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Ron Spomer Outdoors — 323 episodes

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6.5 Creedmoor vs. 270 Winchester: Can the Creedmoor Outperform? Eps. 506

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The Ultimate Hunting Cartridge! (You'll never guess)

3

Make Your 30-06 Shoot How Fast?! Eps. 504

4

A 25-Year Old's Ballistics IQ Tested by Ron Spomer- See How He Did! Eps. 503

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Is Tikka Not a REAL Rifle? Eps. 502

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We Went to Africa Under-Gunned? (Or Did We?) Eps. 501

7

Does Hunting ACTUALLY Save African Wildlife? Eps. 500

8

The New Swift Zephyr Tested! Eps. 499

9

Coming out West Hunting! (Tips and Tricks) Eps. 498

10

Traditional Vs. Modern Rifles? (Which is better?) Eps. 497

11

The Most Versatile Method! Eps.496

12

The New 6.5 Creedmoor + PEAK! Eps. 495

13

Is the .30-06 Still King? (Our Viewer Poll Results) Eps. 494

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Round Nose vs. Spire Point: Which ONE Actually Hits Harder? Eps. 493

15

This Young Lady Hunts with a 6.5x55? Eps. 492

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We Want MORE Wildlife! Eps. 491

17

The Most Versatile Hunting Dog You’ve Probably Never Heard Of! Eps. 490

18

What is Your Old Gun Worth? The Secret to Determining Your Gun’s Real Market Value Eps. 489

19

6.5 Creedmoor vs. 6.5x55 Swede: Which is Actually Better?

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Do Clean Rifles Really Shoot Better? Eps. 487

21

Cartridge of the Week the 7x57 Mauser!

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Eps. 486-6.5 Creedmoor vs 6.5 Swede… Which One Actually Wins?

23

Forgotten Hunting Legends from the 1960s (Ackley, Gibbs & More) Eps. 485

24

East vs West Hunting: What Really Works (With Who Tee Who)

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From NYC to the Woods… Can They Actually Do It? Eps. 482

26

This 1913 Cartridge Was WAY Ahead of Its Time! Eps. 483

27

Why Your Rifle Won’t Shoot Straight… (It’s NOT What You Think) Eps. 481

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Is Long Range Really Ethical? Eps. 480

29

Cartridge Of The Week The 30-30 Winchester!

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Why B.C. Really Matters! Eps. 479

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From .17 WSM to .458 Win Mag… Which Cartridge REALLY Wins? Eps. 478

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The Stories of Empty Cases! Eps. 477

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Tips That Make Your Rifle Shoot More Accurate! Eps. 476

34

Should We Be Hunting Coyotes?! Eps. 475

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Tips for More Tags? Ep. 474

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Are High B.C. Bullets Really Worth It? Ep. 473

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The Extreme Huntress Gives Some Secrets to Hunt More! Eps. 472

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Are Modern Rifles Really Better Than the Classics? Ep. 471

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The Best Cartridge For Kids?! Ep. 470

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African Lions Vs. American Mountain Lions?! Ep.469

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Are the New Cartridges Really Better than the old?! Ep. 468

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The Best Cartridge for Alaska?! Ep. 467

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New Year New Cartridge It's the 25 RPM! Ep. 466

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Are Straight Wall Cartridges Over Pressuring? Ep.465

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Is the 300 Blk the New 30-30?! Ep. 464

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One Year Of The 7 Backcountry! Ep. 463

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Is the 6.8 Western Over Pressuring?! Ep 460

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Reloading The 7 Backcounty? Ep.459

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An Unexpected Cartridge in Africa! Ep.458

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The Most Popular Deer Cartridges?! Ep.457

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100 Deer With 100 Cartridges?! Ep.456

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Hunting in Tasmania?! Ep.455

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The Truth About Long-Range Hunting Ft @Backfire Ep.454

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What Every Hunter Should Know About Suppressors! Ep.453

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Ep 452 Duck Hunting With Sasquatch?

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Ep.451 Tips For Coming Out West From A Guide

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Ep. 450 When Deer Attack!!

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Ep.449 What is the 9.3x62!?

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Ep.448 The Debate About The 375 H&H!?

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Ep.447 Alaskan Bear Guides Favorite Rifle?

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Eps. 446 AI Is Overrated?

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Ep.445 How Much Gear Is Too Much?

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Ep.444 Old Trails & Tall Tales-Ron's Biggest Whitetail!

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Ep.443 A Trip Out West And The 8.6 Blackout.

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Ep.442 Old Trails & Tall Tales-Ron's First Dall Sheep

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Ep.440 New Cartridges To Keep Traditions Alive?

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Ep.439 Should You Customize Your Rifle?

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Ep.439 Has Hunting Tech Gone Too Far?

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Ep.437 A Special Guest!

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Ep.436 Alaskan Talks Bear Protection

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Ep.435 Ron's Grizzly (Post Hunt Review)

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Ep.434 What is the Best Grizzly Gun?

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Ep.433 Big Cartridges vs Small Game?

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Ep.430 Alaska Bear Guide Punches Bear?!

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Ep.429 Hidden Costs in Africa?!

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Ep.428 Alaska Grizzly Hunt!

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Ep.427 This Old Geezer and Love for Pump Action 35 Rem

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Ep.426 Bad Gunsmiths Can Ruin Your Rifle!!

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Ep.425 Meet The New Crew!! (Brand New Segment!)

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Ep.424 The 460 Wby Mag Vs New Shooter!?

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Ep.423 Guns,Bullets,And Where has Covey Been?!

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Ep.422 Montana Bear stories With John Haviland

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Ep.420 Hunting Stories With An Elk Guide

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Ep.421 Can You Really Have Enough Rifles?!

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Ep.419 The 30-06 Lives!

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Ep.418 Your Dream Rifles

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Ep.417 Wise Words From A True Alaskan

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Ep.416 Answering your Questions.

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Ep.415 Reacting To Your Comments

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Ep.414 Let's talk about 50BMG Vs Elk.

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Ep.413 Is There Such A Thing as too much Bullet Spin??

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Ep.412 Does B.C Really Matter?

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Ep.411 What is the Best Brush Busting Bullet?

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Eps 410: The Best Predator Cartridge Is?…

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Eps 409: Taming the .460 Wby Mag & Are New Cartridges Just Hype?

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Eps 408: Your Bullet Can't Shoot Flat to 400 Yards!

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Eps 407: Barrel Length Myths & Is the .45-70 Overrated?

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Eps 406: 7x61 S&H, SHOT Show Stories, and the Gundie Awards

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Eps 405: More Mature Bucks, What Makes Binoculars Bright, and More…

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Eps 404: Lever Action vs. Bolt Action: Which is More Accurate?

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Eps 403: Pre-Season Prep and Planning for that Big Buck and Bull

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Eps 402: 220 Swift for Big Game, Does Bullet Energy Kill? 280AI Rifles and more!

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Episode 401: Why Some Ballistically Superior Cartridges Are Outsold by Lesser Competition

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Eps 400: S&W 500 vs Arrow!

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Eps 399: Pheasant Decline, Mtn. Goat Cartridges, Year-Round Elk Season, and more...

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Eps 398: Is the 30-06 REALLY sliding into obsolescence or is Ron full of it?

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Eps 397: Fans' Hunting stories, Caliber , Rifle & Scope questions, Wildcat cartridges and more.

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Eps 396: Your knife steel questions answered in detail by an expert in metallurgy.

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Eps 395: Classic Hunting Traditions for the Next Generation

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Eps 394: Rifles, Scopes, Knives, Baseball - Living the Dream with Joe Cunningham

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Eps 393: Hunting on a Budget!

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Eps 392: A Tundra Rock Saved Our Lives

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Eps 391: Questioning the New 21 Sharp and Beyond!

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Eps 390: Adventures and Advice From a Whitetail Expert

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Eps 389: Side-Mounted Scope Problems, You Favorite Deer Cartridges, & Hunting With Your Dad

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Eps 388: Gun Designer Nick Shafer Explains How Super-Fast Twist Rates Perform

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Eps 387: Handloads In Subzero Temperatures + Magnum Vs Powder Primers

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Eps 386: Crafting Perfect Rifle Scope From the Eye Out - Stealth Vision

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Eps 385: Ron Remembers His M77 Ruger 270 + What Every Deer Hunter Faces!

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Eps 384: All About Elk!

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Eps 383: Most Dangerous Hunting Game with Melissa Bachman

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Eps 382: Light-for-Caliber Bullets in 308 and 6.5 CM

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Eps 381: America’s Favorite Deer Cartridges + Combination Guns!

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Eps 380: Barrel Harmonics Myth plus Your Favorite Rifles & More

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Eps 379: Ron Talks Sports Afield

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Eps 383: Expert Rifle Advice From Expert Rifle Builder

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Eps 377: Ron Sees Hunting's Future

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Eps 376: Rechambering Your Rifle, Ballistics Calculations, and How To Save Your Hearing While Shooting

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Eps 375: How Temperature Changes Trajectory, Why Some Ammo is Inaccurate, Barrel Nodes, and You've Been Called a Rube!

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Eps 374: Silencer Acquisition Simplified

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Eps 373: 7 Steps to Your Best Accuracy

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Eps 372: Are Light or Heavy Bullets Better for Deer and Elk?

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Eps 371: Why Can’t I Find My Favorite Bullets?

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Eps 370: Field Shooting vs Bench Shooting, XPR Winchester, Canceling Gun Channels, Weird Bullet Weights and more.

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Eps 369: How a Non-Hunting Woman Made a Career in the Shooting World

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Eps 368: Rebarrel vs. Rechamber, Uphill Zeroing, and Elk School

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Eps 367: Anatomy of a Bullet

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Eps 366: Talking Guns with #1 Rated "Gun Talk" with Tom Gresham

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Eps 365: A New Twist on Twist

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Eps 364 - LPVO For Hunting - Is It Really Better?

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Eps 363: Hornady's Official Position - 7mm PRC

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Eps 362: Booking Agents For Hunting Trips - Worth The Money?

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Eps 361: 30-06 Going Obsolete

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Eps: 360 Africa Safari Report

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Eps 359: Bullet Spin Direction and 7mm Rem Mag Accuracy

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Eps 358: Something Fishy About The Hornady 7PRC

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Eps 357: 223 Remington and the 5.56 NATO What I Got Wrong

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Eps 356: Why Is Everyone Talking About The 6.5 Creedmoor

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Eps 355: Kamchatka Bear Hunt

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Bear Advice With A Master Alaskan Guide

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353: The BEST Bear Defense Options - Myths vs Facts

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Eps 352: Answering ALL Your Questions About The 7mm

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Eps 351: Is The 458 Lott The BEST All Around Cartridge?

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Eps 350: How To Handle 6.5 Creedmoor Fanboys

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Vortex, Rifles, and The Future Of Hunting: With Ryan Muckenhirn

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Eps. 349: Ron Gets Political

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Adam Weatherby: Bullets, Cartridges, and Running A Family Business

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Eps 348: Defending My Stance

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Eps 347: 243 Win and Hydrostatic Shock

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Eps 346 - The Beginning Of The End?

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345: Round Nose vs Spire Point - Which Hits Harder?

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344: 460 Wby. Overkill or Just Right?

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343: BEST Poor Man's Rifle?

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342 - Copper bullets in the 243 Winchester?

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341: Best BIG GAME Cartridges?

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340: The 348 Winchester

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338: 458 Win Mag - BEST All Around Cartridge?

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339: What I ACTUALLY think of the 270 WSM

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337: Zeroing A Rifle - The Struggle Is Real

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336: Pressure vs Powder - Which Is More Important To Accuracy?

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335: Issues With Long Range Hunting

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334: Aram Von Benedikt

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333: I Was WRONG About 308 Week

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332: Is The 222 Rem GOOD ENOUGH For Deer?

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331: Why Am I Always Down On The 308?

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330: What is the 30.52 Winchester?

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329: The .40-82 Winchester?

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328: Best Caliber For First-Time Hunters

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327: Handloading The 7mm-08 - Choosing The Best Bullets For Deer

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326: 30-06 vs 300 Win Mag For Elk

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325: What is a "VERSATILE CARTRIDGE" anyway?

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324: Shooting Sideways?

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323: Bullet Stability with Jeff Siewert

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322: The Best Bullet for 30-06?

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321: Can 1 Grain Really Affect Accuracy?

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320: You're Wrong About Twist Rate

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319: Deer Hunting Tips For Beginners

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318: The Best Scope For Deer Hunting

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317: 300 WSM on Steroids?

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316: 6.5 Creedmoor IS MORE POWERFUL than the 6.5x55

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315: 300 WSM vs 6.8 Western - Cartridge Comparison

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314: Rifle Pressures - Don't Make These Mistakes

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313: 223 Remington vs 6.5 Creedmoor

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312: Time To Talk About 8mm Cartridges

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311: Are Magnums REALLY Necessary?

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310: Choosing A Youth Hunting Rifle

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309: Lowest Possible Rifle Twist Rate

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308: Time To Update The 30-06 AI?

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307: Lever Action vs Bolt Action Rifles

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306: I'm Sorry, I Was Wrong

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305: Building A Dedicated Elk Rifle

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304: Does The Perfect Cartridge Exist?

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303: Illegal Bullets

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302: Finding New Public Land With Randy Newberg - Fresh Tracks

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301: Best All-Around Rifle and Cartridge Combo For Hunting

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299: Best Bullets For 7mm Mag

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298: Tips for Hunting Running Boars

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297: Shooting Watermelons with Hickok45

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296: 350 Legend vs 360 Buckhammer

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295: Finding The BEST All-Around Straight-Walled Cartridge

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294: Hunting Without Dogs?

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293: Testing All The Guns With Jim Harmer From Backfire TV

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292: Factory Bullets Wrong Size!?

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291: 1 TRICK To Hunt Better: Advice From A Pro

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290: My Favorite Classic Hunting Rifle

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289: Cold Air Kills Bullet Performance?

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288: 25-06 and Long Bullets

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287: Is Reloading Worth The Time and Money?

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286: 270 vs 308 - The Best Round For Hunting Big Game

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285: The Scoop on Scopes

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284: 243 Win vs. 22-250 Rem

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283: Is TKO Real or Fake?

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282: Bullet Energy Vs Bullet Mass?

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281: Best Bullet For The 25-06

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280: The Most Versatile Cartridge

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279: What Is a “True Hunter?”

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278: Do Suppressors Affect Ballistic Performance?

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277: Why No Fast Twist 270 Win?

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276: 7mm PRC for Long-Range Hunting?

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275: The Power of Trigger Pull!

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274: Will the 6.8 Western Take Off?

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273: 6.5 PRC Barrel Life vs. 270 Win Barrel Life?

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272: Does Powder Burn Rate Affect Rifle Recoil?

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271: 6.5 Creedmoor or .243 Winchester for Deer Hunt?

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270: 270 WSM, 300 Win, or 257 Roberts for Shooting Elk?

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269: Is Long Range Shooting at 600 Yards Hunting?

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268: 30-06 for Africa Safari Hunt?

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BONUS EPISODE: Elmer Keith: Jack O’connor’s Nemesis

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267: Bear Attacks Determine Moose Caliber?

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266: Shotshell Ballistics for Bird Hunting

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265: Reloading Starter Kit

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264: 264 Win VS. 6.5 PRC?

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263: .30 Caliber Cartridges Gone For Good?

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262: Best Hunting Gear for Moose Hunt

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261: How Flat Is Flat?

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260: Best 3 Bullets for Hunting!

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259: 308 Win. for Bears?

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258 - 7mm PRC: Really?

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257: Rebarrel for .277 Fury!

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256: Is the 308 more accurate?

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255: Should combat rifles be allowed for hunting?

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253: Is The 204 Ruger Cool? YES!

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254: The best cartridge for North American and African game?

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251: 277 Fury, 80,000 PSI in a Civilian Round?

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252: Never Let Them Know Whitetails

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250: Political Correctness Is Bad For The Environment

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249: Did Weatherby REALLY Take Buffalo with the 257?

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248: Deep Dive On Hunting Cartridges Full Interview With Joseph von Benedikt

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247: Which cartridges won't survive supply chain issues?

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246: Dad Wasn't A Hunter

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245: Best Beginner Handloading Tools

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244: Bayou Bottom Whitetail Hunt

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243: Semi-auto Pump Action Rifles?

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242: Jackson Hole Elk Devastated by Hunting?

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241: Is barrel break-in necessary in 2022?

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240: Which Hunting Dog Breed Is The Best?

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239: This Cartridge Deserves A Second Chance

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238: Art of Tracking

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237: Outdoor Writer Falls Off Mountain While Horseback Hunting

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236: The One Cartridge I'd Choose Every Time

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235: Magic of Hunting Pronghorn

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234: Confessions of a Gun Engraver!

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233: Neck Meat and Cryogenic Freezing Gun Barrels

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232: The Most Difficult Game to Hunt?

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231: 270 WSM for Water Buffalo Hunting?

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230: Flat or Pointy Bullets?

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229: So It Goes With Sheep

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228: How Hunting is ACTUALLY Preserving Wildlife

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227: Are Berger Bullets Worth It?

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226: Trophy Mule Deer Hunt

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224: AR 15 and 6mm ARC!

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223: High on The Hog

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222: How a Leopard Almost Mauled Craig Boddington!

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221: 308 Winchester or 7mm-08 Remington?

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220: Cattail Whitetails

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219: Hammer Bullets With Steve Davis

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218: Copper Bullet BC Performance and Hornady Flex Tip

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217: Adventure in Billy Basin

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216: Scout Rifles with Richard Mann

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215: What's Wrong with WSM Cartridges

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214: Bird Dog Buddies

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213: Handgun Cartridges In Rifles For Hunting?

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212: Interview with YouTube's WHO_TEE_WHO

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211: Last Stand Turkey Hunt

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210: Why Is There An Ammo Shortage?

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209: Tent Hunting

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208: Deadliest Caliber - Which Caliber Has Taken The Most Game?

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207: The Alaskan Moose That Disappeared

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206: The Best Wildcat Ever?

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205: America's Original Hunting Boat

301

204: Suppressors and Copper Bullets

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203: Big-Canyon Bighorns!

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202: Fluted Barrels and Boat Tail Bullets?

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201: Best Little Pronghorn Ranch in Colorado

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119: Bad Guides

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118: Black Tailed Deer

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117: Future of Hunting

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116: Predator Hunting

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115: Blizzard Bucks

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114: Caribou Adventure

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113: How Scopes have changed since 1990

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112: Bulls of Seven Devils

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111: Hell's Canyon Mule Deer

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110: A Rifle For Pronghorn

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109: A Winner for Pheasants

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108: Completely Chicken

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107: Rejected Dog Manual

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106: Meat Buck Excuse

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105: Sheep Fever

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104: A Tale Of Two Pronghorn

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103: My First Moose Hunt

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102: Bump In The Night

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101: The Ride