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Spring is the best time of year to shoot gophers. Once they come up and start running around, it can be mayhem. Shooting gophers is some of the best therapy a guy can get without a prescription.
Yesterday it got up to the mid 60’s and the gophers weren’t as thick as they will be once they have their young ones, but it still wasn’t a bad day with:
17 HMR
17 CCM
224 Weatherby Magnum
218 Bee
9mm
40-50 Sharps Bottleneck
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I am MAGA.
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Those 17s are bad ass !! sweet gathering of irons
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Pretty fantastic. The 22 and 17 CCM brass is just about unobtainable. I have a friend that built a 22 CCM and is making his own brass in various ways. He’s settled on swagging down 5.7x28 brass since 22 hornet brass is hard to find.
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There isn’t anything funner!
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.
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I highly endorse your handgun choice,H & K P7M-8 is my personal favorite !
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Them ain't gophers! 😉 Ground squirrels? Prairie dogs?
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Pretty fantastic. The 22 and 17 CCM brass is just about unobtainable. I have a friend that built a 22 CCM and is making his own brass in various ways. He’s settled on swagging down 5.7x28 brass since 22 hornet brass is hard to find.
22 Hornet brass won’t work unless he turned them down in a lathe. Even then the side walls would be gone …
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Them ain't gophers! 😉 Ground squirrels? Prairie dogs?
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Very nice iron there Mr. Shrapnel.
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There isn’t anything funnier!
Epstein didn't kill himself. "Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!" Biden didn't win the election.
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Them ain't gophers! 😉 Ground squirrels? Prairie dogs?
It's a Montana thing, just like asking for a soda will get you a blank stare, up there, it's called pop. Don't fight it.
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I still don't like shooting the babies.
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Them ain't gophers! 😉 Ground squirrels? Prairie dogs?
It's a Montana thing, just like asking for a soda will get you a blank stare, up there, it's called pop. Don't fight it.
Another good Montana thing is the Calvert Ditch and the cold pack.
I don't know if that even made it off the Hi line.
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Please tell us about that 218 Bee. Bunch of fine rifles there.
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Looks like a fine way to spend a day. Nice.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Spring is the best time of year to shoot gophers. Once they come up and start running around, it can be mayhem .
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Please tell us about that 218 Bee. Bunch of fine rifles there.
One of a set of rare Sako chamberings. They are scarce and desirable. This is a real early L46 with the wing safety. Here is a picture of those scarce L 46 rifles.
Extremely scarce 7X33
Scarce 218 Bee
Scarce 22 Hornet
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