about 3 weeks ago I took a whole huge box of .45LC brass over to Ten-X Company in Montclair, CA to be reloaded.
Just got it back the other day ......

I gotta get to the range this week and start using it up.

Cheers,

Carl

I have total admiration for home-brew, home-built projects like this that are 100% functional for the task at hand. FANTASTIC WORK !!!!

Cheers,

Carl

Another thought on this topic for those of us that exist here in the People's Republic of Kalifornia, and who currently shoot a lever action caliber for which only lead bullets exist: the lead bullet ban when hunting. A .375 Winchester bolt action using Barnes .375" all-copper TSX bullets, whic...

hmmm ..... in another thread a .375 Winchester caliber bolt action rifle was discussed ....

and Barnes now makes .375 TSX bullets in 270 and 300 grain .....

hmmm, what an interesting pig hunting bullet those might be ???

Cheers,

Carl

Jeremy,

looks like the same ground I've covered during my several VAFB hunting trips, it is such gorgeous countryside this time of year.

I'm thinking I'll be up there in late Feb or early March.

Cheers,

Carl

LOL, you guys are funny ..... already assuming that I've started writing huge checks ..... just because I'm retired doesn't mean I've gone simple ..... LMAO. When I wrote that I have no understanding about this stuff, I wasn't kidding. So I have learned something valuable: I had no idea there was a ...

I like Leupold for their warranty, and I'll agree with edsguns about the Burris 3-9x40 Fullfield II. I have two of 'em and like 'em very much .... great brightness and clarity, and the price is certainly right.

Cheers,

Carl

Here's a topic for discussion that's been rattling around in my head for awhile, so I'd like to open up the floor to discuss the pro's and con's of a bolt-action rifle in .375 Winchester. I have no understanding of what makes a good lever action cartridge, or a good bolt action cartridge, or a good ...

I've only had the opportunity to play around on one 12-fret Martin, a D35S .... WOW, what fabulous sound !!

Cheers,

Carl

1st: Winchester 9422, bought in 1972.

2nd: Winchester BigBore94, bought in 1979.

Cheers,

Carl

Awesome !! The Martin Vintage Series are great guitars. Play it often !! In amazing timing, tomorrow (Friday) I will have delivered a custom Martin I ordered 4 months ago. It is the HD-28V, with the custom feature of using 1/4" scalloped bracing instead of the normal 5/16" bracing. I'm a 1...

only $146 for a reman alternator ??

wait till you gotta buy a one-of-a-kind reman Bosch alternator for your favorite hunting vehicle: a 1974 BMW 2002tii .....

Cheers,

Carl

p.s. it was $155 + tax. and some people don't believe in miracles......

I'll suggest a more "up to date" book, in the sense that the author (who was the Intel officer on Kimmel's staff on Dec 7th) had access to new info that was still classified when Prange wrote his book. And I Was There : Breaking the Secrets - Pearl Harbor and Midway by Rear Admiral Edwin T...

Brilliantly simple, Exceptionally elegant !!

Cheers,

Carl

gotta love the "take 'em down before New Year's Day" thing ....

a couple of years ago we took down the Christmas tree .... to celebrate St Patrick's Day !!

Cheers,

Carl

how about this idea: 2 rifles for the price of one: something in .375 Winchester caliber.
The Winchester BigBore94 in that caliber can handle both .375 Winchester and .38-55 Winchester calibers.
I imagine a Marlin would do no less.

A great caliber for hog hunting.

Cheers,

Carl

Scott,

I like the full-sized models myself .... strictly personal preference of course.

Cheers,

Carl

getitdone, Welcome (almost) back !! I'm in La Mirada, up near Whittier. I was in Long Beach last Friday for a dinner party at the Villa Riviera, that big old 20-story building on Ocean Blvd across the street from the big tall round building next to the convention center. Weather was fantastic, view ...

Lapua ammo with Naturalis copper bullet. Not your specific calibers, but just adding for general info.

http://www.lapua.com/index.php?id=874

Cheers,

Carl

the pig picture Hobie provided makes a great target !!

http://www.hunt101.com/img/312841.jpg

Cheers,

Carl

Handi, my first thought is, "get outta Kali !!" The tax burden, the oppression, all that sorta stuff we know so well. That said, JdFresno mentions Coarsegold. One of my pals and his wife live there and love it !! He retired from the Canoga Park boneyard a couple of years ago and they moved...

find Kramer Junction (intersection of Hwy's 58 & 395).
from Kramer Junction: go 13.4 miles north along 395.
turn east, go 7.5 miles on the dirt road.
thereabouts is Freemont Peak.

Cheers,

Carl

sounds good to me .... any ole reason to get outta Kali for a few days !!!!

Cheers,

Carl

Old Savage,

I was adjacent to Freemont Peak, there's a nice area to do some target shooting, nice and quiet, with a safe downrange area.

Cheers,

Carl

old savage,

you got that mostly right .... it ain't because I can see the target better, it's because I can see the target at all !!

I put your wise advice to use this past Thursday out near China Lake during a day's shooting .....

Cheers,

Carl