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by bikerbeans
Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mowing the old fasion way.
Replies: 61
Views: 5019

Re: Mowing the old fasion way.

I cut my grandma's grass with one of those when i was a kid. Luckily she had a small yard.

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by bikerbeans
Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another .410 thread
Replies: 31
Views: 2191

Re: Another .410 thread

Nath,

How many grains of h110 for your almost 3/4 oz 410 shot load? What wad and hull are you using? Using 3" win aahs hulls and old win trap wads i can only get 5 /8 oz of 6 shot over 16g h110.

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by bikerbeans
Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ain't That America.......
Replies: 14
Views: 1650

Re: Ain't That America.......

No Snowflakes!?!?!? I have got to buy an antique tractor if it repels Snowflakes! :D

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by bikerbeans
Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I’m oughtta here !
Replies: 45
Views: 4713

Re: I’m oughtta here !

Craig,

Be safe and enjoy your trip!

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by bikerbeans
Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Some USA Land That Will Forever Belong To England
Replies: 11
Views: 1003

Re: Some USA Land That Will Forever Belong To England

Thank you for posting this bit of history.

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by bikerbeans
Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Way too hot outside, playin' with a couple 44s
Replies: 16
Views: 850

Re: Way too hot outside, playin' with a couple 44s

Very nice wheel guns.

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by bikerbeans
Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: dumb phones
Replies: 38
Views: 4435

Re: dumb phones

Flip phone, then, now and forever!

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by bikerbeans
Sun Jul 14, 2019 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Telegraph Reader
Replies: 105
Views: 6623

Re: Telegraph Reader

Have any problems with outlaws cutting your wires? :D

Very nice work!

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by bikerbeans
Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Well that was fun
Replies: 10
Views: 505

Re: Well that was fun

Might be time to buy oceanfront property in Nevada.

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by bikerbeans
Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Must have been something to see all right
Replies: 4
Views: 368

Re: Must have been something to see all right

If a promoter was to arrange a train crash today there woild be at least 40k lawyers in the crowd.

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by bikerbeans
Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Regarding the Jim Beam warehouse fire
Replies: 10
Views: 620

Re: Regarding the Jim Beam warehouse fire

How are folks in KY going to deer hunt this fall if they can't buy a pint of Beam? :D

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by bikerbeans
Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Movie Quote
Replies: 21
Views: 3255

Re: Movie Quote

Tne movie is about my ex-wife.

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by bikerbeans
Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This new .410 addiction
Replies: 18
Views: 1178

Re: This new .410 addiction

Are the quail so big in Oregon that you need buckshot? :shock:

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by bikerbeans
Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bipod
Replies: 5
Views: 751

Bipod

At the risk of being tarred and feathers i am asking if anyone has put a bipod on a marlin 336 or glenfield 30? I am having fistula surgery in a few weeks (i will be hunting one handed this fall) and want to deer hunt with one of my LGs. I know i could use a revolver but i don't shoot them often eno...
by bikerbeans
Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what would hunt with?
Replies: 29
Views: 3156

Re: what would hunt with?

First four years of ohio rifle season i used marlin 444 LGs. Last year i used a RARR in 450BM, it worked but i am not a bolt gun fancier. This year i will be back to a Marlin (glenfield actually) LG chambered in 410. Thanks to JES my 410 had a fully rifled barrel and will pitch a 260 LWN slug at 1,7...
by bikerbeans
Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Found a new Shotgun forum
Replies: 7
Views: 490

Re: Found a new Shotgun forum

I was at a lottery hunt for spring turkey in April. A teenage hunter bagged a Tom at a measured 41 yards using a 410 with TSS. I've never shot one that far away with a 12ga.

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by bikerbeans
Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410
Replies: 72
Views: 9208

Re: 410

I patterned my 500e 410 yesterday with win 3" 410 #4, 3/4 oz. My mossy has a 26" barrel with fixed FC. At 30 yards i had a dense enough pattern for a fox squirrel but i am going to contunue shooting tree rats with my handloaded #6s.

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by bikerbeans
Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: These Ducks look pretty happy to me...
Replies: 7
Views: 617

Re: These Ducks look pretty happy to me...

Pretty stupid messing with folks who make their living using a sharp knife.

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by bikerbeans
Tue Jun 11, 2019 10:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410
Replies: 72
Views: 9208

Re: 410

Carrying just a 410 in an area with Grizzly qualifies as stupid in my book.

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by bikerbeans
Sat Jun 08, 2019 3:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410
Replies: 72
Views: 9208

Re: 410

Old Savage,

My 410 levergun is ballistic twin to a 40-65 with a light boolit. My 410 loads are running way over SAAMI pressure, but the gun is find with them. My only concern is that i don't put one of my slug loads in my Mossbrrg 500E.

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by bikerbeans
Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410
Replies: 72
Views: 9208

Re: 410

Picture1119181319_1.jpg Pic is me with a red deer hind i shot with my 410 levergun. I had JES rebore a 30-30 to .410 with 1:22 twist. I cast a plain base 260g WFN boolit and it sits on a compressed load of I4895. MV is 1,700 fps and will shoot 1.5" 3-shot group at 100 yards. I use metal/plasti...
by bikerbeans
Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hunting 2 different Texas exotic ranches
Replies: 15
Views: 2750

Re: Hunting 2 different Texas exotic ranches

I just finished two red deer burgers, you can't go wrong with that choice. Sadly, the inner and outer loins are gone.

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by bikerbeans
Sat May 25, 2019 8:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thougts on the 350 Legend?
Replies: 17
Views: 2531

Re: Thougts on the 350 Legend?

The rebated rim brass and undersized 35 cal bullet don't work for me. If you could fire form 223 brass to 350L and load a .358" bullet i think i might have bought one.

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by bikerbeans
Fri May 17, 2019 7:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Jaquas Gunshop........
Replies: 6
Views: 1121

Re: Jaquas Gunshop........

A good friend of mine routinely leaves his money at Jaquas.

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by bikerbeans
Wed May 15, 2019 5:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: can 44-40 be loaded heavy in modern levers?
Replies: 17
Views: 5179

Re: can 44-40 be loaded heavy in modern levers?

FWIW, i bought 1894 marlin 44-40 barrel from Numrich and installed it on a glenfield 30 action (same action as a marlin 336). The barrel had a groove of 0.4295". I used 44 mag data for h110 and 240g jhp. I went up to the max load per the hodgdon website. No signsofpressure issue but i don't thi...
by bikerbeans
Wed May 01, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Calm down....
Replies: 37
Views: 3423

Re: Calm down....

Strange looking levergun, something new from Remlin? :mrgreen:

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by bikerbeans
Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Helicopter Physics....
Replies: 8
Views: 574

Re: Helicopter Physics....

Never get in a plane that has moving wings.

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by bikerbeans
Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More crossbow pictures
Replies: 9
Views: 694

Re: More crossbow pictures

Looks great! Ya gotta luv a crossbow that doesn't have the lawyer required idiot label on the side of the rail.

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by bikerbeans
Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: One rifle, one pistol
Replies: 148
Views: 17563

Re: One rifle, one pistol

Beretta 303a 12ga with mobil choke sb barrel and hastings rifled slug barrel.

S&W highway patrolman 357 mag
by bikerbeans
Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Productive week !
Replies: 23
Views: 2664

Re: Productive week !

You youngins with all your energy make me jealous! I am hoping 2 cups of hi test coffee in the morning will get me into casting mode. If i cast a couple hundred roundnalls and brew a batch of ale tomorrow, it will be a good day.

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by bikerbeans
Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The "3 Day Challenge"
Replies: 11
Views: 704

Re: The "3 Day Challenge"

I failed, fell off the wagon on the 31st! :wink:

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by bikerbeans
Sun Feb 24, 2019 2:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Productive week !
Replies: 23
Views: 2664

Re: Productive week !

Nice two barrel ten! I would like to see a pic of a fur test on a whitetail with that wide nose slug. I think it would be brutal.

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by bikerbeans
Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Productive week !
Replies: 23
Views: 2664

Re: Productive week !

Craig,

Look who snuck in the backdoor of this site! :shock:

Did you test any of those 12ga slugs from your new mold?

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by bikerbeans
Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting During Bad Weather
Replies: 3
Views: 345

Re: Shooting During Bad Weather

I HAD a CF bullet trap in my side of the barn. Just used it to test wildcat loads so i could check for signs of overpressure. The other half of my barn is for my wife's horses so i always put the horses in the pasture before testing loads. One day when i thought my wife had gone to work she came int...
by bikerbeans
Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lever action .410s???
Replies: 20
Views: 4223

Re: Lever action .410s???

I have a 410 LG. I just posted about it in the who likes 410s thread.

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by bikerbeans
Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who likes the .410 shotgun?
Replies: 60
Views: 5316

Re: Who likes the .410 shotgun?

I have 2 functional 410s and another on the disabled list (60 yro 22/410 with a broken selector). I recently have switched to 410s for hunting because of medical issues that can be made worse with big recoil. My favorite 410 is a Glenfield 30a that i had JES rebore to 410. Barrel is fully rifled, 1:...