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  1. Narwhal

    REI 2019 update

    Hi, I read the thread from several years ago regarding REI and its intent to stop selling outdoor goods made by companies that also deal in firearms or ammunition (vista/federal). I am getting into backpacking and wondering if they have reversed their stance and if it's OK to shop there again...
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    Stirring the pot

    Moon clips aren't a great solution in my experience. You end up needing specific combinations of ammo/primers and clips otherwise you will get light strikes. Then there is the problem of moon clips easily getting bent, which can create all sorts of issues. Lastly on long/thin magnum revolver...
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    Moving to alaska, keep my .40 or buy a .44?

    I've mostly been working but I've fired 600 rounds through my 629 so far, an even split of magnums and specials. Finding .44 special practice ammo up here is pretty tough, even the cheapest factory ammo seems to be over .50/rnd. It's a reloader's caliber I guess. I took the lock off the...
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    Moving to alaska, keep my .40 or buy a .44?

    Decided on this: It's the only firearm I posses at the moment. Carrying in civilization with .44 special 200gr gold dots and outside that with the 305gr underwood magnums.
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    How much more quickly and accurately can YOU shoot 9mm...

    On recoil intesensive drills, such as 10 yard bill drills, I am roughly 10% faster and 10% more accurate with 9mm vs .40 S&W when shooting 147 gr P9HST2 and 180 gr P40HST1. On drills where the recoil does't matter so much, like mozambiques or el presidente, I find that there isn't much...
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    Moving to alaska, keep my .40 or buy a .44?

    Yep, planning to pick up one of these in .375 H&H to go with the .44 mag. I made a post about it in the rifle forum. I already have a spare vortex 1-4x scope to mount on it. I think I will be set with this and a S&W 629, keeping my 9mm M&P 2.0 for in-town carry and 10.5" Suppressed AR for...
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    M&P 2.0?

    I have a 2.0 in 9mm. i had to send it back once for failures to extract. I have fired about 500 rounds since repair and it is nice with no malfunctions. Its as accurate as my H&K P30, 4" groups at 25 us, but I prefer the trigger and ergos. With any M&P I unfortunately believe you need to...
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    Moving to alaska - .375 H&H recoil question, kimber talkeetna

    Thanks. I'll be living west of downtown near the inlet, so I guess I can't follow the diamond blvd advice. For shotguns I have an 870 wingmaster (12), Berettta A391 Xtrema2 (12), and a benelli montifeltro (20). The beretta & benelli have 5 screw in chokes, I think the 870 is an IC but I can...
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    Moving to alaska - .375 H&H recoil question, kimber talkeetna

    Thanks. I have an ATF form 5320.20 filled out and ready to send for the two cans and one SBR I'm planning to bring initially and won't send them until I get the approval.
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    Moving to alaska, keep my .40 or buy a .44?

    Also, while we're on the subject, I understand I can ship firearms from myself to myself in AK. If I maintain an address in the lower 48 at my parents' house, could I simply UPS them to myself the day before I fly up and take delivery of them upon my arrival in AK? Or is it still necessary to...
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    New M&P40c; another lemon from S&W?

    I know what you mean about sending them back.....of the 10 S&W pistols I've owned, 4 have gone back at least once, and one of them went back twice. I've only sent one M&P 40 back for accuracy issues (a 5" pro), and they replaced the barrel which seemd to solve it. It is unfortunate that they...
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    New M&P40c; another lemon from S&W?

    I have an M&P 40c that is pretty accurate for a small gun.....it will hold 4" groups at 25 yards with atlanta arms match ammo. If you can afford it, try to buy a box of Atlanta arms 180gr ammo and see what it does. Do you have another similar sized gun you can shoot back-to-back with it...
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    Moving to alaska - .375 H&H recoil question, kimber talkeetna

    I have 4 ar15's in 5.56 and a larue obr in 7.62x51, +3 M14 type rifles, including a select fire NFA, + my R700, but the question is whether I will bother shipping them to AK. I keep a suppressed 10.5" ar-15 on a noveske switchblock upper with an eotech as my home defense rig in TX. There is...
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    Moving to alaska, keep my .40 or buy a .44?

    I've pretty much settled on a S&W 629 I think, just having a real debate on the 4" half lug vs 5" full lug. Since the S&W is not recommended for the super hot loads and I don't reload anyway, I'm thinking the moderate .44 mag factory ammo will not lose that much velocity in the 4" instead of...
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    Moving to alaska - .375 H&H recoil question, kimber talkeetna

    Thanks for all replies. If the talkeetna is a little too light at 7.5 pound unscoped, are there any other synthetic stock - stainless barrel/action .375's? The Montana Rifle Co. Extreme Vantage V2 is the other one I was looking at, but it seems to have long/unknown order/wait times. It would...
  16. Narwhal

    M1A scoping question

    the basset mounts are good but unless you loctite them or shoot them on a really heavy m14 they will probably shoot loose after a few hundred rounds. I have one, took an 18.5" LRB tanker to a DMR class and that's what happened. You can tigthen the basset's bolt up periodically but it will...
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    Moving to alaska - .375 H&H recoil question, kimber talkeetna

    Hello, I recently obtained a new job in Anchorage and will be there for at least a few years. I could see myself trying a hunt of some kind if I can coordinate something with my coworkers. What kind? I don't know, moose, caribou, etc perhaps.....and we all know what else lives in alaska...
  18. Narwhal

    What handgun for Wolves?

    Glock 18. If I could have anything, otherwise Glock 17 with a 30 round mag, or something similar. I'm partial to the m&p 9 myself. Being relatively small, fast, pack animals I would think putting a lot of lead down would be beneficial. If you were worried about larger animals then i agree...
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    Moving to alaska, keep my .40 or buy a .44?

    I'm planning to buy a kimber talkeetna .375 hh for the long gun I think. I dont see myself carrying a long gun unless I'm hunting though. Have 5 different .308 rifles (3x m14, larue obr, r700) and an 870 shotgun already. I feel like my 18.5" barreled LRB m14 would be a pretty good trail gun...
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    Moving to alaska, keep my .40 or buy a .44?

    I classified expert in idpa with an m&p .40 compact and used to do regular Leo quals with an HK USP .40....i would be nowhere near as good with any revolver, especially doing speedloader reloads vs magazine swaps, 8 lb DA triggers vs 4 lb semi auto triggers, etc. I suspect thats the case for...
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