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Snowed in Fairbanks this morning.

First waterfowl came over my place this afternoon!
Approximately 100 swans heading west.
They were taking advantage of a 20mph tailwind.


Bob

Corvette Museum!

Sierra used to do that!

101 per box!

A small group of caribou (approximately a dozen) on the road a couple of miles from my place yesterday

14 degrees this morning and 3” of new snow.
Supposed to get 65mph winds later today so I will have some deep drifts in my driveway!
I hate a warm house! I keep the thermostat at 64 F

Bob

I have spent many years living , guiding , hunting, shooting, reloading, flying in Coastal community here in Alaska.
We averaged close to 200 inches of rain per year.
I have never used primer or...

Last year I got a Honda 4 cycle trimmer and brusher.
It is quiet and does an amazing job on weeds and brush, and will take down saplings up to 4”.
Has both the string attachments and several...

Accurate Molds has made a few non-grease groove molds for me.
He is working on one now and we are finalizing the specs.
It is for a new .475 Bowen Super Redhawk.
All of them have been enjoyable to...

Bowen Super Redhawk .475

The Cessna 185 is one of my favorite planes!
Many thousands of hours in 185s on tundra tires, floats, skis!!

Nearest community for me is 25 miles. The grocery store there collapsed in an ice/heavy snow storm over a year ago and has not reopened yet.
It will be open this summer supposedly??
I drive over a...

I am pretty sure that NOE Moulds makes them!?

They are really amazing!
It is like putting a pair of perfectly fitted gloves on your feet!

I have extra wide feet!
For many years I used Wesco custom Boots. They served me well for lots of seasons of hunting, guiding, hiking.
I retired my last pair a couple of years ago. I can no longer...

J.D. Jones , SSK owner, used to publish the SIXGUNNER . I wrote 3 or 4 articles for him during the 80s about
handgun hunting here in Alaska. One was about a brown bear that I took with my S&W M 29,...

I still have 3 to 4 feet at my place.
It is getting up to the 45 degrees range so it will be disappearing eventually!

I use my UCT for .501 , so or should work fine for .512

Bob

I just got my Redhawk .357 cylinder back from Doug.
Amazing short turn around from here in remote Alaska !!

I am looking forward to some shooting and load testing when the weather gets a little...

I only have one comment/ question!!??




Does your wife have a twin sister who is single!!??

I love to backpack hunt! It entails REAL camping . I have never gotten tired of it!
My gear is a little more high tech, and therefore lighter than it was 50 years ago!
I am 1 1/2 months short of 70...

I prefer to use the maroon colored. 3M #7447. Scotch-Brite pads!
They will put a factory finish on all stainless guns.
Freedoms Arms deluxe grade revolvers are basically this type of finish from...

Cabot is the longest lasting From my experience. The solids or semi-solids.
My experience is in places in Alaska with annual rainfall of well over 100 inches per year!

Bob

The info on Micro 90 website states do not use on aluminum!

Bob

I have hunted exclusively with a revolver in Alaska for over 50 years.
Always used a shoulder holster. For the last approximately 35 years have been using the no longer available
Bianchi bandolier...