MM 150 | Answering Your Questions About Mark’s Rifle

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports, Sports:wilderness, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Mark answers listener questions about his custom rifle build, which he initially discussed in Episode 370, and also documented in this article: https://exomtngear.com/blogs/article/custom-hunting-rifle-build In this episode, Mark answers questions on the total cost of the rifle, the recoil of shooting a lightweight magnum rifle, spotting impacts, the speeds and maximum effective range of the rifle, the benefits of short barrels, how to configure ballistics for different environments, and more. ASK A QUESTION: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry OR [email protected] Podcast Episode Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huntback Country podcast today. This is a Monday Minute episode where we typically
0:05.5	answer your listener questions. This is Mark and I'm normally joined by Steve, but today I am
0:11.2	running solo. And this Monday Minute is a follow up to the podcast I did somewhat recently about my
0:18.4	custom rifle build. That was episode number 370. If you guys want to go
0:24.6	back and listen to that, if you haven't already before we dive into some of the Q&A today. So all
0:31.5	the questions today are things that were sent in after that podcast and kind of follow up questions about that rifle in
0:39.5	particular and some rifle related topics.
0:43.9	Um,
0:44.2	I just got back from Alaska from my mountain goat hunt,
0:48.4	which was a wild adventure.
0:50.2	And we'll tell that story soon on the podcast.
0:54.3	Um, but this Monday minute is just pretty quick and informal.
0:58.2	I'm still literally unpacking and getting things together to head out on my next hunt
1:03.2	and a little bit of chaos.
1:04.5	But wanted to answer these questions for you guys.
1:07.8	So in no certain order, I'm just going to dive in. One of the most
1:13.2	popular questions that came in after that rifle podcast was about the total cost of the rifle.
1:21.0	One example would be Brian who wrote in and said, thanks for the great article and podcast about
1:27.3	your custom rifle build.
1:29.1	Based on loosely rallying up the parts, it seems like your cost for components was perhaps
1:34.3	around $3,000, not counting glass.
1:38.3	Would you mind sharing how much you are in for total for this rifle?
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