so waht ya doin today?
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Rally
NC Minnesota
Yep, and the red are showing 1 1/8 oz . I find reading the load recipes on old bags of wads like these rather entertaining. No mention of primers, hulls listed as large capacity plastic or large capacity paper. WW 560 powder, Al 5 and 7 listings, and 10-50 pounds wad pressure, with 10 pound minimum advised. Those old WAA12R's are way heavier plastic than they are currently too.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Went out armed with only the camera, this morning. Muzzle loading season, started yesterday. Heard a few shots, yesterday and one as I was walking out, this AM.
Just before 9 AM, these two six pointers showed up at the scrape tree, minutes apart. After leaving their scent on the branches, the moved over to another oak, several feet/few trees, and did the same.
Also had a bobcat walk right past me, less than 10 yards away, @ 8AM. Came up from behind me, not enough time to get the camera into play. He seemed to be on a mission, didn't even slow down.
Just before 9 AM, these two six pointers showed up at the scrape tree, minutes apart. After leaving their scent on the branches, the moved over to another oak, several feet/few trees, and did the same.
Also had a bobcat walk right past me, less than 10 yards away, @ 8AM. Came up from behind me, not enough time to get the camera into play. He seemed to be on a mission, didn't even slow down.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Who do you think introduced her to photography? When we went on our honeymoon, to Yellowstone, we each had a 35mm SLR. Took close to 550 pictures. In those days (1977), you paid for developing each photograph. Ouch!BTW, I did video of those bucks too. Don't know how to post them here. Cindy will put them on FB, later.
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Mitty38
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Got back from the range, those Winchester magnum rifle primers would not go off wit my double action Taurus revolver, and barly after a couple strikes in single action.I had others work ok but not these. Must have been pretty old, as I can not even find a reference to Winchester small rifle primers in magnum. They were in a black and white box too so may have been a special run or something.
Fellow there had a single shot .357 _.38 spcl. Rossi. He bought for deer gun season. but never shot.He ran home and brought it back.
Tried my round, everyone went bang for him and he had a blast shooting gourds at 25 yards.
Well at least someone had some fun for my effort.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Fellow there had a single shot .357 _.38 spcl. Rossi. He bought for deer gun season. but never shot.He ran home and brought it back.
Tried my round, everyone went bang for him and he had a blast shooting gourds at 25 yards.
Well at least someone had some fun for my effort.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Mitty38
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Ye I should have.
But these were just auction fodder and I am only out a Little Red Dot. Besides I got my brass back, and later this week I will go back with a garden rake, for my lead.
So not down that much, and made a new friend, and free brass source.
At least I had the foresight to take some "known good" rounds, also.
But these were just auction fodder and I am only out a Little Red Dot. Besides I got my brass back, and later this week I will go back with a garden rake, for my lead.
So not down that much, and made a new friend, and free brass source.
At least I had the foresight to take some "known good" rounds, also.
L Ross
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Productive day with a lot of body ache but a sense of satisfaction. A Sunday morning rituals are my home made scones for breakfast. Next, Sue and I hauled firewood up to the house. The we cut, split, and stacked more firewood specifically for next Spring's maple syrup cooking. When our backs finally blew out about 3 pm, we quit. Took quick showers to get rid of the dust and chain saw smoke smell then took the 57 Olds to a river town 35 miles away for maybe the last waffle cone until next May.
Got home, and fired up the wood burner to bask in the warmth of our labors. I wouldn't trade my life with anyone else's.
Another Sunday ritual is pizza for Supper! A couple of cold Hamm's to go with it.
Got home, and fired up the wood burner to bask in the warmth of our labors. I wouldn't trade my life with anyone else's.
Another Sunday ritual is pizza for Supper! A couple of cold Hamm's to go with it.
Rally
NC Minnesota
It was rotate day at my place. Moved all the boats and MC to their winter locations, fired up the snomo's, and couldn't resist running my Skandic around the field a couple times. Wife was standing in the picture window when I parked it, I motioned to her to come a nd take a ride, but she just shook her head and went back in the kitchen. She's processing our apples into pie filling today and peeled about 1.5 bushel, and made me an apple pie. Brought me Grilled cheese and soup down to the woodshed while I was cutting firewood. I got about a chord of wife wood (short stuff)cut and split and I'm kinda getting a handle on that log splitter. Had a couple 20" diameter logs, one Oak one Ash, cut in 20" lengths, I could barely pick up, so split some off with the maul so I could get them on the splitter. Cut a real nice burl off the Ash trunk for my brother, who makes turtles out of them. He kinda took over alot of my Dad's hobbies and shop, after his death.
When I went to move the riding mower, of course it had a flat tire, fixed that, and the snowblower wouldn't start, next project day I'll deal with that.
I'm gonna change tires on my truck first thing in the morning then check traps. Hoping to get the last of my beaver contracts done, so I can put my dog box on the truck, and the water isn't getting any warmer.
I've got a pet Red Squirrel that's taken up residency in my wood shed and log pile. Cash has been terrorizing it all summer. Today while I was eating my lunch, it jumped off the lumber pile onto my plastic chainsaw bar guard, which was balancing on a length of 2x2. Bar guard flip out from under him, and that crazy squirrel did two complete body twists in the 3' before he hit the ground. He immediately ran under the lumber pile and didn't come back out for a couple minutes. He must have been embarrassed, because when he came back out he was all red faced!
When I went to move the riding mower, of course it had a flat tire, fixed that, and the snowblower wouldn't start, next project day I'll deal with that.
I'm gonna change tires on my truck first thing in the morning then check traps. Hoping to get the last of my beaver contracts done, so I can put my dog box on the truck, and the water isn't getting any warmer.
I've got a pet Red Squirrel that's taken up residency in my wood shed and log pile. Cash has been terrorizing it all summer. Today while I was eating my lunch, it jumped off the lumber pile onto my plastic chainsaw bar guard, which was balancing on a length of 2x2. Bar guard flip out from under him, and that crazy squirrel did two complete body twists in the 3' before he hit the ground. He immediately ran under the lumber pile and didn't come back out for a couple minutes. He must have been embarrassed, because when he came back out he was all red faced!
oscarflytyer
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Won a very nice looking Smith Victory with a Jinks letter on GB. My first lettered gun. Went to a war time production factory that was producing tracks. Includes a historical book on the company. All matching #s/not US Property marked. $100 over the one I recently picked up that was orig 38 S&W and converted to 38 SPC, which I am not too fond of. So it goes on the block to back fill this one. Been a good weekend acquisition wise!
fiver
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202 mile loop up along the Wyoming border and down into Idaho falls then back around the lower road to home today.
stopped at the Cabella's, then went over to the sportsman's warehouse, agonized over a jug of green-dot and one of 700-X [then remembered I had 20 lbs of G.D. I couldn't fit on the shelf already] snagged some 1/8oz. jig heads for the tubes I already have, and got out of town to hunt again before the ride back home.
seen nothing in the morning or early afternoon, but seen a ton of Elk in one big herd of about 40 maybe 50 head, zero grouse and zero deer in over 3hrs. of the 4 of us being up on the hill right till dark.
I'm about ready to put the rifle up and switch the Black Fenwick out for the white Okuma and take fishing up again till the lake freezes over.
stopped at the Cabella's, then went over to the sportsman's warehouse, agonized over a jug of green-dot and one of 700-X [then remembered I had 20 lbs of G.D. I couldn't fit on the shelf already] snagged some 1/8oz. jig heads for the tubes I already have, and got out of town to hunt again before the ride back home.
seen nothing in the morning or early afternoon, but seen a ton of Elk in one big herd of about 40 maybe 50 head, zero grouse and zero deer in over 3hrs. of the 4 of us being up on the hill right till dark.
I'm about ready to put the rifle up and switch the Black Fenwick out for the white Okuma and take fishing up again till the lake freezes over.
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fiver
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notice the ones on the bank?
they ain't even in the creek, just a big pile up on the dirt.
whatever they are doing, they got a whole series of them all through that area and it backs the water up on the upper end but still lets the stream flow through.
they turn the whole area into a big wide swamp but the water doesn't seem to ever get more than @ 3' deep.
they ain't even in the creek, just a big pile up on the dirt.
whatever they are doing, they got a whole series of them all through that area and it backs the water up on the upper end but still lets the stream flow through.
they turn the whole area into a big wide swamp but the water doesn't seem to ever get more than @ 3' deep.
Sat tinkered with trying to split feather tips to make wings for dry flies. Need to steam them first! Yesterday was church, SS, 2 2hr soccer games with GKs. Then the last laps of the KC nascar (boring) but Ia tractor pull competition was neat. Finished the nap for waffles, sausage and eggs for linner.
Cadillac Jeff
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Brought Mrs. G. home today from the hosp.----she is doing very well!