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Looks like a Luger to me. Al

The Democrat's strategy, "death by a thousand small cuts", they keep picking and picking away little by little! Al

Yes it is something you have to get used too, seems like all the newer stuff saw wise has one of those buttons. Al

One of my favorites is the Milwaukee "Hatchet", it is really a dinky electric chainsaw, I use this little guy for all kinds of chores around the farm. Very small, light and compact and will actually cut some good size limbs, especially nice for doing blind and stand work clearing small trees and branches. Al

Hen walking through my backyard shooting range with a couple of her poults. Al

Back in my Coon hunting days there were many times I would be in the middle of big woods alone in the middle of the night, some of the sounds I heard would make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. One of the spookiest is a Porcupine screaming during their mating season. Al

Don't know if it is the same one from last year but either way there is a Gray Fox out back in the pasture again mousing, took a quick photo out the kitchen window that was not the best. Al

There are far more tube magazine rifles chambered in 35 Rem than anything else, in this day and age of litigation for just about everything under the sun I would think there would be a warning on the box not to fire those cartridges in a lever action if there was a safety problem. Al Tubular Magazines and Bullet Shape - Shooting Times

Powder Valley has got a bunch of these European large rifle primers in stock, 5000 going for $499, that is the cheapest I have seen. Most do not need that many but two or three guys splitting them up is an option. Unis Ginex Large Rifle Primer (5000 ct) SKU: UG553N

It is not enough that they now have a forum that is setup the way they wanted, there are some of the malcontents that also want to see this site fold. As far as I am concerned this site is the best it has ever been and has one of the biggest and best hunting contents on the web with plenty of folks going through and reading it every day. It would be even better if the trolls would just stay away and bask in the utopia they always professed to want instead of popping in here and stirring the pot and keeping things festering. Al

Occasionally?? Just about any time I come on this site you are here, for someone that despises the place you can not seem to stay away which you should be doing! Why don't you mow a lawn or post something useful instead of coming here and stirring the pot. Al

My only complaint with this 1911 is I had to get the metal detector out to find the spent cases. Al

It is the same everywhere, of all the game I have hunted Woodchucks rank right at the top. Long range precision shooting and stalking with every kind of weapon from handguns to long range rifles and archery. If I had a good place to hunt them I would go in a heartbeat. I have one living under a shed on my back lawn, he has made it three years now dodging my dogs and gets a free pass because they are so rare to see these days. I have the consolation of hunting them in the good old days when there were thousands of them, the memories are still strong and that will have to do. Al

Looked out the window yesterday and saw a Hen with some poults in tow scratching around in the pasture looking for grub, first poults I have seen around here in quite some time, good to see. Al

Been wicked busy here on the Farm so have not had much time for shooting. On Father's day one of my Sons brought up his new Steel Challenge build rifle to sight in and I got the Girsan 10mm out and we threw a bunch of lead on the range. I mainly tested the Girsan and my handloads for reliability. I am happy to say this pistol worked flawless with zero issues. It's performance mirrored the online youtube reports that started my interest in this particular pistol and caliber. When I get a little more free time I will give it a good wringing out and accuracy test but so far so good. Al

I got a free small bag at a sportsman show years ago and raked out a small spot and put it down. Whatever the plants were, they grew halfway decent, never saw a Deer eat it but my Cattle liked it. Al

I agree with knocking back the predator numbers but it was and is a big time waste of hunting opportunities. Al

That is one of the better prices I have seen for Lg Rifle primers, prices on 1000 are usually going in the $160 range. Al

There are a couple of outfits setting up new factories and production lines for primers so hopefully shortly into the future they will again become readily available. At the spring Syracuse gun show there was a vendor selling a European brand of Lg rifle primers at decent prices, I can not recall their name, he had a good inventory and my buddy purchased a couple of hundred to give them a try. In a pinch Gun Broker has vendors selling at scalper prices so they can be had. Al

Never too late to get involved and start handloading, it is the best way to protect yourself from shortages and gouging. It is also a fun and enjoyable activity giving a lot of self satisfaction producing ammo that is the equal to or even better than factory stuff at a reasonable cost. For the high prices paid for a couple of boxes of ammo a modest reloading setup can be easily purchased off of ebay. Al

Wow, a once in a lifetime trophy there, congratulations. Al

Nothing better than a good broody hen to hatch out eggs, the only problem is having a clutch of fertile eggs at the time your hen goes broody. I have had real good luck hatching eggs with gamefowl hens, they are the best mothers and will fight a buzzsaw to protect their chicks. Al

Had terrible luck with both the Goose and Turkey eggs, fertilization was nil and nothing hatched, such is the gamble of buying hatching eggs. Just finished up with the last small batch of Guinea Fowl and Mystic Onyx chicks. The early hatched birds are doing great, really have not positively identified what I actually hatched as they are all running together, but as they have got some size and feathers growing in they are beginning to show what breed they are. Back to the Geese and Turkeys I decided not to gamble on eggs again and just get some stock from a Hatchery. The Murray McMurray hatchery is where I went as I have had real good luck doing business with them previously. Got 9 assorted Goslings and I have 15 Royal Palm turkey poults coming mid week. Plenty of birds to keep me busy. Al