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Trimmed case length? Even .001" too long will cause the case to jam into the throat. This will definitely cause a hard to close bolt. Trim to .0100" below SAAMI case length or chamber reamer length. Shoulder bump? With a standard shell holder, you get a little difference from case to case depending on how hard it is to resize. This can cause .001" or even .0005" shoulder bump difference, possibly causing it to touch the end of the chambering. If you load to very tight tolerances, this can cause hard to close bolts. Bump shoulder back .002" more. Bullet jammed into the lands? Even the best bullets (SMKs, Berger HVLD or Hybrids, Lapua Scenar) can have just a bit of meplat difference. If you don't measure to the ogive, you can touch lands on occasion. This can cause stiff bolt closure. Seat bullet another .0020" deeper. Dirty lugs? A small amount of grit in the lugs or action can cause stiff bolt close. Clean action & bolt.

The only way I would have time for a game of horseshoes is after I kill. We usually have a big horseshoe tournament for Thanksgiving every year. We have two trophies and everything. They get brought back by the previous year's championship team, and goes home for the next year with the current winner. We try to keep teams together year after year. It has been a couple years since I had a trophy at my house. My aunt needs to practice more!

Sounds like a great rifle set up, load, etc. You sound like you know what you are doing too. I am leaning towards Chrono error. Muzzle brake? Distance to chrono? I would beg/borrow another one from someone, and put them in line as close as possible and shoot through both to see if they are comparable, and consistent.

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I found 2 cage traps today while duck hunting. Sure doesn't look like they are being checked everyday. The bait in them was all dried out. Is there supposed to be any ID on them?

Jeb performed best in THAT test. Your gun may differ. I use an HS Strut UnderTaker Xtra Full. It has killed all 3 turkeys it has seen DRT from 30 to 60 yards. Does just fine for $25 in my Remington 870 12ga..

I used my 870 for about 25 years with the factory modified choke. Everything from quail/doves/rabbits, to ducks/geese, even w. buckshot for varmints. The only time I swapped was to an extra full for turkey. You are golden. Unless you want to shoot skeet/trap/sporting clays. Then I would suggest either a skeet or IC choke to help with the fast close shots. Now I shoot an O/U, and I have 6 chokes for my 12ga, and 5 for my 20ga. Skeet, IC, Light Mod, Mod, Imp. Mod., Full (no full for my 20ga). I use SK/IC for sporting clays, IC/LM for early season dove & quail, LM/M for late season dove, M/IM, for steel shot waterfowl, and IM/F will be for Turkey or varmints.

Items that any man will never need to worry about. I can't bring myself to write the real terminology on my list. Some of you might laugh at my list.....but I bet most of you copied and pasted to a Word document for next season. Everything, for the most part, that is on that list is in this photo for an 11 day hunting trip in a tent. Some things depend on how I am camping, tent, 5th wheel or cabin makes a big difference. But everything is on that list. If I don't need it, I don't take it. But I have it on the list for reference so I don't forget it when I do pack. I like to be comfortable when I am camping on a hunt. Better accommodations=better rest=harder hunting=better chance of turning luck and determination into a game animal to fill the freezer/hang on the wall.

Powder charge of H4831SC? Load density? Primers? COAL/to ogive? Maybe shoot through two chronos at the same time? Can you get a hold of any H4350? Looks like your velocity is real close at the top end. The bottom end looks like a low-middle load. 150 ES is huge. Rifle make? Barrel make, length, twist? Chambered by? Help us, help you. More info please.

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I have a pack of 5 Harris hawks that live in my big pine tree in my front yard. Feel free to come grab one anytime you want. Sometimes it gets a little "furry/feathery" in my front yard. Anyone need a "lucky cat's foot"? I had two this week. One black, one orange tabby. They are amazing pack hunters and amazing to watch. And they could not give two squirts about my 4 dogs. Brave suckers. Sit on my 5' fence and stare down at my dogs as they point them up. I also have a family of 3 Great horned owls that live very close. I hear/see them a couple times a week at night.

Awesome story, awesome photos, awesome deer. Thanks for sharing.

I renewed Taylor's NRA membership last week. A great cause, and getting your kids in early helps a lot.

Shoot me an email and I would be happy to send it over.

I have a packing list saved on my computer. I seem to add to it every year. Especially when I forget something. I always seem to pack WAY too much, rather than not enough. I pack for every weather condition imaginable. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

Just remember, a chrono is to get you started on a drop chart, not to be used as a replacement for actually shooting at distances and recording your drop data. I think if you were to shoot at 500+ yards, if you truly have a 150fps +/- difference, it will show up very quickly.

Green chili Red chili Machaca meat (onions, green chilies, lots of spices) Roast to medium rare w. carrot, potatoes, mushrooms Shredded for tacos Slow grill Smoke (like a brisket) Crock pot w. BBQ sauce Jeez, now my mouth is watering, and my freezer is bare!!!

I was always the guy who scoffed at the high dollar hunting stuff. And yet....I just ordered some. We will see how it performs for the rest of the year's hunts.

I shoot a 6.5 SLR (almost identical to a .260 Rem), and have a redding bushing die too. I can pull it apart to see what bushing I have, but I am using Remington brass. I would think that if Bruno's told you what bushing to get after checking your brass, that is probably not the culprit. Since you are using a manual scale to check all of your electronically thrown charges, that is probably not it either. My next step would be to try a different powder and primer. The .260 Rem is known to love H4350, usually somewhere right around 43.0gr. And a match primer might help some too. What bullets are you shooting? When you say 150+/-, do you mean you have a 300 fps ES, or a 150 fps ES? Not that either one of those would be good for LR shooting. What chrono? Can you check using another chrono to be sure? What velocities are you seeing?

Neck tension problems, with a standard die, require neck turning for consistent neck thickness. And unless you have a bushing die, you are stuck with one neck tension after turning. What is your jam/jump length? Are you measuring to tip of bullet or ogive? What scale are you using to measure charge weight? An electronic scale that reads to .1 grain is not very good for precision loads. You could throw one charge at the very low end, then the next at the high end and wind up with almost a .2 grains difference. It shouldn't make a 150 fps difference, but easily 50-60. Add that to neck tension, bullets jammed or jumping, and the 2% error of a chrono, and that all adds up. Try different primers, I like Fed GMM 210 or CCI BR-2.

Paintball gun. I have used this method a few times. Usually only takes one or two times, and the cat will avoid your house like the plague. Also, you can use packing tape upside down on your patio furniture. Cats HATE sticky things on their feet. Or, one of the 9V battery operated zapper pads. We used those to train our dogs to stay off the couches.

No joke, last week, I was up above Crown King for some work. Leaving the site, and halfway down, I saw a bobcat on the edge of the road heading into a wash. I grabbed my rifle off my passenger seat (of COURSE I carry a rifle when working at remote sites) and got out of the truck in blue jeans, a navy blue long sleeve T-shirt and blue & white baseball cap. I was hoping to see him trotting up the wash, so I climbed a big cluster of boulders......when I got to the top with my rifle slung over my shoulder and scope caps still closed (but a round chambered), I caught movement out of the corner of my eye. That dang cat was coming up the rocks right behind me, not 15 feet away. I froze. The cat kept looking back at my truck on the road, and then back in my direction, but never right at me, in the open, sky lined, on a rock, in jeans. Every time he would look back at my truck, I would move to try and un-shoulder my rife. I knew there was no way I was going to swing it off, open my scope caps, take it off safety and get a shot if I tried to do it quickly. After about 1 minute, the cat finally looked me right in the eyes, then turned slowly to walk back down the rocks. Once he stepped off, I grabbed my rifle, and opened the caps. There is only 0ne way he could go without being in plain view. I stepped to the edge....and he was GONE. Waited on that rock for about 5 minutes hoping he would make one final appearance. So my take has been (for a long time) that movement is much more important than camo to an animal seeing you. I wear camo when hunting all the time, but more for the fact that I do not want other hunters seeing me and where I am headed more than the animals.

I could wear the 30" pants. 30×34 for me. And I have a friend who is just the opposite, 34x30. We are the same height when standing up, but when we sit down next to each other, he is about 5" taller than me.

dang you guys! I just dropped over $450. Yukon Rain Pants, Guide DCS jacket, Teton Soft Shell Jacket.