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    Im looking for a scope for a rifle

    The 2.4 - 12x50 is better for deer hunting. The 2.4x gives you a better field of view than 3.5x and you don't need 18x for deer -- you'll lose the deer in the narrow field of view. The 50mm objective is also brighter or gives you a bigger exit pupil. The Swarovski has a good ballistic turret...
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    Slingshot that slide.

    I read it. It seems to me the really distinctive thing about the Glock compared to more traditional handguns mentioned in the article is that it's lightweight -- lighter than aluminum or steel framed guns. There's really no appreciable flaws with the glock that its detractors would like to...
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    Slingshot that slide.

    slingshot with the fingers or overhand grip between the fingers and palm? Also, I would think that unless the technique is likely to cause a malfunction and not just some hypothetical wear, that the dependability of the technique would be more important than trying to preserve a wear item...
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    Advice for mule deer field care?

    Gutless method is where you leave the entrails intact in the carcass. You process one side at a time. You pull the cape off, you take out the backstrap and tenderloin from above, then separate the ball joints at the hips and remove the rear quarter. Then remove the front quarter. Flip the...
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    Detachable Magazines, who needs them?

    I absolutely agree that the moral necessity to make a quick kill is more important than any aesthetic or spiritual value in a single shot. I'm just not convinced a bolt-action, double, or semi-automatic is a tremendous boon to making follow-up shots compared to reloading a single shot rifle --...
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    Advice for mule deer field care?

    I've got two boys with mule deer tags for this coming season. We don't have much experience field dressing, so I'm thinking about a plan. I haven't hunted big game for more than 20 years and back then I only harvested a couple boar. Hung them and gutted them. Moved them to a walk-in cooler...
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    Socks for Cold Weather Stand Hunting

    The combination of the polyurethane and neoprene in Muck boots is pretty warm. They're not as warm as hardcore pacs or arctic boots like Baffin, but they keep the lower pant leg dry better than just leather hunting boots. The problem I have with the polyurethane boots like Muck is that some of...
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    Detachable Magazines, who needs them?

    I had hinged floor plates on an old Mauser and an old Model 70 both something like 80 years old. When I got a bolt-action rifle with a DBM, I did not consider it an upgrade. On the other hand, I can't think of a medium or large non-dangerous game hunting situation where I would even want more...
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    How much ammo is "enough?"

    I think you're ignorant and naive. I say that seriously and without condescension. I also say it at the risk that you'll get offended and ignore my sound advice. I take it that you're training in the infantry and your otherwise (short) lifetime experience with guns means you're not...
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    Winchester or Weatherby

    New or used? Why not a Mark V? Personally, I would go first for a US-made CRF Model 70. The pre-WWII are the best, then later pre-64's, then the '92 to '06 rifles, but individual specimens vary. I also like the California-made Mark V's. I would rather have a good Mark V from South Gate or...
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    Reloading in the garage

    If you are neat and organized about things -- a place for everything and everything in its place kind of guy -- then it's not unreasonably hazardous to store some powder and some primers in the garage in appropriate containers. If they are properly contained -- primers in their individual...
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    How much ammo is "enough?"

    I did not intend it to be read as condescending toward the person new to firearms. I intended it to be condescending to the people who have big supplies of ammo stockpiled but have neglected the weightier matters. Really, I didn't intend it to be condescending, but especially not toward people...
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    S&W model 36 or pocket pistol.

    I suggest a Keltec, probably the P32. It is a double-action only with a heavy-long trigger so that the trigger is less likely to be inadvertently pressed than a single-action like the Colt and therefore there is no need for a safety to take-off and put back on in the manual of arms. Keltec...
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    How much ammo is "enough?"

    We've seen extreme demand cycles for decades now. It's not just election years, but has been affected by fear of legislative backlash to mass shootings, and to other legislative actions that break-through the normal deadlock in Congress. People who shoot a significant volume as a hobby, for...
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    Socks for Cold Weather Stand Hunting

    JMR40's advice is right-on. The old saying is if your feet are cold, put a hat on. Still, I know if I'm not generating a lot of metabolic heat from movement, that just wool socks and uninsulated boots won't do. For this situation, I prefer thick wool socks and boots insulated with wool, felt...
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    Most compact 12 gauage?

    Bear "attacks" do happen in California though. This one happened back in June: https://abc7.com/bear-attack-bears-sierra-madre-san-gabriel-mountains/6253202/ According to the story, the bear scratched the woman while she was asleep in her backyard, and she woke up, smacked it with a laptop...
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    Most compact 12 gauage?

    The risk the black bears present in California and throughout the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges is pretty minimal: The last fatal bear attack in California was in 2008, but it was a captive bear used in movies that killed a handler. Before that, an animal trainer was killed by a Himalayan...
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    Cleaning and lubricating

    I just throw mine in the wet tumbler with the brass.
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    If you carry bigger than a pocket gun, what method of concealment?

    Pocket carry isn't just for "pocket guns." A full-size 5" 1911 fits in a lot of pockets. So does an N-frame revolver. If you sew pockets a little longer than common, you can drop 6.5" barreled revolvers or a Desert Eagle in there.
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    The price of admission?

    Why? Because of the incompleteness of the new kits? The prices? or just the temporarily low availability of some components? I'm not sure when you started, but RCBS kits never came with "everything" you needed. If they did, you wouldn't have acquired so much stuff since then. Maybe you paid...
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