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Thinking Tasco pronghorn for optics A man of impeccable tastes! I happen to have on in a drawer that I'd let go for only $679.99. I'll even throw in some hard-core scope rings (these are not available to the general public, so you're getting a bargain!) Dudes, get with the program please. Tascos are way out of style now, WAY out. Get you one of these Simmons babies: 6-25 x 50, twisty dials and all that scheidt. an some of these custom see thru mounts too, in case you get a short shot, say only 250 yards and you gotta put the lead to him quick like: Get with the program, you gonna own a fancy rifle in that fancy cartridge chambering, ya' gotta have the proper accoutrements Geno PS maybe get you a shemagh too Vortex is the new Tasco, but with tacticool names like Strike Eagle.
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PB, I'll call first dibs on the Starline 6.5CM brass. PM me your mailing address. It's yours for free since it's the season of giving and I have no use for it.
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"Endangering motorists..."
That's hilarious.
what about a wayward cyclist coming through your windshield like a deer? I'd recommend not taking the back straps out of the cyclist.
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There are a couple of reasons that I haven't jumped on the bandwagon. I already have a .243, a .270 and 2 .308's. What would be the point? I really don't see what it does different than the 6.5 Swede or the .260 Remington, both of which will push the same weight bullets faster. Most of the advantages that I hear from one of my coworkers about it is how it shoots better than a .308 at 1000yds, even though he would prefer to "hunt" deer from his recliner by shooting out of his window with a shot no longer than 40 yds. If people have to talk themselves into buying one that's fine, but I didn't really need to talk myself out of one.
"Give a lazy man the toughest job, and he will find the easiest way to do it"
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He was one of those guys with a 3ft diameter IBEW sticker that obscures most of the back window. On a piece of crap 93 S-10 truck. Roadrunner Thrush muffler sticker beside it. Surely you know the type.
All too well my friend, all too well.
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I have re-assesed my position on this topic after learning of the OP's obsession with spandex wearing, peter puffin', bicyclist. 😁😁😁 Bitch please. I look damn good in my spendex. private image hosting
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Don't hate the Creed, hate the idiots.. +1
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You have to wear socks with flippy floppy's. Everybody knows that -Jake
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
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In God We Trust.
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That's curious. Guess I've been doing it wrong since the '50s. Will try to do better.
In the next life.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Just think, everyone reading/posting/replying to this thread COULD be out shooting.....
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Will do that this weekend.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Don't hate the Creed, hate the idiots.. This is true, but oh so hard to do. Its a fine cartridge but all of the BS thats spewed about it make it hard for me to love it. I doubt that I ever own one.
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Don't hate the Creed, hate the idiots.. This is true, but oh so hard to do. Its a fine cartridge but all of the BS thats spewed about it make it hard for me to love it. I doubt that I ever own one. I've owned a Ruger 77 stainless All Weather in 6.5CM since just after they came out maybe 10+ year ago and well before the media and internet hype went bonkers over the cartridge. With mine I pull the trigger, the rifle goes bang, and what I'm aiming at usually gets hit. Beyond that, any additional hype about what the cartridge is capable of is just that. Nothing more. Its simply a new cartridge in reality. Just like any other cartridge was at one time. The CM has been pushed by an almost cult-like internet following. Most of whom have no clue other than what they have read in their mommy's basement while they order matching hoodies and running shoes. Its simply a new cartridge in reality.
It's official. I missed the selfie deadline so I'm Maser's sock puppet because rene and the Polish half of the fubar twins have decided that I am.
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I don't believe anyone really hates the cartridge, but I know I hate all the hype perpetuated by the idjits.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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...then why are you still talking about it. It's feeling like I may have struck a nerd. Negative; You didn't strike a nerd or a nerve for that matter. I don't get the hype of hate directed at the round. It's just another round in the golf bag of rounds.
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...then why are you still talking about it. It's feeling like I may have struck a nerd. Negative; You didn't strike a nerd or a nerve for that matter. I don't get the hype of hate directed at the round. It's just another round in the golf bag of rounds. Careful! Turn this into a golf thread and things could get ugly!
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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I'm amazed at all this hype about the Credmoor as a hunting round.
It was developed specifically for NRA High Power matches in the match rifle category. In that game--shot at 200, 300, and 600 yards, a single shot out more than 1/4 inch from another can cost the national championship. The 5.56mm usually won the rapid fire stages at 200 and 300 yards because of low recoil (compared with, sy, a .308). If your position is in the slightest out, shots will string out. At 600 yards, the 5.56mm is a little weak at bucking wind. Hence the 6.5 Creedmoor. Better at 600 for wind and lower recoil in the rapid fire stages than a .308.
As for hunting, I doubt that it is any better--or worse--than a .270, .280, or 30-06 for 99.9% of the shots taken by 99.9% of hunters except for larger game. I don't gush over a 1/4 inch action length difference, the slight trajectory disadvantage of the Creedmoor, or its slight and almost immeasurable windage advantage.
As a hunting round, it just doesn't seem to be a worthwhile improvement over rounds 100 years older.
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
Democrats would burn this country to the ground, if they could rule over the ashes.
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...then why are you still talking about it. It's feeling like I may have struck a nerd. Negative; You didn't strike a nerd or a nerve for that matter. I don't get the hype of hate directed at the round. It's just another round in the golf bag of rounds. Careful! Turn this into a golf thread and things could get ugly! Don't get me started on that visor wearing gaggle of douchebags.
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I don't believe anyone really hates the cartridge, but I know I hate all the hype perpetuated by the idjits. I just pray they don't latch onto the 6.5 PRC. If I have to sell my new Christensen Arms Mesa, I am going to be pissed.
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