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I am. The 257 will never leave. I love that gun. I just want to work with another rifle to hunt larger game at farther ranges if possible. The 257 did good last year at about 280yrds on my elk but I wouldnt feel comfortable taking a much longer shot on an elk with it.

A new rifle won't fly with the wife. Upgrading one might though. A 7/08 would t do anything my 257 weatherby or 6.5x55 wouldn't though. I like the caliber but I am looking for some thing with more oomph in the 300-600 yard area which is why I am trying to decide on which I should upgrade. 7mm Rem mag or 300 weatherby mag. Thanks though Harley

Let me know if this doesn't sell. I am interested.

I got drawn for a cow elk tag for the 2nd year in a row. I am stoked and really want to get my hunting buddy on his first elk. We got close last year but I had the better shot so I took it. It was my first solo big game animal which was awesome, but now he needs to know that rush. Harley

Nice. Scout hard and you will do well. 19a is a cool unit for elk.

Wells Fargo pending... BOOM

Yep, more support at the press. 3/4" plywood won't last long.

I bought mine off amazon directly from Kodiak Canvas. I think with Prime I got free shipping too if I remember right. The one thing I will say is if you are going to use the tent in warmer weather and want to take a nap or shelter in the tent during the daytime get the model with the bid windows on the sides. I have the model with just the door vents and top corner vents and when we tried to nap in the tent during the day it was too hot, even with a good breeze. If the breeze could have come in through the big windows it would have been fine. Harley

Amazon. Go to frys and buy amazon gift cards to get fuel points, then use gift cards on amaZon and save on fuel at the same time.

243 of the 2 choices given. 257 Roberts and 6.5x55 are both old calibers that are often overlooked but are great choices for a light kick caliber that will still get the job done.

It's my son's first birthday today and he is decked out in green! I hope he likes corned beef & cabbage because that's about the only birthday meal he will get from us.

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Go with the longer model. If you need a shorter height than you first leg of the pod use you pack or something else.

I hope it is bulletproofed. If not look into doing it. Otherwise there is a pretty decent possibility of you needing $6K+ of motor work in the future. Did the truck ever have a tuner on it? If so that just ups the odds of issues. They are dang nice trucks though. Once the motor has been fixed they are actually good motors.

Very nice rifle. When I shoot the barrel out of my 257 weatherby I am going to have an internal fight whether to rebarrel to 257 weatherby again or 264 win mag. I really love my weatherby but getting access to 140gr bullets would be awesome.

I used to do it and it did work for sure. I need to start again, i'm too fat right now.

I have the Harris swivel bipod on my rifle. I have the longer model with 3 sections so you could potentially extend them out to shoot from a seated position. I used it during my elk hunt and it worked great. I shot from prone position but the swivel made it much easier to get a good sight picture. Harley

Awesome tent. I bought 1 last year and have used it a couple times. Absolutely a great investment in my camping gear and this is a good price.

Wow that's a close call. Glad you are ok. I had a close encounter a few years ago during deer season and it was quite a tense white knuckle experience. I won't hunt in areas with javo without a side arm. Even this javo season I was walking the thick brush with my 1911 in hand. Those things are no joke.

I love my ruger Blackhawk 45lc. You can push it just as hard as a 44 mag in the ruger and it is an awesome caliber. This is a great deal for someone.

If your diligent about changing filters then by all means use pleated. I would be willing to bet most people aren't that great about changing there filters.

It is not that they are not good, but if you don't change them regularly they plug up faster and you will be working your AC harder then you should. A badly plugged filter is very hard on your blower motor and other associated parts.

More D speaks the truth. My moto when calling an AC company is if you have ever seen there commercial, heard there radio add, or seen there billboard DON'T CALL THEM. You are probably going to get taken for a ride. Don't buy the ultra cheap 1/8" thick fiberglass filters, but get the ones that are about 3/4" thick fiberglass weave. I would only run the heavier pleated style filters if your return is very oversized or you have severe allergies and are trying to keep the allergens down. If you run pleated filters you better be religious about switching them out every 3-6 weeks depending on how much the unit is running and how dirty they are. The extra static created by the thicker filters and dirty filters is hard on your blower motors and unit.

Well another year of tag soup for me. I didn't get to scout at all which was part of the problem but we did get lucky and stumble into some javos. We couldn't close the deal though. We were working a hillside and my buddy in the lead saw them, but they saw us first. They were on the move, especially after my buddy racked a round into the chamber...oops. he got 1 shot off but missed. I waited as the herd moved around and I got a shot for a split second but also missed. My buddy in the lead got 1 more round off but couldn't connect. After my shot another part of the group moved out even closer to me and I could have made that shot for sure but I didn't know if the other pig was hit so I didn't shoot. As we worked toward the spot were I thought mine was 1 broke out behind us from who knows where and my other hunting buddy lined up the shot, but as he lined up I saw piglets running out behind her so I called him off. It was cool to get on the herd but I wish we would have at least put 1 down. The next day I did get to see the biggest muley buck I have seen personally in 20a though. He was a nice wide and tall 3x4. Me and him have a date in October as long as I can draw a tag... Moral of the story is I will be practicing offhand shots more this year. My rifle hits what I aim at so this one is on me. Harley

Also, get a good programmable thermostat and set it up correctly. It can save you a ton of money and reduce the strain on your air conditioner if you set it up right.