Recent content by greywolf444

A Ugarethaca .410 sxs I got for good grades about 40 years ago. Killed most everything with it. Took forever to 'inherit' it. Took so long to get it that my kids missed out on using it. Maybe the grandkids will get a chance. It can live in my safe until I'm gone. It would be the last one to go...

I have an old mossberg. Cutdown for a six year old me. Was probably worn out when passed to me. Used to shot ok. Shot it for years until I could afford a better gun. Now I have many that with better it. now prints patterns. Bore is gone. I'll never sell it. It was my first. Took my first rabbit...

Handsome squirrels that you have there. Looks like the kids are learning to do it right. I still go after squirrels to keep in touch with the reason that I still do this.

Cee Zee--- I'm in missouri. $5 bucks shuts out to braggers. Some can make such shots, but, they ain't the ones. I even offered to let them pick which rifle I would use. No bench rests-- hunting shots only. No walking them in until that one counts. Around here they all love to talk long range. No...

I just challenge them to a $5 a shot, first one out of the bag, at whatever range they claim. Can I always win?. nope. But it will only take 5 bucks to find out if you can. So far none of the big talkers has taken me up on it.

I used a 54 Great Plains as my main rifle for nearly 20 yrs. That is one gun I will never sell. Did the whole primitive thing. Even hunted the modern seasons in buckskins, mocs, and tipi. Didn't seem to be undergunned. Made meat most years. I remember encountering two young 'hunters' dressed...

I have used most of the conicals moulds were available for. they all killed deer about the same. thumb sized hole all the way thru. Tried roundballs and never looked back. out to 100 yds ball goes right thru and they fall down. way less recoil, better accuracy, just as effective, cheaper to make.

I use card wads cut from cardboard shoe boxes with shot loads and thick felt wads with a ball. the ball is patched, too. the ball is a .690. mine shoots lower than you expect using the front bead. works better to just sight along the rib. I got disinvited from the local bp club when the ball...

I load a 265 gr cast at 1300 fps for all around use in a marlin 1894. Works great on deer out to at least 100 yds. Shoots thru both sides and they don't go very far after that. You don't need screamin speed to make these fat bullets work. I once read that 250 gr over 1000 fps was all you need...

based on your requirements I vote for a henry 22 mag and single six in 22 mag. They will do nicely on these size critters. I carry one or the other(sometimes both) around the farm for "things that need to be shot" duties. really a 22 lr will do what you need if the ranges aren't too long and...

I use the 1894 in 44 mag. I load mag cases with a 265gr cast and 9.5gr of unique. Load is very similar to a +p 44 spec. works perfectly to 100 yds. Recoil is mild and accurate in my gun.(tennis ball groups at 100) Makes a hole clear thru and they fall down. You don't need a sledgehammer load to...

i use 9.5gr of unique with a 265gr cast bullet as my all around everyday load. Does whatever I need doing from varmits to deer in both pistol and rifle. Works well enough with jackected also,I just don't need the added expense of them and can make the cast ones for nothing. I get no leading...

what a lightning strike was like. for those who are interested. I saw the bright flash ( i think I did, It's kinda hard to tell what was real and what I imagined when it happened.) I remember lying in the garden and feeling the rain. I knew my back was on fire. I could feel and smell my skin...

I have been struck. About 10 years ago. Its nothing like being shocked. I was holding a catspaw bar and it got spot welded to the side of the barn. I suppose that the heat might light off a few or all of the rounds. That will be the least of your worries. A strike does things to you right now...

I recently got a 300 wsm in a cz model 3. Terrific rifle, even better caliber. Plenty of power when I need it and the recoil is not nearly as bad as I was told it would be. It is very shootable. From 308 to full on magnum power levels covers all I really need to do with a rifle. I resisted...