Hello Buck-I cannot get close to expressing my sadness for your loss. I can only know a little bit how I would feel if I lost my darlin and I do not have the words to express the emotions I would(will) feel. Please just accept that I understand some of the wonderful life that a devoted wife and comp...

Hello Riflemen-Thanks for the input. This rifle sounds like it has several attractive features. It is mentioned that the rifle is light which would be somewhat of a change for me. That is if a synthetic stock can get my attention. I have a habit of removing synthetics and replacing them with laminat...

Hello Riflemen-I know you Riflemen are mostly lever gunners just as I am. However, Marlin, if they get their stuff together, will be shipping out their new bolt rifle in 25-06 in mass soon. this is a caliber that I use and like a great deal for deer, both mulie and blacktain here in Oregon. If you a...

Hello Riflemen-A Savage 99 in 250-3000 would fulfill a long standing desire of mine. I would designate it my timber and mountain coyote rifle and still hunting Blacktail buck rifle amoung other things. I have a friend who has this rifle and over many years I have been unable to pry it loose from him...

Hello Riflemen-Thanks marlinman93 :D I will likely make a trip up to the John Day one day when the fir=sh are in and you have probably saved me a great deal of trial and error. That's the big thing about these outdoor web sites. Generally there is a fairly free flow of helpful information being shar...

Hello Riflemen-I need a little more than you gave me marlinman93. Was you pulling plugs in the first mile or so of the river or up river. Drift boat or back trolling a sled boat or something similar? I don't want all your secretes but just enough to get a feel for what you had going. Life is good, B...

marlinman93-I never missed not having a collection of Marlin pistols until I made a visit to the cody, Wy. Marlin arms display. Although I couldn't handle them there was a good variety of Marlin handguns that looked every well constructed. It triggered my curiousity on these firearms. Life is good, ...

Hello Marlinman93-To be remembered as the day of the Jackpot I think. A fellow can spend a lifetime trying to catch a 17 pound steelhead and getting that close to a big ram. To get both in a day borders on a miricle :D Now, tell me you caught that steelhead on a fly and I will torpedo my drift boat ...

Hello Riflemen-I'm not sure whether to thank the tuba for his introduction or loosen his front motorcycle axil nut :mrgreen: I do want to say that I do have a passion for Riflemen, shooters of almost any arms, outdoor photography, any kind of fishing, hunting, hiking and the outdoors in general. In ...

Hello Riflemen-Ok, I have been pressured into spelling the goods here on the forum so here goes. I made a run up to Washington this year and went shooting with Tuby and another pal. We set up some targets and a Chrony and broke out about 20 different shootin irons. I think I was testing a new load o...

Hello Riflemen-That sucks tuby. I wish I had some good advice for ya but I don't see anything good from this happening during the hunting season. stuff, perhaps I should come up and remove that sucker for you. It's only a $50 procedure being below the neck and all and I'm willing to stick around to ...

Hello Riflemen-The Hornady headspacing gauges are simple to use and very accurate. They make quite a few different but related chamber measuring tools and they come in generic and can be ordered rifle specific for very precise measurements. Hornady purchased this stuff from a company called Stoney P...

Hello Riflemen-That link will be saved like a treasure by the folks here 1988rrc! Thanks! The information about the Winchester has about the best word description on how that lever action rifle works that I have seen. I'll probably refer to the whole link for one reason or the other forever. Life is...

Hello Riflemen-I can't add to the handloading wisdom already posted on this thread but only confirm that it has so far kept me out of trouble reloading. I use a powder thrower set slightly below my desired powder weight and then dump the powder onto the scales to verify the weight. Usually I will ne...