Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Then you will probably like my S&W "K" frame revolver chambered in 25/20 Winchester too.

I forget the length of the Shaw, it's not a long bbl., and the action is a custom T-bolt.

SR

Now that’s not something you see every day.

Ever had issues with it locking up? I’ve never played with bottle neck cartridges in a 6 gun but have read about pressure setback licking the guns up.

 

[SS396driver]

Light 16ga. loads are easy to get, I get mine from RSR. I have them sent right to my door for my old 16ga.,

It's a fun gun to shoot,

SR

Seems everywhere I've looked they are out of stock . I'll be ordering a few boxes

Edit did a search for RSR came back as an investment firm

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Try RST, I keep forgetting that damname! lol

I see 16ga. is out of stock at the moment anyway...

SR

 

[SS396driver]

Try RST, I keep forgetting that damname! lol

I see 16ga. is out of stock at the moment anyway...

SR

Yup been that way since last spring

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Yup been that way since last spring View attachment 1051946

Normally I would just load my own, but I seem to be getting lazy in my old age! SO, I bought a case of light loads from them.

SR

 

[farmer steve]

Surprisingly I've been seeing 16 ga. at Walmart. Bought a few boxes.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Surprisingly I've been seeing 16 ga. at Walmart. Bought a few boxes.

Same here, I saw some in the Glenville Waldo mart the other day, BUT they aren't "light" loads...

SR

 

[GrizG]

A couple of my shotguns, both are newer...I think the Browning is mid-late 90's and Beretta auto is 2004 IIRC. Back in highschool and college, I used to competitively shoot trap(mostly,) but also skeet and sporting clays. The Browning O/U was an awesome trap and sporting clays tool, but with 32" barrels, it was a bit slow for skeet.

Both are well used and not the prettiest looking guns out there. The Beretta has a particularly high number of rounds through it, the pictures probably make it look nicer than it is.

I've got a couple Citoris... primarily for upland hunting but also used on clays. In my experience the phrase they "don't wear out they wear in" is appropriate.

 

[farmer steve]

Same here, I saw some in the Glenville Waldo mart the other day, BUT they aren't "light" loads...

SR

I think mine had both. I stihl have my model 370 Winchester 16 ga. that was my first gun dad bought for me. I also have an old western field 16 pump.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I think mine had both. I stihl have my model 370 Winchester 16 ga. that was my first gun dad bought for me. I also have an old western field 16 pump.

What you are referring to as Light loads", really aren't "light" for old guns, they are just smaller amount of shot, so then called light loads.

RST has light, as in "lower pressure" loads, for older guns.

SR

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Try RST, I keep forgetting that damname! lol

I see 16ga. is out of stock at the moment anyway...

SR

I’ve got about 200 boxes but no 16 guage anymore. Been looking for another.

 

[Sierra_rider]

I've got a couple Citoris... primarily for upland hunting but also used on clays. In my experience the phrase they "don't wear out they wear in" is appropriate.

Yeah, they are good guns for sure. Between the weight of the 32" barrels and the recoil stock, mine's pretty dang heavy...not the best to carry for any length of time.

Mine's an awesome clay shooting gun though...nice smooth swing for trap and sporting clays, although it's too barrel heavy to be an optimum skeet gun. I took that to shoot international skeet(faster targets and other rule changes from American skeet) at Colorado Springs one year, it was a struggle to get on target...not my best results that year.

The barrel weight helped my consistency at other disciplines of clay shooting however. My shooting style was a little different than the traditional American style of clay shooting...I'd shoot quickly and "pull through" the target versus the more traditional style of tracking and shooting the leading edge of the target, if that makes sense. With a lighter gun like my Beretta auto, I'd sometimes screw up my swing...the Citori had somewhat of a "heavy flywheel" effect, for a lack of better terms.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Well gents, at the la casa del KK. We cook exclusively on cast Iron with the exception of stainless pots for boiling. Just about 98% of the morning "break fast" is cooked on the wood stove. Today it was bacon, farm fresh eggs and flap jacks. With reall maple syrup of course.
For those of you that also cook on a wood or coal stove. KK's woodstove cooking tip # 56.3. "Old horse shoes make fir excellent trivits!"


The other 2% of the time? Well, its usually jet boil cooked instant oatmeal eat'n on a cot out in the shop because I was previously kicked out of the house the night before!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I’ve got about 200 boxes but no 16 guage anymore. Been looking for another.

I keep 16ga. ammo around because I have several 16ga. shotguns, including my "go to" gun that's also 16ga,.

I've put a LOT of meat in my freezer with that one!

SR

 

[Squareground3691]

Well gents, at the la casa del KK. We cook exclusively on cast Iron with the exception of stainless pots for boiling. Just about 98% of the morning "break fast" is cooked on the wood stove. Today it was bacon, farm fresh eggs and flap jacks. With reall maple syrup of course.
For those of you that also cook on a wood or coal stove. KK's woodstove cooking tip # 56.3. "Old horse shoes make fir excellent trivits!"
View attachment 1051997View attachment 1051998

The other 2% of the time? Well, its usually jet boil cooked instant oatmeal eat'n on a cot out in the shop because I was previously kicked out of the house the night before!

Got the sea scallops on the Iron the best KK

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Got the sea scallops on the Iron the best KK View attachment 1052016

That simply looks like heaven Squareground! Oh man I love me some scallops. More than crab! I personally feel crab is overrated. We use to get scallops while crab fishing. They'd be wedged in between the weight bars and web on the crab pots. Then we'd all fight over who saw it first!Then who ever wound up on top with the scallop in his hand? Would pop it open, clean it then run inside, wrap it in foil on the half shell, and steam it fresh real quick!
You ever see Sylvester lick his chops for the taste of tweety bird? Yeah its that good!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Here's another Belgium made Browning,

SR

Those are nice .22's. An old sour dough hermit I use to visit regularly had one of those. He hunted and ate rabbit all the time. He's long past now.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Kodiak Kid, you don't want that grapple for firewood. It will not pick up splits worth a crap and dumping is a problem because the splits get caught on the hook on the tines. A round tine stone grapple works better. I would look around to see what other people are suing if you can't try one out first. I've had maybe 10 different styles and hated most of them. I have the grapple arms off in this pic. I only use it for pushing piles of splits up. Grapple doesn't open wide enough to be of much use. The 2nd one with the stickers on I have only used a couple times, I hate it too. Splits kept getting stuck in between the frame, it's still sitting on the fence line I think. The forks are nice for cutting rounds and brush. I use them the most. Bucket with grapple actually loaded better than the stone fork one. The 5th pic with grapple is long gone, hated it too. Didn't open wide enough and was way too heavy. If you scooped down into a pile of splits it would get a decent amount but still not what I want. 6th pic is same log grapple, it did okay on brush but bigger opening would be nice. I sold the big 3 point grapple when I built my new one. Yellow bucket is one I used to use to put splits in the basement. Right width for window and had a black plastic slide to get them down. The last picture is a manure tine bucket that works pretty good. That is a pic from online but mine is the same just a little narrower. I plan to add sides to it sometime. It works good for brush too. Now you can see why my wife complains about the equipment I have. Someday I should count the loader attachments.

Its gonna be used mostly for loading logs and land scaping. The skid steer comes with a regular bucket. It will scoop up split wood just fine I "wood" think

I like this set up you have here! Great way to move split wood.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

 

[sean donato]

@Kodiak Kid check these out.

https://www.everythingattachments.com/Tractor-Root-Grapples-s/10568.htm
Not that there's anything wrong with quick attach, land pride or another brand these are just the cats arse for woods work. And, well one of the lighter weight grapples out there thats still tough. I'm lift capacity limited so strong and light means a lot. I'd love the 50" version fir my tractor.