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I think basic fire building is something we all to often overcomplicate, lots of surface area and dry materials, with space to breath, and built higher than it is wide.
Fire loves chaos!
Heat, o2, and fuel.
Manipulation of these elements to achieve success comes with practice, there is no single secret or formula to sustainability.
Wisdom built on experience is the true equation of proficiency and repeatability!
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Fire loves chaos!
Heat, o2, and fuel.
Manipulation of these elements to achieve success comes with practice, there is no single secret or formula to sustainability.
Wisdom built on experience is the true equation of proficiency and repeatability!
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Fire starting is all about the prep. The more fine surface area the better, if you fill your hat with fine material you should make a fire without a problem.
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Today my daughter asked for hotdogs on the open fire for dinner, to which I replied the snow just melted everything is wet or at best damp. She replied but daddy your good at starting fires, so once again it was Bushcraft dad to the rescue. After 20 min or so of searching the yard for "dry" tinder, I was able to fill half of my hat with "dry" grass. I am also blessed to have a mature pine tree in the corner of my yard that produces lots of pine cones every year, so I picked up a few of those off the ground as well. I decided I would try to start this fire with my "Bushcraft Belt Kit" just to get some practice with it in less than ideal conditions. I built a base for the fire using 3 forearm thick logs and placed my "dry" grass on top of my base (never start a fire without a good base, the ground is always damper than you think) and pulled out my 6" inch Ferro rod and my 30-year-old "Cold Steel" copy of an Opinel #6. After about 6 strikes on the Ferro rod, my grass bundle lit, and I held one pine cone in the flame until it was burning, added two more pine cones and a bundle of pencil or smaller sized kindling and I had a fire, 20 minutes later I was roasting hotdogs with a very happy 9-year-old.
Pine cones are a wonderful finder source, they are very easy to light with an open flame, they are full of pine resin, and burn very hot for 1-2 minutes depending on the size of the pine cone. It's not cheating if mother nature provided it, it's just good woodsmanship.
Pine cones are a wonderful finder source, they are very easy to light with an open flame, they are full of pine resin, and burn very hot for 1-2 minutes depending on the size of the pine cone. It's not cheating if mother nature provided it, it's just good woodsmanship.
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Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
Chopped up the whole thing as I kept hitting the 240 character limit...
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
2,822fps, ES 8.2
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR MY RIFLE, ALWAYS APPROACH A NEW LOAD CAUTIOUSLY!!*
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
I know that this thread is more than a year old but as a new member I thought I would pass along my .280AI loading.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
Have twice tried to post something that your site canned as "SPAM" or some problem.. "Contact the Administrator"... Not sure why even the "Contact" button would not send my comment so you only received my query but not the content in question. I'll see if I can get it to you this way... NOPE I use a VPN and perhaps that is causing me grief...