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You may want to talk with them first. If this is a lakefront cabin situation, it's possible they had a contractor do the work for them. Its not unheard of to have those folks step across a line and cut something that's worth some money when they figure they have an absentee landowner who will never ...

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Brent's got a cool hobby with his bees, but it'd be tough to pull off out here in the cotton desert. These cotton farmers believe the only good bug is a dead bug. Since we moved out here I can't even get stuff to pollinate without getting into a little 'poke and tickle' with a brush. It just made me...

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I need a new hobby... Something that is not gun, related...and not to expensive... Maybe something that I can turn into $$$$... Thought about making fly rods.... What are your hobbies? A hobby you make money from is called a job, which can often transform into a soul-sucking experience. I try to ma...

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I used to really enjoy Finn Aagaard. They don't make'em like him anymore. Finn was always doing articles about guns he built from old Mauser actions, and high tech for him was a piece of inner tube for a scope cover. I still remember an article he did where he got one of the early fiberglass stocks ...

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Heh, heh... Cool. That's a huge black bear for anywhere. Heck, that's even pretty big for mountain grizzlies. My in-laws live in Longwood and have had bears in their yard and garage. It's been a relatively recent thing having bears around there. Maybe 6-8 years ago they were pretty rare. Now it's a ...

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I had an old neighbor once who was of South American descent and worked for the US gov in the foreign service. He told me once that "America does not know how to do corruption". The take home of that is that in most of Latin America bribery and corruption are parts of life that are as norm...

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Maybe Itzi starved to death after he tore up his shoulder trying to shoot a 180# bow. From what I remember, the archeologists thought the bow he was carrying was a stave that was not completed.

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Brent, I agree with you that he appears to be shooting those of low draw weight. However, Plains Indian tribes like the Comanche gave the US Cavalry fits generally shooting bows that shot 40 pounds or less withdraw lengths of 22-24 inches. By today's standards those were extremely underpowered bows ...

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They list the weight as 8.75#. That's pretty chunky for a little gun like that.

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Glad you are having a good time. Post pics when you get back.

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I pee in the back yard in town... That said, I'm jealous of being able to shoot out the back door without being arrested.

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What you are saying would be like assuming everything in the US is like the crappiest parts of Detroit. There are good places where you can walk the streets and there are places where you can't. The issue is the places you can't in Mexico are way worse than similar places in the US and are more comm...

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Spent part of my honeymoon there years ago, but I don't recall leaving a rifle.

That's beautiful country for sure.

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Nath, you make England look like a hunter's paradise and you make us jealous with the amount you get out and about. But most of all you make me smile with the comment from your wife about black powder fouling improving your odor.

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I currently live in TX, but am more of a New Mexico guy. Lived over there for more than a decade. If you are set on TX and like the SW, consider going down to Devils Creek SP, Big Bend NP, Big Bend Ranch SP, Terlingua, Alpine, Marfa, etc. Generally speaking, less water, fewer people, more like what ...

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http://www.wyofile.com/osha-probes-researchers-death-bear-workplace-fatality/ Brent, Your link on the OSHA fatality investigation is interesting. We were up in that country last summer and we fed a gal who was riding her mountain bike home by herself over Togwotee and Union passes from southwestern ...

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BrentD wrote:Grizz, let's be clear about one detail. That guy was, IN NO WAY, a researcher.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

Brent--Thank you for helping ensure that Griz does not confuse me with a whack job in search of a reality show.

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All about placement..... ...rather than a .700 Thermonuclearwedgie-delivering Shoulder-dislocating cannon they're afraid to fire, trying to make up for being an inexperienced/unpracticed shot..... This is funny. Why do all these threads end up telling people they shouldn't go outside without a cann...

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Jeebers, $85? You could cut something like that our of scrap metal for nothing.

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I like the Skinners because you can put different sized apertures in them or pull the aperture out all together. They are well made and not ugly. The barrel mounted peep will be quick. My dad has XS sights on a Win94 AE in 44 mag. My take is that they are too high for the comb on the Win. The apertu...

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A friend of mine uses a forward-mounted Skinner peep in the dovetail for a 357 carbine and he likes it. Putting the Skinner or XS on the receiver will require D/T and personally, I would want something a little older than those two options for an 86. If you didn't have a saddle ring carbine I would ...

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In my career as a Conservation Officer of over 20 years the two calibers that stood out as 'game wounders' (deer & bear) according to conversations with hundreds of hunters, were the .243 and the .270. In the hands of capable hunters both are capable of doing the job, but the average nimrod is ...

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It's my only bolt gun. I've shot several elk with it and never felt under gunned. With the right bullets, it'll break bone and penetrate deep. The only bullet I've ever recovered was from a pronghorn that was facing me, quartering very slightly. The bullet broke the front left shoulder, exited, re-e...

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Vance,

Thanks. I've seen those. I was really asking how well the moon clip holders work and how much they slow down reloading.

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That's further south than I've been. Let us know how it works out.

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Take pictures and post them on here when you get back. Sounds like it'll be a good time. You'll see what I mean about driving in Mexico on the trip from the airport. Buckle up.

Where are you flying into?

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For those of you who use moon clips, how do you carry them for CCW? It seems to me that the little cases that keep them from bending in your pocket would negate the utility of them in terms of speed loads. Please educate me.

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If you don't like a gun, you sell it. It's just not that way with dogs. Dog's live a long time and are part of your family, so it's worth putting time and money into acquiring them. I love firearms, but I spend way more on my dog and my boots annually than I do on guns. I spent a year and a half res...

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What are you going to be hunting? I've heard of some good dove and duck hunting down there and know a few who have gone there and to South America. Like Pete says, make sure you follow the regs to a T because gun violations down there are serious business and Mexican prisons make ours look like a we...

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On the subject of what to do about that, be thankful that you could find a breeder who produces Goldens with hunting drive. They can be few and far between these days. Reminds me of the first NSTRA trial that I put my dog in last spring. I had been training him on chukar because that was all I go ge...

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Pheasant hunting can still be pretty good in Iowa. And it is definitely on the upswing. The late summer droughts followed by hard winters have had some effects, but the two big killers have been ethanol and really wet springs. This year is was a good nesting season, first in a long time and road co...

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Nice. Looks like you made the dog really happy. I'm glad to hear there are still some birds in Iowa with the decline in CRP and the winters you've had over the last decade. I remember when your state was THE pheasant hunting destination. Nice shotgun too. Wanna tell us about it?

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Bet that's a light, handy critter. I had a short, ugly Remington 600 in 243 once upon a time. Good lord that thing would throw flames and bust eardrums. I shot a lot of coyotes for hides with it and I swore it was the muzzle blast that knocked them over stone dead. Got short of money in college and ...

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I agree with Buck about the Henry's being nice. The brass framed ones are HEAVY, and in my opinion rather gaudy. Just not my thing. I like the iron framed versions and don't find them to be that heavy in the rifle caliber offerings, particularly in the 45-70 version. My only complaint about them is...

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What would you get out of it that you couldn't get out of a 38-55 or a 375?

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I agree with Buck about the Henry's being nice. The brass framed ones are HEAVY, and in my opinion rather gaudy. Just not my thing. I like the iron framed versions and don't find them to be that heavy in the rifle caliber offerings, particularly in the 45-70 version. My only complaint about them is ...

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Griff, I'm a fur piece west of you out in the Panhandle. Enjoy that scattergun. Looks like it should be fun. I went thru Amarillo yesterday. Early enough that it wasn't too bad... hope your weather improves. After the last few years, any weather with water involved is a good thing. Snow is even bet...

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Griff, I'm a fur piece west of you out in the Panhandle. Enjoy that scattergun. Looks like it should be fun.

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Shoot it before you decide to make changes. You may find you like it the way it is configured now. It may shoot like the house afire with cast bullets. Personally, I think it has character and it has a family story behind it. I'd proudly hunt with it and keep it the same as long as everything works.

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Fine job returning an old gal to service. Looks like it's gonna turn out nicely and I hope you can take a moose with her.

By the way, nice halflinger too. There was an old feller I used to know who swore by them for mule mommas.

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That pup looks more like he is trying to pass a peach pit.

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Seafood boil with shrimp and crab on Christmas eve, and lamb on Christmas day. A cow man once told me that the best use for a sheep was as a biodegradable gully plug, but you know the babies taste darned good when you cook them on the rare side.

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Not sure what exactly the gub'mint has to do with this topic. 7.62 has a good point though about Chrysler. The current corporate culture seems to focus on short-term ups and downs instead of long term dependabity. They can take over a company, thrash the stuff out of it in the name of cutting costs ...

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You might want to check out what Chief AJ has to offer. http://chiefaj.com/ It's amazing that guy is still around. I grew up in the same little town and recall his trick shooting way back when I was in grade school. He's a good aerial shooter and is sort of a throwback to a different era, but polit...

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This article unfortunately makes it appear as if all Cerberus' problems are someone else's fault. Unfortunately, their problems run a lot deeper than Sandy Hook or a 50 year old trigger defect. It's a matter of poor quality products and mismanagement. I hope this ends well for the brands and pushes ...

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I like the Rossis and agree with Nate that they are likely your best bet for having one that reliably feeds 38 specials. Honestly, they appear to have worked out a lot of the problems they've had in the past. Action-wise, they are a lot slicker out of the box than they used to be. They still have th...

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Merle wrote:
JerryB wrote:What are the chances of the metal temper damage??

It is my understanding that if the springs are damaged the gun is junk - sorry, but I wouldn't take the chance.

Merle, if you get one with a bad spring, let me know and I'll help you dispose of it. No charge.

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Jed was one of those guys who pretty much everyone liked and respected and he was amazingly tough. People wanted to follow him. Problem was he took a lot of risks, got lax about security at bad times, and led a lot of people to their deaths before he was finally killed by the Comanche. I read an art...

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superchicken wrote:Nice work, Steve. Thanks for the info. Do you know what the comes are on the 26" version?

darn spell check... That was supposed to be "chokes" not comes.

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Nice work, Steve. Thanks for the info. Do you know what the comes are on the 26" version?

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