Don, Elmer Keith said you had ti have a 375 H & H to shoot elk.
Type: Posts; User: Duckiller
Forum: Factory Rifles
Don, Elmer Keith said you had ti have a 375 H & H to shoot elk.
Wayne you need a net to protect your blueberrys. I hae not gotten any thing off my backyard plants. Some thing/some one eats them an they ripen. Neoghbor lady's family raises blueberrys...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Somewhere it was mentioned that you had a problem with your sprue plate. I use a replacement hammer handle. Just the handle no hammer. Some times I can open the sprue with a gloved hand. Not...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
I got one of those. Shoot 53 gr jacket hollow points real fast. It is fun and accurate. After shooting my No.1 ,son's friends got their own 22-250. It is a gun you should enjoy.
Forum: Our Town
At 81 it is not a problem. Fortunately I have two sons and a daughter that like to shoot. #2 son has worked at a couple of gun stores. That got dad into stuff. The family has at least four safes...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Tools aren't the only thing that has been out soursed. #1 son is getting into fly fishing with his 4 year old daughter. I am provideing rods and reels because I have a bunch that I have acquired...
Forum: Our Town
Got it. Was diagnosed in late 2020. Get an injection it each eye every 4-5 weeks. Vision has not gotten worse. I am 81 and my Dr. seems to think he can keep my vision as is .
I left California in Nov. 2020. At that time local government could not make laws that were harsher than State law. I doubt if that has changed. DOJ and State legislature don't want to share power...
Forum: Our Town
There is aState Park at the mouth of the Tacuamanon River. I can't spell. River empties into White fish bay just south of Paradise. Large park with lots of camp sites. Went ther in mid july on...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Start out cheap. Lee mould. 358 RF . About 160 gr and it will kill. Get the two cavity model to start. Most 150 to 190 gr boolits should do fine in your carbine.
Forum: Boolit Lube !
Lars Carnube Red is a great lube. Heat your lubersizer up with a hair drier and give it a touch of heat as the work progresses. You don't want a heat free lube. gets tto soft even in Washington...
Forum: Our Town
Bought a used 3/4 ton pick up from a uncle the year Nixon resigned. That fall my mother and an aunt delivered it from Michigan to So California. On the way out the heater core started to leak. ...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
700X is a great powder. In my 03A3 and about 11 gr I got less than 1 min accuracy with 200+ gr cast boolit. Never went hunting with it because California said I had to use non-toxic boolits. Have...
Forum: Our Town
Be glad you don't have bladder cancer. A side effect of smoking. #2 son got it. was caught early. Dr. says if he does what he is told should have no problem. Treatment is a bit uncomfortable over...
Forum: In Remembrance
Not sure why he was banned but I always thought he was one of the good people on this site when I joined. He will be missed.
Forum: Our Town
Recently went car shopping. Toyota dealer wanted $1500.00 for one vehicle and then $10,000-15000 over MSRP for another vehicle. Did not go back to that dealership. Did get a fancy Subaru Forester...
Russel get a 28ga. As I got older the light 28 ga became fun to hunt with. First got a cheap Pointer that worked pretty good then got an Itialian gun that LLBean used to sell. Had to get extra...
Forum: Our Town
Clive Cussler lives in a unreal world. Read one of his books that had no relation to our real world geology and gave up on his fanasty. James Paterson co writes with too many people. Just trying...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Lee makes a 330 gr mold that I have had no problems with in my Marlin Cowboy. Sized to 458-459. I load minimum Trail Boss.
When I first started reloading dirty primer pockets didn't let me properly seat primers. Primers in my Ruger were too high and cylinder wouldn't rotate. Ever since I have cleaned primer pockets. I...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
I have used a 330 gr Lee boolit with a starting load of Trail Boss. Next to no recoil and fun to shoot. I got a 1895 Marlin Cowboy and wasn't sure what to shoot in it. Got a 330 gr and 400 gr Lee...
Forum: Our Town
19* in Portland OR. All the ponds on Sauvie Island are frozen. Will try to go duck hunting on Sunday. Freezing rain tomorrow. Roads are ice covered. Starting Wednesday temp is supposed to be...
Forum: Casting Equipment
With thermocouples you a measuring a differential. One end goes into whatever you want to measure and another end goes into a thermos of icewater(32*F) . There are measuring devices that assume an...
What the gentleman from West Virginia said. Try foam plugs under ear muffs. If that works for you then get the moulded plug to wear under muffs.About 10 years ago I got tested and was found to be...
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