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El Chivo

I once gave away a guitar - no strings attached.

El Chivo

if things haven't looked up for him he might be embarrassed, and not want to be seen as cruising for more donations. I did receive a personal reply from him for the gas card I sent him so I think we are square. A report might be nice but not mandatory, especially if there's nothing new to report. Al...

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I may eliminate 30-30 this year if I can't get a nice accurate load. Then I'd have .35's exclusively (35 Rem and .357 magnum). Well I do have a .243 but I don't load for it. I still like the idea of 260 Rem, I think it would eliminate .243, .270, .308, and 25-06. But I don't need it. I have just nev...

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I prefer the Hornady bullets for that reason; they have the mark further to the back than other brands. They just contact the rifling in my Marlin. I asked this question a while ago, I was worried about pressure. But it seems that contacting the rifling adds so little pressure, it's not an issue. Th...

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wasn't that the one with Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett? And they flew around in planes or something?

El Chivo

too bad payday is not Friday

I always look for the months with 5 Thursdays, since that gives me 3 checks; one for rent, one for bills, and one extra.

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if you don't use it all that much, how about a solar trickle charger? You can leave your battery installed and keep it charged up.

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Should not require more than one page to realize that 30wcf quite superior to puny Dirty Five (Imagine bad Russian accent) :twisted: :twisted: 30-30 wcf is superior for: - getting ladies into hunting and shooting - not getting so much blood on the ground - keeping trackers employed - helping the sp...

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336 in 35 Rem

if you had said deer only, I might agree with 30 cal, but pigs, bear, and elk at short range?

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I'm sure there will be enough barrel, as the new bore is only 1/2mm larger than the old one - 6mm to 6.5mm. Only 1/4mm will be removed from each side. However, this may not be enough to wipe out the old lands and create new lands. New lands will have to start where the old groove left off. According...

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I am kinda wanting a left handed Savage 11 in 260 or 6.5 Creedmoor for my wife .

A fair trade.

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it's the day before Thanksgiving and he's got turkeys to smoke ! what caliber is he going to use to smoke those turkeys? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm thinking about 6.5, or .264, but in the .308 family (243, 260 Rem, 308), now that'...

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another suggestion - get a globe front like the Lyman 17.

Then you can use a large aperture and still get great accuracy - the ring of the globe can be aligned inside the aperture circle and its easy to see if it's centered since they are close in size - a ring within a ring.

El Chivo

Nothing perks up a back yard like a big fiberglass boat with tall grass growing around it.

One thing, I didn't know fiberglass could rust.

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their 22lr is noticeably more accurate than other brands in my guns (Winchester, Remington, CCI) especially the subsonic.

I also used to use it in 38 special and .357 magnum, always right in there as most accurate or runner up.

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for a little perspective, I read that traditionally the ammo companies only produce 34 rounds of 22lr per gun owner per year. So if all of the sudden all gun owners want some, demand is through the roof.

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the ammo from Brazil or Italy has not been expensive.

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All the males stay behind in Mexico - only the pregnant females travel north. just like their human counterparts One night in the summer I woke up to my cat howling and a whooshing sound. I flipped on the light and there was a bat flying around the bedroom - it had come in through the open window. ...

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We had a guy who twice loaded .357 in his 30-30 and fired it, hit the target too, just made a funny sound.

Bullets were lead so they were extruded through the bore

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an udder disaster

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well you have been around guns too long...for example Rachel McAdams is pretty hot.

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Sounds like you don't need to worry about parallax if you're only shooting at 4x at moderate ranges. Basically the image is going to be sharpest at 100 yards (or 50, if it's set for that) and blurry at other distances. When the image focuses in front of, or behind the reticle, it means what you see ...

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Most small towns close to the mountains in north western Wyoming you will find quite a few ladies and gents with chaps and packin a revolver of some sort in the stores or hamburger place. Its not to be cool like some of you think, its a tool you carry with you. If it makes you feel uncomfortable, s...

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Won't do it either. And yet, I get pestered by them all the time. Other's have sent me "requests" to join via email. Facebook keeps those address' and pesters folks to join. After all, they don't make their money from the users, but from the advertisement. More users, more income. not onl...

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I'd remove the stocks and bolts and ship them.

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I don't have one, but one detail I read about Leupold rimfires is they are set to be parallax free at 60 yards instead of 50.

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Yet the pressure is enough to blow the gun up...??? I agree, it doesn't sound plausible. The "chamber" is much larger with the bullet six inches down the tube. And what's keeping the bullet in that 55,000 cup of pressure won't budge it? If a gun blows up with a reduced charge of slow powd...

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we talked about this recently and it was debunked as far as fast powders go. The real culprit seems to be reduced charges of slow powders; the primer flashes along the airspace and only ignites enough powder to push the bullet partway down the barrel. Or perhaps the primer itself pushes the bullet o...

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How about re-engineering all leverguns to use a detachable mag? Then we could shoot spire points, and reload on the fly without asking for a time-out. Ok there's the BLR but it's a little fat looking.

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I really don't like to experience jiggling, so unless I'm resting the rifle I want no more than 3x. The Weaver 1-3x is perfect for me. I figure that at 3x, the image is the same at 300 yards as it is with the naked eye at 100 yards. So it should suffice for coyote and up. It's great walking around a...

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Not to mention those who default on their debts. A guy at work just declared bankruptcy to avoid paying back $78,000 in credit card debt. He has a house, new furniture, bought a new car, and a big 401K - on a day when the market goes up he brags about making $800 or so. Just can't handle paying for ...

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congratulations, that is good eatin'

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these days I generally go in for a 15-20 round session. Maybe I'll cut it down to 10. At least I have a range membership and so don't pay each visit. It's my weekend trip out, I don't need to shoot up a whole can. I have about 500 rounds left of the good stuff. And I'm kind of at the point where, if...

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some guys today would have to be buried in a freight car

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I do it myself anyway, and after a year the building would change hands and no one would know anything about it.

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oklahoma red wrote: "What zone were you in?"
The pigs and deer were taken in "A" zone and the bear was in "D-5"

Happy Shootin to ya all,
OkR

FYI, A-zone is one of the condor zones, non-lead bullets required. Not much enforcement though.

El Chivo

taking on a bear with a .357 magnum? my hat's off to you...

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My stable includes some less popular rounds 444, 32 Special, 303 Brit, 32-20, and 22 Hornet. It is threads like this that convince me to step up my cast bullet hobby and stockpile brass a bit. But 20 gauge!!!! there are still two kinds of 20 gauge slugs and several sizes of shot being produced, how...

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if the majors drop obsolete calibers, that opens it up for shooters/hobbyists to fill the niche. A similar thing is happening with photography, Kodak has been cutting back black and white film and paper choices and at the same time, individuals and small companies have figured out how to produce it ...

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I tried a box or two of the 60 grainers, with the 22 short case and big bullet. I was surprised that small case powered the big bullet. I thought they might be good for silhouette, they were, but not quite accurate enough in my gun.

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3515 35 CAL .358 200 GR RN well, this one is still being produced, so no worries. Seriously, what they are doing is offering fewer choices of certain weights and styles, not eliminating calibers, so they can produce more of the popular ones of each caliber. Just about every caliber still has severa...

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yes, good application. I've been noticing that digital pic sizes are getting so big, so many pixels, that if I enlarge the photo to 100% I can see tiny details, as you said, not high quality, but you can see it. Anyway, thanks for a great idea. Does it work on deer in the field? Counting antler tine...

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once I left case lube on the rounds, I was shooting Trail Boss. The lever popped open almost every round, and I was trying to squeeze it closed.

With hotter rounds, this did not happen. Not sure if it was lube or what.

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One thing I see about this cartridge vs. 35 Rem is to see if accuracy is affected by how much neck tension there is. The 35 Rem bullet starts sloping almost immediately. It's made for a short neck. You probably should try a 35 Whelen bullet in the 35-30, because the base will be longer before it sta...

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Don McDowell wrote:Elchivo, you've said some plain darned ignorant things here before, but your last post just about takes the cake.

just showing how easy it is to raise your core temperature.

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Unless you are some sort of superhuman , your body requires some sort of heat source other than it's own during prolonged exposure to cold temps. That means a fire, or a heater of some sort. Yes you can get by a night without some sort of heat, but come the next morning you're going to need somethi...

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I don't mean to be a troll, but seriously, why have a heater at all? I've been on many a winter campout without anything but body heat. With a decent sleeping bag, a couple of army blankets inside, and maybe one of those foil blankets, you are going to be fine if it's in the '20s, heck that's balmy...

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I don't mean to be a troll, but seriously, why have a heater at all? I've been on many a winter campout without anything but body heat. With a decent sleeping bag, a couple of army blankets inside, and maybe one of those foil blankets, you are going to be fine if it's in the '20s, heck that's balmy....

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I weigh each one, but am supposed to check the scale with weights every 10th round, and don't do it. Seems like weighing the last one would be enough - if things were straying, the last charge would be the worst. My loads are almost always reduced enough so a couple full grains wouldn't be too high....

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