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    Remington model 700 VTR

    I meant haf it tuned, its about 2lbs and has alot less travel now.
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    Remington model 700 VTR

    I have one. Stock it was a 223 and grouped 6" at 100yds or worse. Since it has had: THe action trued, chamber opened up to 223AI, trigger set, bolt lugs lapped and the brake cut off and a new crown cut. The brake is quite deep and I suspect a poor crown was the root of the inaccuracy, but the AI...
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    Keystone Pipeline

    In the 60's it took 4X more energy to refine tar sand, technology has come along way since then. Now its stripped 1 atom of carbon per pass through a Catalytic seperator and becomes a useable product here. Starting with the lower grades of oil like roofing tar and plastics and continuing on...
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    Keystone Pipeline

    I've made my living in the oil Sands and Heavy Oil fields for the past 11 years. For any that wish to visit, there are tours one can take in Fort Mac and in alot of the in situ/steam assisted facilities. Most of the oil sands recovery is quite literally cleaning up the worlds largest naturally...
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    Canadian Politics

    That still puzzles me, they deported the Acaidians lock stock and barrel.
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    Canadian Politics

    I tried not to discuss this, for the good it did.
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    Canadian Politics

    The French claimed the land in the 1500's and lost it at the Plains of Abram some 200 years later, it should've ended at that. The language and culture is indeed well preserved and celebrated, rightly so. However, it isn't the rest of Canada's duty to do the same or foot the bill especially...
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    Canadian Politics

    Lets leave that at the door, you don't really expect me to agree with you anyway.
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    It is finally done.

    OK, put 15 rounds through it today. started way low and got 2900 FPS with 140 smk's, 6" groups. Worked up and gun juiced the first 10 rounds. No stability and started showing flatter primers at 3100 FPS, at which point the gun juice was finished and I ran a boresnake and cleaned it normally...
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    It is finally done.

    Leupold Mark 4 4-14X50 LR/T with TMR & M1's. Little smaller magnification than I'd like, but lots of adjustment and that is a 20moa rail.
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    It is finally done.

    Well, I first started toying with the idea of a monster .25 or . 264 LR gun about 4 years ago and it's took that long to get it done. This is the pic I got from the smith after he shipped it, it'll be here in 2 weeks. It's a 6.5 RUM with a slow 12 twist. Depending on how much speed it can hit it...
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    Canadian Politics

    Here is how our PM is doing. Not making friends, but standing for what he believes is right. "(Canada will) stand for what is right. No longer does this country just go along with everyone else's agenda. Our aim is no longer to please every dictator with a vote at the United Nations." Stephan...
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    Elk hunting tips

    Well, my hunting partner bailed on me again last minute. I usually hunt with my brothers who are also self employed, hence the schedule troubles. So, I cleaned up my loading room and shot my rifles a bit, horsed around with my calls again and spent some time with my boys. They're only 1 & 3 or...
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    Polygonal Rifle Barrel

    I've had 1 PacNor poly barrel. I ended up trading it for a Rem 700 MLR that I thought I had to have. It was really bad for grabbing pressure fast and hard to clean. I talked to a guy that built a 7mm Dakota on one and he told me that they take awhile to break in, like 100-125 rounds. After which...
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    Elk hunting tips

    Thanks for the input Mike. I want to try to hunt midridge or higher on the cutouts. We'll be using the logging roads, so there are alot of hills that are stripped for up to a couple km. Other than trying to keep the wind in our favor and calling a bit we'll try to sit and call or just sit early...
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    Elk hunting tips

    Hello, how is everybody? Life is still very busy up North here, but I'm taking a few days to go up to Grande Prarie to hunt elk. i've never hunted elk and haven't had time to scout or anything. Is there anything a guy has to know that is different than hunting other deer species?? Any tips or...
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    Join the 6.5mm club!

    The barrel was a prefit and my local gunsmith that mainly mounts scopes and cleans rifles can't seem to get the barrel on tight enogh to headspace. I had this problem with him before, so I just need to send it to a more seasoned smith, but they're all booked up and we have a postal strike...
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    Join the 6.5mm club!

    I had a 31" pacnor 264 with a turn neck and 8.5 polygonal rifling, it seemed to hit pressure at 3100fPS with 140's. I found out later that the poly rifling takes along time to break in, so perhaps that was why it hit pressure all the time. Even loads I used in my old M70 264 showed a lot of...
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    Join the 6.5mm club!

    I've been out of the 6.5mm's for a month, since I traded off my savage 264 on something else. However, after 10 months waiting for a stock and having the barrel sitting on the bench looking oh so lonely, I go pick up my 6.5 RUM today. I think I scerwed up on the twist, but we'll have to see...
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    Does "Overlap" bother you?

    I can't say that I have much overlap, but they are pretty close. I have a 223 AI and a 22-250AI, 1 is 7 lbs and the other 11, no guessing which gets more use! The lighter 20" 223AI of course. Other than that I am down to my 257 wby vanguard, 264 savage heavy barrel that I am trying to sell...
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