lancetkenyon

I heard of guys on the early hunt seeing 200" bucks, but they were tough to hunt. I did not see many brutes taken. I bet the big Magnum burn really changed the landscape up there. Meaning relearning the unit on the west side. In another 2-5 years, watch what happens if we get the moisture going like the late summer rains we had. Came too late for the northern units, but the desert units will probably be great this year. Not to sound harsh, but a lot of the guides are using "Detroit Blinds" almost exclusively. If the bucks are in the transition, those guides won't be seeing them. Also, with most tanks holding water, the bucks are spread out instead of congregating to the GFD trick tanks like the last few years. Thus, saying the unit sucks. I would bet the late hunt is going to be a different story if the bucks keep moving down.

As a purely killing numbers choice (velocity, energy, BC, bullet weight)... .300WM, hands down. Way more options for factory rifle choices, bullet weight availability for reloading, better brass choices, 30x more factory ammo options, and for hunting over 600 yards, unless you are handloading the 170 Berger in a custom fast twist barrel, there is no comparison. For larger big game, a much better option. The .270 Win is perfectly capable of taking elk and moose out to reasonable distances. With less recoil. And for handloading, much less powder consumption. At lower costs.

Not our PRONGHORN population!

Great attitudes! Great bucks! Great memories!

Axisworks (Eric) Southern Xpress (Todd) Phx Custom Rifles (Keith)

Get them fixed with a clean bill of health from Swaro, and they will sell.

I have the 10x42s and 15x56s. That is an amazing price for these binos.

Graf's has them in stock! Hurry!

I was texting him this morning. He is still around. Hit him up again.

Jealous? You don't know him. He and I have been discussing a new rifle for a while, and .280AI has been on the very short list. Who DOESN'T buy components BEFORE building a rifle these days? I know of several guys that built rifles, and now can't get components. So they can't shoot their new toys. I have 3 rifles that are not built yet, but have had components stocked up waiting for them for up to 10 months already. Guess you can throw me on the list of "why we can't have nice things" too, or better yet, "Glad I got components ahead of time so I can shoot when my nice things are ready". And "twice the limit" would be ordering 10 boxes of 50 each. Or.....wait for it....ONE bulk pack of 500........😉 Considering his daughter has a .280AI that uses Peterson brass, I think this was a smart buy.

He already has ONE! Matching pair is in his future!

Nice resurrection....

Awesome story! Great buck! Congrats.

This is correct. Most are. This one is not. Thanks for the vote of confidence too. I was the person who shot the 2 rounds from each box. Which is how I know about the ammo.

I know a guy that has 3 boxes of Barnes 180TTSX ammo with 2 shots from each box that were fired for testing. So 54 rounds left.

If you have a 100 yard zero, are you sure about being 1" HIGH at 200? That does not sound right? And what round are you shooting? A sampling of 6 shots is a little low for factory ammo to get a true ES/SD. That one round that is 50fps slower than the rest could be a fluke...but then again, the 5 that were within 20fps could have been a lucky 5 rounds that were close. I have seen, quite often, 50-120fps ES in factory ammo.

I know that rifle! Congrats to the hunter. Cool bull, awesome extra find in the eye socket, and awesome job on the hunt and to those that helped.

3 boxes......meaning 300? or 3000?

My Sugar Mamma!

Wind holds. I almost always dial for elevation. The only few times I don't is on a moving target that is within 200-350ish yards. Like when I jump a coyote. But windage, I never dial. I hold off. Not needing to be on max, or exactly half max, is beneficial. I rarely hunt with a scope on max magnification. If I am still hunting, or spot and stalk, I am usually on minimum or close to it. I would rather have a wider FOV for quick target acquisition or return to view after a shot. Meaning, a FFP scope will keep wind holds true, no matter the magnification. A .5MIL hold will always be a .5MIL hold. Whether on 3x, 7.7x, 10.5x, 15.4x, or 20x. I don't use the reticle for ranging. As far as MOA vs MIL, just a different unit of measure. As explained above, 1 MOA is 1.047" @ 100 yards. Or .262" each 1/4 MOA click. Quarters or halves are easy. 1 MIL is 3.6" @ 100 yards, or .36" per .1MIL click. Not quite as refined, about an extra .1" per click adjustment. 10ths are easy too. A lot of guys I shoot with run MIL. But not all. Here is the kicker with MIL over MOA. There are WAY more top end scope and reticle choices with MIL than with MOA. Because a lot of the top tier scopes are European. Meaning they use metric system, which the MIL is based on (CM & meters). Here in the US, we just convert to .36" @ 100 yards, instead of 1CM @ 100 meters. There are even scope companies that do not offer MOA based scopes. Zero Compromise Optics (ZCO) is one. Look at S&B, and they will have 10 MIL based reticles to 1 MOA reticle. So if you want to go with a true top tier European glass, you will look long and hard for an MOA scope vs a MIL scope. So learning MIL makes a lot of sense in the ease of finding a scope. Some high end "MOA" scopes, are using "1/3 MOA" turrets. Meaning they are actually MIL, but labeled for the guys who have to have MOA scopes....Swaro Z5 line is a prime example.

Congrats Harley! Good table fare right there!

Depends on if you want FFP or SFP. That will be the determining factor. If you want FFP, the NX8 is the only scope on your list that fits the bill. I am a FFP MIL guy, so the ONLY one that would get my consideration. If you want SFP, I would go, in order: NF NX8 (tracking, mechanics, build quality, glass is still very good, parallax is a slight bit touchy, but not bad) Zeiss V6 (glass is the best of the bunch, turrets are decent but not as crisp as the NF, I have only shot behind a few, so not sure how the tracking and durability compare to the NF) A distant third would be Leupold VX6 HD (actually not even considered) The glass on the Leupold is great, weight is nice, but I have seen WAY too many tracking issues with Leupold to consider one for my own use. Even if you went Mk 5, Mk 6, Mk 8.

I got an 8#er of N570 too.

Probably just extortion by non-LEO or not authorized personnel. If it would have been "mandatory", someone would have been cited if they said "no".

Want to know the price? Message the seller. It is not hard.