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Post by sixshot on Oct 23, 2017 21:31:06 GMT -5
Today the wind finally died down a bit & I sneaked down to the range this afternoon to re check my sight settings. I'm really liking this Bowen Idaho Country rear sight. I know, Rough Country! Anyway, I ran 3 rounds at 50 yds just to get settled in and they were about 2" high at 50 yds so I painted the steel & moved back to 75 yds, actually ranged at 76 & fired 5 rounds without looking through the glasses. Not hard to tell you are hitting it, when these big 387 gr. HP's hit that target it really dances. After putting my gear away I drove down & had 4 really good hits & one a bit out of the group but for me with iron sights at 75 yds I was very pleased. The 50 yd group had been centered but a tick high, this group was just a bit right as you can see. Not sure if that was me, the wind, the sun, who knows but I'll make one more test drive before climbing into the ring with what I consider the toughest animal to hunt in the lower 48 states, the rocky mountain elk! If there's a tougher animal to hunt I've missed out on it. They can break your heart, having you dancing a jig around the campfire or swearing like a sailor, sometimes all in the same day. I love them, hate them, respect them & there's nothing I would rather hunt.    Dick |
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Post by 500fksjr on Oct 23, 2017 21:38:00 GMT -5
Curious is that a 480?...Ps Great Shooting
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Post by 2 Dogs on Oct 23, 2017 22:37:57 GMT -5
Yup, that’s Sixshots Ruger 480. He built the Turkish Walnut stocks and installed one of his custom front sights. He’s working with a Bowen Rough Country rear, but any fool could tell you his eyes are giving out and he outta just zero in Callshot’s extry glass field looker!
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Post by sixshot on Oct 24, 2017 0:45:38 GMT -5
As Fermin indicates that is my Bisley 480 with a really nice set of Turkish walnut. I think I'll have to get a couple more of these sights, or maybe the Target sight if they are available. Now that I've worked out the kinks I'm really liking it & with the narrow front sight that we build it's a great sight picture. I know I couldn't do this with the factory sights. I have a little soft bag under the gun that I rest my hands on & this Bog Pod really works great & is holding the same zero as shooting from the Elmer Keith reclining position except it's a bit more accurate.
I center one leg under the butt of the revolver to support the weight of the gun & the other 2 legs I dig a little hole in the ground with my knife blade so the legs don't slip at the wrong time. Now if I can just find an elk in the next 2-3 weeks with a white square target hanging on it's side I just might get lucky. If that happens I'll be canning meat & smoking jerky for a week. Canned elk meat is amazing if you haven't tried it.
Seen 3 bulls go through town today & a nice 27" buck, he was a dandy, one more day on bucks!
Dick
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Post by bradshaw on Oct 24, 2017 8:43:56 GMT -5
"Canned elk meat is amazing...”
----Sixshot
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Dick.... reminds me of an evening in the early 1970’s. My shooting partner Ed Verge and I are on a drive. “My uncle lives near here,” says Ed. “Pull up this road." Walter Verge and his wife are home. A Smith & Wesson M-57 8-3/8 hangs on Ed’s hip, a 6-1/2 M-29 on mine, the revolvers holstered with belted cartridges by the present shooter. An armed visit generating immediate approval of about-to-be host Walter Verge, the elder having retired his black walnut pre-64 Model 70 .264 Win Mag in favor his own M-29 6-1/2 inch; and having more recently switched to a six inch M-28 Highway Patrolman. Brass studs festoon the factory grips of Walter’s sixguns. Each pin represents a deer. Apparently for the old tracker a seamless transition from flat shooting rifle to pumpkin ball sixgun.
Walter Verge bends our arm and we stay for dinner. Mrs. Verge serves CANNED VENISON, canned string beans and instant mashed potatoes. Dessert is homemade apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream. Washed down with instant coffee. Ironic, hard part done the hard way. The easy part----mashed potatoes and coffee----done the easy way.
The canned venison was excellent. Note to youngsters just coming aboard, “canning” is done in mason jars and predates freezers for preserving food.
David Bradshaw
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Post by cmh on Oct 24, 2017 14:24:58 GMT -5
Have never had canned wild game..... 🤔
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 24, 2017 14:33:35 GMT -5
FIL used to can up white tail all the time... his was excellent... thinking a little seasoning was involved during the canning process  MRS has the double boiler chattering today, as we speak... we bought a grass fed steer from the neighbor a couple weeks ago... my retired buddy's doctor told him to switch to grass fed beef... so we sold him a quarter... & 3/4 went into our new freezer... it barely fit... so MRS is making soup bone beef stock now, that she'll can for making soup for over winter outside doggie will be happy, when MRS is done... thinking there was about 40 lbs of bones MRS is boiling today |
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Post by sixshot on Oct 24, 2017 19:46:06 GMT -5
Canning wild game is easy & saves a lot of freezer space. Take the toughest cuts of meat you have & can (pressure cook) it & it's as tender as any meat you'll ever eat. I add a small slice of onion & about 1/2 tsp salt with each pint before canning. You can also add just a bit of beef bullion if you like, no water.
Dick
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Post by bigmuddy on Oct 24, 2017 21:16:42 GMT -5
Every pic of that handgun makes me drool for a set of grips like those. They are fantastic. I struggled with a Bowen Rough Country for a while...until I sold it. Never did get it bucked out.
My wife has canned venison and I agree with all of the above assessments.
Dan
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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Oct 25, 2017 2:18:55 GMT -5
I really can't stand bear meat. Don't matter what the bear was eating .
Unless it was canned. Then a good blueberry bear is delicious !!
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Post by nicholst55 on Oct 25, 2017 3:05:52 GMT -5
My mother was an old depression-era farm girl, and regularly canned venison and various home-grown vegetables every fall. I miss those days.
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Post by Rimfire69 on Oct 25, 2017 7:15:58 GMT -5
New an older gent when I was young that always seemed to have canned Salmon and Moose on hand when I showed up for coffee. He's long gone, but the memories of the great visits and the fantastic lunches he put on will always be in my head.
What size is that plate Sixshot, I have a 12" x 12" I'm building a portable mount for.
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Post by sixshot on Oct 25, 2017 12:04:05 GMT -5
I've had it so long I don't remember but Fowler will know. It's either an 8"X10" or a 10"X 12". But at 75 yds it looks like a package of gum! Just doing the eyeball test 4 of the shots went into about 4 inches.
Dick
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Post by 2 Dogs on Oct 25, 2017 18:15:46 GMT -5
I've had it so long I don't remember but Fowler will know. It's either an 8"X10" or a 10"X 12". But at 75 yds it looks like a package of gum! Just doing the eyeball test 4 of the shots went into about 4 inches. Dick You gotta remember to dust the sunflower seed dust off Callshots ole glass peeper when you dig it out of your pocket to do the eyeball test! If you would quit dropping it in the gravel it would quit scoring your targets like Marty Feldman!!! |
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Post by callshot on Oct 26, 2017 20:15:20 GMT -5
Callshot' glass eye is still out of town. Out of the state in fact! I wouldn't let anyone use it because I wouldn't ever get it back. It improves your shooting so much that I am in process of getting a patten on it and sell them. Sorry, not!
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