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I don't think we need another forum dedicated to just that as whenever a "trophy sized" rack or one which is unique people either ask or comments are freely offered up. Or maybe I'm just cranky and working too many hours. LOL

Yeah they are. LOL I have a pair of 80's and they are huge. Ask Ernesto. But,,, They do get it done. The cost is the space they take up in my frame pack and the weight.

I have a rifle with a brake like the one Rossislider shows in his first picture. It has been on the rifle for 20 years and does it's job reducing 7 Rem Mag down to about a 7-08. I have never shot it prone, ever in all of the years I have taken game with it so I can't comment on flying dust as I am equally a rifleman as a hunter and have not needed to shoot close to the ground and don't own a bipod and have taken some pretty long shots. The second brake he shows throws the concussion from the round back in a full 360 degree pattern from the muzzle as I experienced when a 'DUDE" had one on an AR (223) at the range and you did not want to be within 15 feet of him when he touched off a round which included standing 10 feet behind him. He liked it because he could use it for 3 Gun, supposedly taking very long shots and not loosing the target in the "recoil". That's what you have spotters for.

I have a tendency to do that also so I set a reminder in my phone.

I have the same rings and bases on my 700 ADl and have had not problems with them in the 20 years they have been on the rifle. This past year I removed the VX11 that has been on there on put on a Conquest. I love the rifle but it is not light. LOL

Understanding terminal ballistics of the round you are going to use and what the limitations are will go a long way in helping you to pick a caliber for the range you intend to shoot game at. Knowing bullet drop and range estimation becomes critical at long range. With a 50 yard zero on average a 150 gr bullet at 2900fps is going to drop about 65" at 500 yards. At 600 it will jump to 100" and at 1000 yards it is about 360". http://www.millettsights.com/downloads/ConsiderTerminalBallistics.pdf

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. You don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry in the world coming down here to hunt them too, do ya?. LOL

No pictures this time. It was an average sized pig. I was about 200 yards from camp when I realized I didn't have my camera and did not want to go back for it. This was just after 6am on Saturday morning. I hiked looking for sign and glassing as I went but did not see anything in the usual places I have see sign in the past two years. I was getting ready to hike into an area that looked promising when I noticed another hunter glassing the area from the ridge above it so I decided to go in a different direction so as not to disturb him. By now I was about 1.5 miles from camp headed off to the edge of a huge canyon where I had also seen pigs last year. I had gone about another 400 yards when I saw one feeding about 75 yards away and shot it from a sitting position. Four others busted out from the brush going in different directions and I made my way over to the pig after putting a couple of more rounds into him to anchor him using Fiocchi 223 with 45gr VMAX. Not a bad round as there was almost no bloodshot meat but next time I will use a 62gr softpoint. When I got to the pig I noticed that one of the others had circled around to the north of me about 150 yards. I could see the other hunter still up on the ridgetop about 900 yards away and he and his companion were now decending down from it. I assumed they were headed out as there was a road about a 1/4 mile from where they were but a few hours later when I was back at camp they drove past and I walked out to chat with them. They actually went after the lone pig but were unable to track him down. We chatted for a bit and the driver commented on my CWT shirt I had on and as it turned out he is also a member here but I'll leave it up to him if he wants to come forward. As it turned out I was 1.68 GPS miles from camp and taking my time it too me 2.5 hours to hike back sticking mostly to the bottoms of the sandy washes and stopping about every 20 minutes to drink some water and rest in the shade. I took two bottles of water with me and each was 50oz's. Back at camp I ate the turkey sandwich I'd made the night before and had left in the cooler. But I had taken other food with me, sardines, an apple, a granola bar and a bag of almonds and jerky. Of which I only ate most of the almonds and jerky and then the apple just before I boned out the pig. The rest of the afternoon in camp was spent washing up and changing into street clothes, chopping wood and cooking dinner. I slept good that night and got up at 7, broke camp and was home around 10:30. I saw very little sign this year and no snakes. However I did kick up a 3x3 MD, the first deer I had seen in this area since I began hunting it. So now I am 2 for 3 on pigs hunting this area but I could have taken one last year a couple of times but I held off trying to get my son a shot but he couldn't seal the deal. Pigs are his nemesis so I continue to do the solo thing which suits my hunting style but it sure is boring back at camp, LOL.

YO! Back where I come from in NYC we call that a Hang'in Offence. What goes around. Comes around. Like Elmer Keith wrote, To Ride. Shoot Straight. And Speak The Truth.

http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/46356-26-nosler/

It turned out great and I'm very happy with it. The creep is all but gone and a lighter set of springs were also put in to reduce the pull from the 7 or 8 pounds down to about 4. It is much nicer to shoot now and I used it on Saturday to bag a Javelina.

Sending Prayers for Jim and his family.

Check out some of the lenses by Tamron. They make some really nice stuff if you are on a budget but it is hard to beat Cannon glass. The IS (Image Stabilizer) lenses are very nice for free hand stuff and get a polorizing lens while your at it and a clear lenses to protect the optic. Stop in a real camera shop and talk to them before you buy to get an idea of what will work for you. Call me crazy but I really miss Kodachrome and AGFA Film.

I don't own any TC's but I like seeing the pics everyone posts.

You cut across two lanes of traffic doing 65MPH 50 yards before the exit to get off the Freeway. And do it every morning just to sit for a few minutes at the traffic light.

It's all wolf, big body, neck and has the muzzle features. At least we now have another means to control them in AZ.

Moose are know to be agressive and there are lots of attacks each year. Hard to put myself in his position.

Way to get it done. I really enjoyed the video.

My son has a set on his Colorado and they have been on there for about 2 1/2 years. He called me yesterday to say he got a flat and the top of the sidewall had cracked in a bunch of places. He couldn't find the paperwork. I bought them somewhere on the Westside of town at Tire Warehouse so I ended up getting a new one at Discount. They have been fine until yesterday but one of his co-workers said he has had two do the same thing. I was a little bummed because they had some good reviews at the time. I hope he can find the paperwork so I can at least get a break on another tire.

I like the Burris Signature ZEE rings but have used the Leupold and Talley rings without ant complaints.

What Caliber?

That sounds like a lot of hunts I have been on with my son. For me, as was for you, I feel more rewarded helping another hunter fill their tag and have eaten tag soup a few times trying to get him a shooting opportunity and into position when I could have made a clean shot in a couple of seconds as he struggles to see the animal or just get on target but I have zero regrets.

As in years past I will be pig hunting.

G22. For plinking I put the 9mm barrel in. For camping I leave the 40 Cal barrel in and when the spirit moves me I put in the 357 Sig barrel.

Bump for a great deal. If it doesn't sell as a package I'm be interested in the sling and Mag Pouches.