Nice Anchorage Hotel

06 August 2014, 19:53

elk88101

Well finally found a very good Hotel at a reasonable price in Anchorage.
It's Called the Alex. It has been remodeled and is very nice for the medium,price range.
Very close to the airport. Nice clean rooms, free Internet and breakfast.
Good little resturant across the street has great pizza.
Staff is nice.
I recommend it for the layover hunters free shuttle back and for to airport even the charter ones around the main airport.
Give it a try. I will be using it from now on.
Larry
Elk88101@hotmail.com

Antlers
Double Rifle Shooters Society
Heym 450/400 3"

I tend to use more than enough gun

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Antlers
Double Rifle Shooters Society
Heym 450/400 3"

Mike

Legistine actu quod scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.

What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.

18 August 2014, 20:55

Frostbit

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I stayed at the Millennium last week, was surprised that they had swapped out moose mounts over the fireplace. I always spent a few minutes gawking at the non-typical they had in there for so long.

Now you can go to Cabela's in Anchorage and see two full body mount Moose sparring.

I saw it on my last trip up - pretty neat mount. I liked the taxidermy at Bass Pro, too.

There is one Dall Sheep at Bass Pro that's amazing. Huge width.

19 August 2014, 18:12

Antlers

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
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Originally posted by Antlers:
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Originally posted by Frostbit:
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Originally posted by Antlers:
I stayed at the Millennium last week, was surprised that they had swapped out moose mounts over the fireplace. I always spent a few minutes gawking at the non-typical they had in there for so long.

Now you can go to Cabela's in Anchorage and see two full body mount Moose sparring.

I saw it on my last trip up - pretty neat mount. I liked the taxidermy at Bass Pro, too.

There is one Dall Sheep at Bass Pro that's amazing. Huge width.

I remember that sheep!