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Backcountry Hunting Podcast


Jan 14, 2022

SHOW NOTES

Main topic: Planning and building the ultimate all-purpose rifle for hunting Alaska

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Q&A: 

  • Starter .22s for left-handed kids
  • Aoudad hunting (heat, humidity, and big rams)
  • Utah's bonus point-creep dilemma
  • Best .270 bullets for elk

Ultimate Alaska Rifle

  • CRITERIA
    • Capable of cleanly killing anything you want to hunt
    • Capable of reaching way out
    • Capable of not just killing a grizzly, but stopping a charging bear
    • Absolute reliability
    • Familiar, intuitive function

Ultimate Scope for the Ultimate Alaska Rifle

  • CRITERIA
    • Wide magnification range, starting low (2x)
    • Superb quality to handle heavy recoil and adverse weather
    • Good dial-up turret with zero stop and zero lock
    • Ideally, parallax adjustment

Ultimate Gunsmith to build the Ultimate Alaska Rifle

  • Expert with chosen action
  • Legendary for building reliable, accurate rifles
  • Great human with a character as big as Alaska

The Final Build & Accessories

ENJOY!

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