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kasTX

Ugh, makes me ill just looking at it!

Not the rifle, that’s awesome.

The price tag on that box of 44 Mag.

kasTX

Thanks all! I guessed it was a bear, but this was in southwest Reno in an established neighborhood far from what I would think of as bear habitat. Bear either traversed several miles of open dirt/sagebrush or worked its way through neighborhoods. There’s no public transit nearby, so I have ruled out...

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All, I figured someone here with the right experience might be able to identify this scat that a relative found on their property. Dollar bill is for scale. It contained pits of some kind, though it was found under an apple tree. I have a guess what kind of animal left it, but in the fifty years I h...

kasTX

In my experience, yes, absolutely. I was rabbit hunting years ago with a Winchester 9422M and put it in a foam lined case after the morning hunt. When I took it out in the evening I could see very faint rust spots everywhere. I immediately cleaned and oiled it and could no longer see the tiny rust s...

kasTX

Several years ago I took a doe at about 25 yards with a pre-safety Marlin shooting a relatively hot handload with 158gr jacketed flat points. I used flat points because I had read warnings about jacketed hollow points “blowing up” on deer instead of penetrating. At the shot I saw a large plume of di...

kasTX

My 1894S is doing the same thing. Lost track of how many different loads I tried. In a different thread on accuracy, it was suggested that in cases like this you can take everything off forward of the receiver except the barrel and check for accuracy again. I did just that and the rifle shot about a...

kasTX

GunnyMack, My Henry 44 Carbine came in today, so I headed to the range in the afternoon after a quick cleaning. Pretty much all good news - the bore looks great (although I was surprised to see what looked more like microgroove rifling) and it shot great too. First group of three rounds was 7/8"...

kasTX

Nice! Looks like you got a good one after all.

You had me a bit worried. I have a Big Boy Steel Carbine in 44Mag on the way to replace a Marlin that shoots no better than the first groups you were getting. If the new Henry shoots as well as yours I will be very happy.

kasTX

I am considering getting a Henry steel carbine in 44 Mag, so your post got my attention. Based on your short description, it sounds more like the rifle isn't grouping as opposed to the point of impact shifting. The fouled barrel is interesting as well. You said you were shooting Berry bullets, which...

kasTX

Typical baby boomers...

kasTX

I've had one for a few years. It's OK, but I think there is still room for someone to invent a better way. One problem is that the way the case is secured to the tool on the left side doesn't always align the case mouth with the pilot/cutter on the right side. When you start to trim, the case will t...

kasTX

Any idea what produced the crescent shaped marks on targets 3 and 4? The last time I saw something like that, I was shooting 350gr Rainier plated bullets out of a 500 S&W. Asking around, the answer I got was that the marks were created by a piece of the plating hanging off because I was pushing ...

kasTX

The KEY, I think, is to cover the FACE and to not have big eyes, aka glasses. I have thought the same thing for some time. I suppose anything larger than a rabbit that has eyes in the front of its head is a threat to deer, and they are conditioned to notice such things. I have not seen any research...

kasTX

This post requires a photo of a deer hiding in a tree.

http://themetapicture.com/hunting-youre-doing-it-wrong/

kasTX

Someone mentioned that the F-111 had a pod that was ejected. The SR-71 also ejected the pilot's "pod". You might be thinking of the XB-70 or the B-58, which had seats that encapsulated the pilots before ejection. The SR-71 had more normal ejection seats. As bad as ejecting from an SR-71 s...

kasTX

I`m thinking it was the 104`s that had ejection issues.

I think they did have a number of problems, but probably not the one you are referring to. The F-104 shot the pilot out the bottom instead of the top.

kasTX

Growing up in Reno, the National Guard's RF-4s (the High Rollers) were a part of everyday life. With the airport in the middle of the valley, if one was running up, everyone knew it. I have fond memories of drifting off to sleep in the summer with the windows open and the RF-4s going out. Most of th...

kasTX

Good to hear you got it figured out, and thanks for letting us know.

kasTX

Something is definitely wrong here! As pointed out above, the 15gr of w296 (maximum) was worked out long ago. If you can't fit that in a 30 carbine case then there are either problems with the cases, the powder, or the methods you are using to weigh the powder. Any of the above can hurt you. I have ...

kasTX

Before you write a check for the Glock 19, do a search on "Gen 4 Glock 19 problems". They have had some problems with the Gen 4 19s but not with the Gen 3s. I'm not sure if they have resolved those problems yet. I believe you can still get either the Gen 3 or Gen 4 at this time.

kasTX

I suspect you'll get a different answer from every person you ask, but you might want to check out the Youtube videos of a guy that goes by the name of TNOutdoors9. He does gel tests on a variety of calibers and manufacturers. Going from memory, the Golden Sabres and Gold Dots did very well. Not sur...

kasTX

You can read the rest of the story here:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/workmoose.asp

Check out the picture links in the article though - even more interesting than the photoshop job.

kasTX

Another one you should take a look at is the Walther PPQ. It is essentially a Glock 19 with a better grip, better workmanship, and a better trigger (all my opinions of course). Doesn't seem to have any of the problems the 4th Gen Glocks are having, either. Comes in .40 and 9mm - take your pick. I br...

kasTX

Regardless of whom, if any factory lets junk get into a customers hands, it ain't gonna last long.

Agreed. And they have a lot of competition right now, with at least two 336 look-alikes.

...plan to ROMNNEY it.

kasTX

Story does sound a little fishy. Even if it were true, stuff like that shouldn't have left the factory in the first place. A lot of the comments above seem to point to Remington being the root of the problem, but from personal experience I can say that Marlin had serious quality problems before prod...

kasTX

Well, before you all get the idea that 30-30 is actually adequate for deer, notice something missing in that picture? That's right - no rifle! All we can see is the buck and a pickup truck. Pretty obvious horsesoldier just failed to yield to the buck in a crosswalk and is trying to get all of us to ...

kasTX

I'm pretty sure that is 79,000 feet. Not sure about the speed - it looks like mach 4.5, but I don't think they were that fast.

The bank angle also looks pretty steep for that altitude. Any chance this was a simulator photo?

kasTX

If you need to use a gun case for storage, oil the gun down & use an inexpensive, foam-lined polyutherene hard (?) case. +1 on oiling it down before you store it. I was rabbit hunting on a warm, humid day with a 9422 Trapper a few years ago and put it in a hard sided case with polyurethane foam...

kasTX

I tend to calculate on the conservative side, but I did use the factory numbers provided by Remington. In your august opinion, am I mistaken in concluding that Pisgah's outfit should have worked? I checked the Remington site before I replied the first time, and the slowest 180gr load I could find l...

kasTX

An 18" .30-06 digests a 180gr Core-lokt bullet at about 1860fps, strikes at 210 yds at around 1500 fps with about 900 ftlbs of energy, which puts it at the low end for taking LARGE game. Not sure where you got those numbers, but they look really low for a 30-06. Edit: Oops, Silent Sam beat me ...

kasTX

Also check out CDNN Sports

http://www.cdnninvestments.com/

They have all kinds of mags and frequently run specials. I have dealt with them several times over the years and never had a problem.

kasTX

I have a CZ 527 in 7.62x39, not an SKS, but I have found the 123 Hornady FMJ to be the most accurate, and use the 123 Hornady SP for hunting. I use Lee dies. I also read that you can't get the 150gr going fast enough to do much good, so I never tried them. I have, however, taken three does with the ...

kasTX

I have a 686+ that I picked up 7 or 8 years ago from Academy Sports for around $450 new. Think beefed/scaled up model 66 with a full underlug and an extra round. I have had a couple problems with it over the years, but I don't think that indicates problems with the guns in general. Overall I don't t...

kasTX

About two hours ago I was in a gun shop and the guy behind the counter was showing my friend a new Ruger semi-auto 22 they got in that was set up for a can right from the factory. It had a rail on top of the receiver, another under the barrel, a polymer receiver/grip, and the barrel was threaded. It...

kasTX

I hunted a lease for three years with a couple of guys who used the .270 Win. They both spent an inordinate amount of time tracking deer, even those that were hit really well. Never really understood why this was, because in most cases, the damage done to the deer was massive - shoulders pulverized ...

kasTX

Out of curiosity I did a search on N30000 and found this: http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2005/03/11/the-magic-number/ So you father could have flown that airplane after all! Strange stuff. I would really like to see that roster of the Douglas flight test department. My grandfather lived a very i...

kasTX

Do you know which plant he worked at? Dad worked at Daggett CA. What did your grandad do after the war, did he fly for airlines? It's possible those two knew each other. Grizz It turns out my grandfather flew out of Santa Monica. He did not fly for the airlines after the war. He ended up with Dougl...

kasTX

A-20 was his visceral favorite strictly in terms of a fun, "natural flyer." gak: A-20 ??? My Dad was a test pilot for Douglas and flew A-20s off the line in Dagget. Lots of trips to the coast to clear the machine guns, with some antics only funny to pilots thrown in... I was reading his l...

kasTX

I have one of the pre-EZject models that I upgraded to EZject. It is the only progressive I have used, and I don't consider myself an expert. Overall it has been OK. The primer feeding system hasn't worked that well. Polishing has helped, but it will still jam or fail to feed a primer occasionally. ...

kasTX

I ran some tests a few years ago to see if sorting by rim thickness made any difference. If I recall correctly it did, but I was using bulk 22LR, not the good stuff, and the difference was minor. If you want to run some test yourself, the cheapest way is to use calipers and a fired 223 Remington cas...

kasTX

I have one of those, but haven't used it yet. The name on the box is:

Lee Universal Case Expanding Die

The closest thing I can find to a part number is:

90798

Glad someone brought this up, because I'll need it next week and completely forgot I had it.

kasTX

Better yet, try downloading this program:

http://www.6mmbr.com/ballistics.html

kasTX

Wolf has worked fine in mine, but I get better accuracy with handloads, so that is what I generally shoot. Reliability was 100% until, you guessed it, I pulled the trigger on a nice doe and it went "click" instead of "boom". Even 75 yards away that doe heard the click and took of...

kasTX

I suspect someone just made a fractional error converting the standard from metric to US imperial. From what I have been able to find, it wasn't an error. A couple of rifle makers were making rifles chambered in 7.62x39, but with .308 bores, before there was a SAAMI spec, using data from Lapua. SAA...

kasTX

Failures to fire are somewhat common on the 7.62x39 CZ-527, apparently. I have had the same problem with mine. CZ will send you a stronger firing pin spring if you call them, but the one they sent me was too long, and I had to cut it to get it to work. I never had a primer back out though.

kasTX

Sorry I don't have anything to add that will help you, but did want to say those are some really nice pictures!

kasTX

The ammunition manufactureres have universally down-loaded both the .460 and .500 S&W cartridges to the realm of 50,000 to 52,000 psi, in order to facilitate extraction from double-action revolvers. Cor-Bon originally developed three loads for the 500S&W, in 275, 400, and 440 grain. I belie...

kasTX

Can some one explain to me WHY S&W developed cartridges generating pressures beyond what their own guns could reliably handle...??? It's not that they can't be fired with the max.-pressure stuff, just that extraction --from a double-action revolver -- gets to be a point of interest. Given that ...

kasTX

As to the grammar, no one is being graded on their typing or spelling. To mention it is just plain mean. I don't agree that it was mean (certainly not in light of his comments directed at me), but agree that perfect spelling and grammar are not expected in a forum like this. I'm sure my prior posts...

kasTX

> I haven't even come close ... . . . ...t in and of itself should back up what I'm saying. But it won't. At least not to those who won't listen. Good Day. Joe Hmmm. That post seemed a little odd. The logic is a bit hard to follow, some of the statements are suspect, and you seem to have taken a pe...

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