duckhunter175

They are a Proof dealer and the place that the Senior Engineer from Proof recommended when I was looking for my .284 barrel. His name is Mike Degerness and I can send you his contact info at Proof if you would like.

Bump for a great guy who has some great equipment!

Short background to the story: I left active duty after over 10 years and 7 combat deployments, moved to Dallas and went into the National Guard to give my wife a shot at chasing her dream job. For the last little bit I've been occupied as a "Stay at home Dad, with no kids". Some might call that a dream job in and of itself. However- we've been house hunting, doing a bit of traveling and right now, still waiting on our movers to arrive with our stuff!!! Fast forward to this past Friday-- I was supposed to be on a Turkey hunt road trip between Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Oklahoma. Movers are going to be late... by 5 days (thanks Army) and I have to cancel the first leg of the trip. So, to make the best of a bad situation I decide to chase turkeys here in Texas while we wait. The opening day is Saturday, 15 April. I scrounge up some camo, as my official "Turkey Tote" is not here, no dekes, nada. I go buy snake boots, license, PUBLIC LAND LICENSE (thanks Texas) and decide to get in some quick google earth scouting. The Texas PWD website has some decent resources so I scour what land doesn't require their version of a limited license and is within a decent drive of the house. Bingo-- 85 miles away there is a section of National Grassland that is wide open. I spend an hour whittling down some spots, dropping points and then uploading imagery to my GPS. Now 10pm it is time to dig the shotgun out, change chokes and get ready to roll.... Benelli- Check... turkey choke... NOPE... full choke... NOPE--- Looks like it will be Improved Modified and some Hevi-13 #6s. I decide it will be 30 yards or closer or I won't be pulling the trigger. 0400 comes quick and I'm in the truck rolling, arrive at my 'hidden' spot and there is already a truck. Nice gentlemen and his grandson-- we quickly deconflict areas so there will be plenty of room between us if we need to make moves on birds. He scouted the night before so I defer to him on where he wants to be. Glad to hear he found good sign. By 0600 I'm easing into the unknown on public land that I've never stepped foot on and less than 600 yards from the truck a bird FIRES off... and then again. He is roosted on a thin row of trees between two overgrown fields. I cut the distance to him down by creeping through the woods. I am now 150 yards west of him and the parking area is 500 yards east. A door slams in the parking lot at 0620 and he triple gobblers... Now everyone knows where the game is going to be!!! I scoot in close, hoping that the other hunters didn't hear him or if they make a play they might push him to my side of the field. I'm now 100 yards from the gobbler and out of room to manuever and its 5 minutes until shooting light. I quickly plop down, tree yelp and he GOBBLES. Cue the other hunters who have moved in on the east and set up. I do two more light yelps and transition to my secret call.... I grab a stick and rake the heck out of the oak leaves around me. The gobbler hears this and just cannot stand it, he fires off again and again... I stop mouth calling and just scratch a little bit. Not 5 minutes later I hear wingbeats and look up to see this guy sailing across the field right to me!!! He plops down at 25 yards but is obscured by some small oak saplings. I scratch again... gun is in my lap (always a good plan) He runs 5 yards to the right to see and when he clears the oaks I drop him, 10 minutes into the opening morning!!

This is awesome-- thanks for your support of our vets!

x2 for the BA Fly Creek UL2

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Pac-nor blank 22 cal (.224) #5 contour will finish at 26" 5 groove 1-8T Stainless $300 shipped Was originally going to be for a 22-243 project but I have too many irons in the fire.

LOL. The Tiburon pants were luckily in my 'big game bin' which I moved myself. The top was brand new purchase for my turkey road trip.... And as a bonus-- the movers called this afternoon and they are coming tomorrow... but apparently didn't get the note or 3 phone calls that an 18 wheeler won't fit into my 'hood. So we will see how this adventure goes. If all goes well I will be in Oklahoma by Friday and then KY and MO.... AL sadly will be a wash this year:/

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I think firstcoueswas80 has a 28nosler that he has worked with quite a bit. I have a 7RUM- which has been as hard to find brass for as I first expected because lots of guys are jumping up to the 28 nosler.

I'll preface; sizing that I'm 6'1 and 195, prices are TYD. Scent-Lok Timber Fleece Set Realtree Xtra No holes/tears, zippers are all good, some pilling Size Large Jacket- $60 Pants- $60 Set: $100 Nomad Set (great, practically new condition)- Mossy Oak Break Up Country Syncrate Hoodie XL-- $60 Soft Shell Jacket XL-- $60 Dunn Primaloft Vest XL-- $50 Sapwood Merino L-- $25 Blaze Orange Hoodie XL-- $25 Sward Pant- Large (1 season full use, no rips)-- $30 Syncrate Pant Large-- $50 Neck Gaiter-- $10 $275 for whole set shipped

$275

They certainly do make a 4-24 in the older VX6 and the new 6HD. I've seen the older model 4-24x going for $13-1400 bucks. I have the vx6 2-12 fire dot duplex on my .338wm and so far so good! I can't really consider the older VX6 because you only get 13 MOA out of the CDS dial which doesn't get past 750 yards for me. The new ones give two revolutions which is nice but they are still behind the times. 13 moa? The old vx-6 is 18 or 20 moa per revolution. My two don't have a zero stop and I believe I run out at 43 moa. My 270 WSM's is dialed in to 1200 yds with an old vx-6. I do have a new vx-3i that runs out at 13.5 moa. DSE-- I stand corrected--- I was thinking of the 3i... I spent last weekend looking at LOTS of glass trying to make a decision on a scope for my 7RUM. The new VX6HD I think does only get two REVs because of that pop out indicator.

They certainly do make a 4-24 in the older VX6 and the new 6HD. I've seen the older model 4-24x going for $13-1400 bucks. I have the vx6 2-12 fire dot duplex on my .338wm and so far so good! I can't really consider the older VX6 because you only get 13 MOA out of the CDS dial which doesn't get past 750 yards for me. The new ones give two revolutions which is nice but they are still behind the times.

I think Leupold had two big, "Swing and Miss" this season. 1. VX3i LRP-- For the price it really doesn't compete well within it's weight class. Fewer features, big goofy elevation turret, 5 mil per turn, same old 3x mag ranges... I think the XTRII, maybe even Veracity and definitely the PST Gen II are going to doom this before it even gets started. It's nice they finally offered an FFP not in the Mk series :/ 2. VX5-- Lack of higher magnification ranges, limited reticle choices for long range hunting/shooting (unless you get custom shop involved). They did at least give you 2 revolutions on the dials. And I believe the Mk4 line is now discontinued so why not offer an FFP model of the VX5HD or VX6HD?

Great find!

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Good looking Beretta...

Will the barrel profile on a Lightweight make this difficult?

How bout a 4-20x!!

I'll take it per our convo!

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I have the APA Gen II Little Bastard on my Sendero Lite 7RUM. Rifle with scope is 9 3/4lbs and recoil is extremely manageable.

Never shot VAPs, I have shot several varieties of Black Eagle and I absolutely love their microdiameter shafts. I think it is hard to beat their Deep Impact; minimize wind drift, but a nice heavy shaft at 11gpi (300 spine). Obsession Defcon M7 29"/73lb Deep Impact 300 2" blazers 125gr Slick Tricks or 125gr Swhacker