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Thanks for the reminder Groovy. Years back I bought a plane from a antique market...huge thing about a good 18 " long, easily usable by hand with minimal effort due to its weight & length. Apparentl ...

On a 2nd thought, now that the lot has been reduced to what it is, what's left of what I had, I would be willing to use but not abuse. You'll never find me playin in the mud with my 4-wheeler as opp ...

Yea, I remember reading some of the history regarding cartridges being re-named as xxx when they originated in Germany. You got that right about being on the receiving end. As far as beating things ...

Yea...sucks most of the time. I grew up on the East coast, escaped to AZ to be with family and the "boring" everyday sun which was a constant reminder that it wasn't going to snow today. AND if it di ...

Hey Elvis, Gotta admit, after reading your replies and by the way, thanks for all that data, redoing some research on the net, I almost started warming back up to this 270 and then I remembered....(h ...

Bet that mouse thought a bomb had just dropped if it had any time to think. Guess I can relate to your choice of targets. I shot a chipmunk who was stealing bird food from a house shaped feeder. It ...

Okay Elvis & Groovy - As Suz would say, tell ya what - I have 2 boxes of commercial stuff here for the 270. Probably purchased back in the day when I thought I might try this one. One is a 130gr Winch ...

That's what I am setting up to do...roll my own. A bit different from the 60's as there won't be any seeds popping ( damn I miss that ) but distance isn't always the issue. A 7x57 just gets er done ...

One other thought...what seemingly unspoken fact ever inspired Eleanor to use a 7x57? My "honest" desire to have a 7x57 blueprinted for me was simply it was a step up from the 6.5x55...a go-between t ...

Possibly. I did at one time also from reading the negs about small caliber usage and everything else they could use to hammer him into the ground. But to read in depth of his trek through life from a ...

Thought about it later last evening that I didn't mention Walter Bell. While Jack and his wife were very interesting people, I guess I always saw Jack as living the life of luxury with his connection ...

I grew up with a 3030 and a borrowed antique single barrel 410. Well, yea and that 1022 was my first new gun. Had the opportunity to shoot a friends 3006 a few times. Didn't care for it since he liked ...

What did you have in mind Elvis? I'm open for suggestions.

Thanks Suz and Happy New Year! Hope this one is better than the last.

This collection is what's left from some 27 rifles I bought over a span of 40 years. When I realized I really only prefer deer, ...

So your able to create a album of sorts to take an attachment from when needed? I'm not forum savvy when it comes to albums & pics. The size you made mine was what I would have preferred the size to ...