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Once it calms down it will be even better, but scheels is awesome. I have been waiting for them to build one for 20yrs.

I went this morning around 10am and picked up a brick of Fed 210. They had some Remington 9.5s too along with SRP and pistol primers.

I love my bugout from Benchmade, I carry it every day. I wouldn't pay $600 for a knife though.

I didn't read thru all the comments, but, I have had a traeger for about 4 yrs now I think and love it. That said I would like a sear station and if/when I buy a new pellet grill it will likely be a Yoder since they are made in the USA. When it comes to pellets, DO NOT buy traeger pellets. They are not what they say, they are hardwood pellets flavored like apple and such. They were sued over it. Make sure you buy real hardwood pellets of the wood you want. I like some of Green Mountains pellets as well as the brand BBQ Island sells near me.

What size is the vest, and does it have a bird pocket in the back?

They seem to be pretty similar. I have always had a fascination with the mauser metric calibers that seem to be so ahead of their time that people are still basically reinventing them with new names. One of my main hunting rifles is a 6.5x55 which is basically 6.5 creedmoor that everyone loves/loves to hate, except it was invented 120 years ago.

If you use the 243 use Nosler Partitions and keep the range below 250yrds.

It is similar. It shows slightly faster on the chart, but very close. I am going to try some RL23 in a 300 win mag that I have tried 7828 in. The 7828 shot great at slower speeds, but didn't stay accurate as I wanted when I started pushing it. Every gun is different though. 7828 also shoots lights out with my 300 weatherby at moderate pressures.

Rl23 is a good powder too. Hard to find and works in lots of things.

We will be in 23 in a few weeks. Hopefully we can catch up with a flock.

I used both of those brands when I was making my own 257 weatherby brass out of 7mm Rem Mag and 264 Win Mag brass. 4-6 firings was typically all I got before a neck cracked or the primer got too loose. I seat my primers with my RCBS press and I will just keep running the brass until it takes almost no pressure from the press arm to seat the primer. When the primer is super easy to set, I mark that case, and after I fire that loading I trash the case. Assuming the primer has at least enough grip to hold itself in.

Howa barrels are really hard to get off normally from what I hear. When Axisworks did mine they told me before hand that they would likely have to relief cut it to get it off, and they did.

2nd firing is kind of quick for loose primer pockets unless you have a crazy high pressure load. What brand brass? Some are softer than others.

How many firings and what brass? On mag cases I get about 4-6 firings before the primer pockets are pretty loose. Part of it depends on how hard you are pushing the cases with load pressures.

Has anyone used them? Do you have feedback? Seem to be feature rich for a very reasonable price.

The 338 it was on was light, and even with a brake was kinda punchy.

I can probably meet you next week for the mags if that works. I work not dar from Tempe so I can probably figure out a time to meet you. I don't n have anything AICS, so it would be just cash.

Where are you located? I am interested in the 6 ARC mags.

My father in-law just died from prostate cancer. He had a rare form that PSA tests don't catch, and he had stage 4 prostate cancer that moved into his pelvis and hip bones before they caught it. He even had a bladder surgery a couple years ago and they didn't see anything wrong when they had him open. He lived about 1.5yr post diagnosis, but they couldn't really do anything to treat it.

The scope still shot ok, but it had some piece of debris in it. I am probably going to put it on a 6.5x55 or maybe a savage that I am still deciding caliber on.

I have mixed feelings on the arken epl. I liked it alot at first. The glass isn't as clear and doesn't have the same color contrast as my 3x15x50 Burris Veracity. It was nice though overall for the price. I didn't do a true tracking test, but i did run it up and down a fair amount without issue. The problem came after about 40rds from the 338 win mag i found a blob floating inside the scope in the reticle. I sent it back to Arken and they replaced it. I then put it on a 22-250 but it didn't have the magnification i wanted, not its fault. I have the scope just sitting here right now because i don't knkw what to put it on. I am not sure i can trust it, but i like if for what it is. I bought another Veracity for the 338 win mag, so it is kind of without a home right now. I have a few things to put it on, but I haven't decide where it will go. 

Casey's did an elk for me in 2015, and a deer for my buddy in 2018. Both good experiences. I have heard Sanchez in Phoenix is good too, bur never used them yet. Karl's did the deer for a friend last year and yhat turned out well too.

That is also Millers I believe. I have used the forest lakes trailer before. Very convenient and they do a good job. Von Hansen's did a bear for me and they were really good too. Much better with the sausage/snack sticks/slim Jim's than Miller's.

Leaving tomorrow with my 8yr old and 11yr old. A few buddies I am headed up with are bow hunting deer.

Doing a form 1 conversion to SBR? I think it is 60+ days.