I did mine a couple of months ago for the first time. It wasn't terrible. I did end up having to buy a couple of parts when I put it back together because they were worn. Totally worth doing if you're mechanically inclined.
Yea, 25ish lbs sounds about right. Seems to feel heavier some days. I try every year to shed some weight but at this point the only way that is going to happen is either spend a ton of money buying ultralight stuff or leaving things behind that I feel are critical.
I hunt birds with a buddy when he can and solo when he can't. I hunt big game solo unless my son can come. So I guess I hunt solo by choice and not-solo when a select couple of individuals can come along. I have come to enjoy hunting with my son quite a bit. The first few years when he was...
Very true. However, if a corner is marked that's where it is....regardless of where the n'th surveyor puts it in a courtroom. There is liberal dose of "Intent" added when surveys don't quite math out....and that happens more often than some would think.
I'm good with my RCBS manual trimmer. I don't load more than 100 and normally less. I use it for 6.5CM and 30-06. I like that it is simple. I don't like setting it up each time I change cases. It's kind of fussy.
By my calculations there are 839,296 acres of BLM lands within 5 miles of incorporated places. As far as I've heard "populated places" is not defined in the text so the number could be larger depending on how one decides what a populated place is.
Some of the points I've been sending to my...
Looks like the map is out there on some other sites as well.
https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/public-lands-and-waters/this-map-shows-the-120-million-acres-of-public-land-that-could-be-sold-under
https://theradavist.com/forest-service-and-blm-public-lands-for-sale-map...
There is far too much land shown on this map. Maybe we're just missing the boat and they are ramping up to sell everything off! Did I miss somewhere that they upped the amount to sell off? There is 3.7 million acres shown in Colorado alone not to mention almost 80 million acres in Alaska.