I’ve never agreed with the philosophy of spending more money on a scope than I did the rifle and I still don’t. I’m a died in the wool Leupold fan and they’ve done everything I’ve asked of them. The most I ever spent on one was about $600 and that was for a VX5-HD. I liked it but I’m not a fan of 30mm tubes. I sold it almost immediately because it just seemed too bulky on top of my rifle. I have about a half dozen VX1/VX2/Freedom models and they work fine. Very basic but more than adequate...

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Been thinking about a new alpine rifle build for a while to hunt sheep, Ibex, goats, tahr, chamois...

Thought I would ask how you decide. What do you feel is the most important thing in buying or building a rifle?

Beyond caliber, what do you consider next?

In my case, I’ve been considering a custom a 7MM REM Mag. 22” threaded Barrel. To use a suppressor.

Some considerations:
Left Hand (For me)
1/2 MOA
Action
Length
Weight
Stock type/style
Barrel (Carbon or Steel)

What does your dream...

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Ok so I just bougbt a new Win model 70 made in portugal. Topped it with Tally quick release rings and a Leupold Patrol 1x6. Chambered in 416 Remington magnum. So are tbere any problems with these new model 70s?

I have decided I want to snag a double rifle. I just finished building a 416 Ruger bolt gun. I started looking at Krieghoff 500/416, but any Krieghoff Double rifle seems hard to come by. I reached out to the Heym dealer and found out they are 24 months production time, don’t have stock rifles. I mentioned to that dealer I would have to snag something on the used market. He happened to have a Merkel 470 NE that had just come in on trade.

I started to research some more...

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I went back to Alaska last year for 5 months after being gone 16 years .I was shocked that reloading was disapearing in Alaska big time with people under 35 .I also went to several large gun shops and very few had reloading supplies .I dont know any kids down here that reload .I did see lots old reloading equipment left to their kids and it was being sold by their kids .I took lots of kids hunting but only got to teach one to reload .Its alot of work in Alaska my ammo for 338-378 weatherby...

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