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Yet even more OCD...😨 Awaiting access to a Hornady OAL tool, I continued this madness with 2 other bullets-2 longer and heavier critters. Again, using the two OP jam depth methods, I was able to get within 5 thous of meas agreement following the same procedure with these bullets-agreement...

Some info for consideration 😆: https://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm I hate recoil; I guess I'm a 🐱. lol That being said, there's gadgets to trick the rifle out with to help with that, to an extent...

💪⛄ I especially follow the NWS Riverton and Cheyenne websites/forecasts this time of yr if I have a tag in their covered region. We're forecast in the long range to get a lot cooler here in Iowa, too. Everyone be safe out there!

Update on my OCD: So, I got a nicer set of calipers and the Sinclair comparator (not the nut) and 7mm bullet insert. I also plan to make another set of jam COL measurements with the Hornady lock and load when I get around to borrowing it. I very carefully did the measurments again using the 2...

Patchwork, "landlocked" or otherwise inaccessible public BLM is unfortunately a fact of life DIY hunting out west; sounds like you got a good taste of it. 🤠 Some hunters even go so far as to charter private pilots to airlift them legally into a large tract of public land. In WY some of the...

I dont take these next 2 items (maybe should?) but last summer, one of my buddies who joined me with his kids and my kids in a high country camp out, brought a pulse ox sensor and blood pressure meter. He's pretty intense and a good boy scout. Anyhow, when my son got a touch of what seemed to...

Dang. Looks like I have to buy yet another gadget. 😣 I have read/heard that this OAL gage is not accurate due to an angle required to place the caliper over the dummy round base to nose to ultimately make the COAL measurement (measurement not centered on dummy round end to end)? I also read...

Wanted to reach out to the brain trust to hear how/if everyone measures a jam length COAL for a specific bullet and rifle when they start load development? I've used 2 methods over the past year and gotten different results-which messes with my mojo. Both methods have been around for a long...

Sparky the squirrel's last stand...Little Forkhorn, WVA...😉

It's all good, 'CC. You're right about that, its beyond satisfying when your groups start to finally tighten up and you realize just maybe your're starting to figure some of this stuff out. 😆

Guys, my intent is just to share what I considered to be a good explanation of what CBTO is and how it can be used-if one so chooses. CBTO can be used to aid in determining best seating depth in a Weatherby rifle, or any rifle, for that matter; nor was I implying that there is a specific CBTO...

'Slugz, That's just awesome, man! 💪

Kewl Pics! Looks like a little velvet left maybe on that one antler?🦌

No argument 'CC. Despite my engineering background, CBTO and the bullet comparators/techniques to measure it were confusing. Bryan's article made it all click for me: its basically just a more precise datum to take a length measurement with a given bullet, given comparator gauges, and a...

CBTO is measure that can seem a bit confounding. Lots of articles and threads where its been praised or argued over. I wanted to share what I found to be one of the best explanations out there of what it is...

'Task gets the gold star. 🌟 One thing that's easy to forget in the rush and excitement of the hunt, is to check the state of all that stuff a couple weeks before heading out. If you take the same kit camping/hiking all thru the summer have been thru it recently/frequently its prob fine. On...

What does everyone pack for a 1st aid kit? Say, for a 5+ day back country hunt > 5 miles from the trailhead/truck?

(y)🦌 Drag a big'un off the mtn!

Some gooodd eatin' there 'Coni! 😉

I want to thank everyone for sharing their opinions-certainly keep the thread going if you like. I know a couple guys gave them the thumbs down, but Wally World had a deal on the Yokohama Geolandar ATs I couldn't refuse: $125/tire. ~ $650 installed. I also know ya get what ya pay for, but...