load a smaller case maxed out on powder trying to chase the same velocity without suffering from the same effects as the x284 barrels. I will be interested to see what chamber you pick and the OP as well. I also saw DesertBull looking for an action the classifieds so maybe he is about to build as well. Lots of different routes/opinions that are working for guys on here. Another interesting note is the wide range of goals/needs of guys on here when looking to buy/build a rifle. Everyone has different needs/limits for their setup so there will never be "the one" that does it all for everyone. You like longer barrels and I avoid them. Neither are wrong/right, just what works for us. 'Merica

None in a bolt gun. Only advantage is the case was designed to fit heavy for caliber bullets in an AR type mag. (shooting across the course with Tubb gun/Creedmoor space guns). A large disadvantage is Hornady is the only manufacturer of brass. My Creedmoor shot great but so would the other 6.5s in the same rifle. It could bang steel at 1k easily but lacked the gas tank to hit with authority at distance. Any of the 3 main SA 6.5s or improved versions of them are capable of slinging 140s at +2900 fps with the right barrel. The problem is they are doing it at the cost of very high pressures and barrel life.

Same boat as several on here. Before I took off in June I dropped off a Krieger 6.5mm 1/8.5" barrel and a 700 short action with my smith. The plan was to have a "lighter" Coues slaying 6.5x47 Lapua waiting when I return. I say lighter but when it was time to buy the barrel I couldnt convince myself to go smaller them a Rem Varmint profile. Old habits die hard I guess. I chose the Lapua for several reasons; better barrel life than 6.5x284, long neck, very accurate cartridge, low powder consumption, quality brass availibility, less wear and tear on the suppressor, and I had great experiences with a creedmore i owned. Pretty solid plan until I discovered the 6.5 4S (Super Secret Squirrel Sh*t) and the 6.5 SS (Sherman Shortmag) recently developed. Everything I wanted plus lots more velocity. Loaded slightly under max potential with 140s between 3000-3100 fps guys are experiencing 4,000+ rounds of barrel life (huge to me) with the lower pressures invloved. If you dont want an oddball chambering or messing with lots of case prep then these are probably not for you. To me its a small trade off for obtaining the perfect match of charcteristics for my goals in a rifle. I am not a speed freak as most of my arsenal lobs long heavy for caliber bullets at relativley tame speads compared to most of the western magnum needing crowd. I cannot however, argue with more fps without punishing the throat of the barrel. One of these is definitely right for me and other like minded folks. Now I cant decided what to do. OP - The 264 WinMag is more than capable of launching some great 6.5mm projectiles at blistering speeds but, all (4) of the 264WMs I have experience with were very tempermental and the barrels didnt last long. My advice would be if you want 6.5mm with ammo available off the shelf I would stick to the .260 Rem or Creedmoor. The natural abilty of these cartridges make up for their slighlty slower speeds than the 264 WM. My .02

Awesome post! Congrats to all of you. I look forward to experiencing this with my boy someday.

While you can certainly get one big enough. It will be very difficult to actually get a coyote to commit to a live trap. Not impossible but very difficult. I would guess a coyote living/hunting close to civilization may be more apt to get caught in one. Any of the popular cage manufacturers cages will hold a coyote. I have seen them caught in Briarpatch as well as CamTrip cages. This embarassed fellow found his way into one of my cat sets. Clearly a younger dog and curiosity got the better of him. Cage is the largest of a nesting set of camtrips from Mercer Lawing. Good luck to you.

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Yes you can do that but I was looking to utilize the 3d features and panning ability. This got me thinking tonight so I fired up the google machine. It appears its rather simple and involves clearing the cache and letting the new images fully load while you are connected to wi-fi. They will retain a small amount of memory in the cache. The Trimble pro app looks like it may be the ticket though.

This is something I have wanted to do for a while. Is there a way to use google earth offline? Like maybe just save the map portion you want to use?

Some wild looking headgear on that deer. Congrats on connecting with a buck you had been following. Great year for you guys!

Awsome video! Thaks for sharing

Take note of the battery orientation. The older larger models with the AA batteries installed with their long axis parallel to the bore of the weapon have been known to shut off upon recoil. EOTech countered this problem by switching to CR123 batteries and mounting them sideways where recoil can not act on the electrical connections. The newer versions are also more compact.

Sounds like simple transportaion to me. Or maybe there is a bunch of sidexsides that are in violation. Wish I was painting fellow.