If you had to pick between a cutting edge, ultra lightweight rifle, I mean best of the best carbon fiber stocks, super lightweight match grade premium barrel, all the bells and whistles

and a walnut and blued steel

traditional hunting rifle for hunting the backcountry, which would you pick? The typical answer of course is the cutting edge composite gun, right?

It's going to be lighter. It's going to be more corrosion resistant, it'll be more stable in, you know,

extremes of humidity and so forth, and it might even be more accurate. However, there are some alternatives for those

of you who kind of have that you you know, purist preference for traditional rifles.

And today I'm going to tell you about a really special one.

It's a truly superb walnut and blued backcountry hunting rifle.

We're actually going to cover multiple topics today. We'll talk about this special rifle.

I want to tell you about Louisville. Talk about

luopold's

outstanding new ideal for backcountry hunting

VX3 I scopes with Zero Lock Turrets and Federal's new Terminal Assent Bullets.

But first I want to read you a message that I received after that episode I did a few back on shooting

accidents and safety in the field and how to respond to a potentially deadly accident in the field.

This message is from a listener named Caleb Steele and he has some really great

insight so I'm going to just read you the message he sent me because he puts his point very well.

He writes, Joseph, I just listened to the episode about accidental shootings.

What a horrifying, gripping story.

Thank you for sharing.

You certainly have a perspective that most of us do not.

I can't remember where I heard it,

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