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Post by sixshot on Nov 10, 2021 20:13:22 GMT -5
Even though my 10" FA 41 magnum has a 2.5X8 Leupold on top I don't dial it up very often, at least not yet. When I shot that Gemsbok recently in Africa I had it dialed down to 2.5 power, just right. Headed to Montana tomorrow & it might need to get dialed up for those bouncy bounces!!
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 10, 2021 13:51:42 GMT -5
Sixshot Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler
slightly warm your dutch oven. In a mixing bowl add 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar & 1 1/2 cups milk & 1 tbl spoon baking powder & stir.
Slice 2 quarts peaches. Melt 1 stick of butter (not margarine) and gently pour the batter over the melted butter. Spoon the sliced peaches gently over the batter & sprinkle some cinnamon on top & bake for about 1 hour or until done at 400 degrees. Take the lid off for the last 15-20 minutes to get a golden brown crust on top. Yes the fruit will migrate up through the batter.
Important: Jump back, because there's a stampede coming!! Don't forget some ice cream! ENJOY!
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Post by sixshot on Nov 10, 2021 13:38:22 GMT -5
I don't know, Matt is building a house right now, I think at Brownwood, Texas. Here's a couple more photo's. Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 10, 2021 13:23:52 GMT -5
OK, hijacking my own thread! Lets make an amazing dutch oven peach cobbler.
Using a warmed dutch oven, pre heat your oven to 400 degrees.
mix 2 cups flour with 2 cups sugar & 1 1/2 cups of milk. add 1 tbl spoon of baking powder & stir together
melt one cube of butter (not margarine) in your dutch oven. pour the batter gently over the melted butter. dice 2 quarts of peaches & gently lay them over the batter & sprinkle a bit of cinnamon over the fruit & bake for about 1 hour or until done. Remove the lid the last 20 minutes for a golden brown crust. And yes the dough will migrate up through the fruit.
Jump back because there's a stampede coming!!! Enjoy!
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Post by sixshot on Nov 9, 2021 20:59:16 GMT -5
Good job teaching that young lady to shoot the right way Robb! With todays bullets it comes down to placement & penetration...just like it always has & you have it doing it just right, she will be just fine. When my young daughter was 14 she drew her first elk tag & I gave her an old Remington 722 in 308 & had her shoot all summer with 170 gr cast bullets loaded about like a 22-250. I would set up steel targets from about 75 yds out to about 150 yds & when she would get home from school we would walk out the back door, load her gun & I'd have her walk to the end of the car port & sit down & run 3 rounds at those steel targets. After about 100 rounds she was shooting 100% & probably never missed a target the last month before the season started. I never told her that I rezeroed the gun with 150 gr Hornady's with a full power load, at least for several years & she never ask me about the recoil, she never felt the difference. On opening morning we got into a lot of elk, she calmly sat down & broke the morning silence on a bull at about 150 yds, I think it was. After the shot she really got excited & so did her dad! Now she's 52 years old & can still out shoot most men. Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 9, 2021 20:34:26 GMT -5
Matt, the young gunsmith that built that gun worked up a load using H110 & a 250 gr Keith bullet I sent him & I was amazed at the velocity and also the accuracy. Matt is a young rooster with excellent eye sight plus he's a gifted gunsmith & I haven't been able to duplicate that group but he can, I've seen him do it. The gun was built right with tight specs, steel, rounded grip frame, belt mountain base pin, tight cylinder/forcing cone specs, etc. A very good barrel & a trigger that breaks like frozen lettuce, he also did the French Walnut stocks. Oh, I do have a spare OM 357, just not sure I want to part with it, it's my last one.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 9, 2021 10:14:50 GMT -5
Rey, Matt that use to work for Bobby Tyler built me this little packing beauty & he did a bang up job of fitting everything. It shoots some amazing groups with 2-3 different loads, I just need to "blood" it. It seems to make corrections in flight just to make me look good, I'm hoping one of those bouncy, bounce white tails can run down one of my 223 gr HP's while we're up there in Montana Thursday along the river. It's all walk & jump. I walk & they jump, kind of like Pheasant shooting.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 9, 2021 10:08:13 GMT -5
John, global warming must have taken a rain check over here, its been pretty cold some days. If you were over here we would load up in the Jeep with a thermos full of hot chocolate, after my buttermilk pancakes & bacon, then if we hit it just right I might just show you 2-3 or 4 herds of 40-50 head of elk in each herd ghosting through the heavy brush or feeding in my buddies hayfields & then it would be pick & choose. After that it would be back to the house for home made chili (I make a great chili) and wash it down with my dutch oven peach cobbler. A guy has to eat right if he's going to be an elk hunter!! Then naps all around while Larry's guys haul in the elk with the tractor, or skid it down the slope with a skid steer. Just saying!!!! Thursday it's off to Montana for white tails first.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 8, 2021 19:43:00 GMT -5
Headed to Montana Thursday to chase those bouncy white tails. I'll be packing my OM 357 that's been converted to 45 Auto Rim, 5" barrel, tight cylinder gap, easy peezy trigger, 2 Dogs front sight, Bowen rear sight & some 223 gr HP's zeroed at 50 yds. Gun shot great today & I had a gallon water jug set up at 100 yds so I held just below the neck so I had some of the jug to hold on & lit the switch, made a pretty good splash! I'm ready if I can get one to stand still at 100 yds. Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 8, 2021 10:13:11 GMT -5
They've been raised right Rey, congratulations!!
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 8, 2021 10:10:10 GMT -5
The first & only can of Lil'Gun I ever bought is still sitting on my shelf & its been there a long time. Three of my son's like it in their Hornets & K Hornets but I don't own one so it sits.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 6, 2021 10:37:24 GMT -5
Great write up, I love it when kids or women are out there with the men getting the job done. Elk aren't easy but your wife made a great shot at 400+ & a lot of men couldn't hit their truck at that distance. Fine shooting on her part!
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 5, 2021 12:01:55 GMT -5
If it was Shedhorn, that's a really neat store, lots of nice guns pop up there. Hope to get over there in the next few days.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 3, 2021 9:18:10 GMT -5
I shake the bullets pretty hard as well but the same static electricity that holds it on the bullets holds a little extra on the burrs if they are there. Like I said, not on every bullet & usually not enough to make a big difference but there is a small amount compared to a solid design.
Dick
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Post by sixshot on Nov 3, 2021 0:29:57 GMT -5
The Penta HP's can vary a bit more in weight because they can leave a bit of a burr around the mouth of the HP on some bullets. Also that burr can hold some extra powder when you powder coat. It's usually not enough to make any difference with those bigger slugs in the 45, you might have to shoot some to find out but I doubt you can shoot the difference out to 100 yds.
Dick
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