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Jerry

Cool pic. congratulation on your lion

Thanks Irfubar.

Sure..even posted one with a nice note to you in it while I was pretending. Heights concern some. Those are better off with their boots on the ground, doing something like cuttin' trees. To each his own...



Was a ways North of you not too long back with a small fleet of these we put together. Trump will be good for business.



Thanks for posting that same 20 year-old pic of that same black bear. You sure have put the miles on that one. Laffin!

Here's to you of big mien, little stature, and tiny tim.




You go, girl.


P.S. Happy New Year ya little cronk.

Remington long range in 25 06

Hope you guys have a happy new year

Elk,

I hope it's UNnecessary to say, "Congrats". Well IF you don't know from my posts, I'm very happy for you - your hunt- your KILLS - & your PIX.

I think you are a BIGGER man than a 'couple' of pathetic, jealous, insecure, OVER compensating ...........



Happy New Year

Jerry

Thank you Jerry. I'm glad to post the pics for people to see.

Jerry: I agree with you.

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Sure..even posted one with a nice note to you in it while I was pretending. Heights concern some. Those are better off with their boots on the ground, doing something like cuttin' trees. To each his own...


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Nut-
That pic is from a PETA blog. You know, the PETA that hates hunters.. ..If you're going to plagiarize pics at least take them from somewhere that isn't anti hunting.


As for the 25-06. I've seen a pile of deer killed with em. 100 gr. Sierra bthp. My uncle has a "D" grade from the Remington custom shop that has almost no bluing left on it. At least 40 years old, probably more. Though we're in VA and the longest shots here are 99% of the time within 300 yds max. Probably closer to 200 and the deer are normally sub 150lbs so a 30-30 is more than adequate.

Growing up I saw more Enfield's in .303 in the deer woods than anything else due to surplus stores in the area selling them for $30.00.

PETA Blog? That's the last place I'd visit. Do you even know where that is? It's a pic taken very near where I proposed to my wife several years ago. Being from Va, you should know exactly where it is, if you are familiar with the trail.

I took this one on a mountain ~20 miles away this year at Thanksgiving. Private property. Go to the PETA blog and I'm sure you'll find it, too.



That's a 30-06, not a 25-06.

As you were.

According to the PETA website it's on the AT looking over peaks of otter. So it's your pic? http://prime.peta.org/2014/04/blue

Because apparently some little vegan hippie chick who blogs on PETA's website thinks SHE took it......

Jwall, your graphing of loads you always talk about, can you explain that process? sounds interesting.

I probably know the hippie chick. I bet she went to U of Maryland and is married to my BIL. Her sister lives outside Charlottesville, Va and they grew up in NYC. My BIL is quite wealthy and has hiked and biked the world. He also has climbed all over the world and he takes pics everywhere he goes. Gave me a calendar a few years back made of pictures from of a climb he did in the Himalayas. Coincidence? I have no clue if it is, it might explain some things and maybe not. If it does, most likely my BIL took the pic of my step son, not her, and might be found on Hiking.org or in Bacpacker magazine. If not, I couldn't give a flying Frack.

I have not done major rock climbing, nor hiked the Himalayas, nor cut down firs. But I do work for a major crane manufacturer which has afforded me access to 'getting high' more than once. Nothing special, it's just what I do for a living. I've also hiked the App Trail and spent most of my life near it, much of it hunting.

Here's another for you. Not as good a pic, but the same area we hike regularly (without the SIL mostly). The previous pic is from the family farm, nearby.




Happy Friggin' New Year.

Sure, it's not a problem. 'Graph' is Chronograph. Mine is an Oehler 33 which isn't available anymore. I got it in 1981/82. This pic is the 'calculator' so to speak.

These pix are for demo purposes only. I set up with a backstop in a safe place for the bullets.



The newer Oehler is a 35 and more sophisticated. There are other brands and they look different.

Here is the OLD set up using Skyscreen IIs. I used them until 2012 or so, till I began to get WEIRD readings. I haven't kept records of HOW MANY rounds but having HAD many different rifles over 34 + yrs PLUS graphing for friends.... I've shot thousands of rounds over the screens.



You set up so that you shoot down the top -OVER- of the screens. The target is HI enuff that only a RETARD would hit the top surfaces. That is the original mounting board that "I MADE". The target holder shows the years of handling, moving, & hauling USE.

The screens are placed EXACTLY 5' apart C-C. That is a space I found far enuff apart to be practical for my purposes. Oehler says the farther the screens are placed apart-- the more accurate your readings.


Here is my set up with the new Skyscreen IIIs. It's GREAT that after 30 yrs. you can get NEW parts for the Oehler--that WORK ! ! I have reasons for being somewhat prejudiced.
I got a larger board to accommodate the larger screen bases. They too are EXACTLY 5' C-C.



They can be used with or w/o the diffusers.


I have only tested them a couple of times using the diffusers and WITHOUT them. I ALWAYS graph under clouds OR in a SHADE. So far I haven't seen any noticeable difference.

It is BETTER not to graph with the Sun directly overhead!!
There, I assume, the diffusers would make a real difference.

You load your rounds, or use factory, I normally shoot 5 per group--10 IS better but I've DUPLICATED the results using 5 per group. There are ALWAYS minor differences in readings of the average, std. deviation, etc. but not enuff to make a real difference.

The 'unit' reads EACH shot individually, which I record!
It will read the Hi, Lo, Avg, & Std. Deviation.


The way I have arranged mine, it takes only a few minutes to set up and start graphing. When you're done, same, a few minutes and you're ready to leave.

I hope this description explains well my 'graphing'. I actually got lost in 'editing' trying to make sure I said what I WAS thinking. <grin>

Jerry

This Reply is for'

SICK STICK ! !

IF you reply to my (this) response to roscoe....be assured I will simply SKIP down and NOT read A SINGLE SOLITARY word out of your septic tank mouth.

Don't waste your time.

Jerry

Can anyone really decipher what stinky dick is talking about? Possible, I mean there is a slight chance that the midget from his pretend place knows something.

Sugar tits knows a lot of gun!!! and struggles with life. Guns are his escape from real word facts. But 99% of his knowledge can be gained with reading applied ballistics for the LR shooter. The math never lies nor does the scale. Must suck being three inches taller than he is wide.

Ps creedmoor kimber hunter lay in wait for what's never tales of legend just greatness.

LARRY STOP PMing me we ain't friends. Get a [bleep] clue.