I know there is a ton of info online if you know exactly what you are searching for but I’m a little stuck on trying to do a simple 300 win mag build. Nothing too crazy just a fluted barrel and a Remington model 700 platform. Anyone know where to get a fluted barrel from? Seems like everywhere I check is basically just gunsmiths all over the US that seem to be pretty complex when ordering these. You can’t just find the one you want and add to cart. Any recommendations for a first time rifle builder?

I’ve built 2 AR’s but the bolt action rifle world is another ball game.

Also, I’m not a precision shooter, I am a deer hunter so I’m not looking for all the flare and weight that comes with some of these elaborate, tactical precision rifles to shoot steel with.

Any of you Baws and Bawettes have any experience with changing your career at 29 years old? I graduated in CM and have been (and currently) in a Project Management position for a General Contractor for the past 6 years making excellent money. However, every day that passes I realize that this job does not fit who I am or who I want to be. I am more the type that wants to help people reach a goal. Maybe something in finance or real estate (preferably land and timber sales). The problem is, I have 0 education or experience in either. Now I work for an amazing Company and amazing group of people who I wold do anything for, but no amount of those things will ever change this industry, what is required to survive in it, and how it will completely break you down until you turn into someone you hate.

For those that don't know, this job is like sitting in a giant pressure cooker of stress and anger day in and day out. There is always someone to fight with, always someone to argue with, always a problem, always someone unhappy, and always someone blaming you for things that you don't and will never have control over. It will turn you into the worst version of yourself and slowly affect your personal life (the small one that you are allowed to have). There is a high probability that you will become an alcoholic and just an down right unhappy individual which will ultimately affect your wife, kids, and family. There is no such thing as a work/life balance. The job comes first. Period. You are either on the A Team or you are off the Team. Pick one. I just cannot imagine an entire career of being a part of this God forsaken industry full of greed and lies.

I'd say I have about 80% bad days and 20% good days. Maybe it has just been one of those days and I just needed to vent, but I know that one day soon I am going to just walk away and never look back.

Have any of you ever had experience in this industry? Does it get better? Has anyone made a drastic career change at 29? If so, were you happier after?

Sorry in advance for the long rant.

Anyone have any idea on when Hornady or Federal will start making 6.5 PRC ammo again? I have no idea how, but every gun store in South Louisiana is fresh out. It's not like this is a caliber that is extremely popular to where everyone is hording it. I can find 6.5 Creedmoor all day long, but I have to sell a kidney to find PRC. I have to imagine that it is a special caliber and very little is actually made?

Help me understand the whole having kids thing. The wife (no pics) and I are both heavily on the anti-having kids side of things and we have yet to come up with a logical reason on why having kids is a good idea. No offense to people who have them, I just want to understand a little better.

Here is a list of a couple pros and cons that we came up with.

Pros:
You have someone to look after you when you get old.

Cons:
Extremely expensive on every level imaginable
Annoying
They smell
They constantly break and ruin things
Huge burden on your life
Extremely risky that they will make a huge mistake later in life and you are left to deal with the mess.
High pitched screams in public
Temper tantrums
Can potentially be the reason you and your S/O get a divorce
You can forget about any kind of travel alone
They are on the payroll for at least 25 years
Destroys wife's body for good
Lack of sleep
Dirty diapers
No more hobby's other than kids hobby's
Daycare
School cost
College
Vehicles
Insurance
Doctors visits
Oh, and did I mention how expensive they are?

Like I said, no disrespect to people who have them and choose to do so. I am just trying to understand the mentality here.

I've heard the "you'll never understand the love of a child until you have one" a million times, but I call BS. Seems like Hell on Earth. I have a dog that I absolutely love, but when we see a child we cringe and run the other direction. Kudos to all who have kids.

I have been seeing on more than one occasion people ranging from Facebook warrior Karen's to wannabe Doctors who are RN's to world leaders who are saying that things will NEVER go back to normal. To me, this just seems ridiculous. Eventually, people will be sick and tired of this and begin just ignoring it and go back to their normal lives or it will just fade away just like the ice bucket challenge, planking, is the dress blue or gold, impeachment trials and the list of idiotic internet fads or political agendas at the time.

This social distancing, economic shut down, people in panic will fade away as soon as something new takes its place like a natural disaster, or hmmm I don't know an election. I am already starting to see on a personal level companies telling their employees that enough is enough, time to come back to the office. Just my opinion.

Has anyone heard of a release date yet for Flight Simulator 2020 for Xbox?

How will it work? I would imagine you would need a joystick, mouse, and keyboard to navigate the hundreds of switches and knobs that are in aircraft. Using solely an Xbox controller sounds like a disaster, but I would trust that Microsoft knows what they are doing.

OB Baws. Long time listener, first time poster. Been having a place in Toledo Bend for about 6 years now and we are strictly Sacalait warriors. We do very well for ourselves in that department. I have been bass fishing on that lake maybe 5 times for about 1 hour combined in the past 10 years I've been going up there. No where near the voice of bass fishing. About all I know is to throw a spinner, worm, or crank bait at the bank in the coves or grass. Unfortunately, I know that is only useful at certain times of the year. Any of you bass baws know when the bass move up on the banks and when it would be worth trolling and trowing at the banks? I've heard March and April?

Maybe the first thing I have to do is buy a $100k skeeter with 3 to 4 50" monitors and a sponsor shirt with 10 Duckett rods? Not sure.


Thanks in advance for the help.