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Either 338 is awesome! The bullet is moving faster in the 7 and the 30 so the barrel life is decreased. 3,200 to 3,300 fps is tough on a barrel. 308 nut I agree with your take on the 338 but I am not sure what you mean regarding .308 bullets, they tend not to have higher BC's than the 7's. The 180gr Bergers have a .337BC which you can't get to in the 308's, even the 7mm 168's are very close to the big 210's in 308. It seems that it is tough to get the big 300's up to the speeds you can achieve with the 7's? I realize from your other posts you know the the ballistics topic very well but everything I have seen shows the 7's have an edge on the 308. Again the 338 is almost impossible to beat. Interesting article on the 30 caliber bullets from Berger: http://www.longrangehunting.com/articles/30-caliber-1.php

Keep it a 7 or trade me for my stainless 300 RUM model 70 with a borden stock, muzzle break, action trued and trigger reworked. I really like the 7's, shooting a 7mm Dakota right now with a 7mm RM in the works.

Yeah the Barnes test was interesting. Good news is there are so many good choices now. I am pretty much shooting bergers in 7mm and 308 calibers, hard to beat the BC's and all the good results everyone is having. I know they punch through 3/8" steel plate at 750 yards like it isn't there and I don't know many animals built out of steel. I have also had good results out of Nosler and Hornady bullets. On the topic of expansion that is still a tough one since where you hit the animal has as much or more to do with what the bullet does as the velocity will have. Good shoulder shots and high misses that catch spine tend to anchor animals where they are standing.

That was at the top of my list as well! I have to hold off to see if I shoot a toad coues in Mexico but will have a pintail mount done. I may do a replica, farm raised bird, which I did with a bluewing teal. It is not the same bird but they have perfect plumage as opposed holes and missing feathers. My buddy actually picked up the pintail and started ringing its neck. So it has a bit of road rash on one side (you can see it if you zoom the pic), but it was an awesome mature bird with a pretty good sprig.

I was guessing this would happen. ASU gave up 3-4 games ago and didn't seem like they cared about a bowl game at all. Boise on the other hand always has a chip on their shoulder and always plays their arses off.

I probably see them once a season on average. I have seen a few big flocks up on the rim and on the San Carlos Res but they are rare. We get a little of everything in AZ but not a lot of anything except spoonies, ruddies, and coots. TJ I wouldnt beat yourself up too bad the migration has been pitiful the last couple of years. 3-4 years ago we got spoiled with a bunch of ducks due to some serious ice and snow storms in the NW but this year it stayed warm for so long the ducks never seemed to really show up in numbers.

We have been in 32 for a very long time and out of the 4-5 guys over the years only one has acted the way your are describing. To bad the G&F took a big black eye for that guy he caused 6 hunters to not care much for the G&F. It was years ago and everyone still talks about him. The officer that was out last year almost made up for him he was very helpful, polite, and seemed genuine. I always figure the officers have to deal with a lot of knuckle heads just like the police do so it gets tough to trust people so I really appreciate the guys who are able to give us the benefit of the doubt. I am pretty sure most of the G&F are probably hard working just like the rest of us. I have a rule to not be one of the guys asking "what does that guy do!". After holding a number of positions I realize I don't know too many people that don't feel they work hard. "Work smart" now that is a whole different ball of wax. I would guess most of the G&F folks hate the politics and constant budgeting changes as much as we do. Although like the post office I wish they would raise prices enough to quite screwing with stuff constantly. I also would rather get drawn every other year than hunt with 500 other guys every season.

One more of the small haul.... Top row are spoonies and the bottom 2 are pintails. All but one decoyed pretty well nothing else really took much of a look at the decoys.

Good feedback! I like the 6.5x284 but I already have a 6x284 which uses 6.5284 lapua brass necked down. Too much of an opportunity for disaster with the same head stamps so I was staying away from that one. I am leaning towards the 260 or the 6.5WSM. This will be a project for next year.

Good info, thanks! 6.5 WSM sounds interesting.

take the bolt out and measure the distance from the bottom of the the inside or your action to the top of te scope tube. From that subtract half the height of you scope tube and half the height of the action. What elpepe said, long version....

You guys are killing me! I thought I was done after buying the Swaro RF and the big HD spotter. I have 15's and 10's and now I gotta go look at these! Swarovski is possibly the worst addiction there is in hunting! I have a buddy that broke down this year and bought some 15's, everytime the topic comes up he still tells me he is pissed at me for ever letting him look through my swaros.

Leica is smaller and does have inclinomter, temp, baro but the Swaro is easier to get ranges quickly and at very far distances. Bushnell and Nikon are fine but my experience is the effective range is not much over 500yds even for the 1000 which I have. One more thing if you have an Android or iPhone you already have an inclinometer so the feature in an RF is not nearly as big a deal. Most of the shooting software out now will use the phone to calculate the adjustment without you having to think about it. Oh and my vote and $ went to Swaro...

Good review! I had the same experience the lady's in the phoenix office are very helpful and great to work with. They did not have a cover for the Swaro Rangefinder so I brought mine to them and they were able to get it designed and made for me in 2 weeks. What was better is that it was free since they used my RF to make the pattern for their catalog. Apparently if you have optics they don't have a pattern for and loan them to them they will make you cover for free. I have these on all my bino's and RF now inexpensive way ot protect your gear.

I agree 270!

Orange drill Abnormal... probably!

Which model? There are a bunch now...

Stomp442 Which 6.5 do you like best? I have a 6x284 and love working with that Lapua brass but the 6.5WSM sounds like a really cool little cartridge. How much more MV are you getting from the WSM, 200fps?

I have used him mostly for small things. He did fix an ejector clearance problem I had on a rifle. Seemed to do a good job but I don't have many others to compare him to locally. I think you probably need to give some details on what you are having done. Some guys really specialize in certain rifles and actions, somethings most smiths can take care of. Van Horne seems to have a good rep with the TC crowd and for a few of his own wildcat calibers. Most guys don't want to bash anyone directly, either. If your friend had good reasons to be unhappy and you go you may kick yourself forever. just my $0.02

Bummer... I would love to come by but my company party is on the same night.

Never mind! I did some more checking and they are protected.... so I guess no activity for these guys! Very cool looking animal though and I am not sure most people would even know what they were looking at.

I have drawn a tag and been blessed to take a ram and he was smaller than that and I was in a very god unit. I took him on the last day after spending 19 days in the field and I still consider him to be a trophy WAY above any other. I don't know anyone, and I was out with a lot of Sheep Society guys, that would pass up a 160 or better if granted the rarity of drawing a tag. That is a great ram, good pics! The 167 ram is a complete toad for a desert, awesome! Just my $0.02

AGREED! Are you sure they are protected, I couldn't find them on a list? You know.... Just saying...

Not in Tucson, but Van Horn's in Gilbert specializes in the TC's and such.

Going to do the Ramaki and give that Bacon Weave a try. The weave was very impressive looking! We usually stick to the duck poppers and they disappear like candy. Someon already mentioned them ~1" pc of duck a piece of jalapeno all wrapped in bacon. We usually soak it is a brine of some kind or overnight in BBQ sauce. Terriyaki also works well.