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Also, said rifle is not too heavy. For a hunting rig, everybody’s gotta find their compromise between power and portability. For me it’s the Tikka. Stronger folk carry bigger guns.
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Ric, I think that we are actually on the same page regarding spotting impacts. My preference is less recoil and lighter rifles with no brakes. Your approach seems to be brakes and heavy rifles. I have started using a can though. That’s not my approach at all. I have brakes on my light rifles as well. OK, got it.
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Thinking about a long range specific hunter. Main use would be deer in ag fields but could consider elk in the equation, ~800 yards max hunting range, fair amount of shooting to 1000. 24" barrel, non-suppressed. Would likely be using eldx bullets in either...143 and 175. Don't factor brass/bullet/component availability in right now.... Edited to add: action would be either mid for 6.5 or long for 7 so don't factor it in...mainly just thinking on the two rounds, not the build.
So thinking hard on them with the considerations of wind drift and barrel life being two of the biggest considerations.....what's your pro/con on each of the two? Sorry to sidetrack your thread earlier. FWIW, rumor has it that Peterson will be making brass in Jan/Feb.
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I think I’d go 7 PRC too JCM. Just ‘cuz.
Anybody shot a 162 ELD-M into meat and bones yet?
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I think I’d go 7 PRC too JCM. Just ‘cuz.
Anybody shot a 162 ELD-M into meat and bones yet? Yeap…
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Well, spill your guts for cryin’ out loud before Burns comes back and starts hanging ancient pics again…
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Well, spill your guts for cryin’ out loud before Burns comes back and starts hanging ancient pics again… Lol… I know they may have been before your time, but they act much like the 162 AMaxes with a skosh more BC and you ain’t gotta worry bout the tips melting. Grin…
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Haha, good enough for me…. I haven’t launched a 162 since Obama was in office…. Looking forward to seeing how the Montana 7 WSM likes an ELD. Barrel break in coming soon.
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Well, spill your guts for cryin’ out loud before Burns comes back and starts hanging ancient pics again… So I brought Tunner back from the classifieds. Nice. Welcome Back. ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/923/G79HJa.jpg)
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Well, spill your guts for cryin’ out loud before Burns comes back and starts hanging ancient pics again… So I brought Tunner back from the classifieds. Nice. Welcome Back. 😂 Thanks John… Don’t get me wrong…. I always enjoy the pics, even if they were taken on film that had to be developed…
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😂 Thanks John…
Don’t get me wrong…. I always enjoy the pics, even if they were taken on film that had to be developed… Kodachrome slide in a Nikon SLR. Circa 1989 ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/RKtgSk.jpg) I was pretty early on digital cameras in the field. Circa 1999 ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/I84rQB.jpg)
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😂 Thanks John…
Don’t get me wrong…. I always enjoy the pics, even if they were taken on film that had to be developed… Kodachrome slide in a Nikon SLR. Circa 1989 I was pretty early on digital cameras in the field. Circa 1999 I can’t believe no one is calling you out on this. What a bunch of fake photos! Who the hell goes to the extent of superimposing sitcom stars into hunting pics? 😂
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I can’t believe no one is calling you out on this. What a bunch of fake photos!
Who the hell goes to the extent of superimposing sitcom stars into hunting pics?😂 I started that "look" and some dude from NYC made 100s of millions. Worlds just not fair. 
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If building a rifle dedicated for bean field shooting I’d keep recoil down and go with non magnum on std length .473” bolt. I’d be looking at 6.5-284 Norma or a finely tuned and throated 284 Win. Set up properly you’d have a lower recoiling, easy carrying, flat shooting, wind bucking chamber. I think a properly set up 284 Win would be a one gun affair for all your hunting needs. Lapua makes quality 284 Win brass now as this chamber is now being used at 1,000 yard competitions and is quite impressive with speed and accuracy. The 6.5-284 Norma is already a proven winner. Just a thought and alternative to a magnum.
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Two great choices and they are among my favorites.
On a side note, Lapua has suspended production of both of those cases for now.
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Yeah just read the list (about 15 or so chambers) of suspended brass. Lots of popular competition and other brass suspended due to Ukraine war demands, back logs and supply chain problems. Said they will be back on line with suspended brass when things lighten up.
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Well, spill your guts for cryin’ out loud before Burns comes back and starts hanging ancient pics again… So I brought Tunner back from the classifieds. Nice. Welcome Back. I had to mix it up a bit this year and used my 6 Creed on my ram. My wife let me borrow her 6.5x47 for my elk hunt… ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/g26Nx8yJ/06-AB8726-6-CBC-4-C9-E-881-B-1-CCAC5-A671-F1.png) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/c4CDNVrf/6-CAD1-E3-C-2270-4-FC9-B6-FC-4535-F75-EECA5.png)
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Great elk and ram Tanner! Congrats!
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Burns pics are from 60lbs ago.
These days, I doubt if he can make it out of a truck while road hunting in order to shoot something.....
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Well, spill your guts for cryin’ out loud before Burns comes back and starts hanging ancient pics again… So I brought Tunner back from the classifieds. Nice. Welcome Back. I had to mix it up a bit this year and used my 6 Creed on my ram. My wife let me borrow her 6.5x47 for my elk hunt… Awesome!
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