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I have picked up a couple 1lb cans there occasionally over the last couple months.

In some units you are allowed to access certain areas by motor vehicle if you have an elk down, that you are not allowed to take the vehicle if the road is closed.

Also, just for fun at the end of the day I did a 5 shot string at 200 yard with factory 155gr ammo. Round 1&2 grouped close, the round 3 dropped about 2" lower and 1" right and rounds 4&5 grouped right in there with #3. It is pretty frustrating.

I am looking to buy a day or two for 2 people too, preferably at a west Phoenix dairy if anyone has some passes.

This is the battle offroaders and others have been facing in 20B and other area's north of Phoenix for years now. They basically propose to close tons of roads and make people argue with them and raise support to show they should leave some of them open. It sucks. If you use these roads you better band together with whatever local groups are willing to fight with you to keep stuff open. The problem with the TMP's that were proposed near Table Mesa Rd & Bumble Bee were that the sides wouldn't stand together. They were in fighting because they didn't want the others to have access because they didn't like offroaders, or shooters, etc. Get hunters, equestrian, dirt bikers, offroaders, shooters, etc to all stand with each other to help keep things open.

Flinching? I know I would be unless that beast had a BIG brake on it.

It will be a good hunt, but can be very tough and cold. Try and get away from roads and get down near some of the canyons to glass. Get up there a couple weeks before your hunt and scout. If the weather has gotten nasty and cold the transition area might be good.

Archery headquarters in Chandler stocks flatline. I bought one recently.

I am a commercial salesman for a large local HVAC distribution company. Their are 2 main problems with residential HVAC. 1. Tech schools are not teaching techs to be skilled at diagnostics they way they used to I don't believe. They are pushing them through school as fast as they can and just teaching them to be parts changers. They are not teaching them to master skills they should have. 2. Alot of companies, especially the larger ones, have gone to paying techs mostly or completely on commission. This means the more crap they can sell you the more money they make. Some companies pay a tech little or nothing for a warranty repair like a capacitor or contractor, so they have to find something to sell or do that is not under warranty so they make money for a service call. Questionable business practices have helped force alot of techs to do questionable things, and make questionable recommendations. They have to give in to the pressure of doing questionable things or if they dont produce enough income for the company they get fired. The commercial sector isn't as riddled with bad business practices, but they do still exist. ................ As for wholesalers causing the problem in the market that is not nearly the problem that the contractors cause. We follow the laws set by the government for refrigerant and efficiency standards. Our margins on new equipment is pretty thin to be honest. The contractors often make quite a bit higher margin then we do on our own equipment. Factory parts do have a larger markup but part of that markup is for easy installation of direct swap parts, and to cover man hours for warranty claims (valid and fraudulent). Generic parts are low margin items. If techs knew more (back to the schooling issue above) techs could use a lot more generic parts and save people money. They often want to sell the higher price part that is easier to install though.

Here is a couple hints. Don't ever call any company you have seen commercials for, heard on the radio, or seen billboards for unless you like giving away extra cash to strangers for no reason. The AC business, especially on the residential side has ALOT of scummy people and companies. If you want to buy your own AC parts don't use Grainger unless you like paying 40% extra to be able to get it right away. Don't buy off brand no name air conditioning units.

Is this a split system or a package unit?

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This has been covered at least once recently, but I will play. Assuming no end of world scenarios or ammo shortages, this would be my short list: 6.5x55 - A CZ or Howa of some flavor, 135gr berger classic hunters. 264 win mag - 26" mid contour barrel custom or semi-custom - 140gr berger hvld 7×57 mauser - semi-custom with 24" barrel shooting 150gr ELD-X or Berger

Hi Guys, I just wanted to make sure anyone who knows him is sending good thoughts his way. He is having some serious health issues and good thoughts help. It sounds like he is on the mend, but he has a lot of healing to do. If you read this Harlan, get better soon. Harley

An update: I stopped in today and Harlan was there! He is a little thinner and still has some recovery procedures ahead, but it was good to see him! Stop in and say hello. He is also in the middle of helping the family of Glendale guns clear out that inventory. I guess Bill passed last week to Harlan is helping his family. He had some good stuff in there including a Ruger Presicion rifle on the used rack in 6.5CM

The roads are generally pretty good. If I were you on that hunt I would be hiking up toward or into the wilderness area. Most of the bulls will still probably be up that way early in the season like that. 1 word of advice. Stay off road 419. That road was absolute crap a couple years ago. It shows to be a good road on the maps, but if you take it you better be a good driver, have some good clearance, and be ready to drive. If you had a side by side that road may not be as bad, but don't do it in a standard pickup. Lance is correct though, this is a tough hunt. Be ready to hike hard and find some water to be near.

Got mine yesterday.

I am on week 3 now and really enjoying training BJJ. I am doing no-gi 2-3 times a week. I am digging it. Blackflag BJJ has been a fun place to train so far.

I just put a VX6 2-12x42 on a rifle so I hope it does well. I have not tried tracking with it yet. I thought long and hard about a Nightforce too. It was the 3-10x42. What I liked about nightforce was that the scope felt stout and well made. The clicks seem positive, and it felt robust. It felt like you could really put a hurting on the scope and not worry about issues with it. I have been looking for a scope for another rifle, and am seriously considering Nightforce for it. The only thing I really didn't like about most of the Nightforce line was that most of the scopes use a 56mm objective. I don't love huge objective lenses on rifles. I think it can make them look funny.

Hunt it all day every day. If you had max points and a real issue that would make you miss the tag or not be able to hunt it well, then maybe I understand. Otherwise hunt it.

I have started listening to some of your podcasts and picked up some useful info as well as good entertainment.

My buddy had an xterra and it was a decent SUV but a complete dog on power.

We had good results with Berger HVLD in 168gr over RL22. We tested out to 500 yards with good results.

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I had an odd charging issue on my 05 dodge Cummins recently. I was pretty sure the alternator was going out because my voltage kept fluctuating up and down. I grabbed a new alternator and started to change it. I got the belt off, the first bolt out, and then went to disconnect the charging wire and the nut that held it on was backed way off. It was touching sometimes and not others which was causing the issue. So I had to put it all back together, and getting that belt back on can be a PITA.