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El Chivo

I got out in 2020, but I just heard my friend from LASC (silhouette club) who lives in Alta Dena lost his house and everything. It's looking like they will prevent residents from rebuilding and turn everything into apartment buildings like Eastern Europe. Tough to lose everything at 77. Haven't hear...

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my favorite tires were Goodrich, and absolute worst were MIchelins.

I never come close to wearing out the tread. Mine blow while parked and I come out to find a flat.

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I have always heard that it is the flame cutting which erodes barrels. and it's the throat, not the rest of the barrel that makes the difference I was looking into some 308 family calibers, and looking at barrel life. I thought 7mm 08 was a good compromise between speed, flat shooting, and barrel l...

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that's like totaling up a lifetime's worth of orgasms and coming up with three minutes worth

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thanks everyone

66, hard to fathom

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never got Covid during all the hoopla, even though I had to fly and was working at the time. I had been taking the 10,000 iu vitamin D per day at the insistence of my doctor, but when I told other NPs that gave tests at work they couldn't believe it and thought it should be more like 10,000 per week...

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Fiocchi also makes a very nice standard velocity, similar to the CCI

those two are all I shoot

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I would go 38-55 over 35-30. No case forming and jacketed.358 bullets for my 35 remington are a pain in the butt to find right now, good thing I cast. What bullets does your 35 rem like? I will chime in for the Hornady bullet, it was noticeably more accurate than the other I tried (Sierra). Though ...

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that's what happened to me, I got into other things and the 30-30 shoots well enough. Another issue I had when living in So Cal is the need to use Barnes bullets when hunting. And I found out the Barnes 30-30 bullet needs 1400 fps to open up. So on long shots, it would be going too slow to open up. ...

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rifle bullets are going to be pretty long and heavy, with a fairly small case for the powder charge, if you go .358. You pretty much have to use the 200 gr round nose meant for 35 Rem. I thought of doing this but optimizing it for pistol cartridge bullets, .357 diameter instead of .358. I contacted ...

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they're saying he's a not a good guy because he violated the "gun free zone" rules at the mall...

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I made up a gun rack out of leftover wood, made to hug the wall.

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Go ahead and show off your gun racks

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one of my course rules is I can choke up on the pitching wedge. So I can just scoop the ball for a short one. I use wiffle balls until I get on the green, then switch to a regular ball for putting. My favorite chip shot is to strike the ground and the ball so it pops out like a tiddly-wink. Very sho...

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after mowing the greens and overnight rain, things looked pretty good putting was very smooth greens are Kentucky bluegrass and are starting to thicken up after 1 year working on one more putting green in the front yard golf11.jpg golf12.jpg golf15.jpg golf14.jpg golf13.jpg golf16.jpg cats are likin...

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they're louder

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I have one, it's my favorite overall my best load is with (IMR?) 3031 which seems to be an uncommon powder for it and Hornady bullets the factory Remington load is good too what I heard about the pressures is that there was a common 35 Rem gun out there that couldn't take higher pressures. so the ma...

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thanks Tutt, have you been going to the 1,763 yd range?

Had to get out of California; I'd spend five or six dollars on some lady and in would walk an alpha male from the High Desert and they'd take off in his red pickup truck. It was getting old.

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thanks, I'm not too far from Daniel Boone NF, but I hear there are some WMA's around.

the current Miss Kentucky comes from my new town.

OS I'm putting in a golf course in my yard if you want to take some swings...

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I recently retired and moved to Kentucky. Currently getting the homestead fixed up, but am thinking of getting out to hunt sometime soon.

I don't quite understand the difference between WMA's and National Forests. Any advice?

thanks

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Heaters???? In S. Cal I heat my house by turning off the AC! :wink: Well here in the SFV it can get a little nippy; 38-39 some nights. I turned off the pilot light for the gas heater because the pilots eat $25 a month. My gas bill is now $6.00 a month, mostly taxes. What I do on chilly nights (in f...

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Cool stuff; if you make it to the Oshkosh airshow or their route of towns in Wisconsin, you can also purchase a ride (and get to fly it, too) I think it's called the Confederate Air Force. I didn't do it because it was a chunk of money, but probably should have. Glad they are still flying. Seeing on...

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The models made for 336 will fit but will overhang off the rear of the receiver. I had one from Brockman's. Another one simple and good is the WGRS, by Williams. Both these are set it and forget it, not click adjustable.

A lot of guys are liking Skinner's sights.

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I also watch the target for a new hole or dirt kicking up, sometimes I can't hear as well with double ear protection. And quite often somebody else shoots at the exact same time as me, so I hear their report (kind of fun when shooting 22lr, and someone nearby shoots a 450 Marlin at the same time).

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I just pointed out in another thread (and I researched it with several sources) that mass shootings are in decline. This just shows how effective Obama's gun control program was. Even though it didn't get passed, it still resulted in a decline in shootings. Vote Democratic in 2014 and 2016, and sho...

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Well this is a great Western with outstanding photography. Scenery, lighting, angles, all top notch. I think it's from the mid 50's and it was shot in Death Valley. Features a young William Holden and John Forsythe. Some interesting stuff when they were cornered by Indians, their procedure for finis...

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after some thought I'm against the idea of two guns sharing the same ammunition; that way you only have one capability when the whole idea is added versatility. And you're limited to pistol calibers for your rifle choice. You wouldn't have long distance capability at all. Small game hunting would be...

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I thought he was traveling to the Pacific Northwest; he ought to have some good stuff when he gets back.

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you might try All Electronics (they are on the web I believe) for this type of supplies. I think their small lead acid batteries would work. I use one every night for my bike light and recharge it every day. It lasts about a year like that. They are available in 6 volt and 12 volt. I also bought the...

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I understand that a fixed power scope should theoretically be inherently more rugged. But..I have a Leupold Vari-X III 3.5-9X40 scope on my Ruger All Weather M77 MkII that I bought new in 1990. I mounted the scope in 1991. That rifle (in my hands and in the hands of fellow hunters who had problems ...

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maybe we can all get together for a quilting bee or sewing circle. Tutt can you come down.

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funny this comes just after I finally got around to adjusting the Accutrigger in my 22 target. Before adjustment it was shooting nearly MOA, hopefully it's even better now. Very sweet and makes me want to sell all my guns and get another Savage. I have not needed service though, I'm speaking to the ...

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by the way, when I ask a question on this forum, I also try Google and maybe the manufacturer's sites (and Midway's customer comments are great). But no research is complete until I run it by here. So it's not always a matter of being lazy, it's a matter of being complete. Sure, there are always the...

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Not quite the insight & comments I was looking forward to. hayabusa This has been my experience. My last question where Mr. Murbach weighed in with his normal condescension was about scopes with adjustable reticles. His comment was essentially that in 30+ years he never needed such a thing, so ...

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And I always put fish and fowl in zip-lock bags full of water. The water keeps the air away. I did this with pork, from a suggestion on this site. It worked; none lost to freezer burn, and kept nearly a year. I used quart sized freezer bags and filled them with meat and water, and squeezed out the ...

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And to be honest the larger black bull targets I used when doing 444 load work are not that great for the high magnification scopes . that is very true, choice of target makes a difference, contrast, etc. A black bull obscures the crosshairs, so you don't know where you are inside the bull. At the ...

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I remember shooting soda cans with naked eye and 75 yards was about the point where they were getting too small. Same with playing cards. So if you want to shoot soda cans out to 150 yards, you might want 2x magnification or a little more. Now those big Foster's cans were eminently hittable at 75 ya...

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'67 Nova - gift from Grandmother in 1980, commuted to college, then passed to little brother in 1982 '77 Chevette - bought in 1984, died in 1990 on the interstate near an Indiana catfish farm/auto garage, sold as parts for $30 (and was charged $25 for tow and $5 for catfish dinner) '86 Volvo 740 - b...

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yeah, the part about Islandwhana that stays with me is the scenes with the quartermaster doling out ammunition one box at a time while the Zulus are overrunning the line.

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Has anyone had any thoughts about a Savage Rascal as a "survival" gun? Only 32 1/2" long, under 3 lbs., and reported to be accurate... You stole my post; I am thinking of buying one, not so much for survival as for taking on the bicycle to the range. But it seems to be a sweet gun an...

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You nailed it - almost like Blazing Saddles, it's a movie that couldn't be made today. It has already been remade - Zulu Dawn (1979) doesn't come close to Zulu (1964) That's amazing; I just watched them both, Zulu Dawn on Jan 2 and Zulu on December 9. Zulu Dawn is not exactly a remake; it covers th...

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I'm with Chuck, I use reference points but don't lock the rifle down; how can you tell if the rifle is straight or not? I hold the rifle as I usually do and turn the scope until it looks straight. You do have to start at a slight angle with Weaver straps and it turns as you tighten. Just go slow. Th...

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I didn't order one, but I was intrigued by this scope for a cheapie: http://swfa.com/Hawke-4x32-Sport-HD-Riflescope-P48460.aspx It's a fixed 4x32, WITH an adjustable objective which you will want at 200 yards. I was considering it for my indoor range rifle, to focus close down to 45 feet. It got som...

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I've heard of some places where you have hunt clubs and they pool the tags and after each drive the deer get tagged etc . I don't care to get involved in that stuff . With my luck I'd have several tags and some other yahoo would use them . If I pays for the tag I wants to use da tag PERIOD ! does t...

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not even eggs?

I hear in some states they take your vehicle as well.

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we'll have to get Mom a smartphone

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in Poland they are telling "American" jokes:

How many Americans does it take to change a light bulb?

ONE

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California does allow an air rifle, .20 cal and up.

I bet this wasn't intended, but there are 44 caliber air rifles now, and it would be legal to use one.

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I think that's velociraptor

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I see where Numrich has a program to buy parts. You send them the parts, and they send you a check. Anybody done this?

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ok, but why the long barrels? Most 30-30's are 20 inch round barrels, seem to work fine. I would go for a regular 336 with a 20-inch and a 4x scope.

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