Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Honyuk96]

impossible!

my Dad was a ballistics expert! he told me once... some things in life are impossible. for example, once you pull the trigger (under normal cirucumstances) the firing pin releases, strikes the primer and the bullet leaves the barrel. once initiated, it is impossible to stop it!

(just pullin ur chain Hy - ie, impossible. i agree with you! there is no such thing as a semi-dead animal! it is either dead or it is not!)

You should never pull the trigger. It should be squeezed. What a rookie. Only kidding

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You should never pull the trigger. It should be squeezed. What a rookie. Only kidding

got it!

 

[MustangMike]

My cousin once shot a Buck with his 300 Win Mag loaded with 110 gr bullets, he thought it would drop in it's tracks, but instead the bullet blew up on the shoulder and the Buck went 4 ever.

What SVK said makes a lot of sense.

If you hunt in open fields or mature forests where there is not a lot of hunting pressure, I'm sure you are less concerned about things that concern me.

My property was devastated by a tornado a couple of decades ago. When hunting season starts, the Bucks all go into the thick cover, and you are not likely to get a shot at one standing still. If you are not going to shoot at one that is in heavy brush, you are not going to get a deer. That said, i try to find the clearest shot possible, but often you can't see all the small stuff.

While no bullet is immune to brush, some are dramatically more effected by it than others. Generally, high speed, light weight, soft bullets are the worst. As an example, Winchester 130 grain factory ammo ... I will never use it again. It deflects wildly on very small brush, and it cost me a deer! My subsequent ballistic testing revealed that the bullet opens instantly and in a not uniform mushroom (the large mushroom is slanted to the side).

I don't have the amount of "killing" experience that some on this site have, but that does not mean that my ballistic testing does not have relevance to determining what bullets/loads/calibers are or are not suited for the conditions I encounter. Because I often spend a lot of time finding game, it is important that my firearm perform as well as possible when I do find it.

Since 243, 270, 30, and 338 diameter bullet all generally use a 1-10 twist, I have to believe the gyroscopic stability of the larger diameter bullets is better. Keep in mind that circumference increases far faster than diameter. That is why larger diameter bullets will also often provide a better blood trail and faster kills.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

My property was devastated by a tornado a couple of decades ago. When hunting season starts, the Bucks all go into the thick cover, and you are not likely to get a shot at one standing still. If you are not going to shoot at one that is in heavy brush, you are not going to get a deer. That said, i try to find the clearest shot possible, but often you can't see all the small stuff.

that's what happened up around Dallas yesterday. now some large ranch estate manions, little more than the small stuff. tore up Grapevine pretty good. lots of wood down. and as the news covered it, saws in the background!

full deal:

firewood
other stuff
scrounging
chain saws
post theme continuity!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

i'd say dying anywhere's along the route in -20 is bad news! good to hear it started back up! no doubt just needed a woman's touch!

Good luck with the Ford. is this the one u just did the head work on?

7 pages is nothing, heck! if i had to do what u r describing... i would be 7 days behind. well, weeks come to mind too!

hope i don't miss the updates...

No that was the wife’s suburban that I did the heads on. It’s parked for now. Got it finished and it’s still putting antifreeze into the oil, so I’m starting to think the head has to be cracked.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I would say this. If you own a firearm and are going to kill game w it, you better be able to pair the proper weight bullet, for the specific animal you are after. I myself shoot 180’s out of my weatherby. The furthest i have ever had an elk go was about 15 yards. The rest, dead in their tracks. Nosler partition, core lokt, sierA boat tail etc. that mumbo jumbo is irrelevant. Hit em any one of those, in the vitals, and you have a dead animal. I wish i could have taken a bear when i lived out west but i only saw small bears during my hunt period. Obviously my gun is sighted in for 180’s and i would feel totally confident chasing grizzlies w it.

SO, what bullet you use DOES matter after all.

Saying it doesn't matter what bullet you use, doesn't matter at all, because of your experience, that's BS, waaay too general of a statement.

Now you are saying you use 180's on big game, so I guess what bullets used, does matter.

That's my point, the bullet that's used DOES matter and if I was hunting brown bear, I wouldn't use just any ole' 180 grain bullet in your 300 Wby. either...

I've hunted them a lot and shot a few and seen even more shot and that's been MY experience.

SR

 

[mountainguyed67]

It used to have the hot start issues. It would also surge in the cut, like it was getting glitchy with the fuel metering... I almost thought it had an air leak, but it was tight. I eventually split the muffler apart and completely gutted it. I also enlarged the outlet and deflector.

Since then, it's actually been pretty good...I think heat is an issue with them. I almost always toggle the high idle on them during warm starts, that seems to help to. I recently ported it and did some machine work to boost compression...I was worried the added compression was going to create heat issues, but it's been good so far.
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Hold on! Let me check if chainsaw pics are allowed in this thread.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Hold on! Let me check if chainsaw pics are allowed in this thread.

Let's test the waters,

SR

 

[WoodAbuser]

Let's test the waters,

SR

More saw ****.

 

[Brufab]

Got the tandem trailer set up for an oak scrounge this weekend, it's a long ways to pack out the wood, just have to put sides on the front trailer tomorrow. Did some fabrication with my dad today. He's getting old so it was time well spent as tomorrow is never guaranteed. Some of the red oak rounds are pushing 30"+

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Finished the 015 today...cleaned up nicely

 

[Sawyer Rob]

SR

 

[bob kern]

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Finished the 015 today...cleaned up nicely

Gots me one of them coming up. Was gonna sell it but then then the fella started in on his list of why it wasn't worth anything. Eventually I just said " your right ! It's such a heap of junk I should probably just not sell it"

 

[Squareground3691]

It used to have the hot start issues. It would also surge in the cut, like it was getting glitchy with the fuel metering... I almost thought it had an air leak, but it was tight. I eventually split the muffler apart and completely gutted it. I also enlarged the outlet and deflector.

Since then, it's actually been pretty good...I think heat is an issue with them. I almost always toggle the high idle on them during warm starts, that seems to help to. I recently ported it and did some machine work to boost compression...I was worried the added compression was going to create heat issues, but it's been good so far.
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Heat is always an issue, and finding the easiest why to dissipate it is a big plus .

 

[Sawyer Rob]

SR

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Gots me one of them coming up. Was gonna sell it but then then the fella started in on his list of why it wasn't worth anything. Eventually I just said " your right ! It's such a heap of junk I should probably just not sell it"

It is a cool little saw. 10.2# vs 9.6 for the 200t. Super simple to work on...unlike the 020 series...
Amazing tech for 1970.

 

[Squareground3691]

Hold on! Let me check if chainsaw pics are allowed in this thread.

Pics away , Lol

 

[Brufab]

Pics away , Lol

Where's Mr Mac daddy?

 

[Sawdust Man]

Last summer....

 

[Sawdust Man]