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PSE is a national business that is headquartered in Tucson. The vast majority of their bows aren't sold locally and their pro-shop is just one small facet of a much larger business. Case in point, I am lefty and I went to PSE a few years ago to see if they had any of their newer bows in stock for leftys. They said no, there was too much demand out of state so they usually shipped left handed bows out to other vendors as soon as they came off the production line...then they said maybe ask Bull Basin if they had any lefty PSEs in stock

Make friends with a lineman...as said above for safety reasons they have to toss spools that are mostly full/unused all the time.

Spent Sunday on a 3/4 day out of Point Loma Sportfishing on the boat Point Loma; 57 YFT for 17 anglers, I took a few and lost a few. We were in MX waters but never went south of the Coronado Islands. Biggest fish on the boat maybe went a little over 30, most fish were 15-20# range. If they are still around when I got back to SD late next month I will go again.

5 YFT per day...last month it was slower and I got 2 20#ish YFT on a 3/4 day, took home about 23# processed fillets and ate the collars in SD. I'm on limited load boat 3/4 day out of Point Loma this Sunday, hope to get some more.

Thanks FirstCoues and Metau for the offer. I borrowed a Pelican 1750 from a friend I hunt with.

I am going to Oregon for a quick salmon trip in a few weeks and a relative has asked me to bring them a rifle (they let me "have it" 15 years ago). I'm flying Southwest and their rules state a "hard sided case that can be locked." I have an older plastic hard sided case that can be locked that I am hoping to use and leave in Oregon with the rifle. I'll probably fly with about 50 rounds of handloads for the gun too, Southwest says ammo can be stored with the rifle so long as it's secured in its own box/case. Anyone having experience flying Southwest with a firearm? Are they sticklers on the integrity of the case or could they care less as long as it locks? My case isn't fancy and probably about 1/8" thick with egg crate padding. If I have to invest in a high dollar SKB or aluminum case I will, but if the airline isn't picky I am not worried about the old Remington 700 getting beat up in transit. Thanks if anyone has experience or insight.

TTT for the Tikka 22-250 for sale with no rings...

Two lock areas but both are opposite the handle, not on the sides. Thanks for the input guys.

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No on loctite, but I would apply some grease to the threads of your action bolts and as others have said the Wheeler Fat Wrench is decent for the money.

You insulate the cot right? If you put a sleeping pad, heavy blanket or second second sleeping bag over the cot it usually mitigates most of it in cold weather...

pm sent, will take them if they are still available.

100# braid matching 6# mono diameter doesn't sounds correct. Your rod guides should be OK but if you have conventional reel and plan on catching fish that will run like heck or making sure you wind back evenly on the retrieve you might pick up something like this for your finger. I use something similar when I cast and strip in saltwater with fly line.

If it''s for a Tikka it will fit a Tikka and nothing else barring some pretty major inletting; the recoil lug is bedded in the stock. I have one of these on my Tikka .270, I like it a lot and that is a nice price.

Headed to San Jose Del Cabo in late May for 5 days, will fish two full days while I am down there. Anyone have experience with guides/outfits to book with, or to watch out for? Most likely I'll charter a 25-30' boat for two one day after billfish, etc, and another by myself in a panga.

We fished with Gordo Banks yesterday out of Puerto Los Cabos. We had several marlin sightings and two takedowns along with this striped marlin. They said it was 180# at the docks. Captain wanted it "para mi familia." After we got the marlin we fished for school tuna; skipjack and yellowfin. We caught several of each but they were all rats. I did cracker off about a 40# yellowfin which was a bummer, I fought it almost as long as the marlin. I am headed out tomorrow solo on a panga and hope for wahoo and dorado.

A bump for the Tucson MDF.

http://www.tucsonmdf.org/2016-banquet.html Posting this for a friend involved with Tucson MDF, they have a ton of great prizes to give away, right now odds are 1:6 for the gun raffle as current attendance is low. If you buy a table for 10 you also get a free gun of your choice...check out the link and if you are around on Saturday 5.21 it's a great time for a great cause. I will be purchasing one seat but family engagements won't let me attend.

I have done a few glass bed jobs on wood stocks. I have only used Brownell's Acraglas. It works. As others have said, bedding the front recoil and rear tang area is safe and easy and a good place to start. Prep is the most important thing. Spend most of your time with sanding/cleaning/taping/prepping. If you are going to go ahead and bed the action area you might consider sanding down the barrel channel so the barrel is floated. Here are some pics from a recent job Note most will tell you to remove your scope before you bed a rifle...that's good advice, but if you look at my pics I put in dummy screws so the action was just "secured" in the stock during the bedding process, about 30 hours later it came out with just a light tap...release agent is your friend, don't skimp on it and your action won't be married to the stock forever. There are a lot of videos and tutorials online that can help you get started.

I used to attend the shoots regularly, but have not in the last few years. It's a great club with nice people. Their "big" shoot is every March in Texas Canyon as part of the Triple Crown (might be called something else now). They were doing a team shoot in December @ TMP, but usually every shoot at TMP is a fun shoot. It's worth it to become a member (shoots are like $10 after your annual dues) and to buy the Pima County Annual Range pass if you want to start going. Outside of being a lot of fun, it's a great way to judge yardage and learn about shot placement on animals at varying slopes/quartering angles. Bring more arrows then you think you will need if it is your first time, and don't get too upset if you miss and have to beat the brush to find your arrow, if it survived. Here is their website: http://www.desertarchers.com/

TTT, can ship for $10

Up for sale is a lefty factory synthetic Tikka T3 Lite stock. Housed a .300WSM for several years, but it looks like Tikka stocks do not distinguish between long/short action as measurements are exact same on my lefty Tikka T3 Lite .270. Stock is circa 2008 and has been hunted with for several years but there are no major dings or scratches (one minor one of the left side of the buttstock). It does show wear consistent with use. Aluminum recoil lug included (on Tikkas, these free float in the stock and are not attached to the action). Should also note barrel is fully floated at the factory and these stocks are a tight fit to the action. I put it on my food scale and it was right around 1.7 pounds. They go for like $500+ (???!!!) on Brownells. How about $75 ? I'm in Tucson, not interested in shipping it but do hit the valley on occasion so we could work something out. Will probably be selling a pepper Tikka lefty Boyd's laminate that is glass bedded in the near future too.

Bump for good glasses at a good value. Two of my main Coues hunting partners use these they have no problems pickng up deer in tough places.

Thanks for the gloss black VX3, nice meeting you this morning.

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