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I am hoping it gets cold soon. I think most of the elk are still up on the mountain. I hunted mostly low and mid elevation last year and my spots from last year are pretty bare right now. Plan B and Plan C are being formulated. I saw 15 turkey, about 14 antelope, 2 dozen deer, and ZERO elk. We heard a couple different bugles from different bulls last night, but beside that we didnt see or find alot... I need it to get cold soon to try and get some elk off the hill. Harley

Still getting bugles in 7e.

Are they decent cams? I have the opportunity to get 2 for $100 and don't know squat about cams other then don't buy expensive ones because they will get stolen. Thanks Harley

Nope. They were 50/each new on clearance but I didn't get any. I only found moderate reviews so I passed.

Are there any gun shops locally that stock Rock Island 1911's? Preferably on the westside? I want to take a look at the fit and finish on them. I am seriously contemplating a fullsize RIA 1911 in 10mm but I don't really want to order a gun I have never held at least some version of. Thanks Harley

I have a shot to get a set of Viper HD 15x50's for a great price. What are people's opinions on these? For the price I don't think I can pass them up right now as the best I have is a set of Vortex Diamondback 8x42's. Are 15's basically exclusively for tripod use? Harley

I ended up with a set of Viper HD 15x50's. I literally got them this morning so I have not had a chance to play with them yet but I am hoping this helps during my late elk hunt. I have a few different glassing points I want to try out. My Diamondback 8x42's will be on my neck and the 15's in the backpack. I have a tripod coming too to help use with the 15's. I will probably use these until my oldest son turns 10 and then hopefully I can use that as an excuse to upgrade to a nicer set of glass. Thanks for the help guys.

Very nice.

I decided the best option to work on was the Savage 110FP in 300 win mag. I just dropped this off to have a slabbed 5 port Muscle Brake put on it. When I get it back I am going to start working on a new scope, bases, and rings... I am itching to order a scope but may have to wait a little longer...

In the east valley I would say go to Randy's transmissions and and ask for Frankie. He is a buddy of mine. Tell him Harley referred you. He is a good dude.

I messed up I think. My 257 was startin to lose accuracy because I had not cleaned it in awhile. So I decided to clean the 7mm Rem mag I was working with for my elk hunt too. I was shooting pretty well. I fouled the the 257 and it shoots great again. The 7mm won't stay consistent though. Rounds it was shooting 1-1.25" groups with won't shoot 4" groups now. Nothing Else change Other Than Being cleaned. It's frustrating. I guess the 257 is going elk hunting again. Unless I get this figured out quickly. Harley

The only thing removed was the bolt when I cleaned it. I didn't touch anything else. I am going to check the scope screws and stock screws and give it a shot again. I might take a box of factory ammo to check if it still doesn't work as I am only shooting my loads. I have never had a problem with my loads though. I will check the chamber.

I don't believe so. I have switched to a 1 piece cleaning rod to help avoid this.

I have a cow elk hunt in december and the area where I am likely to camp and hopefully skin a few elk this year doesn't have real trees to try and hang from. Does anyone have a good method or idea how to hang an elk in the open? Last year we cleaned 2 of ours on the deck of a flatbed trailer with tarps on the deck. This year we won't have that option. I want to avoid ground cleaning if possible. The only thing I can think of is to try and build something to put in a receiver hitch on my truck. Thoughts?

Factory Ruger rings. It is just odd because I didn't touch anything on the rifle beside cleaning it. I know cleaning only wouldn't do this but it was the only variable that changed. I am going to check the scope and go from there.

About 40 now in total

Here is 10 shots at 100 yards with this little rifle. Open sights off bags with lapua 123gr fmj. It think the accuracy potential is very good. The picture is sideways. The far left shot is actually the highest shot and was also the first shot. The other 9 holes are shots 2-10. Harley

On my cow hunt last year I got my cow opening day in the afternoon when it was very windy. Steady 15mph probably. I didn't expect to see anything but we found them in the mouth of a wind protected canyon eating. Just make sure the wind is in your favor. Good luck everyone. Leave a couple cows for my group. We have the late hunt this year again.

With that much hail I would almost guarantee that most every roof and anything in the open like ac units, cars, etc are destroyed. I feel for all those affected. It sucks. The hail storm phoenix had about 6 years ago doesn't even look nearly as bad as that. The phoenix storm ruined tons of stuff. At my parents house the roof, large metal patio, ac unit, and any south facing windows were trashed. It killed 1 20' pine tree and scalped another 40' tree. I was lucky as I was working in mesa at the time. My truck didn't get golf balled, and my house in peoria was not.as bad as.what central phoenix got. I remember sitting under that patio when. I was a kid watching what I thought were heavy hail storms. It never once left a dent. That storm golf balled that patio. With the size and volume of hail in safford I would be willing to be it is much worse.

How long do these things take to throw a charge of say 60gr of power?

50BMG. Or anything you can hit with 243 and above at reasonable range for the cartridge. 257 weatherby with 115gr bullet took my cow elk last year with zero problem. 260 yards. Harley

700 out the door roughly I think.

Is it possible and even worth it to try and flute a factory heavy barrel? Would the weight savings be noticable? I have a Savage 110FP that I am thinking about trying to hunt with but it has the big heavy factory barrel. Or should I just man up and tote around the extra weight? Harley

I have a bunch of 22-250 brass and would like to see if someone has some 300 win mag brass to trade for it. Remington head stamp preferred on the 300 brass.

You already have a 22-250 so it sounds like you are set. A medium to heavy weight 22-250 wont have much kick.