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Yes, Hanson is what we need more of in the media. He's also a great historian---I always look forward to his articles in Town Hall Daily. Thanks for posting!

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I lived and worked in both Laramie and Cheyenne. I liked Laramie, Cheyenne, no. Laramie is not on my favorite list mainly because there is not a lot of public land close, other than that it's a good place to live----Woods Landing, Encampment and Saratoga are close and I spent most of my recreation t...

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Grizz, you are right on the money. Always build your garage around here so the doors face south. Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. 5,500 is about perfect---you can still grow a garden at that elevation here. The town I grew up in, in Wyoming was 7,000' + and gardens there are tough-...

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Great places in both states and I'd be happy to have you as a neighbor because obviously you understand the Second Amendment. We have a serious influx of people moving in---I hope they are like you, but doubt it. You will have to hurry, the towns around NW Wyoming have very little housing inventory ...

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I only use one pack. Around here you have to hang your food, so I take a rope and a sack to hang everything I don't pack while hunting. My pack is designed to pack meat. I use a First Need water filter--pump type---I'm not fond of iodine or charcoal, in fact I think iodine will generally disrupt you...

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Todd, sorry to hear the left eye didn't do as well. Happy to hear the right eye is better. Have fun at the gun show!

Jon.

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Great picture. I really like the breeching on his saddle. I wonder if the bottom part is rawhide or some woven fiber. The braided part may be horse hair---or maybe human hair. He looks well fed, rugged and ready for war for sure. The only rifle to pack on a horse is a levergun......it's just fitting.

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Yes, illegal for sure. The ones I've seen are long gone or I'd take a picture. Along with 1080 they were a tool of ranchers in the area where I grew up. Mainly used to slay coyotes or other critters. I have a pretty good picture of them in my mind----the barrel on the 12 gauge was barely longer than...

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Yes, we called them "gitter guns". They mounted on a stake that could be pounded in the ground or strapped to a post, some were brass, some were steel. They had a trip wire for bait and fired a 12 gauge. Very wicked for sure. They would disintegrate a mouse.

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The one I have has a piece of spring steel on the rings that snaps it in place when the scope is in use. Does yours have that piece of spring steel? The one I have does return to zero, but it also seems to flop around a bit when I use the iron sights. The rifles I've had mine on don't get shot a lot...

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Wishing you the best Todd!

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Very nice shooting Earl! I take it this is pistol caliber cowboy silhouette---offhand, correct?

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Don't overlook regulations. China controls most of the rare earth mines in the world----lights, LED, autos, computers, watches, phones----pretty much everything you can think of needs rare earth metals----including our strategic materials---how did we let this happen. In the world I work in, I watch...

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The magazine I took the picture of was advertised as an "extended" 760 mag. It is one of the newer aftermarket ones with the plastic base. From what I can see it is very similar to your 742 mag with respect to the placement of the magazine catch. The one I have may be narrower in the front...

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Does the cartridge base side of your mag look like these pictures? Sorry for the poor pictures and also the crooked white lines.

Rem 760 mag.jpg

Rem 760 mag base 2.jpg

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After the bolt contacts the round and starts pushing it toward the chamber, what stops it? Is the bullet tip hitting high, low, right or left of the chamber? Or is something in the magazine stopping it, like the magazine lips or the shoulder stop? I may have a magazine for you. A few years back I co...

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Not sure what velocity they run as I've never chronographed them, but I like Unique and Trailboss. The both fill up and I've never had any issues I noticed with position.

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Sorry to hear Gamekeeper. I have a couple that know even before I get the gun out---they know by how I dress. Then when we are out and the safety or hammer clicks, they are all on for it. Tough deal, I lost three of my best friends the last two years, they are buried under a tree in the yard. Often ...

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Hmmmm, when you said walk through the woods, I had something entirely different in mind----and I rarely carry a folder, I like Puukos, something in a Scandi or Sammi grind carried in a belt sheath. I really like your Marbles, Gamekeeper. I have one like it, but with stag handles, given to me by my f...

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So, I gave you some bad info on the 8x56 with respect to cases. Last night I dug out my notes, articles and related info. The PPU cases I have actually have the largest base diameter of the 8x57 brass I have. I'm using RCBS dies and they did not size the base on the PPU cases down enough to chamber ...

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On the 8x56, sorry for the late reply, I had a few days off and cut up deer, no computer. Anyway, yes I load .323, per slugging the barrel. I haven't had much luck getting the 150's to shoot. I've found they need to be seated at around 3.0 OAL to feed, which doesn't leave much of the bullet base in ...

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Cody is a good spot for sure---has a place in my heart. If you are looking at dude ranches close to Cody, try Bill Cody's Ranch, Streamside, UXU, Crossed Sabers, Absaroka Lodge or Pahaska Tepee----all are on the North Fork of the Shoshone River on the way to the East Gate of Yellowstone. All within ...

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Certainly looks like the wolf tracks I see around here, size wise---I'm certain it's a canine. Keep your dogs close if you have one, the wolves around here (Wyoming, Idaho, Montana) kill every dog they run onto---even the hounds folks run lions (cougars) with. Most are pretty gun shy around here now...

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Very nice 6pt! As I mentioned the other day I'd really like to have one. If you get going on the 8x56 let me know---making brass is easy and I have quite a few proven, chronographed loads. I've found reloading data is pretty scarce for the 8x56---Quickload has been a good help along with a chronogra...

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Good deal, I like the MS, but I don't like mine with a scope, even though I don't have the best vision. Mine is a 8x56----I've shot a couple of deer with it and this year packed it for elk, but no luck there, I did get get a grouse. Mine kicks pretty hard and rattles me a bit, but packing it and poi...

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Machado, they say laziness is the mother of invention, but in your case they should say necessity is the mother of invention. That is a neat tool. Guess it acts pretty much like a military crimp. I have a rifle or two that brass is hard to find or make. A tool like that would be nice for them. Or fo...

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X-dies mystify me, I've never used one and I can't wrap my head around what they do to the case to keep it from lengthening. On the annealing, if your wife is viewing the case under a bright light or in the daylight, I'm with Nath, you are too hot, but I'm not sure that would cause the break. I just...

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What is your annealing method? And can you take a picture that shows the break more clearly. From your picture, it almost looks like it separated in a saw tooth pattern.

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Hunting, nice shotgun, good food and a classy lady---doesn't get much better.

A good percentage of my four daughters and eight granddaughters hunt birds and big game and also my one daughter in law---always a joy to be with, I'm blessed I guess.

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My Marlin 45-70,1895 made in the 1990's is the only lever action I've had trouble with. Thought about opening up the throat, but in the end just trimmed brass or picked up Hornady brass made for the Leverevolution rounds. I only had the issue with certain cast bullets---designs with very little ogiv...

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I like the Geco also. I've shot one of the Diana Mausers---they definitely could work a person if you shoot them fifty shots or so---they are not bad to cock but require some effort. I have a friend who has one and he broke a plastic part on it---I'm not sure what the part does---I didn't ask, but h...

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I grew up around sheep ranching. Pyrenees, Akbash and Anatolians are all breeds that hold a special place in my heart. They are great dogs, we had great dogs, but they are working dogs. The dogs are raised with the sheep pretty much from day one. They live with the sheep, out in the open---in the wi...

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Tried to make a post, but lost it somewhere, so I'll try again. The drugs they use to handle the bears (take blood, teeth/age, weigh, check for repeat offenses, chip or collar.....) make the bears very aggressive when they come around. Kind of like a bad hangover, plus something that puts them on th...

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Blaine, the museum is Cody is good, trouble is, if you see something you like, there is not price that will allow you to take it home...HA! Bill, thanks. I usually route through Kanab instead of Cedar City, but may have to go through Cedar City sometime---my wife has relatives in Cedar City, so that...

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Generally in the winter I travel from our home near the Wyoming-Montana border to Tempe. I go through Cody to Lander, then to SLC and south to Beaver Utah, on to Kanab, the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff and then on to Tempe. I try to stop at gun and pawn shops in Cody/Powell, in Lander where a friend owns...

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I missed the 270 part, see it now. Don't let anyone talk you down in price because of the lack of a safety. It may be a trigger brand that has the safety linkage available, which can be an easy and inexpensive fix. Plus there are three position type model 70 replacement bolts available and other tri...

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Very nice rifle for sure, I really like the Mausers. It does look like an FN Supreme action and the wood looks nice, plus the scope looks like a Weaver 10X which is a very well built, cool, period correct scope for the rifle. I think the ad may still be on rimfire central but a guy was selling four ...

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Turpin is on the west edge of Beaver County, so I'm sure right close to the area the LE folks talked about, although I never ask who the cattle were stolen from or which part of Beaver County it was. The LE folks were Beaver County LE.

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Pillar, I work mainly in Beaver County and the counties on every side of it, including the neighboring counties in Texas and OK. The information about the rustling came from local LE folks around Beaver, so it should be reliable, but the instances I was told about were last year and the year before-...

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This is a real deal where I work in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Not sure it's the cartel related stuff, but the mode of operation is to back up to a bunch of penned cattle, load them in a trailer and drive off. I don't live in OK, so I've never had livestock there, but I understand that due to Oklahoma'...

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Well, looks fun, but, I generally have to replace the button rifled barrels on my match AR somewhere around 3,000 rounds @ about $250. The article stated the rail gun barrels had to be replaced within "10's of rounds". So, being generous and figuring replacing a barrel every 100 rounds, th...

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So, I’ve been a Wyoming resident for all my 58 years. I live close to Yellowstone and we should have been hunting the grizzlies for many years---but politics get in the way. Are there too many bears or too little food---well, there are two answers to that question and only one is correct. Grizzlies ...

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I have a Yankee HIll, quick detach and really like it. Can use it on any 30 caliber and under. What I notice is that using a 30 on a 30 caliber will give better noise reduction than say using a 30 on a 25 caliber---guess what I'm saying is that you give up a bit of suppression when you use a suppres...

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I really like the color on the lower and the wood looks great! Very nice rifle.

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Thanks Nath, I'm going to start paying more attention---I generally only hunt them in Oct and Nov as they lose their fat and good condition pretty quickly around here starting in Dec and Jan, so I'll wait until next year for a definite test...HA!

Jon.

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I'll be praying for you! FWIW, I've been through the cancer and IV chemo thing twice---I won't lie, it's tough---but you have the right attitude---keep positive and look to the future (fishing/hunting, things you enjoy) and get up and find something positive every day, even if it's tough. Enjoy ever...

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Good shooting Nath---really enjoy your posts! So, educate me. Those rabbits looks the same as our Cottontails out here in Wyoming. I've eaten and hunted them since I was young----but, I've never been taught how to tell a buck from a doe---until after they are dead. Can you tell me how you tell them ...

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I've read articles that pretty much say the same----I think the Midwest and Corn Belt has pretty high populations of folks that pretty much hunt deer. Not many opportunities for elk in those areas and lots of deer licenses and hunters, but I do see a lot of hunters here in the Rockies hunting for el...

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Late, but under the wire entry for humor's sake. Shot it last night in the wild Wyoming wind----my meter said 23mph sustained and 45mph gusts. I was happy to keep them all on paper, except one---and maybe the 21st shot counts as a cut....HA!

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Merle, if you are printing it in color, try black and white, it may show up better.

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