I usually use a squirt of lighter fluid or the click started propane torch.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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MechanicMatt
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An old bald tire under the wood pile works well too. Just do it at night so no one can figure out where the stink is coming from.....
Sawyer Rob
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I've only commented when something is "blatantly" false, and even then, I attempt to start out by just trying to correct what's false even though it many times does lead to an argument.
I probably shouldn't have answered this one, as it's obvious you are just trying to start trouble.
SR
I use fire formed brass all the time with John Whidden custom machined neck sizing dies. All bushing dies so I can set the neck tension where I want it, but I do anneal the necks every load as well. I also anneal my straight walled handgun cases at the top because the roll crimps harden the brass and causes it to crack. I use an Annealeze annealing machine. Especially true with magnum handgun rounds like 44 RM's, 460 S&W rounds and 50 caliber Barrett rounds. I love big bore handguns and I'm not a big ham fisted person either. All hinges on the way one shoots them. Nothing beats a 460 S&W long barrel hand
gun with a brake on the business end. Normally, I don't post pictures of my armory but in this case, I'll make an exception...I believe SR realizes I know what I'm doing and from the sheer amounts of mounts that adorn all our homes, my wife says no more in this house as she is tired of the 'glass eyes' looking at her, I understand. We have everything from Alaskan Brown Bear to Antelope, never try to eat Antelope, it's tougher than a free range turkey, to Elk to Big Horn sheep. No African game mounts however. Too expensive to hunt and too expensive to import as well. The 460 is a shooter as well. I've taken quite a few Michigan deer with it at 100 yards plus. Biatch to carry however. It's stupid long and I have to carry it in a chest cross draw holster but man what an explosion of fire and brimstone when you gently squeeze the trigger. Gotta be careful how you grip it too. No fingers anywhere the cylinder to forcing cone because the fire comes out the sides too and the cylinder to cone clearance is right on S&W's spec too. That round sitting there is a handload.
I took it as he was kidding around, I didn’t think anyone here would take it seriously.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Hand cannon.
I love every one I own too. Sold my 500 Smith a while ago, once I got the 460 XVR. The 500 was basically good for zip, even my 29 44 Mag with an 8 3/4 no braked barrel shoots better but it can an will give you a purple herbie in your forehead if you aren't careful with it. My wife shot it one time with my full house loads and dang near sucker punched herself in the forehead with it. One time was enough for her so then the other day she grabs my Bond Snakeslayer out if the kitchen cupboard to shoot a raccoon on the back deck and tries to one hand that. I wasn't home but I saw the aftermath. You don't trigger a Bond Snakeslayer loaded with 45 Long Colt full house loads with one hand, ever. She shot a deck spindle right off and the second shot got my favorite lawn chair and the vermin just looked at her and smiled.Hand cannon.
Women have hard heads sometime. No kids at home, all grown and married so every piece in the house (and they are everywhere) are loaded and ready to rock.
Just loaded up my Mini 14 target with all the 30 round mags plus the 100 round drum just in case the FBI terror warning comes to fruitrition. I want to be prepared. Never shot anyone and don't want to but I will say that if someone draws down on me with ill intent I'll shoot to kill. real simple for me. Why I own a Barrett 50 and a 338 Lapua. I'm into the 'next zip code' shots. My Barrett is super heavy but it has the optional BORS sighting system on it and it electronically sets not only the distance but computes the bullet drop for whatever grain load I have and the pill weight and there is a little green window in the sight and you match the green window with your intended target and squeeze the trigger and nothing happens until the system formularies the sighting solution and then and only then does it fire. Takes maybe 3 seconds max. Exactly what the sniper did years ago when he shot the insurgent at 1500 yards. The round is supersonic past 1000 yards same as the 338 Lapua but the 50 has way more kinetic energy at impact that the 338 sending the same 300 grain bullet.
I've shot the 50 on my private 350 yard range before and it's the only rifle that can penetrate 2 layers 1/4" thick of AR500 plate. Not even the 338 can do that. It will dimple the first one and that is all. it's a wicked rifle to shoot and it's so heavy and has a huge blowback brake so recoil is really non existent. The 338 is a sporting rifle and fairly light and even with the side blow brake, recoil is punishing. It's actually the hardest recoiling sporting rifle ever made and I lightened it up with a custom made (Manners) CF stock and wire edm'd lightened receiver too. You'd better be hanging on tight or you'll be making a trip to the doctor.
I've shot the 50 on my private 350 yard range before and it's the only rifle that can penetrate 2 layers 1/4" thick of AR500 plate. Not even the 338 can do that. It will dimple the first one and that is all. it's a wicked rifle to shoot and it's so heavy and has a huge blowback brake so recoil is really non existent. The 338 is a sporting rifle and fairly light and even with the side blow brake, recoil is punishing. It's actually the hardest recoiling sporting rifle ever made and I lightened it up with a custom made (Manners) CF stock and wire edm'd lightened receiver too. You'd better be hanging on tight or you'll be making a trip to the doctor.
For those who like em.... View attachment VID_20231207_165826.mp4
Sorry to interrupt the "other stuff" thread with firewood related content....lol
Sorry to interrupt the "other stuff" thread with firewood related content....lol
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
I always start people out with 44 special loads in my 29 and make sure they want to try magnum loads and even then i usually put a hand over theirs to mitigae recoil until I am sure they won't hurt themselves.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Yeah knock it off already!
I know....it's deer season, right...Yeah knock it off already!
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Deerly beloved.
This year I've been buying outdoor power equipment intended to last the rest of my life... mostly so I NEVER have to own battery powered stuff! I got the MS661 last spring, a Ferris commercial mower in October and an Ariens Platinum SHO snow blower today. Historically I've sprayed down my wheeled equipment (e.g., mowers, splitter, blower, tiller) with WD-40 to fend off corrosion in the off season... anti-seize, grease and oil are used where appropriate. I'm wondering if there is something better these days for use as an overall corrosion inhibitor (short of cosmoline)? I see WD-40 has a corrosion spray now... anything else out there that has worked well for you?
It’s kind of weird from my perspective. A few weeks after our deer season ends, you guys start talking about deer hunting. Ours ends at the end of October. They don’t allow hunting the rut because the population isn’t big enough to sustain it. That might change in the future though. After the fire wiped out a lot of Forest three years ago, a local respected forester said the voids would fill with brush and plants the deer can it, and it’ll more than triple the deer population. That fire burned 380,000 acres.
Yep, less trees = more deer.... because most nobody eats trees....(especially mature conifers).
Try fluid film. Lasts much longer than WD-40 for anti-corrosion.
That said, I like to use a little WD-40 inside the gun barrel after I clean it, then run a few patches to dry it up. Keeps the moisture out of your barrel, and your gun will shoot just fine with the first shot. Everything has its purpose!
I've also found that the Hornady One-Shot is both very easy to use and works well for cleaning the barrel. I spent a lot less time cleaning barrels this year, and they have been shooting just great! I generally just spray a little in the barrel, run a few patches, then spray the WD-40 in the barrel and run a few patches. Much easier than what I used to do.
When you cut down branches or trees to clear your shooting lanes, you will often notice the tops of the trees get eaten by the deer. It is all about "access"!
