Snakeoil
Well-Known Member
Isn't that the credo for any new Harley owner??
What Did You Shoot Today?
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JonB
Halcyon member
Before I retired, I worked with a bunch of boys, I called 'em boys, but they were 30 year old men who still lived with mom and pop. Anyway, they'd buy a new $50K pickup truck, then replace wheels/tires/stereo/exhaust, add a lift kit, roll bars, a million lights, and a vinyl graphics package.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Hopefully that keeps them from breeding.
I just started a job in a new pulpmill.they shut down,and i jump from mill to mill,,last few years,sad.
I have these young fellers in every crew,,this new generation is pathetic,they dont want to learn the trades,but they all have 60,000 dollar trucks,and chinese junk tools.
Aint sure what happened to the way it was when i was coming up threw piping and welding.7 years,im done,,cant wait!!!!
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
It is a generational thing, and we are 25 years behind the curve for fixing attitudes. Do your best job, save and invest as much money as possible and leave. Don't look back, you will be sadder than today. Than go live your own life. Worked for me.
RBHarter
West Central AR
I work with a guy ......he actually relieves my shift so works with is kind of an exaggeration, 2 weeks ago he almost lost a finger to a trash can . Seriously he took 5 stitches across his pinky from a spring door plastic 55 gallon drum topper . This week he changed a print cartridge. I don't know if y'all are familiar with the push click /snap lift out HP cartridges but it's pretty hard to A.screw it up and B. Get a cartridge in with the tape on it ........ He is an over achiever . Hot pink/bright red remove before installing tag/flag on a black cartridge that gets in the way during installation......it's like losing a 20 ga shell on a black floor .
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Practiced for my upcoming .22 match. Used my 1913 Winchester 1885 special sporting rifle, rebuilt by Wyoming Armory and scoped with a J.W. Fecker 6X scope. Shot up at least a box of Eley Target. Originally a .22 short, shot out and relined with a brazed in liner and shot out a second time. I had it re-barreled in .22 l.r. with a Green Mountain Octagon barrel with a match chamber and an extractor. Close coupled double set triggers, it is delightful.
I hit 3 12” steel plates at 75 yards with my new to me CVA Bobcat.50 muzzleloader.
I like it, but 70 grs of FFG is more than my cheekbone likes…..
I’ll try my 56 gr spout next time- and put it on paper to see what’s what.
Those plates would have been dead deer/hogs, though.
I like it, but 70 grs of FFG is more than my cheekbone likes…..
I’ll try my 56 gr spout next time- and put it on paper to see what’s what.
Those plates would have been dead deer/hogs, though.
Ian
Notorious member
I ran about 15 balls through my trade gun this afternoon on a woods walk, everything worked perfectly except me. I finally moved closer and found I could hit stuff within 35-40 yards but was waving around too much to do any good past that. Took a few longer shots braced against trees and hit the mark so it wasn't the gun.
69 grains of 3F and a .600" patched round ball is quite pleasant from this 7.5 pound gun.
69 grains of 3F and a .600" patched round ball is quite pleasant from this 7.5 pound gun.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Practice shot the entire match yesterday with my High Wall. That helps eliminate surprises for everyone come the shoot. Found some branches occluding the 200 yard sighter gong from certain angles.
This will be the first time we will be shooting from cross sticks on benches. Just getting too hard for the guys to get up and down from the ground. First to go was prone a few years ago. Then sitting on the ground with sticks and canoe chairs worked for a few years. Now we are going to benches with bench cross sticks weighted down with a 25 lb. bag of shot. No rear bags allowed but you can rest your arms on the bench.
I found out pretty quickly that the bony knob on the inside of your elbow gets sore rocking back and forth on the bench top so I sent out and email to all my shooters warning them of that and a couple other things I learned.
I have chairs that are adjustable for height, or they will be when I lube up the buttons and whack them with a rubber mallet. Just a few little things that can be dealt with before the matches start.
My range is pretty unique in the the land slopes from left to right quite steeply and has trees on both sides of its 200 plus yards. The 7 acre prairie is directly behind our backs when we are on the range, and the entire 700 plus yards forms a funnel to the 200 yard rail. To say the least, we get some interesting wind effect. Calling shots is fun, and watching the mirage run down slope is entertaining. Some years ago I mentioned getting my dozer guy in to flatten the range and all of the shooters were adamant I leave it alone. I have some fiber glass crappie pole tips that I epoxied steel stakes in the bottom to push into the ground. At the tip I have an "L" shaped piece of stainless steel heavy wire with a bearing on the rod, and flagging tape as the wind indicators. What good they do when they all point a different direction I am not sure, but they are entertaining.
Out of the whole bunch there are only two guys who are/were actual target shooters. The rest are a misfit bunch of gun lovers that just have fun. Listening to a bunch of amateurs acting as spotters for their buddy and hearing, "Ah, you're a little right and a little low." "Where?" Oh, 10 O'Clock." "What?" "No 5 O'Clock." "How much?" "I dunno, couple inches maybe." I can't wait 'til they get here.
This will be the first time we will be shooting from cross sticks on benches. Just getting too hard for the guys to get up and down from the ground. First to go was prone a few years ago. Then sitting on the ground with sticks and canoe chairs worked for a few years. Now we are going to benches with bench cross sticks weighted down with a 25 lb. bag of shot. No rear bags allowed but you can rest your arms on the bench.
I found out pretty quickly that the bony knob on the inside of your elbow gets sore rocking back and forth on the bench top so I sent out and email to all my shooters warning them of that and a couple other things I learned.
I have chairs that are adjustable for height, or they will be when I lube up the buttons and whack them with a rubber mallet. Just a few little things that can be dealt with before the matches start.
My range is pretty unique in the the land slopes from left to right quite steeply and has trees on both sides of its 200 plus yards. The 7 acre prairie is directly behind our backs when we are on the range, and the entire 700 plus yards forms a funnel to the 200 yard rail. To say the least, we get some interesting wind effect. Calling shots is fun, and watching the mirage run down slope is entertaining. Some years ago I mentioned getting my dozer guy in to flatten the range and all of the shooters were adamant I leave it alone. I have some fiber glass crappie pole tips that I epoxied steel stakes in the bottom to push into the ground. At the tip I have an "L" shaped piece of stainless steel heavy wire with a bearing on the rod, and flagging tape as the wind indicators. What good they do when they all point a different direction I am not sure, but they are entertaining.
Out of the whole bunch there are only two guys who are/were actual target shooters. The rest are a misfit bunch of gun lovers that just have fun. Listening to a bunch of amateurs acting as spotters for their buddy and hearing, "Ah, you're a little right and a little low." "Where?" Oh, 10 O'Clock." "What?" "No 5 O'Clock." "How much?" "I dunno, couple inches maybe." I can't wait 'til they get here.
Shot some with the Daughter’s BF. He is a decent shot and a really good guy.
Shot the Mod 25 and the 624.
Here are some of my results at 7 yds- both hands, just right, and just
left. I am right handed but like to stay reasonably proficient with either hand.
Shot the Mod 25 and the 624.
Here are some of my results at 7 yds- both hands, just right, and just
left. I am right handed but like to stay reasonably proficient with either hand.
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Ian
Notorious member
Went on another woodswalk in the cool, pre-storm mid-day. I'm pretty good at not flinching when the pan goes off but am still weak on follow-through. The somewhat inconsistent lock performance and a gun that has some recoil has me learning how to completely ignore recoil and hold it on target until it goes off and recoils up or doesn't. That's a whole new thing for me because I've become so dependent on consistent lock time (without realizing it) when offhand shooting that my whole routine is based on it, i.e. drop the front sight low and center of the target, pull up gently and break the shot just as the sight is coming up to the bullseye. That doesn't work with a flintlock. Trade guns are light at the muzzle and wave around all over the place. They also beg to be shouldered like a shotgun and that isn't the most stable hold for a stationary target. Much to learn yet, making more powder now and am about to lay in some more chemicals.
Mitty38
Well-Known Member
Took the boys 1911 out to work up a load.
5 shot 30 ft.
For the 200 gr SWC. Powder coated.
Started out with 5 grn. Of W231.
Five shot groups.
Think the wind must have caught the first shot. LOL
Worked up To 5.8 grain. Groups got bigger as we went up and at 5.8 the primer flattened. And extractor marks appeared on the brass.
So plan is to load up ten 4.8 and 5.0. Then, if they both shoot good. Load up all my brass with 4.9 to allow for powder measure variance. Then call it good.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
In recognition of Monday's Memorial Day observance and the upcoming 79th anniversary of Operation Overlord, I took the 2-43 barrel-dated 1903A3 and the 6-43 receiver-dated Garand.* An 80-year-old range regular stopped by my bench and I asked if he'd like to shoot them. It had been many years since he shot either and his eyes lit up. He shot the 03A3 with its load of Lyman's 311284 bullet and 16.0-grains of 2400, and the Garand with its load of Sierra's 165-grain SPBT and 56-grains of IMR 4831. His shooting the rifles made my day. 
Neither his nor my vision are compatible with iron sights and targets set at 100-yards. Still, we had a hoot of a shoot.
*I don't know their combat histories, other than the Garand had been in Korea, but hope that the troops they were issued to came home safe and sound. Also, when I bought the Garand its barrel was stamped with a 56 date, but its accuracy was deplorable due to damage from steel cleaning rods, so I had Springfield replace it.
Neither his nor my vision are compatible with iron sights and targets set at 100-yards. Still, we had a hoot of a shoot.
*I don't know their combat histories, other than the Garand had been in Korea, but hope that the troops they were issued to came home safe and sound. Also, when I bought the Garand its barrel was stamped with a 56 date, but its accuracy was deplorable due to damage from steel cleaning rods, so I had Springfield replace it.
Not a bad thing, one hit is worth several close misses. Speed isn't everything.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Replying to my own thread -- forgot to post pictures.In recognition of Monday's Memorial Day observance and the upcoming 79th anniversary of Operation Overlord, I took the 2-43 barrel-dated 1903A3 and the 6-43 receiver-dated Garand.* An 80-year-old range regular stopped by my bench and I asked if he'd like to shoot them. It had been many years since he shot either and his eyes lit up. He shot the 03A3 with its load of Lyman's 311284 bullet and 16.0-grains of 2400, and the Garand with its load of Sierra's 165-grain SPBT and 56-grains of IMR 4831. His shooting the rifles made my day.
Neither his nor my vision are compatible with iron sights and targets set at 100-yards. Still, we had a hoot of a shoot.
*I don't know their combat histories, other than the Garand had been in Korea, but hope that the troops they were issued to came home safe and sound. Also, when I bought the Garand its barrel was stamped with a 56 date, but its accuracy was deplorable due to damage from steel cleaning rods, so I had Springfield replace it.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Love the pics Michael.
Sure would love to see pics of Lynn's Model '85 Special Sporting Rifle.
Sure would love to see pics of Lynn's Model '85 Special Sporting Rifle.
Snakeoil
Well-Known Member
I blame the parents. They leave the kids to fend for themselves, which means they get brainwashed by the internet, their peers and teachers who don't have a clue. I have young relatives in their 20's and 30's and all of them are doing well. Two are in the trades, on a roofer and the other a general contractor and both own their own businesses and have families. They have the same values for the most part that I had as a kid. The only thing I see different is they do need to have new and flashy stuff. Seems showing off and inflating your persona is more important these days than when I was a kid. I was happy to have any car or any motorcycle. I would take what I could afford and make it better myself. I did buy one new motorcycle when I had more money and then chopped it the following year. I hated it and never did anything stupid like that again.