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72 usmc wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:26 pm

There is also the demise of the old Samco Global company of the mid 1980s.

I think they were badly managed, though, in the area of customer service. I saw a lot of bad comments from people who complained that they got a cold shoulder on the phone lines.

I shot a button buck last week--mistook it for a doe.

Hunting this weekend to fill the buck tag.

Any idea as to why they folded?

Yep. That was the one.

Hector

That is a neat show. Truth be told, I like all gunshows as it gets me around guns, but the MVC show is probably the best.

Went to a gun show here in Kansas City yesterday. it was great to finally see a gun show with a LOT of guns. Hector If you were at the Expocenter near the airport, it was the Missouri Valley Collectors annual show. It's different from other shows because it's a club event. I did not go as I was out...

Nice rifle!

I've often thought of landing a T-53. Fireballs make for shooting fun.

FamilyFirearms, what's the future for gunshows? My own experience from the couple I've been to recently: some good deals and some bad. The days of crates of $100 surplus long gone, and that's probably the biggest difference in the shows today than a few years ago for me. Milsurps tend to "here and t...

SE Michigan. I don't remember much as I was five, but we were definitely at a festival celebration in town.

Ghoulardi wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:36 pm

after recounting the utter stupid stuff they did in past hunts with them

That's absolutely a game changer.

I my experience about 95% of hunters are very careful but that 5% are dangerous I hunt 20 feet up in a tree lol This is my experience. Hunters have to have a hunter safety course, but other shooters do not. Also, hunters wear blaze orange in many instances, often by law. In my experience, the sorts...

The bedding required on a Model 111 is illustrated on youtube somewhere and it is shown that it is important to bend the rear action screw as well as the forward receiver/barrel. If yours has the cheaply made synthetic stock, as does mine, it is a bit tricky but it can be done and is effective. Goo...

Vertical stringing is almost always action screws too tight,or wood touching the barrel. It's a Savage 111 and read a while back on savageshooters that they can be particularly picky about the action screws. I I did a free float a while back as the very front of the stock was touching, but it did n...

I tried my hand loads for the first time yesterday afternoon and am still intact. I'm new to reloading and am using the classic Lee Loaders. I had a solid group with my 22-250 and, although my 30-06 is stringing vertically, (a preexistent issue I have to correct) the round column wasn't much more th...

Thanks for the insight on this, Rapidrob. As I progress in reloading, I'll be trying some different powders. I shoot all the calibers you list, so this one sounds like it would be versatile.

Edt: I should rephrase this to say that all of the calibers I shoot are on the list.

Update: I ran out of daylight before I could complete my zeroing, but the gun appears to shoot well, at least with Remington Core Lokts. I'll complete the zero, and try some other ammo. Hornday Leverevolution also showed promise. I can see why people love their winchesters. This gun handles like a d...