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I had some pretty fair days shooting pigeons, they are actually pretty good eating. I do not see pigeons like I use to. These guys on the Airedale board got into them pretty good, a pigeon shoot is a great way to get a dog practice on retrieving, these two were about worn out after this hunt. Al

Your brother's problem will be deciding on who will get shot LOL! Al

They look to be some kind of canine, probably dog or coyote. Al

The game animals seem to know when it is open season and when they are being hunted. Back when I was hunting and training Coon dogs I would be running into Deer all the time. I always made sure my dogs were broke off from running them and they just would give way to me and the dogs and run off for a 100 yards or so and watch the festivities. One night my brother and I were out training and I had three dogs make tree and were treeing hard, as we walked in to the tree I saw a set of eyes shining about 35 yards from the tree the dogs where treeing on. A closer look revealed a big Doe just laying on the ground watching the dogs. I thought something was wrong with her being so close to the dogs with all that racket going on. I went over to have a look see and she got up and bolted off looking perfectly fine. I think as long as we kept our distance she might have stayed right where she was. Bottom line, I was in those woods night after night with my dogs and when Deer season came around I never had much problem getting in there, finding and killing a Deer, they stay home. Al

Nice job, looks great. While you have that lift use it to clean your chimney from the top down. Al

Well I got the 6.5X300 Vanguard out on the range today for initial testing of a handload for function, pressure and accuracy. The muzzle brake came in the mail this morning so I got that installed, yesterday I adjusted the new Timney trigger down to 1 3/4 lbs pull weight, it is crisp and it is sweet. I also changed the Simmons scope out and put the Leupold 6X18 on. Started shooting with the lead sled but once I got close I switched over to my big bag rest as she bucks pretty good but not unbearable. Took my time and waited between shots to get the barrel cooled down, the barrel cooling fan worked out great. Overbore rifle barrel throats can be washed out a lot quicker if you get them real hot and by not letting them cool down some. It took a few shots few shots get in on the bullseye and I then fired a three shot group that was decent. According to the Garmin they were exiting just under 3400 fps. The loading was not max but close. I have a couple of more bullets I can try but I think I am going to settle on these new Sierra Gamechangers. I also might put up a few loads with the Ramshot Magnum powder and give it a try and see if I can tighten things up a bit, but for a skinny sporter weight barrel she grouped pretty well. So far so good! Al

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To my eye there is nothing that makes a rifle stand out more than a nicely figured wood stock. These days they seem to be a thing of the past as most firearms use some kind of synthetic. Anyhow if one owns firearms with wood stocks good maintenance is key to keep them looking great for many years. Instead of just wiping a gun down with an oily rag give your stock a simple wax treatment. A buddy of mine whose Dad was a furniture maker liked to use a Bee's wax concoction to polish and preserve wood. He gave me a small can of that stuff and I used it for many years but eventually it ran out and it is no longer available. I am sold on the Bee's wax so I started looking around for something to replace it and found this Feed-N-Wax product. Used it for the first time recently and it seems to work as well as my original stock. Now the wax works best on satin oil type finished stocks where it can penetrate the wood, stocks with glossy poly finishes it does not do much other than shine. Give your old blunderbuss a treat and polish that old dull wood, you will be surprised in the difference it makes. Al

How dirty it gets depends on what you are burning, well seasoned hardwood burned hot does not leave much residue, unseasoned wood and soft wood like pine will have a creosote build up, the main cause of chimney fires. To do a good job it has to be cleaned from the top down. Al

Powder Valley has both large and small Magtech primers in stock and on sale, looks like things are loosening up some, they also have some of that Blackhorn powder in stock. Al

The 264 cal clan, from right to left Papa 6.5X300 Weatherby, Mama 6.5 PRC, Baby, 6.5 Creedmoor. Can't wait to run them past the Garmin Xero and see what they do. Al

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From the time when I first saw this cartridge released a few years ago I was interested and the more I read about it the more I knew a rifle chambered in it was in my future. I have been collecting and studying loading data for several months so when the time came to take the plunge I was going to be prepared. There are several powders that can be used in this cartridge getting decent performance, 6.5 Stabill HD, 4831, and Ramshot Magnum will work but Hodgdon US 869 is the go to powder for this way overbore case. It will develop almost 200 fps more across the board with most bullets over the other available powders So the components have been trickling in this week, I have the well made Norma cases prepped and primed with CCI 250 large rifle mag primers. I will be using a fairly new bullet design from Sierra called the "GameKing Gamechanger" weighing 130 grs, the US 869 powder will push these babies to 3600 fps, "wicked fast" The powder will be here tomorrow so I can finish things up and hit the range. Will report some results soon. Al

They look good for sure. Al

Yikes!, What a mess, "Red" an Airedale is under all that mud, same fellow that owned Donnie up above hunted this guy in a swamp where he caught up to a big sow Hog in a mud hole and held her there. Al

The areas I hunt just does not seem to be the right habitat to support them. Al

Have spent much of my life in the outdoors and have yet to come across and actually see a Bobcat. Al

Yes, Components can be purchased online and shipped to your home. My 6.5X300 Weatherby components came this morning. Al

I would think it tastes pretty much the same as Caribou which is darn good as far as I am concerned, enjoy! Al

I am going to punch out holes on the edge of all my tags and reenforce the holes with those binder circles on both sides, I will use small zip ties to attach and carry everything in this small fairly weather proof card-license wallet. Al

I am looking at it on a 27 inch high definition computer monitor, I can enlarge the photo and it still looks like a bird's wing, in fact even more so. Al

Pretty sure it is a bird's wing. Al

Deep Swamp Donnie was owned by an animal control guy out in California and a member of my Airedale message board, Donnie had his origins from my line of Airedales and I was quite proud of him. A little testimonial from his owner.

Here she is so far, removed the Howa two stage trigger and I installed a single stage Timney trigger, mounted up a Simmons 44Mag 6x20 for my initial ammo trials. The mounts are one piece American made DNZ Game Reapers and they are of very good quality. If the Simmons holds up I just may leave it on but if it does not work out I have a 6.5x18 Leupold waiting in the wings. Waiting for the rest of my components to come in so I can load up a couple of sizzling batches of ammo. Also have a muzzle brake coming from Weatherby. Been looking at this cartridge since it came out a few years back and finally got me one, this is going to be fun. Al

Nice catch and good eating! Al