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by 6pt-sika
Thu Dec 14, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I’m starting to favor Italian guns
Replies: 31
Views: 1580

Re: I’m starting to favor Italian guns

Griff, I wear a size 14 or 15 depending on the booot. They don’t make those fancy shoes in my size. Moreover, I think I might ruin such a shoe stepping in cow pies. I attended a wedding in Manila four years ago . It was a Catholic ceremony and I was asked to be one of the sponser/ God parents or wh...
by 6pt-sika
Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hodgdon's Reloading Webpage
Replies: 19
Views: 1089

Re: Hodgdon's Reloading Webpage

I’m glad I have no intentions of trying anything different or new and have everything I load noted in my so to speak ledger .
by 6pt-sika
Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I’m starting to favor Italian guns
Replies: 31
Views: 1580

Re: I’m starting to favor Italian guns

Thanks a lot this d…a…m…n thread has me perusing Bosis and Fabbri guns and has kinda carried over into the limey Boss and Purdey guns as well . Somebody got a spare million they can lend me :lol: :lol: :lol: I was thinking about this. The danger sign is if someone with Italian six shooters starts b...
by 6pt-sika
Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin fans, don your drool bibs!
Replies: 9
Views: 695

Re: Marlin fans, don your drool bibs!

I always wanted an engraved 1893 or 1895 but never acquired one :?
by 6pt-sika
Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin fans, don your drool bibs!
Replies: 9
Views: 695

Re: Marlin fans, don your drool bibs!

Very nice :!:
by 6pt-sika
Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1886 and 336 Update
Replies: 10
Views: 703

Re: 1886 and 336 Update

Are you positive it doesn’t have a damaged crown or a ringed barrel? I find it hard to believe conventional bullets will not work. I had a 284 that would not shoot even after a recrown. It was ringed. I sent it to Ruger to be rebarreled. The lands and grooves sure didn’t tighten up over time . And ...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1886 and 336 Update
Replies: 10
Views: 703

Re: 1886 and 336 Update

I’d shoot the Marlin on paper myself before I took the guys word for it .
by 6pt-sika
Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I’m starting to favor Italian guns
Replies: 31
Views: 1580

Re: I’m starting to favor Italian guns

Thanks a lot this d…a…m…n thread has me perusing Bosis and Fabbri guns and has kinda carried over into the limey Boss and Purdey guns as well . Somebody got a spare million they can lend me :lol: :lol: :lol:
by 6pt-sika
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fedex or Ups ? UPDATE !!!
Replies: 10
Views: 551

Re: Fedex or Ups ?

I gotta say to be honest all three suck USPS UPS and FredEx . But I have to choose UPS . We’ve had stuff get destroyed on UPS and so far knock on wood always come out atleast breaking even . USPS and FredEx not so much .
by 6pt-sika
Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 'cruelty' of hunting...
Replies: 15
Views: 966

Re: The 'cruelty' of hunting...

wvfarrier wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:21 pm The only good yote is a dead one
Same could be said about liberals and tree huggers :lol:
by 6pt-sika
Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Central Oregon elk hunt
Replies: 11
Views: 553

Re: Central Oregon elk hunt

I’ve owned several Savage 99’s over the years but I’m no great fan , but in 260 or 7-08 it makes it quite Intresting 8)
by 6pt-sika
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I’m starting to favor Italian guns
Replies: 31
Views: 1580

Re: I’m starting to favor Italian guns

Yeah I like Perazzi , Luciano Bosis and Fabbri shotguns problem is I can’t afford the Ones I like .
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freund Sharps repair
Replies: 12
Views: 683

Re: Freund Sharps repair

My Sharps has a patchbox on the buttstock and I have a spare firing pin assembly with certain spare springs. They are all fitted and because I have them, I’ll likely never need them! Glad you found a part that can be easily modified to work. Ah yes far better to have and never need vs need and can’...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Accurizing Marlin 375
Replies: 9
Views: 542

Re: Accurizing Marlin 375

I had a pair of Marlin 375’s one was jacketed only and the other was cast only . Two inches at 100 yards for three shots from the bench was not difficult with handloads in either , atleast in those two rifles . Don’t think I ever fired any factory in either rifle . I will say all my cast bullets wer...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: oldest or earliest born folks you talked to
Replies: 15
Views: 713

Re: oldest or earliest born folks you talked to

My great grandfather on my mothers side was the earliest born . He was born in 1890 and he died in 1981 . My fathers mother made it to 98 when she passed , she was born in 1912 . My great grandmother on my mothers side while not the earliest or the oldest like my great grandfather was born up in the...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First day out VA gun season !
Replies: 11
Views: 1389

Re: First day out VA gun season !

My gunsmith buddy and I were thinking about getting a walk in cooler thing to put outside of his butchering room . This was back when we’d damage control hunt in the hot months . But then we decided perhaps it was better not to do that or we’d end with ten or twelve in there we’d need to get done :l...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First day out VA gun season !
Replies: 11
Views: 1389

Re: First day out VA gun season !

Point in fact ! One week maybe fifteen years ago I was having a good week . I’d killed two or three during the week and had then hanging unskinned . Saturday rolls around and a friends coming to hunt with me . Long story short when I got dark that night I had seven hanging , not all mine but still ....
by 6pt-sika
Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First day out VA gun season !
Replies: 11
Views: 1389

Re: First day out VA gun season !

Anytime I shoot /shot a buck he would go into the grinder sans backstraps. Most of the does would go for actual cuts. Provided it's cool enough I'll hang my deer at least until rigormortise leaves the body but a few have hung months when they freeze solid! They just get more tender!! :D I don’t let...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

Found a piece box of Nosler 6.5mm 140 gr Partitions . Gonna see if I can get a passable load quick then possibly have six or seven rounds to try and bowl one over with that bullet . Kinda hate buying a box as the darn things are $60 a box of 50 now plus shipping and tax of course . I enjoy that litt...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First day out VA gun season !
Replies: 11
Views: 1389

Re: First day out VA gun season !

GunnyMack wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:30 pm I can taste the jerky already!
No usually my making it into edible portions includes me removing the back straps and bagging them , then the fish and bagging them . Then anything else is cut from the bone and bagged to either be ground or used in stew .
by 6pt-sika
Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First day out VA gun season !
Replies: 11
Views: 1389

First day out VA gun season !

Well this is a first ! I’ve never waited six days before going out the first time during the VA gun season . But it turned Black Friday is the first day for me this year . Carried a Mannlicher Schoenauer MC 7x57 carbine loaded with Hornady 139 SST handloads . Saw this little 8 point at 07:45ish at 7...
by 6pt-sika
Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gold Dots in lever action?
Replies: 10
Views: 587

Re: Gold Dots in lever action?

I didn’t think I’d used a Gold Dot HP ! Ifound the box of bullets is loaded from Speer Gold Dot 44 cal 270 gr GDSP .
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Unfortunately they’re all gone and I’ve got some really heavy 44 cast bullets inside something I’m the 400 grain plus range .
by 6pt-sika
Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gold Dots in lever action?
Replies: 10
Views: 587

Re: Gold Dots in lever action?

Seems to me I loaded some 44 cal Gold Dots for the 444 . And if memory serves I killed a deer or two with them .
by 6pt-sika
Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

congrats man! couple good looking deer there. I don't think it would have been too much of a problem if you carried the deer home on your trailer. Especially not through western va. Rockingham where I live is the reddest county in the state, and augusta isn't too far behind. Of course charlottesvil...
by 6pt-sika
Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

Locked up the cabin at 06:30 this morning got out to 250 topped off and got a bag of ice . It was foggy going over the mountains but I took my time (not something I’m known for lols) . Stopped once for a nature call . 250 to Staunton was calm , 64 from Staunton to Charlottesville was a bit congested...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

Your season runs longer than ours! We end first or second week in February. We can shoot 2 at a time everyday of the season, been like that for about 10 years. I'm convinced the herd is low due to that, blue tongue hasn't helped either! Regular gun season in Virginia east of the Blue Ridge has been...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

GunnyMack wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:10 pm Shame your Parker didn't have a chance to get in on the fun!
Well done and a full freezer to boot!
I’ve got until March 26th in Virginia :wink: Regular Gun season goes out the first Saturday in January then there’s antlerless gun season in my county until 3/26/24 .
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

wvfarrier wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:47 pm It sounded like WW3 on my farm in Mon county the last couple days
I was in a valley of sorts in Randolph county when I shot the doe at 08:15 I’d heard six shots of which two were mine .
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

I’m sitting in my cousins I guess you’d call it a breakfast nook , tapping on my PC . The view isn’t bad !
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by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

Got just about everything loaded up except for one cooler and a duffel bag that I’ll get in the AM !
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by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

Good hunt and report! Man, that Full Stock MS is a rifle I lust over! Never even seen one around here, but if I ever do hopefully it'll be in my possession! :D Don’t mean to brag but I have eight Mannlicher Schoenauer carbines , 243 , pair of 6.5x54’s , 270 , 7x57 , 308 , 06 and a 8x56 MS . I’ve ki...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

Well, I would call that a good hunt! Always wanted a 6.5X54 Mannlicher. Closest I ever came was a Hembrug Model 1895 in 6.5X53R, but the bore was gone ... :cry: Some would say I shoulda held out for a bigger buck , but I’m satisfied . I mean heck the original game plan was 2 1/2 days so one can’t b...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

I’m fortunate in that my cousin offered his cabin and thirty plus acres for me to hunt . I call it a cabin but it’s actually a house someone built maybe twenty five years ago . So it’s quite comfortable to say the least .
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

Re: The WVA Gun Opener

I’ve still got another buck tag I could fill , but the winds blowing pretty hard and it’s supposed to rain all day so you can figure out where this is going LOL’s ! My intent now is to pretty much get everything loaded up today , hook the trailer up , strap my treestand down on the ATV and strap the...
by 6pt-sika
Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The WVA Gun Opener
Replies: 22
Views: 1331

The WVA Gun Opener

Nope I didn’t kill anything with a Parker today but I had a Grade 1 10 gauge 2 frame with factory 26” barrels up the tree with me along with my little Mannlicher Schoenauer MC in 6.5x54 MS . Had a four point walk up to about twenty five yards of me and when I started walking away I let him have it a...
by 6pt-sika
Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Tower Shoot of the Season
Replies: 6
Views: 249

Re: First Tower Shoot of the Season

Of the three or four places I’ve done tower shoots this one I was at Sunday has the highest birds . They had partridge and pigeons every bit of 50 to 60 yards up when they came over the shooters on the backside of the circle . When I e taken the 8 gauge guns only once did it go around the circle wit...
by 6pt-sika
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Tower Shoot of the Season
Replies: 6
Views: 249

Re: First Tower Shoot of the Season

gamekeeper wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 5:58 pm That's a good start to the season, I wish someone had used a Parker Hammer gun where I was gamekeeping it would have made my day.. :D
You shoulda been there two or three years ago I had two guns but one was a Parker hammer 8 gauge gun .
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by 6pt-sika
Wed Nov 01, 2023 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Tower Shoot of the Season
Replies: 6
Views: 249

Re: First Tower Shoot of the Season

Going back to the same place 11/4/23 and will shoot the same load but in a Parker Grade 1 10 gauge top lever hammer on a #2 frame sporting 30” barrels that are more like mod and full somewhat lighter gun as well . I’m planning on doing five shoots at this place by the end of the year and use a diffe...
by 6pt-sika
Wed Nov 01, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Tower Shoot of the Season
Replies: 6
Views: 249

First Tower Shoot of the Season

Did a tower shoot in WVA 10/29/23 shot a Parker Grade 1 10 gauge top lever hammer gun 32” barrels tight and tight on a #3 frame guns a little over 9 pounds . Was shooting handloaded 1 1/4 ounces of #6’s pushed with 30 grains of SR7625 . I didn’t kill all the birds in the pictures just what I brought...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 4:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 20-gauge slug loads
Replies: 59
Views: 2284

Re: 20-gauge slug loads

GunnyMack wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2023 3:05 pm
Yeah that Manton would be a boat load of fun to get shooting and to kill deer with it would be awesome.
I’ll console myself using my Parker with the masking taped slugs this year 8) :lol:
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 20-gauge slug loads
Replies: 59
Views: 2284

Re: 20-gauge slug loads

Have you looked for the Remington slugs lately? That's why I'm trying to get a load that works. Yeah that Manton would be a boat load of fun to get shooting and to kill deer with it would be awesome. I bought ten boxes two three years ago . I’ve not hunted the gun in over three years . I’ve actuall...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alaskan Adventure
Replies: 23
Views: 1002

Re: Alaskan Adventure

There was a time I wanted to go up there for the expensive stuff ! Moose , Dall Sheep and Brownies but that time has come and gone . If I were to finally travel there now Prince of Wales island would work as I’m only intrested to kill a couple Blacktails now and like the idea of not needing to worry...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nice way to start a Sunday
Replies: 7
Views: 459

Re: Nice way to start a Sunday

Ysabel Kid wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:48 pm I dunno... neither man nor beast should be awake at 0430! :shock:
I’ve gotten to the point that 08:30 is to early for my comfort zone . Morning deer sits are gonna suck this season lols !
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: From the Old Days
Replies: 7
Views: 588

Re: From the Old Days

When I was accumulating Winchester rimfire pumps I wanted an 1890 in WRF as well as a 61 in 22MAG but never acquired either . Now my only WIN pump is an 1890 in 22 Short my grandfather bought new in the 20’s .
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hardening cast bullets
Replies: 11
Views: 519

Re: Hardening cast bullets

FWIW my slugs are cast from an alloy of 50% clip on wheelweights and 50% pure lead . I do not shoot these in rifled barrels but smoothbore only . Also all of what I load are typically in a shot cup , wrapped with mylar or wrapped with of all things masking tape . And for what I do with them it works...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Air rifle?
Replies: 18
Views: 701

Re: Air rifle?

I’ve had or have a few old Crossman deals mostly 22 cal . But about a year ago a friend lured me into a couple air rifle shops looking at stuff that were in the 2K range and showing me videos of the makers in Africa killing eland and even a Cape buffalo . I thought this is neat ! So a week or two la...
by 6pt-sika
Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 20-gauge slug loads
Replies: 59
Views: 2284

Re: 20-gauge slug loads

I have slug molds in the Lyman sabot slug design for the 10 , the 12 , the 16 , the 20 and the 28 . The 12 and 20 are American made the others came off EBay from an Eastern European group . None of these slugs have been tried in rifled barrel or rifled choke guns . Mostly in SxS but a few times in O...
by 6pt-sika
Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: James William Buffett r.i.p.
Replies: 8
Views: 380

Re: James William Buffett r.i.p.

Only made one of his concerts at Nissan Pavilion in NOVA but I enjoyed it ! Not like a parrot head but enjoyed none the less . RIP
by 6pt-sika
Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: September 2nd
Replies: 11
Views: 458

Re: September 2nd

Dove are usually in short supply in my freezer . Pheasant and Partidge seem to take the most room of the fowl and always seem to have enough quail for 10 or so meals by seasons end . Dove breasts with Cajun seasoning wrapped with a 1/4 strip of bacon and cooked in the oven on broil are rather taste...
by 6pt-sika
Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: September 2nd
Replies: 11
Views: 458

Re: September 2nd

I quit shooting and eating them decades ago, preferring light-meated quail, pheasants and grouse, but it is fun to feel the excitement in the air nonetheless. Dove are usually in short supply in my freezer . Pheasant and Partidge seem to take the most room of the fowl and always seem to have enough...