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    Disappointed in Leupold

    Hmmmm... I've had my Leupold 1600i now for 6 years. Works flawlessly.
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    Selling Public Land for Budget Reconciliatory Bill

    LoL - Good enough to successfully manage multiple $600M to $1.4B aerospace programs with 300+ people working for me along with several hundred subcontractors and hit target costs and schedules to within 4% of estimates at the start of the program. But thanks for playing along. Yep.
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    Selling Public Land for Budget Reconciliatory Bill

    It's been a third rail for decades. Define "enough". And what is the nationally accepted value of "enough"? Really. That's awfully elitist. So only people who stopped formal education after high school (i.e., the dumb ones) voted for Republicans and only dumb people are poor? And it's...
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    Selling Public Land for Budget Reconciliatory Bill

    Correct. Mostly. Medicare also covers those under 65 with disabilities. The conversation was about Boomers and how they are the ones who have driven the debt crisis. My point has been it is not a generational thing but a political one. And to say the lack of effort to reign in entitlement...
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    Selling Public Land for Budget Reconciliatory Bill

    To quote you - "The big stuff largely hasn't been touched, and the reason for that is because the House has elections every two years and a lot of new Republican voters are on medicaid." Hence, if I take you at your word, entitlement spending isn't being looked at or cut (at least not yet)...
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    Selling Public Land for Budget Reconciliatory Bill

    Wow. That's rich. You think our debt problem and not touching entitlement spending is because of the last election of the House? Amazing. I think history tells another story however. Since 1935, Democrats have controlled the House 32 out 56 Congresses. Republicans controlled the other 24...
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    Selling Public Land for Budget Reconciliatory Bill

    This is true. A large fraction of the US voters want free stuff from the Govt and our politicians (both sides) are more than willing to buy their votes. If we aren't willing to tackle 84% of the problem on the spending side, just raising revenue isn't going to solve the problem. Both issues...
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    Question for the 30 cal guys

    My 308 likes 165-gr trophy bonded tips and I have just recently developed a really good load around the terminal ascent in 175 gr. Both are delivering sub 0.5 MOA results over 50+ rounds shot for each and let me take elk out to 400 yds with no concerns. I've taken elk with both bullets; one...
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    As if I wasn't ready to leave CO already.........the hits just keep on coming.

    If it was anything like this latest gun control bill, Polis was deeply involved behind the scenes. He was pulling the strings on the gun bill language.
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    As if I wasn't ready to leave CO already.........the hits just keep on coming.

    It is. And it seems that after about 40 yrs, CA may be starting to move the pendulum back toward the center if the last election is any indication. Colorado is still swinging even more left so perhaps in another 40-50 yrs, CO may regain some sense of sanity. Or not ....
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    Dept of Interior handed over to DOGE

    Sorry, that's just stupid. $3000 in 1950 has the purchasing power of over $38000 in 2024. If you don't understand that basic principle, then further conversation with you is a waste of time. If the median wage in 1984 was $58,930 and the SS tax maxed at $37,500, then the median wage earner...
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    Dept of Interior handed over to DOGE

    You need to consider the following to get an apples to apples comparison: 1. Bring all $ values to 2024 baseline. You can't compare a 1950 dollar to 1970 dollar or to a 2024 dollar. Inflation matters. Pick and average inflation rate and apply it to each year. I used 3.5%. Over the last 60...
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    Dept of Interior handed over to DOGE

    Yes - Boomers are the start of the bow-wave. They are also the ones who have contributed the most (in terms of $'s and by a large amount) into the program. But they are not the end of the bow-wave and therein lies the problem. You had a lot of boomers paying for the prior generation benefits...
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    Dept of Interior handed over to DOGE

    So major increases under Obama (2008-2016), approximately flat line during Trump-1 (2016-2020) and a huge increase under Biden (2020-2024). And the picture only gets worse: Seems like the US is headed for a massive readjustment of living standards. Question is, do we take the pain now to...
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    7mm Backcountry anyone?

    I load a 7mm RM with 65 gr of powder and push a 150-gr copper bullet to 3172 fps. With sub-0.6 MOA performance over 100+ rounds fired, I don't see much of a reason to make the switch for a few gr of powder savings and a few percent gain in velocity. Maybe handloads will show themselves to gain...
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    7mm Backcountry anyone?

    Fair point - in my example I was assuming same powder charges. But your right, the 7mm BC is probably running something in the neighborhood of 50 gr vs a 7mm RM at roughly 65 gr. But this is partially offset by the higher pressures generated in the BC.
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    7mm Backcountry anyone?

    Basic physics - Taking Federal published data for the 7mm BC vs a 7mm RM, for the same bullet mass (155 gr), you get 3300 fps vs 3000 fps. That's a 10% increase in velocity (3300/3000 = 1.10). Energy goes as velocity squared so the energy increase is 1.1 x 1.1 = 1.21 or a 21% increase in...
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    New Bow or Not?

    Thanks!
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    New Bow or Not?

    Is the extra length of the 33 worth it in terms of added stability over the 30? I tend to fixate on saving every ounce I can. Are the PSE's more stable/shootable or easier/more difficult to tune than say a Mathews Lift or a Hoyt AlphaX (at same length)? Looking for that "last, best" bow that...
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    Heat source options for tent camping.

    I hunt CO mountains from 1st rifle thru 4th rifle. In my case, I backpack in and setup camp several miles in and at elevation (9500 ft +). Night-time temps range from 0 - 20 degrees for the most part. There are the occasional -10 degree (or colder) nights but I haven't experienced many of...
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