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Utah's Iron Sighted Hunts
If true, that's a relatively sane direction to be heading given the current state of "hunting" - I suppose you could say it's swinging the pendulum a bit too far, but the pendulum is so far over into the sniper-wannabe-LR-black rifle-mil spec category, that maybe there's no other way to approach... -
Revenge of the 80’s music weekend
Not 80's, 1979... I basically despise most music from the 80's. Happy Sunday 😁- Brad
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This is why Bozeman is kind of annoying.
And to further screw up the state, here's his next installment "The Madison" - apparently he doesn't GAS: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33204276/- Brad
- Post #149
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This is why Bozeman is kind of annoying.
It's certainly changed in the last 6 years. I noticed a change after "A River Runs Through It" came out in 92', and then after 9/11 too. Here's a pic of my dad taken in 1949 sitting on top of a P51 that was parked on the green at MSU after the war. Not sure what the look on his face means, but...- Brad
- Post #109
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EMERGENCY!!! Returning to the dream of one hunting rifle…
KISS - 22/250 and 270 Win. I doubt there's a better Western combo - that pair smells of sage brush and tall timber. The 22-250 up through deer, and the 270 for elk and bigger. You don't say what 6.5 you have, but you could do that and the 22/250 as well. Ditto a 308 and 22/250. But in my mind... -
Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
https://missoulian.com/enrons-demise-adds-irony-to-energy-saga/article_c06dcce4-a979-58bc-8737-1bf632a0b0f0.html https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9540&context=etd https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/07/28/case-study-energy/...- Brad
- Post #28
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
I just fired off an email to my legislator...- Brad
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
Yup - and we the people pay the price for their ignorance per usual...- Brad
- Post #24
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
In some ways this reminds me of the dismantling of Montana Power that the Republicans spearheaded in the 90's - all with legislation written and handed to them by Enron.- Brad
- Post #22
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Is the 300 WSM still a viable choice of caliber?
Every SA M700 I've used that was originally chambered for the WSM, or was repurposed for a WSM, fed like chit. The SAUM's were never great in the action, and the WSM's are noticeably worse (the WSM is longer and has a sharper shoulder). We obviously have a different idea of what good feeding is... -
Is the 300 WSM still a viable choice of caliber?
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Is the 300 WSM still a viable choice of caliber?
I've had 7 or 8 300 WSM's going back to 2001, and have taken antelope, deer, and elk with the cartridge (BTW, it's not a caliber, its a cartridge). Like the 308 Win, the 300 WSM is an inherently accurate cartridge with its short, fat powder column and 35* shoulder. However, those same... -
Yes, I still keep a check register
It was a bad joke - my apology. If you can't write a check for a light barrel due to shaking, it's probably also true that shooting a lighter barrel will not be easy given you can't write the check for it. Again, a kind of crappy attempt at humor. My apology.- Brad
- Post #39
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Yes, I still keep a check register
In which case I'm thinking a lighter barrel isn't going to help your shooting...- Brad
- Post #29
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The Memory Isn't What It Used To Be
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Reagan airport crash 1/29/25
My father got his first flying lesson in an open cockpit Pietenpol Aircamper in 1943, then got his private pilots license in high school. After college, he went on to the air force and through fighter training, then flew the backcountry here in Montana, and eventually got hired by TWA, and flew...- Brad
- Post #146
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.338 Federal. Your experience?
I've always felt the 338 Fed is an answer in search of a question. It really doesn't do anything a 308 Win does with less fuss, and I say that as someone who was a huge .338 fan (338-06 and many 338 WM's). And in my experience neither of those two do anything the 30-06 and 300 Mag do. The only... -
What is your take on the new 7mm Backcountry?
I can assure you, anyone that assumes the handle "Gr8bawana" isn't going to understand this, especially given he's misspelled Bwana.. :) -
East Crazy Mountain Land Exchange
John Sullivan with the Montana chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers took a sharper tone in his assessment of the decision. “We are deeply disappointed that the Forest Service has caved to big money and their never-ending goal to lock the public out of public land,” he wrote in a text to...- Brad
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