Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-30-2011, 03:41 PM
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Views: 795
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-30-2011, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 795
Need help with an M1 Garand.
I've been studying the Garand maual by6 Duff for a while now and I'm ready for my next one, but I'm not sure what to offer on this one. He has no asking price. (Family aquaintance) He'd like me to...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
04-24-2011, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 536
Re: Yup.
It you catch them in clear water they taste great. Catch them in murky, muddy water they taste like crap. Sorta like deer and elk. Shot in the fall they a bit taste gamey. Shot in early summer they...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
04-20-2011, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 536
Re: Yup.
Reflex is right. Its one of those darned Pike. Up here we kill them every chance we get with a rod or a .22. Some moron quite a while back introcuced them to some of our best fishing lakes. They...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
04-20-2011, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 536
Yup.
First one of the year on the mouth of the Flathead River.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/zfk3155/LatsFish-1.jpg
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
04-09-2011, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
Re: A long ago hunt.
I hope its still ok to post these?
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The Lost Prairie Chronicles #5
I know it was the 5th of July because that's...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
04-07-2011, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
Re: A long ago hunt.
The Lost Prairie Chronicles #4
I'll not be writing about an actual hunt in this one, but a story of my Son, Latigo and his first forage into the woods with me during hunting season many years ago....
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-31-2011, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
Re: A long ago hunt.
Thanks gents. No, its not published but its not like we haven't been beating on him about it. He's had two offers from publishers so far and insists he wrote them for his kids (us) and grandkids to...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-31-2011, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
Re: A long ago hunt.
#17
Two miles up the valley is the old Loney ranch. Laurie and his wife Wilma raised true Morgan horses. By "true" I mean typical in all respects. Beautiful under saddle, these 15 hand horses...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-29-2011, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 388
Re: coyote hunting??
We usually shoot them in the pasture from the upstairs window. The one observation I'd have about a side lock is that their hearing is incredible.
Simply rotating that sidelock back is likely...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-29-2011, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
Re: A long ago hunt.
Thanks! Yes, I do have a few more. I added few photos.
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#20
The hunt was over for me. Lyn and I had reached a point of...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-25-2011, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
Re: A long ago hunt.
If you like, I do have a few more.
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The Lost Prairie Chronicles #2
I don't remember the year. Maybe 1979 or 80, but it doesn't...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
Re: A long ago hunt.
Thanks Shooter45. That was one of his Lost Prairie Chronicles. They're storys of the family and us kids growing up in Lost Prairie. He wrote for my sisters and me and for his grandchildren so we...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 781
A long ago hunt.
I thought maybe you guys would like to read an account of a hunt my Dad went on a long time ago. It seems like a lifetime ago for me now. I was just old enough to remember this.
I'm going to...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 572
Re: My Mom just took this............
A very long time ago when $$s were extremely hard to come by for my folks, game was sometimes taken (by some, not necessarily them) in june when the grasses were the greenest. Game taken in the fall...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 572
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 572
Re: My Mom just took this............
No yet. I was born and raised right here in Lost Prairie and I've heard of a few deer getting tangled up when the wire's not strung right, but nothing I've actually seen so far in my 30 years.
Our...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 572
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 572
Re: My Mom just took this............
This is part of the Gunsight Pass herd. There are another 36 of them at the spring about 300 yards away right now.
The Meadow Peak herd is even larger and both of them come nto our pastures about...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
03-24-2011, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 572
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-23-2011, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,334
Re: Dominant Eye Problem
This is how we hit it from two directions.
A lot of you already know that we're Swiss Products, manufacturers of firearm accessories for Swiss rifles.
We had a lot of left eye dominant shooters...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-23-2011, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 5,050
Re: What gun rest do you use to zero
Carver, there are lot more hunters than you'd think that only take their rifle out for hunting season and don't shoot at all other than maybe that one deer or elk shot. Those are exactly the guys I'm...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-23-2011, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 5,050
Re: What gun rest do you use to zero
Buckshot, that's exactly why the Accurite my Sister is using works so well. My Father used this for years to sight in big bore rifles just before hunting season for guys who didn't want to mess with...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-22-2011, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 5,050
Re: What gun rest do you use to zero
We use this one my Sister is using here with her k31. It's ambidexterous, has both rough and micrometer windage and elevation adjusters, allows natural recoil to simulate a human holding it and is as...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
03-15-2011, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 996
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
03-15-2011, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 996
Re: My "new" baby.
The process......
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/zfk3155/84835239b2b326b0abe1dd33249e0a427a6a2d4.jpg
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
03-15-2011, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 996
Re: My "new" baby.
Jim, its absolutely not reblued. We know the collector very well, but it is a natural metal restoration of chemical metal cleaning and stock point steaming and deep cleaning. The stock was...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
03-15-2011, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 996
My "new" baby.
Best trade I've made in a long time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/zfk3155/IMG_3934.jpg
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
03-07-2011, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 742
Views: 30,033
Re: who's reloading tonight?
No full reloading, but I did another full prep on 50 more LC/LR cases and trimmed meplats on 100 175gr SMKs getting them ready of impact coating.
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-06-2011, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,105
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-05-2011, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,105
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-05-2011, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,105
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
03-05-2011, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,105
After a long search and a long wait..........
I finally got exactly the M1 Garand I was looking for. :D
This is the description.
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Noted Garand competition builder and accuracy specialist Don McCoy of Santee,...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
02-26-2011, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 923
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
02-26-2011, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 744
Re: 416 Rigby owner
:D Don't feel bad. Her only real problem is the weight in relation to her body size. The buffers and porting and with a Pachmayer Decellerator takes most of the bite out of it. It ends up being more...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
02-25-2011, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 744
Re: 416 Rigby owner
She hasn't bought ammo except for one box since she got it. She reloads.
Latigo
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
02-25-2011, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 111
Views: 5,257
Re: What was your first firearm?
A brand new Chipmunk from Oregon Arms in 1987. I was 7 years old. Its the original one with the fine walnut stock. I've seen the Cricket, and its sure nothing like the old original.
Next year, my...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
02-25-2011, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 744
Re: 416 Rigby owner
My sister owns one. Its Magna-ported and has a pair of 12 guage buffers in the buttstock. She doesn't weigh much so its all necessary. Its not easy for her to shoot offhand so she doesn't have a lot...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-18-2011, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 576
k31 Muzzle Brake Recall
I think we have most of these back now, but just in case you still have one......
If you have one of the 1st Generation Muzzle Brakes that is the two screw type and does not have a full collar...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
02-13-2011, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 463
Re: New wardrobe
Sure. The scope is a Premier Heritage that I airbrush Duracoated to match the rifle. The bipod is a GG&G Extreme Heavy Duty.
She has a custom, internally re-machined Armalite AR10...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
02-13-2011, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 463
New wardrobe
Baby has new glasses and shoes. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/zfk3155/Wilson1-1.jpg
Latigo
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
02-13-2011, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,729
Re: Swiss K31 Rifles
This is my prize k31 given to me by my father....... along with a few others. am I proud of this one? Waddaya think? :D
These are all the same rifle. Originally issued to a Swiss Army Colonel.
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-19-2010, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,401
Re: Powder Measuring Balance Recommendations
Whether the load is 49.5 or 49.6 grains is academic and effects the actual performance of the cartridge very little. If it is not 49.5 plus or minus 0.1 or 0.2 grains that MAY make a difference in...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-19-2010, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,408
Re: RCBS Green Machine
What LDB said. There was one of those green ones here for a long time but eventually went down the road with the blue, orange and red ones. The entire reloading room is now blue.
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
04-19-2010, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 563
Re: Range Report
You know what you did, Rifleman. ARFcom is a tough audience. Even tougher is Snipershide. Try posting about a SH not-approved rifle and long shots there.
These different specialty boards have their...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-18-2010, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,401
Re: Powder Measuring Balance Recommendations
I don't know about that #2, Steve. I've found as much as a 2gr difference in .308 Lake City cases. Translate that to powder and you'll have a real POI difference, and it its a hot load to begin with...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-18-2010, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,401
Re: Powder Measuring Balance Recommendations
I was sure that I wanted digital scales to replace Dad's beam scales, but he let me find out for myself what the real difference is. He's been very patient while I seem to be turning into (his words)...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
04-15-2010, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 614
Re: Got to shoot a Styer AUG last night
My only real complaint is that when I shot ours it threw my head up pretty high and POI is a little out because of how high the scope is above the barrel.
But its a military application so that...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
04-15-2010, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,980
Re: detonics pocket 9
I had a .45 Detonics a long time ago and to disassemble that one you pushed the slide to the rear, push the safety all the way out, let the slide move forward and off of the rails.
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
04-14-2010, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 894
Re: Consistent Powder Measurement and Delivery
My Dad taught me to never allow anyone in the armoury with me while reloading if there was conversation to be involved. The only noise is the presses and a radio playing at very low volume behind me....
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