Recent content by Wind Gypsy
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2026 ID DEA Controlled hunt results
I dont follow ID very closely. It's always been a state i consider throwing long shot apps at but rarely do. I'm curious if there is a summary of how the new application/fee process impacted odds for deer and elk?- Wind Gypsy
- Post #59
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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What are you currently reloading?
Haven't loaded for my 7 SAUM in probably 3 years but sized some brass to get it going again. Still shot some of the old stuff tight. Picked up a Mk12 AR recently so will need to eventually find a load for it. Seems to be doign well with factory ammo thus far but suspect i'll settle on 73 ELD...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #602
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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7mm PRC
Certainly isn’t limited to hornady cartridges. I’m fairly confident if you loaded up a bunch of 6 BR, 6 Dasher, 6.5x47, and creedmoors in a rail gun, the odds of the BR/Dasher/x47 outperforming the creedmoors is high. I think the biggest thing about the new hornady cartridges is throat spec...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #24
- Forum: Firearms
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What are you guys paying for gas?
Holy crap, hadn't set in that elections are that soon already.- Wind Gypsy
- Post #3,530
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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What weapon should I buy...
Word. Only reason for me to have a 3.5" gun was if you need to share ammo with buddies and they are shooting 3.5". But when I did a ton of waterfowling and hunted with others that did a ton of waterfowling, nobody used 3.5" anyway. I think i've only ever shot 1 box of 3.5" shells i purchased...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #17
- Forum: Firearms
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Dall Sheep Hunt in Alaska - The Best Hunt of My Life
Congrats on your awesome adventure and thanks for writing it up! Your story made me go look at my sheep mount and reminisce - A ram very similar to yours with FC in tact left and broomed right horn. Question, what the heck is this?- Wind Gypsy
- Post #73
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Once fired brass sizing
I had 300wm brass that did that even when FL sizing every step. It resulted in a built up false shoulder in front of the belt so when i got a new barrel that brass wouldn't even chamber and was unfixable. Larry Willis makes a collet die specifically for sizing the body up to the belt to avoid...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #11
- Forum: Ammunition and Reloading
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Youth elk rifle?
My girls are little still but the older one is going into nature based preschool where she’ll spend the majority of her time learning outdoors (even in MN winter). In trying to outfit her for those conditions it seems like there’s technical enough gear for kids to get outdoors in cold/wind/rain...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #55
- Forum: Firearms
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Elk bullet in Grizzly country
Last time I archery hunted in Western WY I just carried a 9mm with buffalo bore +p solids. If not archery hunting it's usually just whatever bolt rifle i'm hunting with. I have a g40 glock 10mm that was purchased specifically for hunting griz country but its bigger than ideal and I dont shoot...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #62
- Forum: Elk
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Elk bullet in Grizzly country
Whichever one i'm carrying at the time.- Wind Gypsy
- Post #60
- Forum: Elk
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Elk bullet in Grizzly country
If it kills elk it'll kill griz. And if I wanted to kill something fast a "tough" bullet wouldn't be a priority.- Wind Gypsy
- Post #58
- Forum: Elk
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What should i get? What shells are good to?
I think my 870 express was like $230 when I turned 12. Dad took his folgers cans of change to the bank to buy me one for my first gun.- Wind Gypsy
- Post #8
- Forum: Firearms
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Petition to mandate hunters to carry bear spray in Montana.
Love me some grain belt. That's my go to when out for dinner if they have it. I read this with a pause before 'most of the time' in the cadence of David Allen Coe's "If That Aint Country".- Wind Gypsy
- Post #54
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Threading and chopping a barrel?
How short do people think a barrel really needs to get to go from 3000 FPS to 2100 FPS (30% reduction)? It isn't anything that doesn't require an ATF tax stamp. Have to get to sub 10"? Also, lot of people worried about velocity that shoot factory ammo that can easily vary over 100 FPS between...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #44
- Forum: Firearms
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When ballistics and moa don’t match
Glad ya got it squared away. The one thing i've seen the hornady app get wonky with is aerodynamic jump (AJ -wind direction impacting elevation dope). AJ is a real thing but some calculators way over represent it. Turn wind to zero to get true drop data without AJ tweaking it. For illustration...- Wind Gypsy
- Post #27
- Forum: Firearms
