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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 22, 2014 6:13:13 GMT -5
AJ did my Hoosier as well, though mine is one of the "special" guns marked "358 Hooiser". For mine his work was limited to swapping the barrel and setting headspace. I later decided to take a little wood out of the very end of the barrel channel where it was contacting the barrel. A few passses with a dowel wrapped in sandpaper did the job.
Mine likes 180 gr Speer FN over 43.5 gr of H322. Groups at 100 yds are very snug. Even if you stay with your bullet, I recommend giving H322 a try. I was starting to see signs of pressure (primers flattening) with Accurate 2230 at the recommended max, but that was not the case with H322.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 21, 2014 9:49:33 GMT -5
This probably has nothing to do with your issue.I have a Remington (Traditions) Genesis. The safety on it is a little funny, it can look like it is pushed all the way to the fire position so it should cock just fine, but it won't until the safety is actually pushed all the way to fire.
Are you saying the action does close fully, but the hammer won't come back? Or does it take several attempts to close the action before it locks into position, and then you can cock it? If the action isn't closing properly, perhaps the safety isn't working right.
I'm not familiar with that exact design, but perhaps it could be the breechplug needs to be screwed in more? Remove it and see if there isn't some crud in the threads that's keeping the plug from going in fully.
A final thought would be to switch brands of primers. Apparently there is some variation in primer lengths between brands.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 16, 2014 8:40:05 GMT -5
I can see issues with invasion of privacy, but I don't see a problem with using a drone as a scouting tool. That is, assuming it is legal. I have heard of laws that pertain to flying an hunting on the same day, but I don't know if there is a law that may restrict one's scouting from being "aided by an aircraft". Also, I don't really think it would be all that useful. Sure you could see deer out in the open, but you can probably see those same deer another way.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 16, 2014 8:30:20 GMT -5
The idea that anyone would compare the lethality of guns is nuts.
NEWSFLASH - all types of guns are lethal.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 16, 2014 7:55:54 GMT -5
Actually, you're wrong.
When I state my opinion, I'm correct. If I lie about my opinion, then I'm wrong. All I've done is state my opinion.
I'm a wildlife biologist by training. I don't subscribe to the notion that deer are somehow unique in their ability to contract and spread disease. Industries are (or should be) responsible for controlling such things. I believe the talk about disease is just smoke.
What is your issue with ethics? Why is it unethical for someone to shoot a penned animal? It happens every second of every day in this country and others. What about a deer makes it any different?
What is this "black eye" you talk of? How does what someone else does affect what you do? Deer in pens are not hunted, they are shot. How is a true hunter affected by another guy that shoots a penned animal? Why do so many people feel the need to relate this to hunting?
If you take the emotional connection to deer and hunting that true hunters have out of the equation, then it instantly looks like any other business. There needs to be regulation and measures to control things like disease, but if it can be done with all other livestock, it can be done with deer. In my opinion.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 16, 2014 7:17:16 GMT -5
I have no interest in shooting a captive deer and I don't care that someone else may want to, and even be willing to pay a ton of money to do so. I think that a good many of the people that oppose this feel that way because they beleive that shooting a penned deer with big antlers somehow cheapens or lessens their own hunting "achievements". Something like - "Why should so and so be able to pay 100K and shoot a monster buck in one hour when I have to go sit in the woods all season and never even see a deer like that". That way of thinking is just wrong-headed. I don't hunt because I need the meat, or to shoot a huge buck (though I won't pass one up), I hunt for the experience of hunting. Makes no difference to me if someone else would rather stick his gun barrel through a fence and squeeze the trigger.
I also don't see why a deer born/raised in captivity is any different than a pig or a cow as far as the government is concerned. There is no animal that is now considered livestock, that was not once a wild animal that has been domesticated and selectively bred over time. When does the change from wild to domesticated occur? In my mind, it's when you shut the gate with the animal behind it.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 8, 2014 7:38:05 GMT -5
I've seen those conversions before, never tried one though. Are you using "standard" 209s or the T7 variety? You may see better results with the T7, as the standard 209 may actually have too much fire.
Just looked on some other sites, seems that people are using both standard and T7 primers with success.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 7, 2014 13:29:46 GMT -5
You'd have to try the BH 209 to know if it works. If it does, be sure to keep charges to 100 gr BP equivalent.
All I ever shot in my Renegade 50 cal was the 370 gr maxiball over 100 gr Pyrodex RS. Very accurate and plenty of power.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 2, 2014 8:30:52 GMT -5
I decided to go with a new barrel from a place in Dowagiac MI. Thanks.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jul 1, 2014 10:16:05 GMT -5
36fan - The smoker I'm making is generally referred to as as "Ugly Drum Smoker" or UDS. Lots of info on the internet about them. It is a hot smoker design.
airborne - thanks for the tip, is it on the east side of the road with a big American Flag on the building?
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 30, 2014 13:28:26 GMT -5
I'm planning to build an Ugly Drum Smoker. Looking for a 55 gallon open head drum with a lid, preferably unlined. I'm in the northern part of the state, near South Bend, but I can drive a little if needed. Anyone know where I might find a drum? Thanks!
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 30, 2014 13:14:03 GMT -5
What turkey call is imitated with a wing bone call?
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 27, 2014 15:59:10 GMT -5
Say a guy has a rifle chambered for 35 Remington, and he is hunting deer with cartridges whose cases are cut to 1.800". This guy is checked by a CO and found to be in possession of spent cases that are standard full length 35 Remington (clearly over the 1.800" limit). Is this guy going to be issued a ticket?
If the guy noted above would be issued a ticket, would the same be true for a guy hunting with legal 357 rifle ammo if he was found to be in possession of spent 38 special cases (too short as opposed to too long)?
I see nothing in the regs that makes it against the law to possess spent cartridge cases. I see nothing in the regs that pertain to spent cases at all. The regs only reference "cartridges", by definition loaded ammo.
Thanks!
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 27, 2014 8:22:47 GMT -5
Anyone shot deer with these sabots?
My Marlin 512 shoots sabots in the 1600 fps range the best so I picked some of these up from Bass Pro Shop. At 9.50 per box they are the cheapest sabot I've seen in a while.
Any reports on performance?
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 25, 2014 15:43:12 GMT -5
Tuco rides again!
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 20, 2014 10:28:33 GMT -5
Not surprising, but they were all over the place at Kingsbury yesterday. Saw a doe with 3 fawns and a couple others.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 20, 2014 6:59:11 GMT -5
I shot last night after work. 4 loads in 0.5 grain increments (20 total cartridges), 42 - 43.5 gr H322 with Speer 180 grain HCFN. Accuracy was very good, with no apparent difference (to me anyway), no signs of excess pressure at 43.5 gr. My Savage barrel is 24 ", so perhaps at 43.5 gr, my bullets are moving at 2650-2700.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 19, 2014 8:01:28 GMT -5
I can easily see how this deer would be 4.5 - 6.5. Antlers are smallish, but also seem to be in decline, like you see on older bucks. Everything about the rack just looks "half-scale". Obviously a healthy deer, and heavier than you'd expect generally for a wild Indiana deer past 5.5 years old. Still not out of the question though.
I'd be more surprised to hear it was 3.5 than 5.5 or older. None of this is based on real science, just my impression from his appearance.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 16, 2014 16:41:46 GMT -5
Here's a pic of that Michigan bird. He's brined and frozen for now, while we finish off the Indiana bird.
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Post by oldhoyt on Jun 10, 2014 16:12:00 GMT -5
Awesome. Mine had a 9-10" beard with 1 3/16" spurs (just measured the other day). I didn't weigh it, but I could tell it was lighter than my Indiana bird which weighed 24 lbs, but that bird had spurs less than 3/4". I have no real idea why a seemingly younger bird would weigh so much more than an older one, except perhaps if they are like deer and lose wieght through the breeding season? Michigan bird was shot 3 weeks later than Indiana.
I'm definitely going to stay with the late season. More time to hunt Indiana, and from what I could tell birds were still doing their thing into mid-May.
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