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Post by Odin on Oct 22, 2012 20:41:43 GMT -5
Tomorrow promises a trip to the range and I've been in need of some new sandbags. So this morning we all got to work making some up. My wife sewed them on the machine, then my son filled them. I would tie each one off with a zip tie and my son would clip the tail. My wife even sewed one up for my son. After filling and tying, he ran upstairs and squirreled it away somewhere in his bedroom. Said he was going to use it for shootin' his rifle. Kid's only four and hasn't found the joy in a good sixgun... yet. I never thought any of this stuff would become a family affair. Just last week I was priming up a batch of brass. My son was helping by putting the primed ones in a case when my wife got home from the store. She's been pretty leery of the whole gun thing and I thought I'd be dead meat, having the boy working with "explosives" and all. But she was pleased as punch that I was having him help out. Moments like these keep making me wish I'd picked up the wheelguns sooner.
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Post by Odin on Oct 16, 2012 21:08:28 GMT -5
Fantastic stuff Ranger499! Getting the family out on the prairie is always a blessing for me... and often an adventure! I've got a long term plan for a pronghorn hunt with my son. He's only four, so it'll be a few years. Right now he pretty much sticks to hunting T-rex around the house.
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Post by Odin on Oct 8, 2012 21:51:53 GMT -5
Anybody have a goat for sale?? I need a wethered male, dwarf preferably. And I bet your wanting it shipped overnight to your FFL!
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Post by Odin on Oct 8, 2012 19:55:33 GMT -5
Methinks Axe is talking .45 nose length, not meplat dia.
Then again, I'm pretty new at this, so what the hell do I know?
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Post by Odin on Oct 7, 2012 22:53:47 GMT -5
Start a new job in the morning after being unemployed for 8 months. Praise the Lord! Excellent news, redfoxx! Excellent! I pray the "fit" is good and that the work is rewarding. I've had a few bumps in the road careerwise and it can be hard on a man's heart, for sure.
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Post by Odin on Oct 7, 2012 20:35:09 GMT -5
Worked in the food service industry for over a dozen years playing chef. Decided that what I really enjoyed the most was photography and so my wife and I packed up everything and headed down south to the (then) best photojournalism school in the nation. I had, as they say, the time of my life. I went coast-to-coast chasing stories and photos.
After I graduated I promptly got a job in the middle of nowhere's nowhere. Small town paper. Community journalism. Good stuff. Despite the humble nature of the work, I've had images published in hundreds of newspapers, a handful of magazines and even managed to get a postage stamp sized picture in Sports Illustrated once.
But then newspapers crashed. Management chopped our staff. Reporters were tossed to the curb. I got shuffled to a desk facing a gray brick wall in the back corner. I now work as a lowly pre-press tech (read: I make printing plates). That being said, our little department does a lot of work - two dailies and nearly 60 commercial prints keeps us hopping.
Because he needed help and I just couldn't help myself, this past summer I picked up some extra work with one of our remaining staff shooters who started a lawn care and landscaping business. So for around 15 hours a week I play lawn jockey, saw, dig, rake, weld, shovel rocks, whatever it takes to get the job done and done right. It's a nice change from the 40 hours of ridin' a desk.
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Post by Odin on Oct 4, 2012 21:17:24 GMT -5
Bugs and Bambi with the 22LR and 475L wheelguns.
If I can get a left-hand grip panel made for my father's Hi-Standard Supermatic Citation, it'll definitely get some time in the fields as well. I found me a little wabbit oasis late last season and Dad's ol' Bullseye rig needs some blood on it.
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Post by Odin on Oct 3, 2012 21:22:52 GMT -5
Farmhand,
From one new guy to another, thanks for starting this thread (and for keeping it going straight). There's a lot of good stuff in here.
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Post by Odin on Oct 2, 2012 23:36:48 GMT -5
...A drill I've come across that I want to try practicing is the "walk back drill". It's geared toward self defense (IDPA), but should also work for "tuning up" your off-hand shooting for hunting. You simply put up a target, often a 3"x5" note card or a playing card. You can choose to put it horizontal or vertical - I'll choose vertical.... then you shoot a few shots, usually 5, and then back up a few yards and repeat until you miss the card. Now this is usually shot with bottom feeders under a time limit and starts at 3-5yds. Considering the time limit and inherent accuracy of a mass produced bottom feeder eating white box FMJ, most folks stop at around 20yds. I'm going to start at 10yds and try it with the .475 and no time limit... Thanks subsonic, I'll definitely be adding this to the shooting games next time out. While I'm certainly not ready to roll with the cool kids around here, good practice is good practice. My current indoor game (50ft. range) is going from a rested position (barrel down) to firing in under two seconds. 20 shots in the black is the goal. I'm currently up to 14 shots. Your "card trick" should be even more challenging.
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Post by Odin on Oct 2, 2012 21:55:25 GMT -5
Thank you for all the replies gentlemen. I know from all my searching that a 7 cu.ft. will probably fill my needs, but I think I'll try to find a deal on something a little bit bigger. An upright would be mighty nice (and take up less floor space), but those I've seen seem to be a bit more spendy than a good ol' chest model.
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Post by Odin on Oct 1, 2012 22:28:49 GMT -5
I'm planning on buying a chest freezer soon, but don't really know how big of one to get. We're a family of three (hoping to make it four (crossed fingers)) and the freezer is mainly going to be used for deer and other wild game. I realize everyone is going to want to brag up "how big" his is, but what I really need is to figure out how big of one I need. Searching the net leads me to believe that either a 5 cu.ft. will be more space than I'll ever need, or or that a 24 cu.ft. will barely cut it Figure the meat from a 200lb. deer, couple rabbits, a turkey, maybe one of those big 5-quart tubs of ice cream plus a bit of room for the stuff the wifey wants to toss in there. What say ye?
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Post by Odin on Sept 26, 2012 22:44:58 GMT -5
Thanks, gents.
I kinda figured as much, but read somewhere about the "danger" of leaving primers open to the elements. I'm pretty sure it was in an old reloading book... can't seem to remember which one.
Seemed kinda silly as those little packages that primers come in aren't sealed worth a hoot.
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Post by Odin on Sept 26, 2012 20:12:56 GMT -5
Yessir, inquiring minds want to know.
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Post by Odin on Sept 26, 2012 0:50:14 GMT -5
I typically prime, charge and seat bullets all in one session (I'm running a single-stage Herters, FWIW), but primed up a batch and left them overnight mouth down in an MTM case the last time I loaded. There didn't seem to be any adverse effects and it got me to wondering, can you leave primed brass set a couple of days, or a week, or what? How long is OK, and how long is too long?
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Post by Odin on Sept 25, 2012 14:38:42 GMT -5
Lay them on a flat hard surface. Take a flat piece of steel/iron and roll them to "iron out" the flare.... A short piece of angle iron and a similar piece of flat worked like a charm! I got the bell flattened just enough so they'd slide into the crimp die, which seems to have bit wider mouth than the sizing die. Sized them and now they look like new. Thanks again guys.
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