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re: Suppressors Dec 26

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/12/26 at 1:23 pm to calcotron

My BIL seems to like his. I can’t speak much on it because I threw my ear plugs in when he shot a hog, but it still seemed pretty quiet.

My uncle was 400 yds away and he said it sounded like a suppressed 22 to him.

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re: Suppressors Dec 26

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/12/26 at 8:32 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Latest one 24 days. Still not too bad.

Thanks, I’m at 17 days right now. Did you have multiple people on your trust?

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re: 300 Win Mag or a 7mm PRC

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/12/26 at 7:40 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Your bullet didn't exit because the impact velocity was too high for it.

No sir. That was a factor for sure, but it ultimately didn’t exit because it entered at the back of the rib cage, taking out 2 or 3 ribs along the way and traveling to the base of the neck before getting lodged in the hide. It’s likely that bullet would have exited on a broadside shot, although, not 100%. My word choice of “weird”, was poor, but my point is that bullets are not “extremely predictable” once they enter an animal. Reasonably predictable, sure, but you know better than to act like it’s a sure thing.

Speaking of bullets, did you get to test out the .223 this season?

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re: 300 Win Mag or a 7mm PRC

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/11/26 at 12:14 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Primarily because impact velocity was far too high for that bullet.

If it had blown up, I would agree with you, but that wasn’t the case.

Over-expansion or not, a 165 grain bullet traveling 3000 fps that stays together at 15 yards and doesn’t exit a thin skinned animal is weird.

I’ve shot plenty of deer and hogs at close range with a .270 and “not particularly robust bullets” and I don’t recall recovering any bullets.

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re: 300 Win Mag or a 7mm PRC

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/11/26 at 11:36 am to LoneStarTiger

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That's interesting. I know you'll lose some speed with the shorter barrel, but you should still be 2400+ fps at 100 yards, and with that bullet I'd think that's plenty to drive it through.

It was probably going closer to 2,700+ so I’m sure it had plenty of expansion, but I would have expected it to pass through also. I shot a whitetail buck at 15 yards (from 25’ up) with a 300 SAUM 165 grain core lokt that didn’t pass through, bullets do some weird things sometimes.

Rize, you got any pictures of the bullets you recovered? Not trying to derail the thread, I’m sure OP can gain some valuable insight from terminal ballistics on his target animal.

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re: 300 Win Mag or a 7mm PRC

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/10/26 at 12:43 pm to OleBallCoach

That’s impressive… how was the blood trail?

There are so many premium bullets available these days people often overlook traditional cup and core soft points. But I always like hearing about terminal performance regardless of what it’s for.

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re: Rifle scope

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/10/26 at 10:07 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

I guess my definition of quality is a bit different. While I agree VX3 is a great benchmark, it doesn’t make everything below that shite. Pretty much agree with everything else you said.

FWIW I picked up a VX-3 3.5-10x40 duplex the other day for $367 after shipping. Gun.deals is a dangerous website when you’re looking to spend money.

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re: 300 Win Mag or a 7mm PRC

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/10/26 at 9:55 am to mtb010

You can’t go wrong with 300 WM especially for nilgai at long range. Bullet selection will be critical. You might want to look into something with a longer barrel if you don’t plan to suppress it.

Also, someone will recommend Tikka shortly… they have good reason to, and it’s worth looking into also. However, my experience with Ruger American gen 1s have been great accuracy wise.

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re: Rifle scope

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/10/26 at 9:00 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Glass quality is vastly overhyped in scopes

You’re right but glass shouldn’t be ignored. The folks that say you need Swarovski/VX-5/etc. glass are overhyping it. But your recommendations all have decent glass for what most of us use scopes for. I would consider them all to have “quality glass.”

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re: Rifle scope

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/9/26 at 3:50 pm to saintsfan1977

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How old is your scope?

2 years old.

I’m not trying to say they’re going to stand up to abuse. I’m saying they’re a quality option for the average whitetail hunter. You could “what if” things all day but if you want to be practical, you can’t discount it.

Most of my rifles have wooden stocks. By your logic I shouldn’t take them out in the woods because there’s a chance they could fall and crack the stock, throwing my zero off.

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re: Rifle scope

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/9/26 at 3:28 pm to saintsfan1977

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He wants a good scope he can trust . Leupold is not it.

You’re saying that someone should spend 2 to 3 times the amount of money to get something “they can trust”… For whitetail hunting…. That’s ridiculous.

I don’t care what kind of scope I have, if it takes a hit, I’m going to check zero at the next opportunity. Sometimes that’s not possible, as I mentioned, my last drop was shortly followed by a perfect 300 yard shot with a Leupold.

The guy is asking for advice on a new scope. The internet has a tendency to recommend the best or the best “bombproof” bullshite that is completely unnecessary in a lot of cases.

If you want to say that Leupold is susceptible to losing zero after being dropped, go right ahead, but calling them low quality is not an accurate statement.

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re: Rifle scope

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/9/26 at 2:46 pm to saintsfan1977

I don’t know where you get your information from but I’ve got over a dozen Leupold and no reliability issues with them. I haven’t dropped all of them but I don’t make it a habit either. I will say that one of my more recent scopes was dropped just prior to shooting my last deer at 300 yards, so I think it’s perfectly adequate for the average whitetail hunter. Just because someone is ready to spend $1,000 on a scope doesn’t mean they need to.

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re: Rifle scope

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/9/26 at 2:26 pm to Ttiger37

I have VX-3s on almost all of my rifles. 40mm objectives for the most part with max 10x. They do everything I need them to do and I can see clearly during legal shooting hours. A friend of mine runs VX-3 also and said the last NF he shot didn’t seem as clear as his Leupold. He shoots a lot of different guns zeroing them for a local gun store.

I recently purchased a VX-5 but I haven’t used it yet. My reason behind purchasing was because I had extra money to burn and figured why not make the next step up. I got a gen 2 for $1,050 but the gen 1 can be had for around the $750 range. I bought that just after buying a VX-3 3.5-10x40 for $355… couldn’t pass it up at that price.

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re: Rifle scope

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/9/26 at 1:54 pm to saintsfan1977

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Leupold VX line is not good quality at all

This might be the most inaccurate statement I’ve read on here in a while.

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re: Different things to do with deer meat

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/9/26 at 12:50 pm to tke_swamprat

I like dat, me.

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re: Different things to do with deer meat

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/9/26 at 7:08 am to Ol boy

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Summer sausage is very easy to make with a pellet grill or smoker. Way less work involved than jerky or burritos or snack sticks.

I pulled out 2 packs of ground meat, seasoned and loaded it onto racks using the jerky gun. Stuck it in the pellet grill for 3.5 hrs. Pretty easy for jerky/snack sticks.

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re: Different things to do with deer meat

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/8/26 at 8:58 pm to bradygolf98

Roast, stew, tacos. I also always save some cubed meat for deer and vegetable soup.

I made jerky for the first time the other day, but I used my already ground up meat in a jerky gun.

If you need ideas, check out the Meateater’s recipes and videos if you don’t have a good cookbook at home.

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re: Ruger Mini-14

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/8/26 at 8:50 pm to Love me some Les

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I read further and the mini 30 mini 14 have moa of barn.

No they don’t. Some might be crap, but plenty shoot just fine. I’d be willing to bet that if people could put scopes on them more easily, they’d have a lot better reputation. A lot of people suck with open sights and blame the gun.

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re: Building a western gun

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/7/26 at 7:19 pm to Theotherpikecounty

So what did you decide on?

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re: Shortstopping Ducks over 25 years not 20

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/7/26 at 5:28 pm to FlyFishinTiger

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Do you think starting the season later with hope of more cold weather would bring more ducks into Louisiana?

No, later messes with breeding which messes with duck production. Also, from what I understand, ducks are already working their way back up. Fresh arctic blasts will distribute some birds and lead to better hunting, but I don’t think the juice is worth the squeeze in the long run.

If we can get the duck population back to better numbers, and we still have crappy hunting, I’ll get on the short stopping bandwagon.

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re: Ruger Mini-14

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/7/26 at 4:53 pm to TigerOnThe Hill

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Unless you're just going to look at it and not use it, you might want to see how it shoots before putting time and money into it.

Not only that… I was going to mention that if it’s a good shooter, a rail that mounts to the barrel might change the harmonics and turn a good shooter into a bad one. I’m biased though, because I like open sights.

Alternatively, if it’s a bad shooter, it might help for the better to put the rail on.

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re: Ruger Mini-14

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/6/26 at 4:34 pm to zippyputt

This thread has made me want to add a disclaimer to my list for my inheritors:

“Please do not paint or trick out any of the wooden stocked rifles. Sell them to someone who values them and buy something else to trick out”

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re: Duck hunters stranded Saturday anybody know these dudes?

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/6/26 at 1:19 pm to choupiquesushi

At least they were smart (or cold) enough to not try and swim for it. We lost a neighbor in high school who tried to swim for his boat in cold water.

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re: The ducks finally showed up yesterday

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/5/26 at 12:44 pm to Park duck

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Reduced habitat in la is complete bs

It’s not the reason but it is a factor. It is bullshite that it’s being used as a reason for Louisiana’s declining numbers though.

Both of the areas I have hunted forever have a lot poorer habitat than they did 10 years ago. It’s not the reason our seasons have been poor, but it hasn’t helped.

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re: The ducks finally showed up yesterday

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/5/26 at 11:35 am to mtb010

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Milder winters + purposely flooding food for ducks = horrible duck hunting in the south.

Reduction in nesting habitat + avian flu = lower duck numbers

Lower duck numbers + milder winters + changes in agriculture + reduced habitat in Louisiana = bad duck hunting in Louisiana.

Flooding cornfields is lagniappe, and while I tend to be against people hunting over it, I doubt we would see a huge improvement if it was outlawed.

I’m just tired of the bitching and people acting like it’s a simple problem with simple solutions (like we do with every other issue today).

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re: AFM/DFM disablers; what are you using?

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/5/26 at 10:25 am to TFLEX

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Switched to thinner oil

Yeah, my 2021 is used but when I went to change the oil and saw they switch to 0w-20, I just used 5w-30. I figure it’s worked for the last two just fine, and GM started recommending higher vis oil for the 6.2 when they issued their recall.

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re: AFM/DFM disablers; what are you using?

Posted by Theduckhunter on 2/4/26 at 10:29 am to TFLEX

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These motors the biggest thing- is maintenance. If you do all of your oil changes, etc on time, and use quality synthetic. It really lessens the chances

This. Neither of my 5.3 engines had any issues over 200K miles. I looked at disabling AFM but decided it was likely best to leave it alone.

I think the concern is overblown and money should be saved for the eventual transmission replacement

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