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I love when I find guns I forgot about.
Several years ago I was cleaning out a closet in the guest room and found two side by side shotguns. I still don’t know where or when but who am I to argue with fate.
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I love an interesting, two-part segue.... :lol:
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Ray wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:56 pm We had a step-inlaw/outlaw of sorts visiting for the holidays who had a glucose spike then crash and needed to lie down for a bit.....As they was a leaving, the patient complained that the guest room bed was somewhat, oddly lumpy......

So I check under the bed covers an lo and behold, a magnum research lone eagle .358 winchester ! I think that I had had it ordered circa 1998.....

It was beginning to get a bit fuzzy but not yet freckled or pitted.....A brisk brushing with ronsonol followed by a slathering of ballistol shined her right up.

Way back in the memory bank i recall a foggy dawn in a marshy meadow. A 2 3/4x redfield, a rem. 180gr. jhp and 36gr. IMR 4198 with a m-14 magazine pouch for a holster.

A mangy old dog coyote had mounted a little red vixen just as I lined-up the crosshairs.....A sweetgum branch intervened and saved his life. I hope they learned their lesson that to spawn pups in the dark is much safer....

Now what to do with it ?

I'm thinking a red dot or holographic of some kind.

HMMM, the only thing I ever found was a folded pair of socks... :lol:
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A few years ago I was digging through my closet and found a couple of Colt Police Positives that I thought I'd sold at a show. :shock: Bonus! :D

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"HMMM, the only thing I ever found was a folded pair of socks..."

You're ahead of me. All I ever find are dryer sheets.
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the only thing I have ever found under a bed, let alone under a mattress was a dust bunny... not sure if they were in season either... :O
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I don’t know about a red dot recommendation, but it is always fun to find a firearm you forgot you had, or even a scope or box of magazines whatever. Last thing like that for me was fairly boring and was only worth about $160; I found four stripped AR lowers I forgot I had ordered before the last presidential election for $39 apiece.... :mrgreen:
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You gonna shoot it anytime soon? If so, factory loads or reduced cast type. I found a Williams peep for a Winchester M94 i still cant figger out where i bought it...
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres

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Ray wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:50 pm B.T.T......

So can anyone recommend a red dot that will stand up to the rigors of a .358 win. pistol ?
I had an old Burris Speed Dot that took everything a BFR in 45-70 could dish out...also, it spend a few hundred rounds on my 629PP with 300gr loads....
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Blaine wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:33 pm
Ray wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:50 pm B.T.T......

So can anyone recommend a red dot that will stand up to the rigors of a .358 win. pistol ?
I had an old Burris Speed Dot that took everything a BFR in 45-70 could dish out...also, it spend a few hundred rounds on my 629PP with 300gr loads....
Aimpoint or Trijicon. Tru Glo red dots are made to hold up to 3.5" 12 gauge loads....
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres

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Yes they are pricey, but they work and you only cry once, when you pay for it. Paid $405 for my Aimpoint 9000L with 2moa dot in 2010 and have never regretted it. Paladin or Mr. Murphy convinced me to take the Aimpoint over the Trijicon. Todd/3leg
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres

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I had completely forgotten about the very interesting Lone Eagle. Do you recall what sort of accuracy it gave, Ray?
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Ray wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:50 pm B.T.T......

So can anyone recommend a red dot that will stand up to the rigors of a .358 win. pistol ?
look at vortex good sight for the bucks
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I'll tell you what really sucked for me.
I got a used SPARC AR Red Dot,. Maybe from someone here.
After a few uses, the two rubber capped controls on the back went tits up. Almost impossible to shut off, and zero brightness control. What a disappointment. :evil:
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