I would say that it's the gunsmith's fault if the threads were damaged ... He's the trained individual putting the barrel on & should be aware if there's an issue.
An analogy would be if you took your car to the mechanic for a brake job & the parts house sent Subaru brakes for your Honda ...
For just walking around town lots of people have success with Yaktrax. Most of them seem to use their "Walk" version but you can also look at their "Chains" and "Diamond Grip" for your boots ... Most are easy on & easy off. Shop around for deals...
If weight is not an issue look at Manfrotto tripods (They used to be Bogen). Most are professional level tripods and can extend to 6-feet or more if needed.
B&H photo showing the tripods here:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Trip ... 4232861050
And sorted from High to Low...
Probably not what you are looking for, but I recently saw a hunting show where they were using a soon to be released CVA in .40 cal ... they took an antelope at 400+ yards with it.
I don't remember the exact model they showed but you can see some here...
I also wanted to buy a high end Swarovski & finally went to Cabelas so that I could try out Zeiss, Leica and Swarovski side by side.
I tried to be unbiased but secretly wanted a pair of high end Zeiss, but when I compared them side by side Leica's came out clearly on top for me. Superbly sharp...
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Not to mention "vaccinating" children where the death rate is virtually zero!
Real vaccines last decades, if not a lifetime, Polio, Hepatitis B, & Measles to name a few. Heck, even the Tetanus vaccine is still 72% effective after 25 years. None of this "Hey it has to be kept at...
Yes, 100% sure that they were Nosler Partitions. Shooting at about 2700-2750 fps at the muzzle. I'd have to go & look at my reloading records to see what time period, may have been early 2000's.
For the 30-06 I'm very happy with the Combined Technology Ballistic Tips & will not go back to...