Coues Archer

Wow, what a freakin beast! Congrats to the guy who stuck that one. WE NEED A STORY!

Wow, bvanetten! That looks like a bullet proof yet light weight set up to do anything. Awesome idea, I just may end up doing that. The only down side is where would you fit a bipod and spotting scope n such?

Hey man thanks for the offer. That's awesome! But I live too far away lol thanks anyways man

Is the "Hunter Duplex Frame" you refer to the same one as the "Hunting Platform Frame" currently on their site? Yes I'm referring to the current "Hunting Frame"

Do any of you guys own the current kifaru Hunter Duplex Frame? If so how is it??

Hey MULEPACKHUNTER, do you currenlty own the Stone Glacier Xcurve frame?? If so how is it? Really comfortable?

Hello Guys, so I'm looking into buying a framepack for mule deer hunting. I wanted to get your guys insight on what you think is a very durable, comfortable yet well built and not so big of a pack. I want something that is over 4000 Cubic inches. And something with a Frame to pack meat out COMFORTABLY given the criteria below. Criteria: My height: 5' 7" Weight: 155 Medium build guy! Backpack hunt for 3 days Meat shelf. Any insight is MUCH appreciated.

BOHNTR thanks for the advice! If you don't mind just out of curiosity what is your weight and height?? Thank you all for the insight👌

Also thank you all for the helpful advice! I am still contemplating on getting a kifaru but I just don't know if it's worth that much money??? Is it really THAT much better than all other packs?

Hey BOHNTR how do you like these packs?? Honestly the KUIU Pro 5200 caught my attention the most out of all these packs! How did KUIU packs work for you? I also love that they are extremely lightweight and from the looks of it, have an extremely durable design.

Hello guys, so I just bought a new 7mm rem mag with a 26 inch barrel and well I want to get a new scope for it. The two scopes I have narrowed down are nikon since I've always had amazing success with them. That being said the two scopes are the 'Nikon Buckmasters 6-18x40' and the 'Nikon prostaff 5 4-18x40'. The buckmasters scope has 50 MOA of adjustment and the Prostaff 5 has 40 MOA of adjustment. My only question is will this be enough adjustment to shoot out to 1000 yards?? P.S. I will be installing a 20 MOA piccatinny rail so maybe both will be sufficient for this range, anyhow let me know what you guys think. Any info is much appreciated.

Hey guys I appreciate all the feedback! Awesome to find people who are willing to go out of there way for a helping hand. It's safe to say that Iam not gonna go with the nikon bUT rather the Athlon, seems to be a good buy for this moment in time. Once again thank you all for the advice I GREATLY appreciate everyone's response.

Hey Zeke-BE if you wouldn't mind I'd really appreciate some insight about this scope.

Thanks guys I appreciate the help! But Zeke-BE, how is your experience with the 'argos' model. From what I've researched they are superb glass for the money. Main thing I look for in a scope is the 'turret tracking' and this scope has not a single complaint about that, supposedly very accurate. Clarity was rated good and overall quality was great! Only complaint was that the turrets felt a little spongy in that they had minor play but played no roll in affecting it's accuracy in any way. Let me know what you have experienced with the scope first hand. Also I think it would be cool buying a new brand of scope other than a nikon lol...

If better than the two scopes I posted that is.... I've done a ton of research but I have heard a lot of great things about these two scopes for the $$$.

Better question yet, out of EXPERIENCE what glass would you guys recommend for under $500?

My budget is $500 including the scope rings and rail. I know you guys say to buy a scope worth a lot n what not but I just don't believe in spending $1000 plus in glass for a scope. I have killed 2 coues +725 yards with a .243 which was pretty tough but with a lot of time in reloading and cooking up a great bullet you'll be surprised what your rifle can do. Anyways I made these shots with a basic cabelas pine ridge scope for $150.

Shot this brute opening morning of my hunt. He is a typical 12 point with great mass! All in all a fantastic hunt, shot him standing from 200 yards as I had stalked him from a mile and half out. Proved to one heck of a drag since he was more than 2.5 miles from any road, Thank God we had a game cart lol..

Hello guys, so I purchased all the equipment needed to start reloading my own ammo. Ive sized my cartridges at 2.045 which is the standard for .243 brass. I had one question regarding the powder. I am using RETUMBO which looks like a really bulky powder, the starting suggested powder is 46.0 gr.. My only question is that when I put the powder into the cartridge it is filled pretty close to the top of the casing. when I seeded the bullet into the case it literally hits the powder.. Is this normal?? I'm so used to factory ammo which has alot of space for powder within the cartridge. Please give me your feed back on what you guys have experienced with this powder/load; and if its safe to shoot. According to my reloading manuel it is! All specs are good my OAL = 2.760 I have seeded each bullet to 2.765 which is a .15 JUMP from the lans of my rifle.

And yes I will probably have to get a different powder but this powder was on clearance at my local retailer. I got it for really cheap; so yeah that explains why I got it haha.

He did not suggest neck sizing down! He recommended trimming to length and it is not far fetched at all. The nature of the shape of the 243 shoulder will allow the brass to stretch or "flow" when fired. In fact it will do this more so than other cartridges with sharper shoulder angles. Lance was trying to save you more worker later by taking care of it now. You will still need to trim later. If you are trying to increase case capacity by allowing a longer neck you are fighting a losing battle. Are you set on Retumbo? While Retumbo may work, there are many other powders that are better suited to the case capacity of your 243. Lance eluded to this earlier as well. This is especially true if you are worried about crunching the kernels in your compressed load. H-4350, H4831, and RL-17 or even H-1000 might be suited better to your goals. How long is your barrel? I am a bit confused by this. If you seated your bullets to 2.765 how is your OAL 2.760? How did you measure the distance to the lands of your chamber to know you have a .15 jump? The OAL of 2.760 was the suggested min OAL discussed in the book. And the way I got the lans measurement is I used one of the federal brass casings I have and neck sized it till I could successfully pass through an amax with slight tension. From there I colored the walls of the bullet with sharpie and stuck it into my rifle, completely closed the bolt; pulled out the bullet and checked the seating depth as well as COAL and that's how I got my measurement. It was suggested to do this 3 times to get a good guesstimate the mean value of those measurement came out to roughly 2.780

Hello Lance thank you for your advice; I greatly appreciate it. I have yet to shoot any loads I was just wanting some advice before I left to the shooting range. The brass discussed in this book was using Winchester brass, so yes I most definitely will experience some deviations with federal brass. Also I meant to say ".015 jump" not .15 lol yeah that is a huge jump in seating. Another thing that I totally agree with you is the scale, I am currently using a Hornady electronic scale but like you said there is definitely some percent error within its measurement, I will be ordering a beam scale like you suggested.

Okay thank you Vowel! One more question. Why would Lance suggest to neck size down to 2.035 when the powder is high already as is at 2.045. I mean it just doesn't seem logical to me that I would shorten my overall length of casing. If I shortened it to that length it would yield less space hence making more pressure wouldn't it?? Idk just seems a bit far fetched considering the situation with brass space.

Thank you, Vowel! So I should be good to go correct? And Lance; How is it that 48.0 gr is at 108% MAX if 49.0 gr. is the highest I can reload?

Also the Rate of twist I'm using is 1:9 twist. Hornady suggests that 1:9 twist is the optimal twist for 105 AMAX bullets