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I'll be taking a .300WSM shooting 165gr Nosler Accubond's over 62.5gr of IMR4350 in less than two weeks. I and other family members have also killed elk with a .308 and 150gr Barnes TSX handloads too.

I have a Kelty camo hunting backpack for sale. I don't know exact capacity but it is at least 3,000 cubic inches of space, probably closer to 4,000 and has a removable "brain" that can double as a fanny pack, a blaze orange rain fly, an internal pouch for a h20 bladder, two large side pouches that could hold optics, and a hybrid internal aluminum frame for packing out heavy weight. It's well made with good zippers and has been used to pack out javelina, coues, and a friend even borrowed it on Kodiak grizzly hunt. $60 in Tucson

Likewise, good luck on your hunt.

SOLD. Thanks!

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TTT for new tree stand harness.

I have the following items for sale in Tucson. Hunter Safety Systems Tree Stand Harness. Extreme Ultra Light S/M size, new, never used. See pics and Cabelas specs. Comes with manual, primary strap, secondary strap, and deer drag /suspension strap. $70 http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunter-Safety-System-Ultra-Lite-X-treme-Harness/1206159.uts

TTT $100 for the 'Toon and $100 for the Loomis/Daiwa combo. Price out the oars/blades new...I'm basically selling them with a free pontoon!

G. Loomis GL2 7' Medium Casting Rod and Daiwa Laguna 100HS casting reel (RH retrieve) combo for $100 in Tucson

TTT $125 for the pontoon. Even used the oars/blades are probably worth $100 alone. $225 if you want the boat and the rod/reel.

Check ebay I had a similar issue and found a nice one for $25. You might want to call Murphy's too, sometimes they have things like that lying around in the back of the shop.

Thanks Lv2Hnt. I've only fished out of it twice for 5-6 hours at a time and the leak wasn't an issue on the water so I haven't looked into it. Fairly sure it's an easy fix if someone is interested in it, and I think the price reflects the flaw as is.

I don't honestly know. The material/shell housing the bladders appears to be a heavy duty PVC, and the previous owner did replace both bladders and purchased them from AIRE.

TTT Fall fishing is just getting started...

Totally agree, thankful to have such a high quality archery resource in Tucson with management and staff who care about their customers.

There wasn't an epic flight where I was outside of Casa Grande but it was consistent and once my shooting settled down I had a limit plus a few collared doves by 8am. Saw no white wing. Spoke with a friend who hunted out of Maricopa and he said the flight was slow but he managed 8 birds, 6 of of them wingers and another friend southwest of Tucson said it was VERY slow but he did manage several white wing, no mourning dove.

If you contact Slick Trick and mail them the blade they will probably send you new ones, if you are positive it wasn't something in the target. Their customer service is good.

Agreed, are you sure you didn't lose an insert/another head in the target at an earlier time?

41 gr of R22 with 2.700 OACL produces MOA accuracy in a Browning BLR chambered in .243 for me. Not bad for a lever gun...I have not shot an animal with a Barnes 6mm bullet but several elk have succumbed to the TSX in .30 cal and all were very clean kills.

Good little fishing boat for sale, 100% ready to fish. Here are a few pics and all the details are on Craigslist: http://tucson.craigslist.org/boa/4612696169.html $1,200

This one found a new home guys, thanks. Have an older Eureka "Timberline" 12x12 A-Frame style tent. I have hunted out of it for the last 4 years and it's been solid in rain and wind, but I upgraded and don't need two big tents. As long as you are gentle on the zippers it should last a few more seasons and you can stand upright in it and fit a table/cot/lantern/stove etc pretty easily. Free in Tucson/Sam Hughes if any one can use it. similar to pic but brown/beige as opposed to green...and like all other vintage tents, it's smells a little funky the first few hours it is set up, but it either goes away or you get used to it

TTT, someone might need the harness with the archery opener right around the corner.

The classifieds on Archery Talk probably have several sites that would meet your needs if you cannot find one locally.

I like my RCBS 1500 Dispenser/Scale. It's a godsend for rifle reloading, saves a ton of time and each load is consistent if you don't mind occasionally nipping a little piece of powder here and there. For me, the set is also a nightmare for handguns as I personally am just looking for plinking ammo and it's painfully tedious to charge each shell with 4-6 grains of powder, likewise W231 gets stuck in the dispensing tube and its a PITA to clean/remove. Previously I used a RCBS uniflow charger at XX grains then would trickle in exact charge on a RCBS 10/10 scale for rifle loads. That worked good too, just a bit tedious. Very happy with the 1500, but do wish I hung on to my uniflow and beam as that system for my .38 and .45 was way better for my needs as all I did was check the uniflow 3-4 times in a row on a scale and get to work. I'm quite certain the charges weren't consistent to the grain, but as I said if you're just slinging lead it doesn't matter much. Some might say it's a waste to reload for pistols on a single stage press anyway... If you are willing to be patient and diligent with checking/calibrating most any scale should work alright.

Personally I wouldn't use my Jim White with a tri-clawps. I think you would be frustrated with the stability and the benefit of the TRi-clawps would be negated by the head's inability to handle the weight. I used an older 'Claw" with a Manfrotto 700RC2 on a pretty heavy older Manfrotto tripod and it worked fine, although the weight of the rifle did exceed the max load the head was rated at. You have a good question about recoil; it gets transferred to the head/tripod, but also to the gun's action and recoil screws. If you do purchase a tri-clawps and shoot frequently, make sure you check the action screws (a good habit regardless of whether or not you shoot of a tri-clawps) after each shooting session. Today I use an Outdoorsman flip up rest with a Jim White tripod head and the Vortex Summit SS tripod. Both are ultra-light. I was able to take a Coues at 350+ with this set up in tall grass last fall, and have shot as far as 550 with the set-up. I like either rest for inside of 500, but it doesn't really offer the stability you need for distances greater than that, at least in my experience. I use mine only in situations where a prone rest is not an option (like setting up on a slope or in tall grass). If you did shoot off a really beefy, heavy duty tripod/head it might get you stable enough to shoot with confidence at greater distances though.