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None of them can walk when they start butchering them wabigoon.

Same here, I totally agree. That’s why I have both. My little Tacoma is an awesome little Firewood getter.. Awesome off-road capabilities in tight spots overall, I love the damn thing. But I have a few diesel pick ups to choose from either a 7.3 6.0 or a 5.9 Cummings six speed.

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Hard core working dogs often don’t make good pets. Bear hounds are often looked at as tools and nothing more. They’re likely going to be hurt at some point and getting attached to them like a pet isn’t always a wise choice. Some houndsman do get attached and that is fine—-but I have seen too many hounds hurt and killed by lions and bears to own them myself, as I am a dog lover.

Killing the poor performers is something houndsman as well as bird dog trainers often do, to keep their reputation as a trainer of ‘good’ dogs. Same with those who breed cow dogs and whatever else. I don’t like it, but I see the rational to do so. They’re just working dogs to some people. If they’re both working dogs and family pets for a person that’s awesome but not everyone sees them as pets.

Personally I don’t see it as anyone else’s business though unfortunately that isn’t the world of politics, public spotlight and voter rational that we live in.

Been watching this since first hearing about it back in the 70s. Immolation (setting oneself on fire) is the most probable cause. Not voluntary of course. Conjecture has heart attack while lying in bed and smoking or close flame proximity. Called the candle effect. small localized fire by out side source melts local body fat which feed the blaze until running out of fat. Fire is localized around body and lower legs not involved (no fat). Durations and localization of process doesn't allow surroundings to catch fire.
The only other energy source would be dephosphorylation of ATP , but your body already knows. thus only allows enough made for immediate use, resulting in a very high turn over of AMP which by itself is a muscle relaxant. Glycolysis is an eleven step function so takes to long. Enough T3 could accelerate the metabolic rate enough, but your body also knows this and off sets with rT3 which is a competitive inhibitor of T3.

Been reading some Mark Hewitt?

If you had a crystal ball you’d set fire to it now.

Well, I put on my big boy pants and stripped the stock. Dear Wife offered a lot of encouragement as I headed to the workbench, saying,”I think you are on a fool’s errand.” 😉

I reviewed all of the comments on both of my posts and drover’s previous query. I also did a lot of Google searches and reviewed posts on Rimfire Central. There’s a lot of good and different ideas out there. As the Irish say, “Many roads lead to Dublin.”

I am convinced that today’s available strippers are not the same as those of a few years ago, including some older stock that folks may have on their shelves. It seems the “rules” changed sometime in 2022. In the end, I decided to use Citristrip. It took two applications but I got the stuff off. I only left the first application on for five hours. I got a good bit off then, but I suspect I would have gotten more off if I had left it on longer. But I was sure I would need two applications and wanted to do an overnight, and it was time to do that. In both cases, after applying a thick coat of the gel, I wrapped the stock in clear wrap to keep it moist. I had laid a strip of aluminum foil on my bench which kept the bench clean and made clean up easy. I scraped the stuff off with an old credit card that worked pretty well. For the checkering I used something like a toothbrush but stiffer — I’ve had it so long I don’t know where I got it — probably part of some gun cleaning kit.

After two applications there was nothing more to scrape. I wiped it clean with mineral spirits, using the brush in the checkering. There were dark spots left on the stock that I assume are stain or residual thin finish. I experimented by sanding on the butt stock and those came out. I’m in the process of masking the checkering and will then completely sand the stock. My wood is very attractive when I wet the surface to get an idea. The grain is very tight so I don’t think filling pores will be an issue.

One tip I saw somewhere was very helpful in getting the buttplate off. I found the screw holes by putting my thumbs “opposite” and tugging. The screw heads for my rifle were a Torx 20. When the screws are out, the plate is held by glue. I carefully put the stock in a vise just catching the part of the plate next to the wood but being sure the wood was not in the vise. With gentle rocking it popped loose.

So at this point I feel relieved and pretty optimistic. As I said at the top, there are lots of approaches. I’m satisfied with what I did.

I’m going to use G-B Linspeed for the finish. I know other things are currently more popular, but I’ve used this in the past and been happy with the results. I did my Winchester 72A stock about 60 years ago and it still looks great.

Could you drill a small hole in the bubble and inject glue?

Just for historical clarification, not to particularly denigrate Custer or his troops (not that they are my chosen side in this), but a significant fact that is often overlooked that gave Custer's troops a significant advantage was that they were all armed with repeating carbines. Stuart's troops were almost exclusively armed with single shot carbines. What very few repeating carbines the Confederate cavalry troops had were battlefield captures and then there was a problem with ammunition as none of the Confederate arsenals manufactured cartridges for the Spencer and Henry repeaters. What few repeaters the Confederates were extremely limited in ammunition. I am not trying to make up excuses here as I am admittedly a Stuart admirer, however, being armed with a good weapon that is capable of firing 7 or so aimed shots in rapid succession then reloaded fairly quickly as opposed to a single shot that one might be able to get off maybe 2 or 3 shots per minute on horseback at best, depending on several factors, is quite a difference. In my estimation as a long time WBTS reenactor, I would say this advantage in superior weapons gave the Federals a per man advantage of probably 4 - 5 to 1 over the Confederates. That is a tremendous difference in a battle, especially with closely massed troops, such as the way they fought back then. That factor of the repeating carbine is what enabled Custer to defeat Stuart in this fight. I am not trying to make excuses for Stuart and not trying to diminish Custer in this. Just pointing out the facts of what happened and why. That's war, you use what you have at your disposal to defeat the enemy. The Federals had the far superior firepower at the right place and time and the Confederates did not.

This girl of mine has a ton of retrieves under her belt a lot of them are from these pigeon shoots! We do this on a farm near Casa Grande

It took place 20 years ago. Not sure if she was in politics back then.

I have zero experience with Weatherby’s creations. Can you elaborate on this and educate me? Are all of these based on a blown out 375 H&H case with a more abrupt shoulder? If that is the case, are all of these actions express length?

57 years since it was last fired in anger, I have decided to shoot my bring back Mosin Nagant.

I need dies and a few pieces of brass.

CP: Are you a Moslem

Bump

If I needed a camper for hunting camp, I would take it, probably keep tarps on the roof the rest of its life, and it would just serve as a bunkhouse at camp. I sure would not put $2-300 into it as it is as shown beyond any reasonably priced repair. If I did not need a trashed trailer for a hunting camp I wouldn’t touch it with a 10 ft pole.

A few Weatherby thoughts:

As a country boy before the internet we were isolated. Didn’t know a catholic or who Roy Weatherby was for the longest. Then one day I met a catholic in Boy Scouts and read a Mack Bolan book from the library. That is not a joke. I spent more time in the hay field by myself than civilization.

I don’t remember the issue, but Bolan was sniping with something called a 300 Weatherby Magnum. It was a bad man killer.

I’ve always loved the longer barrels on magnums like the Weatherbys. I’ve always loved the square forearms that fit my hand nicely, and I’ll always regret not convincing myself to buy the beautiful blued 460 in left hand at the Gonzales Cabelas gun library for something like $1,200.00.

I’ll also regret never buying the 26” SS with black flutes LH in 30.06 for either $849 or $899. It had a grey synthetic stock with the black paint spatter. That must be a rare bird since the only thing I can find even on GB is that rifle chambered in 30-378.

Craig Boddington said somewhere the worst recoil out of the plethora of rifles he has shot was easily the 378 Weatherby. It’ll be interesting to read how bad you think the 340 is.

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Reading my mind, Barry.

Dummmm.

Wrong

There are other competitions that you are obviously unfamiliar with that no one uses a SFP scope

Practical Rifle Matches and Precision Rifle

The reticle subtensions must remain constant regardless of power setting for wind holds and elevation


Same for hunting

Hahaha;

Not sure of the distance when I shot, but the buck brushed the toe of my boot when it came around from behind the rock I was sitting on.