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John you gor bigfoot in that 3rd picture! That first picture is amazing, I have never seen such a purple sky!

Another vote for the Ripcord. I had the Whisker Bisquit, and switched to the FA. Right away I noticed better arrow flight, greater accuracy because of the improved arrow flight, and a 10 FPS gain in speed.

Those custom made barrels & actions are part of the M24. So incredibly custom that Remington was contracted to build the rifles using a 700 action....so custom that only thousands have been made. The ammo you are refering to is the M118LR, a 175 grain sierra match king (.308) The M24 is based off of a long action 700. The intent, we were told (as students of the school) of the LA700 was so that the army could convert the M24 to a .300 win in the future. As I have stated in an earlier post. So far I have only seen a few navy guys using .300 wins. Infact they started using their .308s in iraq because the ammo from the army was so plentiful. If sniper students are using 300 win in school....then that is new from perhaps the last 3-5 years. During the school we trainined to shoot moving targets from 300, 400, 500, & 600 Meters day and night quals. We also shot unknown distance targets, where we were required to mil a known target size and determine the distance from the target. We then fired 2 shots at that target before being assigned a new target to engage but no targets were beyond 800 Meters. Infact, the army preached that the max effective range of the .308 win using M118LR out of our M24 was 800 Meters. We spent one day shooting at 925 Meters, just for the heck of it & I can tell you it humbled the the sh!t out of all of us. If the army has started using the .300 win (and all my sorces tell me they haven't....ie buddies still in the game) perhaps they are playing with 1k. A US Army sniper is expected to make shots at 800 M 70% of the time. There were no 1K requirments. Again, I don't know where you get your info. I believe you mean well, but I don't think your advice is based off of solid experience or reliable sorces. I know that I don't have a ton of posts on this site (but I do read it often) and I don't mean to step on anyones toes, but the man that started this thread is/was looking for advice before he spends a few, hard earned, fat ones. With that in mind my 2 cents worth is that we should all use a little caution when giving advice to someone who plans to spend their dough. I will step of off the soap box and go back to lurking. By that statement right there we can tell you havent been!

This is what I have made of this tripod! I added a few different shades of paint after this picture. The base color (reddish) was supposed to be brown, according to Ace hardward, but didnt turn out like that! With some matte green, and some black fleck thrown on it, it looks pretty decent I think and is solid!

If anyone lost a tripod, let me know. I found one yesterday pig hunting. pm me or email me and describe it and where it could have been and it is yours! Ccrider4t4@aol.com

Tell Casey to take his own truck Casey, I can fit 4 guys in there comfortably now. The thing is.....the ol' lady is graduating college in 2 months and she owes me BIG TIME! So.....this truck actually may not be around next season, it just needs to get me through until then at least..........once she's working she can buy me my new truck.....and then I can retire and just go hunting Isnt that what you do already?! Mike, I already take my own truck! I mean, some one has to have a truck that can cross the 2" deep water (yes 2 inches) that we have to cross!

Jim, what happens when you have 4 or 5 people you need to get into that truck comfortably?

So you sold the gold "pretty" F150 and ur keepin this rig? This is the diesel with the banks right?

Some of us have jobs and have to work First off, get it rebarreled to 270wsm and your set! Hand load some 130 gr accubonds, or shoot some 130 TSX or factory loaded 140 accubond loads (what my 270 win shoots EXTREMYL well) and call it good!

Your right! I looked through a pair of Vortex at Ruff's in Flag last year when all the hype about how great they are was going around. Ive gotta tell ya, i was disapointed! A. I think they are ugly B. I was not impressed with the egronomics and C. I was not impressed with the glass, they were not nearly as bright nor as clear as advertised.

Let me try this one for size: You sell it for free, and Ill take care of the shipping.. in that case, Ill take it! Where can i send the $25 check

I was in flag last weekend and didnt call ISH in! It sucked! And I got the truck struck

Man that is one heck of a stand there! congrats!!

yep, looks a lil short changed to me!

She is from San Carlos... 10.14 lbs.

I should be going to the academy soon. Hopefully I can help stop that!

I was sitting and glassing in November on the Elk horn, kinda south west of the ranch house when 15 illegales walked right infront of me, and 5 behind me. I called BP and within 5 minutes the blackhawk was there and out came a BORSTAR agent... got him on the trail and off he went. he got the ones that went infront of me. Later in the day, a woman agent had the other 5 picked up right near camp.

Yeah, I fish a little

Man what a unique buck! that thing sure is awesome! Nice buck and good mount!

Amanda/Doug Ondelay!!! we are gettin restless! I am waiting for my prize for biggest blooper of the season!

Somebody jump on this! Great scope, great price! Hey, your a UPS man, you should deliever it for free!!

I have had my best weekend of crappie fsihing ever at SC. It was about 12 years ago, but it was all I could do to keep a minnow on my hook! Ive never had fishing like that! I have came close with nice 18-20" rainbow trout on every cast, but nothing like that crappie fishing I had that day!

All i can say is i bet's it at least close. Regardless, he's an awesome, awesome deer. Congrats again. And what about the offer to carry your pack? I'll even carry a nice comfy chair for you to glass with... Kevin, will you pack my ammo for me?

Sounds like its time for a visit Tony! I will make sure the Mathews jumps in the bed of the truck as well!

Tim, thats not the only group like that that the rifle has produced! Your right on many other types of hunters not gettin flamed. This past year in October AzpackNhorns and I were at camp finishing our cleaniing chores after his buck was killed when we saw some deer run across the hill 1,000 yards behind camp. I grabbed my binos and put them on my tripod, got on the deer. 3 does. BANG! some one shoots right near camp! It ends up being this old man with a cane that is about 400 -500 yards from our camp... Do the math! thats a 500-600 yard shot OFF HAND at RUNNING DOES!!! He of course missed by a mile, but didnt even bother to go check. He later walked right through camp and asked us if we heard him shoot. we said of course, you were in our back yard! He then asked if we saw the size of the buck... We all said, partner, you just shot at does..... I believe that guy to be the kind of guy that shots his beer can ( which he had just consumed, and was making more targets, just in case he hit one!) at 67 yards!