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    44mag or 10mm for Wilderness Defense?

    You know what uses the same bullet with even faster recoil recovery? The .40 S&W! The 10mm is a low powered round to begin with so you're just hoping to penetrate to something a bear can't live without. Will the 10 do that better than the .40? I'm not sure, the difference is probably pretty...
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    My Carry Routine

    I agree that a light and a knife are the EC things I use the most. I do CCW where appropriate and legal, of course. But in 30+ years of having a permit there's only been a couple of instances where I thought I might need to draw (although I never did) while I use a light or a knife multiples...
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    44mag or 10mm for Wilderness Defense?

    Getting stations in AK and starting a youtube channel there doesn't make someone a bear expert. :rofl: I suppose by internet logic I must be a Grizzly expert seeing as I live in SW Montana an hour from Jellystone.;) 10mm certainly goes seem to popular there and I've seen pictures of a few small...
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    Largest caliber you own?

    I suppose my 12ga is the largest caliber I own. The largest handgun caliber I own is a .40 cal and the largest rifle I have is .30 cal.
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    wonder why no 7.62 creed

    Who needs 7.62 Creed when we have the mighty 7.62 Yahweh! :rofl: ;)
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    7.62x39 v. 7.62x51 short range wounding differences

    Well, cardboard is notorious for not stopping bullets. :rofl: I suppose the OP poses the hypothetical however he chooses, but in the real world I don't think we can make a blanket assumption that the opponent will be unarmored in a world where ceramic/PE Level IV plates can often be had for a...
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    May Rangemaster Newsletter

    Awesome! Downloading now!
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    Opinions on the perfect nightstand handgun.

    I keep an HK VP9 on the nightstand but if something goes bump in the night I plan to reach for the carbine.
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    Scheels Sporting Goods

    I like Sportsman's Warehouse or at least I used to. They changed a lot after getting bought out a year or two ago. In Idaho I really love Black Sheep, here in Montana I like Bob Ward's.
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    Another bite at the apple?

    Sometimes I'm a slow learner! :rofl:
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    Another bite at the apple?

    Yeah, forgot the 1911 if we're speaking in generalities. I've had so many of them over the years! They never "stick" in my collection but every so often I try one again. For me great range guns but not really useful for the stuff I do with guns aside from plinking.
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    Scheels Sporting Goods

    I spent half my life in Sioux Falls, SD and always liked Scheel's.
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    Another bite at the apple?

    I'm just curious how many of you have sold a firearm only to buy back the same model later? If so, how often have you done so? Obviously this could happen because you were experiencing a financial crunch and needed the cash at the time (which happened to me once in my early 20s) or because you...
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    22 ammo sticker shock

    I have tons of the stuff but don't reliably burn 100 rnds per year. My stash will last til 2150!
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    The Knock-Out Game

    Like most folks I've read detailed crime stats, checked the police blotter and spoke with friends relatives in LE in various parts of the country. If you have a better way to find hard numbers I'm all ears! If you have good stats please don't keep us in suspense! :rofl: My suspicion, which I...
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    The Knock-Out Game

    Barring anything compiled by the FBI in the UCI, I'd say this is more than an urban legend but far less of a risk than driving while using your phone. I dunno, I believe this isn't a total myth but my research and experiences tell me it's pretty rare. Of course I am in Montana these days, that...
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    The Knock-Out Game

    True. But the average number of bee sting deaths per year is about 72, considerably higher than the combined total number of documented deaths that I could verify from this "game" since 1992. But I'll concede that this figure also includes wasp stings. In any event I will continue to avoid...
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    The Knock-Out Game

    Good to maintain awareness! Statistically I think being killed in "the knockout game" is more likely than death by meteor but less likely than death by bee sting, so I'm not overly concerned about it.
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    What new rifles are most exciting to you this year? Or over the past year?

    I'm practically hyperventilating waiting for the new PWS UXRs to hit the stores! 👁️🫦👁️
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    Man killed attempting to stop a carjacking

    What I mean is I couldn't tell from the relatively low quality video if he missed the target or if his rounds failed to penetrate the glass of the side window. I couldn't ID the firearm from the video though I suspect it might have been a Judge or something like it. If so, .410 shot loads...
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