Bruschetta experiments
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Well that's MUCH better, but man that bark looks like Sassafras. Then again, why would anyone get excited about Sassafras. Makes great kindling though. Pop-pop!
Yep, I was cutting on the first layer of logs today which have been laying in the dirt. Even though I roll them out and try to get it off, I still had to sharpen a few times, and just after I had the chain cutting pretty good too. I think it's one of the "safety chains" that @chipper1 gave me a while ago. I do have to say that I'm pretty impressed with the Pferd files I got the 2 for 1 deal on.I see the pile of logs is going down. Nice looking wood... easy to split. But you're making me tired just watching you. At least, you're not hauling it out of there by wheelbarrow.
I've been unloading out next to the wood stacks and probably have 6 or 7 loads out of 10.5 split, moved with the wheelbarrow of course, and stacked. Was working on it just now, but took a break for dinner. Time to go get more put up before the rains come!
I knew from a mile away it was Black Locust.
But what is the story on the dead deer???
Went to the range again today, and one of my friends was there with one of those new (slick) Garman Chronographs!
So, he Chronographed both my Model 70 in 270 WSM, and my Ruger American Rifle in 223.
I estimated the 270 WSM to shoot the 129 grain Barnes LRX bullet at 3,300 FPS, but it turns out it was a little shy ... 3,255 FPS. But what it lacked in speed it made up for in consistency. The 3 shot group had an extreme spread of 23.3 and a standard deviation of 10.0! The guy with the chrony has all custom rifles in custom calibers, weights all his brass, turns his case necks and makes sure all his flash holes are uniform. When he saw the SD on this load, I thought he was going to crap!
Conversely, I estimated the 223 would be about 3,200 FPS, but it was actually 3,344! The extreme spread was 63.7 and the standard deviation 26.3, but it shoots well so it is OK. These results were surprising to me as the short mag has a 24" barrel and the 223 only a 22" barrel!
270 WSM load - 129 Barnes LRX over 65.5 grains of SatBALL6.5, Rem Mag Primer, Winchester Brass.
223 load - 52 grain Speer HPBT Match over 26.5 grains H335, CCI Primer. Used Remington Brass (scrounged from the club).
Very impressed that after I adjusted the elevation and windage on the Vortex Crossfire II 3 X 9 X 40 scope (on the short mag) that the new group was right on the money!
So, he Chronographed both my Model 70 in 270 WSM, and my Ruger American Rifle in 223.
I estimated the 270 WSM to shoot the 129 grain Barnes LRX bullet at 3,300 FPS, but it turns out it was a little shy ... 3,255 FPS. But what it lacked in speed it made up for in consistency. The 3 shot group had an extreme spread of 23.3 and a standard deviation of 10.0! The guy with the chrony has all custom rifles in custom calibers, weights all his brass, turns his case necks and makes sure all his flash holes are uniform. When he saw the SD on this load, I thought he was going to crap!
Conversely, I estimated the 223 would be about 3,200 FPS, but it was actually 3,344! The extreme spread was 63.7 and the standard deviation 26.3, but it shoots well so it is OK. These results were surprising to me as the short mag has a 24" barrel and the 223 only a 22" barrel!
270 WSM load - 129 Barnes LRX over 65.5 grains of SatBALL6.5, Rem Mag Primer, Winchester Brass.
223 load - 52 grain Speer HPBT Match over 26.5 grains H335, CCI Primer. Used Remington Brass (scrounged from the club).
Very impressed that after I adjusted the elevation and windage on the Vortex Crossfire II 3 X 9 X 40 scope (on the short mag) that the new group was right on the money!
Side of route 9D near the VA hospital . I had stopped and looked at the wood early last week . Deer must have gotten hit late week . It wasn’t buffed up yet so it’s fairly fresh . I’m guessing it got hit and was flung into the wooded area by DOT. There was a fawn carcass there too not much left of it
I wouldn’t even have stopped for Sassafras
The added fuel regulator did the trick on the stump grinder. I do need to pull the spark plugs and check them. I have a high speed skip. It might be that I have the gas regulator set too low.
Took me a while to get back to this... I've been swamped! I concur with SS396driver's take on this. Between the time spent altering the angle, even incrementally with each successive sharpening, and the initial sub-optimal cuts, I'd rather spend a few bucks more for a real rip chain. Though I'm not sure they actually cost more than say a Stihl RS chain... I can get a 114 DL Granberg for $48 from a local shop that makes loops from bulk rolls. Granberg gets $52 for the same loop. The Oregon rip chain was $50... Bailey's gets $63 for a Stihl 114 DL Rapid Super full skip. Whatever works!
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Lucky for me my wife doesn’t seem to mind. I think she enjoys knowing, “he’s down there cleaning his collection” instead of being like some of her friends hubbys…..
Howdy folks. Local tree service dropped off 2 loads of wood chips that had a red oak log in it bucked into 3' sections. Separated those out and cut them into 18" rounds for splitting.
Got some time in with my axes. @Cowboy254 all these came from Australia. I have 5 more on their way.
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Goodness, how many arms do you have?
(@chipper1 told you not to get the vax)
I knew from 10,000 miles away it was black locust. The bark makes really cool crackling sounds in the firepit but man, that stuff stinks!
"I swear, officer, it's not what you think!"
"Save it for the judge. Cuff 'im"
"Save it for the judge. Cuff 'im"
G'day fellers,
Once I got out on bail, I went scrounging. There were these two broad leaf peppermint stems down at Will's. Broad leaf is generally better than narrow leaf, it is a little denser and also tends to be a bit straighter. Both are stihl definitely scroungeworthy.
I went after the nearest first. We've got a bleeder!
Most of it was done with the MMWS 241 but the last 8 rounds were done with the 460.
Ended up with this in the trailer
and this in the ute
Apart from the sap vein, it was all solid. I was done and out of there in an hour. I have a date tomorrow with the other stem. The branch that wasn't sticking up in the air in the first pic was dead and dry, I have some of that in the fire right now
Scrounge on
Once I got out on bail, I went scrounging. There were these two broad leaf peppermint stems down at Will's. Broad leaf is generally better than narrow leaf, it is a little denser and also tends to be a bit straighter. Both are stihl definitely scroungeworthy.
I went after the nearest first. We've got a bleeder!
Most of it was done with the MMWS 241 but the last 8 rounds were done with the 460.
Ended up with this in the trailer
and this in the ute
Apart from the sap vein, it was all solid. I was done and out of there in an hour. I have a date tomorrow with the other stem. The branch that wasn't sticking up in the air in the first pic was dead and dry, I have some of that in the fire right now
Scrounge on
Felling wedge works to , just place it in the bottom of bar, in between chain and bar , to take up slack and get good tension when filing,
Muffler Mod , 
Another firewood pile done. On to another one.
