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For those who've made heart shots that resulted in a bang flop, if you have pictures, I'd appreciate seeing them here. I have a suspicion about what part of the heart your bullet hit - the heart's built-in pacemaker, called the SA node. I know where the SA node is on a human heart, and I'm...

What's everybody's pulse like on shooting since the 'rona? I shoot a great deal less today than I did 4 years ago. Components have certainly gotten more expensive, but that isn't it for me. I have a lot of powder, I'd surmise in the neighborhood of 35-40#. I have probably 2K+/- LR primers I...

Not sure how many of you might have caught this news in the last 4 or 5 days, but it seems at least part of Microsoft was compromised pretty badly by a Russian-supported hacking group that goes by a few different names - Midnight Blizzard and Cozy Bear are 2 of them. This is the same group...

Anybody looking for these, they're available directly from Swift right now. This is the only A Frame they have in stock.

Got a hard-to-read SN? Easy peasy. Take a piece of chalk and run it over the serial numbers. These 55 yo eyes don't see as well as they once did, and the chalk gives a nice contrast.

I'm sure I'm not the only guy in here who enjoys, as Heinlein put it, "cooking a tasty meal," especially of the wild game variety. I recently adapted one of Lally Brennan's recipes for veal Oscar to venison backstrap. I'm trying hard not to dislocate my shoulder from patting myself on the back...

I'm looking for a camera, preferably something used, for my upcoming safari. I used to be a fair hand with regular 35mm cameras, but I'm looking for a digital camera (other than my cell phone), something in the $300 - 500 price range, with a bit of zoom on it. I don't know the first thing...

I'm planning on starting to thread my smaller bores like my 6.5x55SE, but my 404J, 9.3x62, and 45-70 means I'm going to have to have the front sight removed. They're all scoped, but I wonder is it worth it to have that much done. And especially on my 45-70, I'm not even sure it would be...

Who doesn't like to brag on their kids? Left to right...attorney, navy helo pilot, and surgeon. This was at the occasion of the helo pilot's wedding this past April.

Get your minds out of the gutter. My current project is to get all my rifles to the correct LOP. Right now, they're all OEM, so 13.5 or 13.75". I need to lengthen them all to 14.75 or 15". Standard screw length to attach recoil pad to butt stock is roughly 2", and it looks as though I'll...

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Bob Knight passed yesterday. Not much into sportsball of any stripe these days though I was religious about it as a younger man. Knight was a great coach, right up there with John Wooden, maybe better. Wooden was always blessed with a bunch of studs who went on to stellar NBA careers, Knight...

In August every year in Vegas, the nerdiest of all nerd conferences occur - Black Hat (more of a vendor trade show in the IT security world) and on its heels is Defcon. Defcon is the conference where the hackers go. One of the lectures I attended at defcon this year was about a HUGE flaw in...

My best friend and I have a trip planned with @Limcroma Safaris for next August. He's been in remission from metastatic prostate cancer for 7 years now. But he has to go in for a liver scan this week based on his lab panel, and his PSA is elevated, among other things. For 2025, the plan is...

Just got my Boyd's for my 9.3x62, it needs a little finishing on the inletting. Looks like the entire receiver needs to move rearward maybe 0.015" to 0.02" Anybody know of somebody in Houston who can do this? I think the cutout for the trigger is probably OK, but the tang and the front...

If you're in your 50s or older, do yourself a favor and get the pneumovax. I'm in my second bout of pneumonia in 13 years, you can be sure I'll be getting my vax in the next couple weeks. This shit sucks.

Booked my first hunt - RSA with @Limcroma Safaris for August of 2024. Dan and Hannes have been very helpful.

Looks like I'm going to RSA next August, probably going to add a buff cow. PH is fine with 9.3x62, but prefers SAF or TSX 286 gr. I'm pushing my 285 gr Oryx out at a little under 2300. Should I get some SAFs? Swift has them in stock presently. And if they run out of stock before I can...

did a pair of ladders today for my 280 AI IMR 4831 for A Frame 160 and Oryx 156 Didn't find a decent node for Oryx, best one was around 2830 fps. I needed a node at 3K fps for that to be workable - BC on those is only .33 I did find a couple nodes for the A Frames, best one was from 57.9 gr...

Giving credit to my taxidermist, located in Rosenberg, Texas: Brazos Bend Taxidermy. Jason is a cool dude, retired Houston PD and a fellow Master Mason. https://brazosbendtaxidermy.com Couple of critters he's presently working on

For W Feliciana parish (north of Baton Rouge), this is a decent 2 yo buck. Weighed 175 live weight, and sweet Lord he was in full rut mode. Tarsal glands were solid black. Washing my clothes now since I had to manhandle him up into the wain by myself and the stink got ALL over everything...

For the Houston area lawn and gardening nerds, a very sad day. Randy was about my age, give or take a couple years. Had a stroke.

waiting to see what the current owner is willing to accept for it.

Looks like they've finally gotten to it, but with a few hiccups which I have faith they'll straighten out. https://www.marlinfirearms.com/s/model_1895guide/

This is more a report on logistics and operations than the hunt, since we didn't actually even see any bears, let alone kill any. I got a few nice pictures, but unfortunately, we didn't get any bears. They just disappeared from the area, apparently the day we arrived. Flying American, I left...

Bought a pair of Merrell boots for my trip to the Idaho mountains. I wear 13B in some shoes, 14A (very narrow for those who don't grok American shoe sizes) in others. The Merrell medium width in Thermo Glacier Mid Waterproof fit great. They are just a skosh wide. But if you have narrow feet...

Anybody know of a taxidermist in Houston who can do a bear rug? I have a guy that can do a shoulder mount, but would like a full rug if there is somebody local.

Using MPBR and comparing apples to apples (Nosler Partitions only), let's put this concept to bed for good. In common small bores, there is no practical difference in trajectories out to 300 yards, so PLEASE stop talking about it. It isn't even remotely interesting. For people new to the...

just kidding. not shocking at all. it's what these people are good at doing. i had to work with them a couple times as a patrolman, executing warrants. took me all of about 5 minutes to thoroughly despise them, and my view hasn't changed in the ensuing 3 decades, only gotten more...

A Karl Gustav 6.5x55, at a skosh over 1000 yards, original iron sights. @Shootist43 @Bob Nelson 35Whelen - you gents should like this video, and Bob, I am wondering if these might not be neighbors of yours.

When I was a kid back in the 60s and we were living in Malaysia, Mom and Dad (well, probably mostly Mom) bought about a 2' woman figurine made of Asiatic ivory. It is quite a work of art. Who on earth would I call to put a value on it? They have a ton of stuff from those days, much of it...

the default data set in GRT for SAF shows an initial pressure of about 10800. This is incorrect. IP for SAF in all calibers should be 3626 PSI. fortunately, this was an error in our favor. While doing LD this weekend for my 280 AI, I ended up with MV about 200-250 fps slower than predicted...

My buddy is going off of data that I consider suspect. When I run the numbers through GRT, I show pressure WAY over the limit, almost to 90,000 Anybody else ever shot 300 gr TSX in a 375 Ruger with RL17 as the propellant? This is the load ladder 77.2gr 77.9gr 78.6gr 79.3gr 80.0gr 80.7gr...

I have GRT to work out loads, similar to QL. But it doesn't have H4831SC in the database. Can somebody with QL run that powder for a 280AI, assume peterson brass, water capacity 70.6 gr I have no experience with that powder, but I assume it burns faster than H4831 or IMR4831.

I figure him at 3 yo, maybe 160-170 lbs. We named him "Train Wreck" last year, have been trying to remove him from the gene pool since then, finally got him on the last afternoon of rifle season yesterday..

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fresh from the garden mustards and collards served over cornbread, plus sautéed carrots, and tomatoes. I totally feel like my grandfather.

The atheist Ayn Rand once quipped that Christmas was her favorite time of year because every time someone wished her a Merry Christmas, she took it as a token of genuine brotherly love, which she thought was lacking throughout the rest of the year, even here in the US. In that vein, enjoy this...

made my first ever archery kill on a white tail doe last friday. arrow was tipped with a Rage Hypodermic mechanical. it was a through-and-through from 30 yards, and she staggered (she didn't run) about 10 or 12 yards, collapsed, and then expired within a half minute, not 20 yards in front of...

Oryx 58.5 gr 2000MR 50 yards. That's 5 bullets Nab 250 with 55 gr 4895, 5 shots.

I got to meet Mr. Vansteenhouse and hear how he survived a grizzly attack while moose hunting in NWT. If you ever get the chance to hear him speak, he gives very powerful testimony. Even if you don't really consider yourself a Christian, but you are searching for something, for answers, for...

I really hate all of the tech giants. "Hate" is a strong word, and "all" doesn't leave me with any wiggle room. But I just hate them. Funny coming from a guy in the tech business. The latest on Google/Android. As much as I hate Apple, I may have to finally switch to an iphone...

form your own opinions, but I find these 2 videos to be well-documented and compelling. https://rumble.com/vlpecw-the-story-of-ivermectin.html 2nd video is a podcast from Jimmy Dore, where he spends an hour interviewing the guy who invented mRNA technology, Dr. Robert Malone. For those not...

Brevity is the soul of wit. In answer to the question: the safety of gas station sushi.

Anybody have any experience with RidgeRunner Outfitters? https://ridgerunneroutfittersllc.com. They seem a little low on their price - 2500 for 5 days, spot-n-stalk or over bait

just talked to a local reloading shop owner in Houston. All IMR powders which have ADI equivalents, as well as Varget, H4350, and H1000, will not be resupplied to the US at any point in the foreseeable future. Reloder 15 apparently contains a chemical that Sweden will no longer allow to be...

so what is your musical appetite like? I'm the most across-the-spectrum guy I know. You're just as likely to find me listening to Holst or Prokofiev as to Metallica or AC/DC as to Alan Jackson or Trace Adkins. And it ain't because I'm old, but music today really does suck. There is nothing...

I've *never* been a liver-n-onions kinda guy. I love chicken gizzards, chicken and beef hearts, beef kidney, pork spleen, and beef pancreas sweetbreads. But liver I have always detested. Until today. I used Steve Rinella's recipe to cook up some venison liver, and I gotta say I was very...

This is the I-40 bridge in Memphis. We have a lot of bridges that were built in the early 20th century. They all need maintenance.