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I'm in extreme north west Missouri right now for work. Seen way more turkey than deer.

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If you where hand loading I'd say leave it a 7x57. Not going to find a cartridge much better for a kids elk gun. But being you want to run factory ammo I'd go 7-08.

Just came off a job in Texas that had black buck on the site. Absolute torture having to work with those things taunting me.

Long or short action?

Ya no kidding!

We have a fleet of Chevy 3500s and also about the same amount of ram 3500s. The Chevy's we have 2 13's, 2 14's, 2 15's, and 2 16's. The 16's average a trip to the dealer every 2000 miles for fuel issues. Seriously both trucks have 12000 miles and between the two have been to the dealer 13 times for the same issues. The 14s and 15s have had several def issues and spend lots of time in limp mode. One of the 13s had a venting issue and actually sucked the fuel tank flat! Besides all this with the money we've had to put into injectors between the 8 trucks we could have paid off two new ones. We also have 8 2016 3500 Cummings they are all up to 25000 miles and have had no problems at all. Every one of them gets about 16 in town and 18 to 21 hwy depending on how heavy your foot is. I've been a Chevy guy my hole life but sitting on the side of the road in North Dakota in below zero temps got old pretty quickly. I bought a ram and won't be going back any time soon.

I had a 2016 3500 it averaged 14 mpg unless you count the miles it spent being towed.

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I've had the 12x20 Alaknak for six years. It definitely has its ups and downs. Durability is not on par with a canvas tent. After 6 years there are several spots I can see thru the fabric in the roof. Although it's probably been used more in that time than most people will ever use their tent, average about 2 months per year. It will not handle the snow load that a wall tent will, had mine come crashing down under about 3". As far as holding heat a wall tent is way easier to keep warm, also condensation is horrible in the Alaknak. Now for the good. Way less weight, I can put the whole tent in one box and still load it easily. I can set it up by myself in about 40 mins. It stands up to most weather conditions well, and it's made it through 70mph wind. Over all I'm fairly happy with the Alaknak and it's made some long trips pretty comfortable, but my next tent will be a regular canvas wall tent 12x14 with 12x 10 cook shack, internal frame, and a floor in the tent only.

I'd be willing to help, 35b is the only unit I know well. I also had tons of extra gear rifles, tripods, binos, packs,and such if that would help.

You can build it without breaking the bank. I had a 300 rum built at PCR last year and had close to $4000 into it before the scope. I also had a fast twist 22-250Ai built by a guy up in Cordes for just over $1000. Built on a Savage 11, Douglas rem varmint contour 26" 1in7 twist barrel, Bell & Carlson M40 stock. It's shooting 3" groups at 900yds with 80gr Berger vld. We've dropped one coues with it so far at 566yds. Besides all that this rifle is more fun than any one person should be allowed to have.

A Leupold VX-3 4.5-14 is the very minimum I will put on a hunting rifle.

I talked to a guy from border patrol in 35b a couple years ago that told me he had caught the same guy running dope 13 different times. The problem is they don't do anything to them when they catch them. That wall is going to be a huge waste of money. They already dig tunnels under the fence or build ramps and drive over it. How's a wall going to stop that? A five year stay in Guantanamo bay, making big rocks into small rocks with a sledgehammer would be much more effective!

I've missed many times more shots inside 40 yards than I ever have beyond 300,( mostly at coyotes). It seems like every year I glass up someone walking a hill and they end up missing a buck inside rock throwing distance.

Not a high end scope but I've had good luck with the Leupold VX-6 3-18x44mm. Weight 19 oz, several decent reticles, and the glass isnt bad. In some condition's I like it better than my Nightforce. In low light the Nightforce blows it away but it is 44mm vs 56mm. I've had zero tracking issues and have shot out to 1000 yds with it on my 270 Wsm.

I understand heat rays will always be there, but side by side when the ATS was unusable above 20x the STX was still amazingly clear on 60x. If it doesn't have anything to do with the optics, what would cause this?

I have well over 2000 rds through my 270 Wsm pushing 130 Swift Scirocco's at 3475 fps on the factory REM. barrel. Still holding close to 1/2 moa, which is almost as good as it's ever shot.

Really ? How is it garbage ? It was ok from the time it was light enough to see till the sun came up, usable up to about 40x. Once the sun was up if you got off 20x all you could see was heat rays. Even at 20x it wasn't great, I could judge better in my 15s. Definitely not what I expected from Swaroviski. On my way home from the hunt I stopped by the Outdoorsman's and looked through the STX with the 65mm lens, just to compare apples to apples. Day and night better! At 3:00 with full sun could see needles on the cholla at 1900 yds. In my opinion the STX would be absolutely worth the $3500. On the other hand the ATS was a $2200 paperweight.

I've seen them at Sportsman's in Mesa, Phx,& Prescott within the last month. I usually get them from Midway. They are a little pricey but they get the job done every shot. All the ELD-X's I've shot have liked being loaded with .005 jump.

I would keep the 8s add the 15x56hd swaro's and a spotter if you choose. I use 10x42 ELs and the 15 hds, just picked up the 20-60x65 ATS. This scope is complete garbage! If I was looking for a spotter I would only consider the Swaroviski STX.

If it were me I would start with the 130 gr Swift Scirocco over a healthy dose of RL-22.

I'll be passing through PHX & Benson heading to Texas on I-10 on Monday or Tuesday, if that would be close enough.

Might try Cal ranch I picked up a 700 ADL in 22-250 a few days ago for $257.

For that caliber, why not go custom and have exactly what you want? Unless your going to buy a Savage most rifles in 6.5-284 are pretty pricey anyway.