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    Message on Ammo Shortage

    If this cut and paste works you will have a video from the president of Federal and other ammo companies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgvoJKovIg
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    Flight 2021

    I would like to invite you to Flight #2021 boarding today, which departs at midnight. Hello, welcome to Flight #2021. We are prepared to take off into the New Year. Please make sure your Attitude and Blessings are secured and locked in an upright position. All self-destructive devices...
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    Optics for a S&W Model 29 .44 magnum

    Recently I purchased a S&W Model 29 with 4" barrel to replace a Ruger Redhawk of the same caliber that I had traded for another firearm. After 6 very successful and enjoyable years this year I had decided take a break and not to venture west to hunt Montana. This leaves me with a new to me...
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    Trail Cameras and night vision scope for coyotes

    Recently decided to replace my Bushnell trail camera with an updated model that is powered by a single 9 volt battery compared to the Bushnell which uses a slew of AA batteries, which are a pain to install/replace. What brand and model trail cameras have you fellas found good and reliable? Also...
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    2019 Montana Bull Elk

    Attached are the photos of a nice 5x6 bull elk, with a broken tine that I harvested Sunday late afternoon while hunting with Paulie, my guide at Upper Canyon Outfitters out of Alder Montana. We approached the hunting area with another pair of hunter/guide also from UCO Sunday morning and spotted...
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    Load development for Rem-Hart_30-06

    The search for accurate and potent hand loads for the Rem-Hart 30-06 has been somewhat challenging and I have many less than stellar targets that I will not bore you with, however I feel pretty good with the results shown in the following photos. This photos shows both 180 Accubonds and 180...
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    Two Rifles and two scopes

    The project at hand is load development for my Ruger Number One in 30-06 with a 22" barrel and the soon to be picked up Rem-Hart left hand 30-06 with 24" barrel. It is nick named Rem-Hart because it was my Remington 700CDL which R.W. Hart in Nescopeck PA has re-barreled with a new Hart Barrel...
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    Nosler Brass

    Last evening I started to prep some new Nosler 30-06 cases for the first loading. There was an open box and a recently purchased box available. Upon weighing 10 cases from the new box I noticed a heavier weight, 192.9 grains, than I remembered from the last loading from the open box, 180.2...
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    Montana Rifle Company Customer Service

    Anyone had reason to contact Montana Rifle Company Customer Service recently, or not so recently? About two weeks ago I called inquiring about shedding some weight off my MRC ASR 30-06, with a walnut stock and a 24" barrel. The barrel is a heavier contour than my Remington 700 CDL 30-06 also...
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    Quality Deer Management_NYDAN Style

    For the last 25 years Dan has maintained the farm previously owned by his grandparents and parents. His efforts have included adding to the acreage, to attain 267 acres presently, maintaining open fields to prevent the return of dense forests, and for the last 10 years or so, planting food...
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    30-06 Dilemma before Elk Season

    Background: I have three 30-06's that each shoot less than 1" at 100 yards if I do my part with the following loads: Nosler cases, (can be new or 1X) Federal 210 primer, 56.6 grains of IMR 4451 with a 180 grain Nosler Partition setting on top, comparator OAL 2.695 - 2.696". Two different lots...
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    Elk Calls post rut

    How many elk hunters use a call post rut? I am reading Elk Tactics by Don Laubach and Mark Henckel and they are pretty positive on the benefits of calling. My elk hunting is in Montana during the 3rd and 4th weeks of rifle season in November. Just thinking it might be something to try one...
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    Leer Truck Caps

    I purchased a new Leer 100R for my 2018 F150 and am quite disappointed in the fit. My 2013 F150 wore the same Leer cap and it fit reasonably well. Between 2013 and 2018 Ford has streamlined the truck bed by curving the outside edge in while leaving the inside dimension the same. Bottom line...
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    Lead Free Bullets

    Does anyone have experience with lead free bullets? I have used Nosler Partitions and Accubonds with great success. The only reason I see to switch is to be more sensitive, responsible, toward the environment, specifically eagles and other critters feeding on entails left in the field. The...
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    What a Difference a Guide Makes

    The long anticipated 2017 Montana Hunting Trip is nearing a close. What a season it has been. First off, Rodger, aka Truckdriver and I started planning a get together to hunt elk and deer last winter when we met for lunch in Maryland with our wives. Rodger had learned of my previous successes...
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    Rodger aka Truck Driver

    We are down to the wire, tomorrow is Rodger's last day to hunt elk in Montana.. we have enjoyed our hunting together.. lots of stories but no tags punched yet. I will give Rodger the opportunity to fill in details, with at least one picture after the hunt concludes Wishing everyone...
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    My Apologies to everyone

    I sincerely apologize for Truck Drivers indiscretion of posting photos that I sent to him. The remote chance encounter of breeding elk presented itself in front of my wife and me earlier today in Yellowstone Park. This is a family forum and I would not have posted the mating photo, and I have...
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    NYDAN Mentors a Young Hunter

    Below is a message from a nice young man who NYDAN is mentoring in the shooting and hunting sports. I have had the opportunity to shoot with Dan and Caleb and this appears to be a WIN - WIN for everyone. Hats off to Dan, keep up the good work. Rol Dan took me on my first goose hunt this...
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    When to be satisfied

    A load of 56.6 gr of IMR4451 under a 180GR Nosler Partition shoots sub MOA in all three of my 30-06's. Velocity in the 24" barrels runs right around 2,750fps. In the Ruger Number 1 with its 22" barrel the velocity averages around 2,683fps in new cases, just over 2,700 in once fired cases...
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    New To me Ruger Number 1S in 30-06

    These are the first targets shot with my Ruger Number 1S in 30-06. I picked it up on the way home from vacation earlier this month and yesterday was the first opportunity to try it out. The target on the left is fired with the same loads that I have developed, and shoot well in my Remington...
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