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That's fascinating stuff. My great-grandfather, Champion Traylor, ranched at now-vanished Plemmons on the Canadian just a couple of miles from Adobe Walls, and knew Billy Dixon and Quanah Parker. He served at one time as a justice of the peace for Hutchinson County. He and my great-grandma were marr...

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Maddog: My brother had close shots, from 25 yards on his zebra, to about 85 yards on his gemsbok. Except for my warthog at 70 yards or so, my shots came at more like 150 to 175. I took two shots off sticks at a very big kudu, 58 inches or more with one horn tip broken off, but it turned out he was c...

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Maddog: Have you posted pics and a narrative of your trip somewhere, and if not, when?

Here's a post on my 2007 hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve ... #455109776

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Great thread guys. Wonderful to hear from some experienced cabin builders here. This is on my dream list.

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If you get some hangfires, spritz with WD-40 and toss. But I will bet they are good if they were properly stored.

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That Montado with a birdshead grip would be a great stash gun.

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H&R: Hope your safari happens. I finally decided at age 54 to raid the retirement fund and just do it in May 2007. Namibia was fabulous. I didn't use a lever, but a CZ 550 in 9,3X62 (which ought to chamber well in a Model 95, by the way) and took greater kudu, gemsbok, warthog, mountain zebra an...

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Guys, I am just ending my first week working in hunting at the local Sportsman's Warehouse, and we are out of Leverevolution ammo in .30/30. I can't believe the demand for this stuff, with customers telling me how well it shoots in their lever guns. Is this the common experience here? I see Hornady ...

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Good thread. I worked my last shift as a newspaper copy editor last night after 25 years of it, and start in the hunting department at Sportsman's Warehouse Tuesday. Huge change (and pay cut!). I've been handling firearms for nearly 50 years (I'm 55), and the one AD I had 30 years ago -- thumb slipp...

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I just sold my Armi Sport Spencer carbine in .56-50 to a Civil War skirmisher, but a friend and fellow Spencer fan used his last year to kill his whitetail with a single shot. With black powder and a 350-grain bullet, you'll get right at 1,000 fps, which is way more than enough for most deer within ...

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Hops were an important crop here, too, but began disappearing after World War II. Here's a peek at my guys:

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Just packed a couple of freezer bags with hops from the dehydrator. I've got three big clumps of Cascade hops on my garden fences and this year, the cones were especially fragrant and abundant. Now to find a RELIABLE recipe for five gallons of good, bitter ale. Remember when big cans of Blue Ribbon ...

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I've got my fingers crossed that Sarah will kick Joe B's you-know-what in their debate and erase all doubt.

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Paco: Best wishes from a pup 15 years behind you. Y'all keep an extinguisher handy when you light off that birthday cake.

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I think she's done wonderful things for this election, and she's my kind of Westerner. But I still have doubts about her fitness for the vice presidency, frankly. If it were a matter of how much I like and admire someone, there would be no issue for me. Unfortunately, there's more to it than that. I...

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Doesn't it make you feel proud in our capitalist, free enterprise nation that Uncle feels so comfortable sticking his big paws into our pockets to help out huge corporations that make awful decisions? I know I am overpaid and undertaxed, so figure it a real privilege to see part of my wages being pu...

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Dimrod: Really appreciate you sharing your hunt with us. That's a wonderful bull you took --- and doing it with the .30 WCF has to make the venison all the sweeter. You're living my dream!

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Guys, for in-depth reading on the Finns and the Winter War, go here: http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/default.asp I first got interested in the subject years ago when Finnish M39 Mosin-Nagants were all over the place for less than $100. One of these rifles rebuilt on a Russian action by Sako gave ...

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Hobie: I am amazed at how few Americans are aware of the tremendous, humiliating blow tiny Finland administered to Stalin's army in the Winter War. I think it is not well known because of the tangled alliances you allude to. The Finns had help from the Germans, and some of their officers trained wit...

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Danny: That's nice country all right. Looks like there has been some selective cutting in there and a lot of second growth. Is that mostly fir and hemlock, maybe some larch? What kind of rifle do you like for that country? Seems like the shots could come very close as well as 300 yards off, but that...

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I was relieved to keep tabs on Waco, where my daughter is, and it appears they got off with gusty winds and showers.

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Those rigs with tents on top are popular in southwestern Africa. They keep you up off the ground away from some of the smaller critters and it forces the cobras and mambas to work a little harder to bite you in the face ...

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From the size, I am guessing those campers were in Namibia near or in Etosha National Park, which has the biggest elephants in the world. They are humbling creatures.

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Steve: Wish you the best luck on this. My daughter is a freshman at Baylor in Waco, and I'm worried.
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Cable: Lovely photos. The sky and light remind me of the Puget Sound. Here in the Rogue Valley, the sun is harsh and the highs are still in the 90s. We have an Aussie (and a Brittany, and two little mutts). Your pup looks like a keeper. Our guys pick our raspberries, too. They're almost surgical abo...

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Junkbug: His will be done, and His peace be upon your father and mother, and especially upon your heart.
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Thanks for the demo, 1886. I had less than memorable results my first time out with a new Ruger BH .41 Magnum. I look forward to the next load tests with different primers -- CCI 350s as a matter of fact.

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Stew: If style points count in the deer woods, you'll get a fine buck for sure. A might warm and dry just now,unfortunately.

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Thanks guys. Jdad: I just had John Taylor rebarrel a Marlin to .25-35. He does good work.

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OK, so I decide I'm going to drill and tap the tang of my Savage 30G Favorite my own self and save some clams. I get the hole started with the receiver in a vise in the drill press and take it slow and easy. Things are going well. Nothing to this, I tell myself. Then there's a little crunch. Gee, th...

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You MADE money on the sale? People MAKE money on gun sales? Learn somethin' new every day ...

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Oh, hell. Very sorry for your loss. A friend had to put his horse down. He led up him into some aspens and gave him some oats first. He still tears up when he thinks about it.

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Chuck: I'm with you on the steel. I'd pay for it too.

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Red: The turnoff is just a few miles north of Stinnett, and you wind back down south to the Canadian, emerging through cottonwoods and sunflowers to the small plain where the stores were built. Gives me chills just thinking about the clash of cultures and the brave men on both sides.

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I like my little Husqvarna, but then I also have a fondness for Husqvarna rolling blocks ...

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If any of you are ever in the Panhandle, you really should make the drive to the Adobe Walls site on the Turkey Track Ranch. Billy Dixon lies there, and he was an honorable man. I felt a real sense of "big medicine" there. My great-grandfather's ranch just a few miles up the Canadian.

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I'm LOVING IT!

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Mikenv: .379.
Duff: I hollered back, but you had the music up so loud ...

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Guys: The original Marlin -Ballard .38-55 specified a .379 barrel. Marlin's fine Cowboy is true to the original specs and because the big bullet makers chose not to fool with a proper .379 slug, the Cowboy has fallen by the wayside. Believe me, with the right diameter bullet the Cowboy is a tack dri...

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I wore out dozens of pairs of Redwing "Toughies" as a kid. (Anyone remember those, along with double-kneed Farah jeans?) But as an adult I have had trouble getting a Redwing to be comfortable. Something about the lasts they use. My current favorites are a pair of Double H Bullhide ropers. ...

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Bob: I'm not that Bill, although I have visited Raton a few times as a tourist. My understanding is that this gun is designed for pressure not exceeding about 30,000, and I will stick to the Speer and other data that limit pressures to about 28,000. Believe me, a 405-grain bullet going 1700 really g...

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hfcable: There is a barrel-regulating jackscrew that adjusts the right barrel. It's located forward of the front swivel under the rib. Remington does not even mention this in the manual that comes with the gun, but I plan to start working with it at the next range session. Some fellows are reporting...

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Not the best, but a photo nonetheless ...

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Guys, in response to a request for more on this new gun, here is a post I made at Accuratereloading.com on my first impressions of the SPR22: Picked up the Remington Spartan double .45-70 from my local FFL, where I had Luke at Pueblo Sports send it. It will be some time next week before I can get to...

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Took two Ruger sixguns along with some long guns to the range today, a BH in .45 Colt with 4 5/8 barrel and the new .41 BH with 6 1/2. I was mainly just plinking up odds and ends with the .45 Colt, but settled down to try for accuracy with the .41. I first shot some 250-grain WFNs from CPBC over 5.0...

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Thanks guys. OSOK, I have tried Speer, Hornady and Sierra 87-grain bullets, but not necessarily with those powders. I will give those powders a try.

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I have a nice old 99 with the 1:14 twist barrel, and am having a hard time getting under 2 inches at 100 yards with handloads and bullets of 100 grains or less. Anyone else shooting this rifle with this twist getting better accuracy? Bore and crown are perfect.

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Mike: Good for you for getting out and gathering some birds with a hammer double. I have a Husqvarna hammer double with 2 1/2-inch chambers that I need to break in. I have some Magtech all-brass shells loaded with black powder that I would like to try, but can't use lead shot on the local refuge hun...

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Shooter is the best kind! Do you know what the bore measures?

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It's the best time of year -- and the worst, because there are so many options. Archery deer and elk open here in Oregon on Saturday, and grouse, mountain quail and dove on Monday. At the same time, the Rogue River mouth is packed with bright 20- to 40-pound fall chinooks, not to mention thousands u...

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