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Like others have said, you can try several different loads/choke combos to find the best one. My kids started with Hevi Shot Magnum Blend 3" 20g shells. My daughter still uses those in her Mossberg 500. I switched my son to Apex TSS #9 20g 3" shells for his youth gun. You can spend a ton of money on chokes, but my favorite has been the HS Strut Undertaker XT. Its about $30 most places. It patterns most all of the high-density turkey shot beautifully. Both of my kids' 20g are super tight patterns with that choke and I ended up switching to if finally, for my 1187 with 3.5" HeviShot Magnum Blend. I can't argue it one bit. My son started hunting with his Tristar 12g last year and the same choke with Apex 3" TSS #9 shot was super tight. I highly recommend the HS Strut Undertake XT ported.

To be fair, it was Lance Kenyon that convinced me to start and do what you're doing, but it was easier to say "I''m doing what andyyy is doing". Works great and now I can't justify getting an annealing machine.

We're holding our turkey hunting seminar in Flagstaff tomorrow night, 3/21, from 6:30-8:30 at the AGFD office. We'll be there, despite the snow predictions for tomorrow

Best inrevision I ever made, after trying to anneal with brass in a vice grip and twisting my hands. I also just bought one of these for my new 6.5PRC to help get even more consistent https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1025230687?pid=660075. I used andyyy's method (drill with socket) on my expensive Nosler brass for my 6.5WSM and had no issues.

Good to know. Zeiss didn't make that part clear. I'm just trying to find a good home for a good NIB scope that won't get used.

Bump. $750

That's funny stuff! I tried to talk her into keeping it, but she's definitely set on selling it!

I'll throw a plug for PAugie17's Savage Axis Muddy Girl. I got my daughter a Savage Axis compact 7-08 10 years ago. Its solid. The only thing I didn't like was the factory trigger. Before her first hunt, I put a Timney trigger in it and lights out. It has 4 different Barnes 140 gr TTSX handloads that are sub-moa and one factory load that's just under an inch. I'm pretty sure all of the new Axis have the accutrigger, including the Muddy Girl for sale. That's a great rifle for your daughter.

Sold

Just realized I was relying on the CL link for the price. KBB has it at $47-50k. Cars.com has the avg retail as $54k We're asking $47,500.

My son got another youth elk tag this year!

TTT. Will entertain reasonable offers

Looks like we're just over half of our tickets left. Get yours so we can draw a winner! https://www.naznwtf.org/product-page/az-lifetime-combo-license-raffle-1

Its time for the NWTF-AZ annual 31-Day gun raffle. We're giving away a great gun every day for 31 days, starting November 24. Get your chances by Nov 10 for the early bird chance at a great Liberty Safe. Chances can be grabbed at our website and are 1/$20, 3/$50, and 7/$100. While you're there shopping, you can still get a 20203 Western States 2A Calendar (2A item every week for 52 weeks), a Prois Turkey vest, $500 in Sportsman's Warehouse Gift Cards, and a Marsupial bird game vest. Share the link far and wide! https://www.naznwtf.org/shop

I've updated the calendar winning numbers in the calendar thread. Here is the full list of winners from the 31-Day Gun Raffle for 2022: Early Bird Gun Safe - Michael Hull November 24: Tikka T3X 6.5b - James Lynch November 25: SIG P320 9mm - Tim Brown November 26: Ruger American 7mm-08 - Donald Haight November 27: Smith & Wesson .38 Special - Terry Reese November 28: Henry US Survival .22lr - John Branch November 29: CZ Bobwhite 20 gauge - Eric Johnson November 30: Henry Golden Boy .22lr - Michael Wantz December 1: Stoeger STR 9mm - Lonnie Green December 2: Franchi Momentum Elite .308 WIN - Mike Bretz December 3: Heritage RR Revolver .22LR/.22WMR - Mike Skiles December 4: Howa 1100 17HMR - John Jordan December 5: CZ 612 Home Defence 12gaauge - David Keesler December 6: Browning AB3 Striker LR 6.5 Creedmoor - Josh Barlow December 7th: Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 ACP - Charles Hernandez II December 8th: Rossi RS 22 .22LR - Rob Zimmerman December 9th: CZ P-10 C 9mm - James Lynch December 10th: Ruger American Predator .243 WIN - Mark Gibson December 11th: Winchester SXP Hybrid Hunter 12 gauge - Mike Skiles December 12th: Ruger 10/22 Viridian - Wayne Kaiser December 13th: Springfield Hellcat 9mm - Jim McAnally December 14th: CheyTac 5.56/.223 - William Morehead December 15th: S&W Shield EZ .380ACP - Joshua Scribner December 16th: Tikka T3X SL .270 - Eric Davis December 17th: CZ 612 Field 20gauge - Rich Williams December 18th: Delton Echo 5.56/.223 - Michael Jones December 19th: Ruger Wrangler .22 - Chris Liebe December 20th: S&W M&P Sport II 5.56/.223 - Monte Crouse December 21st: Ruger LC9S 9mm - Gerald Kahl December 22nd: Winchester SXP 12 gauge - Phillip Cramer December 23rd: Springfield XDM Elite 10mm - Michael Montgomery December 24th: Bergara B14 Wild .300 PRC - Dean White

Its that time again! We have the 2023 Western Calendars available. Get yours while you can. Buy a calendar and get a chance to win a great 2A item every week for 52 weeks. Calendars are $50 each and include an NWTF membership. We have 50 calendars available online and a few in reserve. While you're there, look at our other chances for great items. We still have chances at the $500 in Sportsman's Warehouse Gift Cards, a Marsupial Bird Bag, and a Prois Turkey Vest. https://www.naznwtf.org/shop

All of the calendar winners so far, by number only: Jan. 4th- 489 Jan. 11th- 876 Jan. 18th- 789 Jan. 25th- 019 Feb. 1st- 004 Feb. 8th- 591 Feb. 15th- 505 Feb. 22nd- 341 These are posted on the AZ Pick 3 website: https://www.arizonalottery.com/draw-games/pick-3/

Yes, please!!

This is a second, separate raffle, if I'm understanding you correctly. I just jumped back on this thread to announce the latest one rather than create a new thread. But you are right, I dropped the ball on posting the last lifetime combo license winner and the last round of 31-day gun raffle winners. I could make excuses, but I'll just own that I dropped the ball. I'll get them and do my best to do better at posting them up here, especially with all the support our chapter gets. With this raffle, we'll be giving out two scholarships to two high school seniors ($1800 and $1000) at our banquet next weekend, so we greatly appreciate the support. Thanks for holding me accountable. Sincerely. Fyi, I'm sick of snow. We're well over 7 feet cumulatively at our house so far, with up to another 12-15" on the way tonight/tomorrow. I'm sooooo over this. We've run out of places to safely put it all!

Following. Islamorada is extremely high on my bucket list. I have friends going to Key West for spring break. I can ask them where they're staying if you want. I guess it also depends on where you are planning to stay.

The 31-Day Gun Raffle winners should be posted on the AZ State NWTF Website and I think we posted it on our chapter's FB page. With all the snow we've been getting, I honestly lost track of posting winners. I can certainly get the whole list of winners for the 31-Day gun raffle, though. You'd know if you got the draw. Our RD would have called you. He runs that raffle and does all of the drawings for that one, in particular.

Bump. About 50 tickets left

Not sure how I missed posting this sooner, but we're having our annual NWTF banquet in Flagstaff March 4, 2023. Doors open at 5pm. This is the 50th anniversary of the NWTF, so there will be lots of great commemorative firearms and other cool NWTF swag. We're only selling 200 tickets due to space limitations at the DoubleTree, but its always a great time. Get tickets asap so we can get an accurate meal count. Hope to see some of you there! https://events.nwtf.org/30020-2023