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    Fishers

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    I have also been seeing fishers over the past 2 years. Never saw them before. I hope they munch on all the porkies by me, we have a ton of them.

    The porkers have been devouring the white pines, young beech trees and my house!

    If you have a large population of "porkies" in your area, you will sooner or later have fishers.

    FDXX75

    Heavier weight .308

    in Guns and Rifles and Discussions

    Posted

    I have never been inside a Rem semi auto rifle, but I have a lot of experience with thier semi auto shotguns...

    With the shotguns ( 1100s and 11-87s) often they get more dependable after firing a few shots and wearing off the "rough edges"... I suspect that making sure the bolt and gas system is clean is essential... It is with the shotguns....Another issue with the rifles that does not affect the shotguns is the magazine..

    I don't think that going to a heavier bullet will affect the chamber pressure a whole lot, especially with factory loads..Chamber pressures with factory loads are generally kept within a certain level, regardless of bullet weight.. I doubt that going to a heavier bullet will cure your functioning issues..

    I agree with the statement about the mag/clip, if you have another one try it and see if you experience the same issues. I did forget to mention that in my earlier post. There are hundreds of threads/articles on the net discribing your exact problem, with about 3-4 different correction solutions. If you have time, google Remington automatic rifle jamming problems.

    FDXX75

    Fishers

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    Sightings may be more frequent this time of yr. as Fischers are one of the main killers of fawn deer and the does are birthing around this time. They are relentless animals.

    FDXX75

    Interesting I have never heard that before . We are starting to see them here in the past few years. I was happy to see them as I heard they feed heavy on porcupines .

    They are very fond of quillpigs, actually it is their favorite food staple. I posted pics a while back of a 3-4 week old fawn that had been attacked by a fischer next to my house. The animal rescue folks told me they see a large amount of fischer attacks on new born to 8 week old fawns alot.

    They also stated that fischers are very intellegent animals and will actually travel to known fawn birthing areas to get a quick easy meal, Black bears are probably as bad when it comes to killing fawns.

    FDXX75

    Heavier weight .308

    in Guns and Rifles and Discussions

    Posted

    I don't believe you are having ammo issues as much as a common gun issue with nearly all the Remington auto loaders. As much as everyone would like to say/ believe Remington worked out the bugs on this model....................................I highly doubt it.

    If you haven't disassembled the bolt yet, cleaned & lubed it since new out of the box, start there. If it still hangs up do a simple tape test on the bolt/receiver to see if the bolt is actually opening to its fullest extent when fired, if not the spring will have to be reworked/modified to correct the problem.

    FDXX75

    Fishers

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    Sightings may be more frequent this time of yr. as Fischers are one of the main killers of fawn deer and the does are birthing around this time. They are relentless animals.

    FDXX75

    ANY HUNTER SAFETY COURSES FOR ALBANY COUNTY

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    Currently the three closest locations to you are in Fulton & Saratoga Co. classes are scheduled for July & Aug.

    I would not wait to long to register somewhere, last fall my son took both his archery and hunter safety courses, we signed up months in advance and the hunter safety course had over 80 people that showed up.

    FDXX75

    Scope Recommendations??

    in Guns and Rifles and Discussions

    Posted

    The first question you need to address is what type of hunting do you plan on doing with the gun...........terrain, max. yardage,etc. That will help determine what magnification range you will be looking into.

    Rule of thumb, good glass will cost you as much, but more likely more than the gun itself. Purchase the best glass your pocketbook will allow you to. Buy good now, no regrets later. You get what you pay for in a scope.

    FDXX75

    Some one with post hole digger

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    Noodle,

    Just a suggestion, but ask around with some of the local farmers in your area. Most of them all have their own post auger for setting fence posts, you might be able to work something out with one of them before the planting season gets in full swing.

    PS: My mom's brother lives in Windsor, I am down that way several times a yr.

    FDXX75

    Air Rifles

    in Rifle and Gun Hunting

    Posted

    Some of the guns are almost exact replacas to real thing so you practice for pennys in the basement or garage.

    The key word is "practice", I bought my son an inexpensive Crosman bb/pellet gun for Christmas when he was @ 6 to get him started in shooting. My first mistake was not getting a gun that fit him properly(my bad, very big bad) he would shoot it but not in proper form or accurately. But, once he grew into it...............................the kid would go through a couple tins of pellets a weekend easy target practicing.

    He graduated up to a .22 cal a few yrs ago and he can put an entire box of shells into a target at 25-30 yds and cover the spot with a quarter (open sights no less)

    Personally, I feel it is cheaper and safer to get a child started out with a pellet gun, I prefer pellet over BB's for safety reasons, the soft lead pellets don't bounce back at you.

    A good quality pellet gun these days can help older shooters get back into their shooting form and mental state at much less cost than rifle ammo. Back to the basics...................................

    FDXX75

    Air Rifles

    in Rifle and Gun Hunting

    Posted

    I agree,But to shoot in yard or even the basement you can't beat an air gun,pistol or rifle.

    Ditto,

    I had some rather lower than average lifestyle folks move a trailer onto a lot down the road from me a few yrs ago, well they moved out about two yrs later and left there rat collection behind for the rest of us neighbors to deal with.......................long story short, I had rats take up residency in my storage garage and my workshop looking for a place to hold up for the winter.

    Those nasty things will chew through anything shy of concrete and steel......................................well I set a trap line, rat poison and finally took out the remainder with my pellet gun (inside the garage) shooting over bait.....................lol.

    Pellet guns have there place, no comparison to a .22 cal in overall performance, but up close and personal................a good pellet gun will get it done. Quietly.

    FDXX75

    Adding FAT

    in Game Recipes / Cooking

    Posted

    Split a whole cow one time with a family member who insisted we add pork fat to the burger...........long story short,ALL RUINED. I"m talking alot of ground.

    Not sure what the method to "their" madness was, but there really is no need to add pork fat to beef. Now, adding good ground pork, veal and beef together in a good ratio makes one hell of a meatloaf mix.

    Adding FAT

    in Game Recipes / Cooking

    Posted

    I think venison fat is plain nasty. As much as possible is cut out. Then there is alot ground up. So I use that in spaghetti sauces, chilli-mac or stuff like lasagnia. But I have taken to a 1/4-1/3 ground pork & venison mix that works good for burgers.

    I often think about making sausage but like NYdeer said after I process a few deer I just want to be done.

    I normally freeze the pieces or amount of meat I intend to grind for sausage and then later on down the road, a few weeks or a month later on a crummy weather day, I break out the gear and go to town on making my sausage.

    FDXX75

    Air Rifles

    in Rifle and Gun Hunting

    Posted

    I bought a used Benjiman Sharidon 5mm @ 15 yrs ago at a local gun shop, it has performed flawlessly over the yrs and is extremely accurate out to 45 yds. It has helped huge in down sizing the red squirrel population around the house.

    It is much quieter than a .22 cal and for close range shooting it is the nuts.

    FDXX75

    Laser Bore Sighter

    in Guns and Rifles and Discussions

    Posted

    I have both a conventional and laser bore sighters, I use the conventional one 9 out of 10 times for two reasons. It helps in aligning the crosshairs when tightening the top clamps on the rings to prevent scope canter and after bench sighting I can reinsert the bore sight and note the exact location on the grid and document it for later referrence. Neither of which you can do with the laser sighter.

    I have used mine on dozens of rifles over the yrs. and have always been on paper within a few inches of the bullseye.

    FDXX75

    Proper sling width for Garand..??

    in Guns and Rifles and Discussions

    Posted

    My M1 Garand has a green  cotton web sling and I would like to replace it with a leather sling, as most M1s were issued with..

    They make both 1" and 1 1/4" wide military slings in the type that the M1 as well as the 1903 and the 1917 were issued with.. Does anyone know WHICH width is proper for the M1..??..

    Fasteddie is correct 1 1/4" X 48" was the OEM issued sling for the M1

    FDXX75

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