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    Vortex Diamondback vs. Crossfire

    I'll preface this by saying that I'm a big fan of Vortex. I own two pairs of their binos, two Razor HD LH riflescopes, and a spotter. However, their cheaper imported optics from China (crossfire) and the Philippines (Diamondback) have been less than impressive for me. One migrated zero about 6"...
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    Old Military Photos from Hunttalkers

    Depends what you call "old," I guess.
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    Sleep Systems- tent, bag, liners, pads?

    Situational awareness. Got it pitched in a rainstorm and added some supplemental "lateral rain" from the hose. Did quite well, except that the footprint wanted to stick out beyond the edge of the tent body and channel water under it initially. Easy fix. She'll be getting a real deal op test in...
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    Sleep Systems- tent, bag, liners, pads?

    Dang dude! Great SA on this. Been planning to test its waterproof integrity, but that just got bumped up on the to-do list. Thanks a ton!
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    First blackpowder hunt

    Just like anything, you'll be collecting "30,000 foot ideas" and slowly zooming in as you get more experience. One of the first recommendations I'd make would be to get out to the range as soon as possible to get a general idea for your weapons system's capabilities, and plan on spending 3 times...
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    Copper or Lead (Poll)

    Yes- much more consistent terminal performance and greater weight retention than even high end bonded lead bullets. This video does a great job of showing the differences in a scientific, unbiased manner. Think it's telling that only 2.3% answered "switched back to lead after trying copper."
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    Quality rings. To lap or not to lap? That is the question

    Especially if you have a mechanical background, a full scope mounting kit, including lapping hardware, is really almost essential. If I had to guess, I'd say somewhere between 40 and 50% of riflescopes are mounted with some substantive amount of misalignment- any time ring marks are more obvious...
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    CVA Wolf muzzleloader

    Thors are a great way to go as well. Just be sure, when using BH209, that you use standard strength 209 primers and NOT 209 primers made for muzzleloaders- the latter aren't as hot as standard primers, and will fail to ignite BH209 reliably.
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    Covid and NonResident licenses - help bear hunters

    Wise move if you're sitting on that many points. Anyone got reports on how the winter was in WY?
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    New Mexico is posted!

    Dream tag. Envious. Best of luck.
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    New Mexico is posted!

    You'll be looking at 5-7K for the tag plus whatever the outfitter charges. Surprised to hear of so many drawing tags, and multiple tags at that. Good on your guys.
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    CVA Wolf muzzleloader

    Unless your state prohibits you from using sabots, there is no reason in the world to use Powerbelts. They are virtually always less accurate than decent saboted projectiles, and categorically inferior in their terminal performance. I have seen a lot of rifles go from 6" groups at 100 to groups...
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    Sleep Systems- tent, bag, liners, pads?

    I've used standard backpacking gear versus the name brand hunting gear very effectively. Of note, a Mountainsmith Morrison II tent I own held up through several Arctic blizzards with 30+ MPH sustained winds on the North Slope of the Brooks range recently. For this year, I picked up a Nemo Hornet...
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    Minimum Velocity

    I corresponded with Barnes in reference to this question recently. They said 1100 FPS. Since becoming of the copper mono mindset and picking up a bunch of their ammo I still have yet to kill anything, but I will say this- I used "Shockwave" projectiles (identical to Hornady SST) for the first...
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    CVA Breech Plug modification for Blackhorn 209 powder

    Wolf. The ignition systems are identical between CVA models, though, assuming all have the BH209 breech plug. It could very well have been that I got a bad batch of BH209. Happy to provide videos of multiple misfires through multiple rifles to anyone who wants them.
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    Velvet

    Gorgeous pictures, happy to see such an abundance of apparently very healthy wildlife.
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    CVA Breech Plug modification for Blackhorn 209 powder

    Word to the wise- test your new breech plug's ignition with BH209 extensively. I purchased the BH209 specific breech plug for my CVA, and it still does not ignite reliably. The same is the case in my T/C. I contacted Blackhorn about this, and their customer service was sub par at best- basically...
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    New Muzzleloader Options?

    I own 3 muzzleloaders; two CVAs and a T/C Pro Hunter. All are .50s. The best fit for the criteria you describe, by far, would be the T/C Encore. Mine hold MOA groups all day long, out to 300 yards. It's not an economy option, but is definitely a keeper if you want that kind of precision. To...
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    Havalon Knives

    Anyone used the below Outdoor Edge product? Similar idea to the Havalon, but quite a bit cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Edge-ONYX-LITE-Replaceable-Folding/dp/B01N9WCDG4/ref=sr_1_5?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1531942996&sr=1-5&keywords=outdoor+edge+razor+lite
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    Non-lead box ammo for 25-06

    Nosler E Tips group sub MOA in my Remington 700. I hunt with exclusively copper ammo by this point.

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