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I’ve bought a ton of guns off here but it’s always such a pain and the added cost of shipping and FFL makes it hardly worth it. Sounds like you got it sold. Good to hear!

Wow!! Stand up offer here!! I’d be all over this if it wasn’t such a hassle to ship them!!! Mike would’ve been all over this thing if he were here today. He might not buy it but he’d be sure to bump it to the top every day or so!!

I have a win 70 in 7mm STW that my dad got me for my birthday when I was 12. Killed a pile of stuff with it. I personally wouldn’t try to make a true LR rifle out of a wood stocked sporter rifle. That gun has always shot sub moa and most places will tell you that makes for a 1000 yard rifle. The problem I’ve had with it is the consistency. It will group 0.6-.75” any given day, but the POI will vary a lot with it with different temps and humidity. I have sunk thousands into this gun trying to make a “classic” long range rifle and I’m convinced it isn’t possible. I’ve killed a pile of critters with it. Hundreds actually. From 7 to 700 yards but I just can’t get it to hold a consistent point of impact. I had a smith guy the stock and pillar and glass it so there isn’t any contact of wood, it’s been rebarreled a time or two as well and has a $2500 scope on top of it and I just can’t get it to do what I can easily do with my proof research 28 nosler any time any place any weather. The reason I put so much into it is the sentimental aspect of it. I’ve killed 11 NA big game species with it and considered trying to take a slam with it someday and may still, but if I have an important tag where I might need to drop something at 750 and not sweat it it’s not the gun I go for.

I’m surprised to see so many suggestions of the SE. Besides dirt cheap cost of living I can’t think of much benefit there. I think a lot of people who grow up out west in public land don’t realize just how awful the private mess East of the Rockies is. We have 6000 acres here in ND in one block which is a giant piece for ag land and it still feels constricting sometimes compared to being out in the mountains. Most people here have access to 200-400 acres at best and ND is way way way better then further east where guys consider a 40 to be a place they can hunt all season on. That would make me sick!! I make multiple trips out west each year to stretch out on the public land and love every second of it. Unless you’re a multi multi millionaire and can buy a big place you won’t be happy East if the Rockies. If I had that kind of money to burn I’d just buy a way bigger ranch in NM that I could get a landowner elk tag every year on!!

Congrats on the tag! Thanks for making the thread!

AZ would be hard to beat. Rural AZ at about 5-6k to be exact! The public land isn’t going anywhere in our lifetimes so you have that to fall on. Cost of living is low and weather is nice. Owning enough land in Midwest or eastern states to hunt on is extremely tough anymore and access issues are snowballing, even in my home state of ND. I wouldn’t live in CO as I can’t stand the liberal govt, Utah has too many people that are too dang into hunting so even if you work hard you can’t get any solitude there. NM is great but private land is the rule there. MT is pretty awesome if you can stand the cold. Particularly eastern and central MT.

Are they on the CWD list for no interstate transfer?!? I hadn’t even thought of that. I’m guessing my dad will euro it as well so I might take you up on that info. What town was he in?

Awesome mount!! How’s the meat? My dad drew the same hunt I had a few years back this year. Neighboring unit to yours! Fired up to get back there!!!

He spent $25 to get the tag.

Swarovision 12x50’s with outdoorsman stud installed. No box or caps or case. I kept them in a chest case and am keeping that. Optically excellent. Only blemish is the housing was bumped on the edge (see pic). Does not affect the lens or the field of view in any way. Priced accordingly. $1750 shipped. PayPal gift or check that clears before shipping only.

The fronts on that last one make me chub up a bit.

Swarovski 8.5x42 EL’s. Outdoorsmans stud installed. Awesome binos, the 8.5’s don’t get the respect they should. Only reason I’m selling is I got a set of Zeiss RF binos. $1300 shipped. PayPal gift or check cleared before shipping.

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Just got them a day ago! Bought them on here. They look great so far. Ergonomics seems so much better then the geovid or swaro range. Ranges are as fast as sig and so is the dope number.

79 is the first two. I think that makes them a 2009 model.

No trades unless you have a pair of 12x NL pures.

Maybe

If you ever sell that model seven let me know I’ll buy it. I have one and my brother does, the only two I’ve ever seen!! Love that rifle. I killed hundreds of coyotes and fox with it here in ND. Even a couple whitetails!! Don’t shoot it much anymore but that was my ride or die truck rifle all through middle school high school and college.

The antelope rut is about a month earlier in AZ then it is in WY and MT. Antelope in AZ fawn in April and early May while antelope in the northern climates fawn in late late May through June.

Awesome gun. I killed my first elk with a .54 caliber renegade with a green mountain 1:66 twist round ball barrel.

Yes I agree with the above. My Johnston ultimate with that load and the muzzle break on it kicks about like my 7mm STW without a muzzle break. I would say with no muzzle break it would be about like a .338 lapua without a break. Brutal for sure. The muzzle break on the Johnston isn’t designed very well. Just a bunch of holes in a circle. My bad to the bone sabotless muzzy shoots way more powder and just lays there when you touch it off but the muzzle break is a big old side port rig so that makes a huge difference.

If it doesn’t have a muzzle break you might wanna get one. It’ll knock the sh1t out of you if not.

CCI LRM. Parker black max 300gr over 109gr BH209 by weight. Maybe start at 105 and work up but that’s a sweet spot for my Johnston Ultimate with the Arrowhead plug.

Used to be almost guaranteed but it’s gotten popular over the 5-7 years. All the odds have gone to heck I guess.

When you get it all dialed in, I would replicate a hunting scenario, shoot it and then leave it how you would prior to the hunt (clean or one patch clean however you are doing that). Load it up a day or two later and then take it out and shoot it about 3-4 days later when you get a chance. This is where I’ve found BH209 to shine. The water based powders to great at the range when you have a system of shot, patch swab, shot or even shot shot shot but when left to stand for a few days the residue in the bore changes and it’ll make your POI change when it actually comes down to it. If you can get your gun to shoot well on a truly cleaned barrel that’s the best as that eliminates the residue issue. My problem is I always find they shoot best on a single patch swabbed barrel or even a dirty barrel for a few shots.