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Bump, make an offer.

I've hunted the San Carlos twice, and came home empty handed both times. I did miss a really nice buck on one of those hunts. For anyone thinking the San Carlos is an easy hunt - it isn't. All those sunny slopes feeding into the Black and Salt from the North are countered by super thick oak country hills on the SC. It's a perfect place for bucks to grow old with little pressure. It's extremely hard to glass, loaded with lions (and bears). This notion of roids or whatever has been floating around a long time - sheer nonsense. The San Carlos grows huge bulls, huge deer, huge bear, great turkey populations because it has the perfect habitat and limited pressure.

Good to know Brian, my next setup will be turkey porn, lol.

Awesome rig. Hard to let that one go!

I used to get emailed whenever someone sent me a PM, but that's not happening anymore. Can someone point me to where I can set this in my profile. Thanks.

I used to fish just below Bartlett, watched a couple guys pull in several really big flatheads, then one really, really giant one. Below the dam there is an eddy too far out to cast from shore. These guys had a bass boat out there and had to come up river, but right there on that crescent eddy of river rock, the cats were stacked in. Best of luck.

Lots more where that came from.

Gotta love the Guy on the Buffalo...

Nice generators - bump. Someone's going to get a great deal.

No, sorry Amanda, I didn't get that either.

Wow - some awesome bucks! You guys all did fantastic. Huge congrats!

Chalk me up as a friend. My wife and I both graduated from UofA back in the 90's but we're not ASU haters either. Huge congrats to your daughter - keep her FAR from the frat boys.

+1 on the Badlands. They aren't the cheapest option but they work very well and their customer service is fantastic if you ever have an issue.

That is a super buck. Huge congrats to you and Crystal.

Just a word of caution on the .204 - my buddy built one from a savage .243 and it has been impossible to find an internal box magazine for.

Something in 6.5. I love my 6.5 x 284 Norma, but there's a ton of great options. Creedmore, Swede, Grendel, on and on.

My favorite line, right at the beginning, "The scary part is once he's out". Talk about understatement, ha ha. He might go the other way or he might just turn into a buzz saw.

+1 on the DNZ. I really like a one piece mount with integrated rings. A lot less points of failure than two separate bases and two rings connected to them.

Those are all checked for me, and I've verified the email address is correct. Also, I don't see anything in my Junk Email box, so it's not being filtered. Strange. But thanks for pointing me to those settings.

I built a 6.5x284 Norma from a Savage 110 action. On a cold-weather hunt, my son had it misfire several times in a row. I've taken it out in cold weather and every so often I'll get a misfire as well. That said, I switched to CCI primers before this happened so I'm not sure if it's gummy oil from the cold weather or maybe a weak spring. It definitely seems worse in really cold weather. My plan is to strip it down, clean it really well, maybe replace the spring with a heavier after-market one (Midway is perpetually out of them, but it appears you can get them direct from Wolff ), put a little graphite or other non-petroleum lube in there then stick it in the freezer for a couple days and see if it fires. Anyway, my question is, has anyone else had this problem and know of other things that might cause it? Thanks in advance.

Hey guys, as always I appreciate all the responses. To answer AverageJoe, that is one of my concerns. The accutrigger on this is light, I mean really light. I replaced the standard/magnum with a lighter trigger spring. I thought I was getting the tactical that goes down to 1.5 pounds, but there is a target one that goes down to 6 ounces, which feels more like this one at its lightest setting. This thing is touchy to say the least. I like a light trigger but, especially for a gun I let my kids hunt with it needs to be tightened up a bit. It takes you by surprise even when you know it's light. On the plus side, my groups have never been smaller, lol. Looking at some other forums, it appears others have found exactly what you described, but I didn't know if there was any way the trigger could affect the the firing pin, other than of course making it go forward. When I do have misfires, there is either no dent on the primer, or a very slight one off center, so I think you are on to something. Especially since it happens rarely to almost never when I'm shooting off a bench, to consistently for my son - he's younger and was probably putting sideways pressure on the trigger. Benbrown, thanks for the advice on cleaning and the One-shot. A good dry lube is something I'm looking for.

Looks awesome. Great job on the Cerakote. I would hate to be on the business end of that thing!

Man, that's a toad! That left front beam looks like a banana. Sweet buck!

I really want that mark 3, let me know if JLG doesn't take it. Funds are tight right now, but that is one sweet pistol.

Can't be a Liger, no wings, lol.