Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Sarge, Squacks, John!

We got troubles, right there in Marlin city -and that starts with T and that rhymes with P and that stands for PUSSYCATS! That was for you John, Squacks, I saw your post and was just about to reply when the BB crashed again! I had just finished a post in reply to Sarge, his is still in memory so I am gonna spill it out here:
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<br><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr><p>Originally posted by Sarge1:
<br>Well, I finally got back on. What a time I've had.
<br>GBB good to see you got your name back. I hope they get some of the threads back up, but don't suppose they will. I guess they had a complete crash and don't have the room to get all the threads back on. Oh well, we can start over.<p><hr></blockquote>
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<br>Hi sarge,
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<br>I was over at that campfire BB, some of the guys had stopped by so I posted back (two for you I think..) Then I got to reading some of the other forums - not a bad site, but it has a very different feel to it. Nice enough people as well, but it did not feel like home. That is sort of a big pond over there, I know you know because I saw you and Sqs had posted.
<br>Small game and rifles, that's as far as I got, it would take MONTHS for me to wade through all that (just in the forums I had a STRONG interest in.) And plenty of rimfire people, but they don't seem to identify with the "rimfire way of thinking" the way this groups members do. I will spend some time there though, plenty of good stuff. I just hope and pray the 'puter wiz at Marlin get it covered over here before the boss says "just pull the plug on the whole thing, we are in the rifle business not the website business!" Been there, heard that! (Words to that effect.)
<br>I will be happy to start over in our little pond, should I (we) get the chance... The next few weeks will be the turning point for this BB. At the rate it WAS going it could not last any longer (if that long.) The BIG crash we just had MAY have been the best thing for us. The system had been corrupt for a while (imho) and kept getting worse until it hit "critical mass" so to speak. If the foundation is laid well, this BB will stand, if not... Well like I said, the next few weeks will tell. If we get a good thread going, we better keep printouts because the geeks (no offense, I've been a pro 'puter geek since 1982) are gonna keep this site pruned down to size (at least until a new OS, faster and bigger hardware and more bandwidth is/are in place.) time-will-tell...
<br>More coming but I will put in a reply to Sqs. Good hearing from you,
<br>Later,
<br>GBB
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<br>Wow, I just re-read that - I hope no one here in the "big pond" takes offense, none was meant. If discretion is that better part of valor, I think I just came up short in favor of honesty - one of my major faults.
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<br>Check in guys, I would like to hear a roll call of sorts, It would make me feel better.. I miss RedNeck Matt, and the Birdman of A, and allot of the guys, I needed to say thanks to WALENSHOOTER - GEEZ! I MISS CB-NUTT!!!
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<br>I'm getting out into the woods tomorrow, sunup (Hour early Squacks) 'till sundown!
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<br>Thanks guys,
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<br>GBB
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GBB,
<br> Well, here we are again. I'm a computer illiterate so I don't really understand what's going on like you do, but I hope they get it fixed.
<br> I haven't hunted squirrels since the first part of Jan, and haven't got to shoot at all. The wind is ever present here lately. I received some of that wolf ammo (target, sub sonic, and match extra) and I've been wanting to test it out. It's priced good. The match extra is the highest and I think it was around 2.50 a box. Wolf also makes one called match gold (I think) which is pretty high priced. I ordered it from JG sales.
<br>I'm starting to get the fishing fever a little, but Squacks says I should try spring turkey hunting first. I may break down and try it. Everyone I talk to that hunts them loves it.
<br> Hope you have some good shooting tomorrow. Good luck!

GBB: THIS IS THE DEADEST SITE I HAVE EVER SEEN. EVEN THE MARLIN BOARD WHEN IT'S DOWN HAS MORE POSTERS THAN HERE. I KEEP CHECKING IN THE TURKEY THREAD AND IT IS FLAT. YOU CAN HARDLY GET A RISE FROM ANYBODY. IT'S LIKE THEY TALK PAST EACH OTHER WHEN THEY DO POST. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE COMMUNITY WE CAME FROM! LISTEN. I THINK I HEAR AN ECHO.
<br> I HAVE FOUND REM. ELEY AND FEDERAL BULLETS TO TRY IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO FOUND A FEW MORE TURKEY CALLS. DID I MENTION THAT I AM A TURKEY CALLAHOLIC?! LUCK!
<br>HEY SARGE: MAYBE WE OUGHT TO GET A GOOD SASQUATCH-TOMCAT THREAD GOING OVER ON THE SMALL GAME TOPIC!
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Thanks Sarge, I only sleep 4 hr per night so it's time to hit the sack. I can hunt 'yote, fox and raccoon at night in NY, so I'll be out there jacklighting (so to speak) looking for those yellow/green eyes (some RED too..) midnight tomorrow is the end of fox, coon and bobcat season (26 hr from now!) but got another 45 days of 'yote hunting left. I am done with gbts till the fall; the bucks are swollen in the rut - acting like fools - one walked right up to me in spec. camo yesterday. I took him but when I flipped him over I knew what his problem was. Plus, although there is mast all over (still!) the little fool was as skinny as can be. He must have other things on his mind then food . 15-20 hrs of fox/coon/bobcat, then 'yotes till turkey time - NY turkey tags are $2! (Sorry) so I can't pass em up, plus this spring I'll be more ready then I was in the fall - it is fun. The most silent hunting there is (well, that I know of) just a little scraping on that box call and WAIT. LOVE IT!
<br>12GA, XXFULL CHOKE 1 7/8 OZ HARD #6 (ASS KICKING PATTERN TO 40 YARDS) BETTER AT THIRTY...I might go for some Jake and Jenny deeks as well.... Go for it, it's real fun, if you have a trusted hunting partner to call for you, all the better, you can be SETUP! Tom is looking for your bud, and you are looking for tom! The worst part of turkey hunting is getting one. "Butterballs they are not" tough buggers! I stew 'em. Very slow, very long... taste OK, but TOUGH! hehehe...
<br>I got plenty of gunning tween now and April, then I'll have the fishing tuned up... Ah, rainbow trout...
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<br>Keep the Faith,
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<br>GBB

Squacks - I am a turkahalic as well, but you name it, I can haolic... I am set up from the last 4 months of buying "close out" turkey shells (Federal and HeaviShot) and box calls and patterned my 12ga w/xxfull choke (nasty pattern - for Tom, that is..) I think the worst part of turkey season is filling out that tag too early. Off to sleep..
<br>Good night,
<br>GBB
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I have been so unsucessful at turkey hunting I have about quit. Oh I'm an excellant caller and I invented a new shotgun shell that will take a turkies head off at 100 yards, but frankly I never killed one.
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<br>We just finished an ammo test on low grade Wolf 22 match ammo it is good stuff.
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<br>Team Top gun just maxed three more Black Death Targets, Bob's 14 year old daughter Rabecka, maxed out on the secound try, some have tried for 8 years.
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<br>I still want to see some of you guys get the max. Let me know when you do and I will put you in the record book.
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<br>As far as those guys cutting me down on Marlin talk, that's fine with me, I don't get mad just even, watch and see. No one with a Marlin has yet to meet the Black Death Challege, I would like to see one of you be the first.

GBB,
<br> 4 hrs a night is all you sleep? I may be able to handle that for one night, but after that I'd be a zombie.
<br>I feel sorry for that deer, so determined to get himself a honey of a doe that he didn't eat. I kinda remember what that was like, but now I'm at the age where I prefer a good bowel movement.
<br> Squacks,
<br> Good idea. I'm headed to small game to start a sasquatch thread.

Morning John!
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<br>Looks the Marlin wire is having a lot of problems. Have a good weekend.
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<br>Happy Trails
<br>Navasota Kid

Looks like the Marlin board is up and going,but I can't get back on it. I've tried everything I can think of and it just doesn't like me anymore. I guess I'll read, but no posts.

Yup same here - marlinBB knows me not!
<br>then I go back just to read, and marlinBB has crashed again!
<br>Poor fellas, I hope it gets fixed soon, Sarge, that buck in the rut was a squirrel, not a dear. I know - odd for me to call a squirrel a buck, but I always have called a male sq a buck... I think I am gonna call a female sq a BUSH from now on... naaaa! hey did you see in the marlin bb, John said pussycat and it was not censored! THEN THE WHOLE SITE CRASHED! Oslama musta had a heart attack 'cause he MISSED ONE!
<br>GBB

Oh its my fault Marlin crashed again. I tell you its that darn cat. We have a gun show in town so my whole team went. Bob bought Rabecka a new CZ-452 which is what she wanted for her 15th birthday. Now that she is the only female white feather. I was avertising all my sponsors and we got invited to an exotic hunt in Texas.
<br>It would seem that every gun pro in the parish is a Top Gun member and they all travel together, good bunch of folks, damn good shooters. I picked up one new shooter. He has a Ruger 77/22 with a Shilen barrel, Fajen thumbhole stock in Blue marble, weaver scope. He said no trouble with the Black Death target, he wanted $900 for the gun, I told him to keep it he would need it. He kept it and joined the team. I think this old Navy guy is pretty good.

GBB,
<br> I always called a male squirrel a boar, no particular name for a female. It's kinda like Gen. US Grant, who was tone deaf, commenting on knowing songs. He said: "I can only recongnize two songs. One is Dixie and the other one isn't."
<br>I still haven't got to shoot any because of the wind around here. The black death targets I printed are the wrong size. A dime fits in the #5 target on the ones I printed. I'll still shoot at them, but they won't count.

Oh man, if a dime fits in the 5 ring you got it right, I goofed on a previous post but it was crashed when I fixed it Sarge. The way to test a BD target is to put a dime in the 5 ring ......sorry go for it. If you read shooting the Top Gun Match it gives the proper measurements of the little white circles. You can always contact me at fptopgunbellsouth.net

Thanks John, I guess you'll have to list Savage as one of the guns that shot a 50. HA! Maybe I'll try it at 10ft with my Red Ryder, I'll probably get a better score.

Hey sarge let me get this straight did you score a 50 on the target, if you did get ahold of me at my e-mail address imediately.

hi john,
<br>I went huntin till noon sat - then went to a gun show too. the one in middletown ny SUCKED - it's like all the dealers doubled the prices since 9/11. honest, every dealer selling NIB guns were at MSRP!! that's bs - and no-one had any rimfire ammo - centerfire only, and reloader brass...
<br>saw a bruno (sp) in hornet (from 1944) $1044 - only hornet at show! 3 new cz's - 5-6 hundred, few ansheltz (i know I can't spell that one!) all over a thousand. getting disapointed with the shows around here.
<br>hey, what's an "exotic" hunt in texas - finding a girl with a highschool edumacation! (second wife is from texas - best woman i ever... got a higher education then me also - so all you texas gals can put your guns down - it was a JOKE!)
<br>1/2 hour to a ny exotic hunt - the elusive gbt (taking my rem 510 targetmaster 1 shot, with subsonics) - did that yesterday it was such fun I'm gonna repeet.
<br>have a good sunday,
<br>gbb

hey sarge,
<br>the 880sq I had used to put 5 shots under a dime, but where the dime was - THAT was the problem. Saw a nice savage 22LR at that show yesterday, would have bought it except for the price. a markII with 2 letters fillowing (gx maybe?) nice heavy SS barrel, recesed crown, grey/black laminate wood stock. Oh well, still waiting for my 880sq to get back. the fella said "first part of the week..." that was THIS WEEK I hope...
<br>gbb

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<br> Thanks John, I guess you'll have to list Savage as one of the guns that shot a 50. HA! Maybe I'll try it at 10ft with my Red Ryder, I'll probably get a better score.
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<br>Congrats sarge, first with a gun from CANADA!
<br>now if the red ryder can pull it off...
<br>gbb

Gentlemen, gentlemen, see the big HA! after that statement?
<br>NO! I have not shot a 50, I haven't even got to shoot at the target yet, and if I did shoot a 50 there's no one around here to witness it. I'm one of those who'll just shoot it for fun, and I'll tell you how I did, but it'll have to be unofficial. I'm sure the Savage is capable if I find the right ammo, plus my range is 30yds. I shoot off the top of my well house to a railroad tie against one of my sheds. Maybe I can find a table to set in front of the well house to shoot off of to make the distance 25 yds. I'll need all the advantage I can get. Sorry for the confusion my fecitious statement caused.

SARGE: i was never under the impression that you had shot the target. i could see it was a mis-understanding. this has happened to me on the marlin site. a young man asked the question, "what is a tap"? and being a tooling engineer i thought that i would be qualified to answer that. then he asked, "what is a tap made of", which i also felt in the realm of my capabilities. then i caught both barels from somebody who thought i was giving this young man instructions on how to tap his rifle barrel for scope mounts! i couldn't figure how he got to that conclusion by the information in front of him. i let the thing pass. i could have given him instuctions on how to machine the whole rifle for that matter but it is not worth arguing with a person who can't read the facts in front of them.
<br> good luck when you try that target. think i may give it a try again myself. as i said before, my bullets were not up to it. a 15-2x is the best i could manage. but i have a new batch to try. but the rifle i'll be using is the rem. 541t and not a marlin. luck!

Well boys I thought for a moment there sarge had done it. That was a hell of a snake story you told on the Star site. I I trust anyone with a 50 it would be sarge. He has seen the eliphant.
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<br>Our gun show this week was small but Bob got Rabecka a nice CZ-452 Trg. $250. At 10 feet you can't tell the difference in it and my lux. I did a trigger job on two CZ's this weekend they were both tack drivers. As far as accuracy, they all shoot the same, good. marlin is wiped out again.
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<br>When I get my marlin 1897 it better shoot a 50 on the Black Death $500. Im going to start a Cowboy action division for 2003. any stock 22 with a tubular magazine, except bolt actions.
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GBB,
<br> I'll bet your 510 is accurate. Years ago I bought my youngest son a used 511 and it was real accurate. Never had a scope on it, but he had good eyes.
<br>Squacks,
<br> When I was in Alaska a friend had a 541T. Pretty rifle and very accurate. He would consistently shoot grouse in the head at 30 yards. I wanted one but naturally they didn't make it left handed.
<br>John,
<br> I looked at my targets again and it's the #3 target that a dime sets in. If the wind ever settles down, I'll shoot at the #3 target and see how I do. My Dad's old Marlin bolt action from the 30s is the gun that may just do it, but I have to try my Savage first since it's the one I hunt with.

sarge: i have really been tickled with the 541t. i have pulled some shots with it on squirrels and crows that amazed me. in the woods it's hard to tell exact distances but there is a pasture i hunt where you can see a long way. i hunt it sometimes just for that reason. squirrels can see you a long way off and i can see them. it requires longer distance shooting than normal. i practice a lot at 50yds. most of the shots in that pasture are that and more. there is a little berm on one end that is a perfect rest for the rem. in the prone position. and it's all walnut trees! it's the only reason i bought the ssv. next year i plan on trying one even further. but in truth i never needed the ssv. but i had a ball shooting at that 200yd target with it!

hi sarge,
<br>yup, the 510 is as good as i can be. i have only used it with subsonics, but whatever i aim at it hits. good out to about 30-40 yards with GBTs, after that, i can't see them unless moving... when the gbt stops he just sorta blends in. Also, ala katnia (the tiger hunter from india), I hunted some tiny tigers myself sat. At 20 yards TTs (Tiny Tigers) disaper when not moving. so i hit a few on the run. tts running along logs. I got a brick of rws subsonics, must be very soft lead, the hollow point opened up in the tts! it's a shame, i wanted one of those tiger rugs you see...;)
<br>have a good day boys, i'm back to work after a 4 day weekend,
<br>GBB

Squacks,
<br> When it comes to buying a new gun, you don't have to "need" it. I figure as long as there's a reason, like your 100 yd shots at squirrels. The type of areas that I hunt rarely offer shots past 50 yds, but later in the season when the leaves are off, longer shots are available. I think you've convinced me that I need a 22mag for those occasions. Savage makes one for left handers and at a good price too. If I was sure that Savage was going to make a left handed 17, I'd hold out for it.
<br>GBB,
<br> I used to hunt those tiny tigers with a pellet gun. They're quite a challenge. I have cleaned up a bunch and fried them. They are good, but it takes a bunch. I think it was 15 that I cleaned.
<br>John,
<br> If that 97 doesn't shoot good enough for the black death target, I'll take it off your hands, provided of course that there's a substantial discount involved. I sure like the looks of that gun.
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John,
<br>I am tracking my 880SQ - I can SEE it comming home. I am told she came out pretty well, not everything I was told to expect, but the smith did his best, and even went "above and beyond" in some respects. He is a good man. I should have her in my hands tomorow, with luck I will max "the target" this weekend. MAJOR CONGRATS TO NIGHTHAWK - Dem cz's sure seem to do da job! I hope I can beat you to it with a marlin
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<br>MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN!
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<br>GBB

Yep! Thanks. If only they made a Match grade ammo for the WMR. Well may have to give the Model 39 another crack at it! Good luck with your 880SQ.
<br>Regards Nite}{Awk

Thanks Nighthawk, and I GOT IT! With the MARLIN 880SQ!!!
<br>Man, this feels good. I gave it a try with the 882ss as well - not even close. But the SQ can do it over and over. You are lucky to have tiger to go with you; you can coach each other and witness the results. It was hard to get someone to sit there with a spotting scope and watch me max the first one, I asked if he would stay and watch some more... He had just filled out the "witness affidavit", I think he was a little burnt out, he said "maybe next time"
<br>I am gonna bribe a bud to come along on Sat. and witness a few more maxes (not TOO over confident...) I also gave it a try with my 56 year old REM Targetmaster 510 and her iron sights. HOW DID THAT GUY DO THAT FROM 50 YARDS! I could hardly see the #10 target at 25 yards - needless to say, no max with the REM
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<br>I'll bet mountainrunner gets it too, he has one of those first 880SQs with the match chamber...
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<br>Thanks again, and good luck again - to you and tiger.
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<br>GBB

Your right about Mike Flyns' max at 50 yards we don't know how he did it either, It wasn't luck, he almost did it twice. When he put a target scope on the gun he didn't get close. The worst part was the ammo, Remington Long Rifle holow points high speed, It will be a long time before anyone matches Mike's target, Im glad he is on my team.

John,
<br>geez-wow! That's a ******* story!
<br>Now I got 1,
<br>Marlin board just crashed again!!
<br>While I was accepting my academy award in that thread you started about that yank maxing the BD target! When I started typen, everything was "copastetic" - when I hit the "submit" button, Rimfire and bigbore forums were gone. Also funny, I had just gotten back the name "graybushy" so THAT'S gone again too ...
<br>Too funny!!
<br>Marlin will have it up tomorrow I suppose, I'll post it then, in the mean time I will post it here 'cause it's still in memory.
<br>By the way, I am going to try to get some of the tricked-up 10/22 guys (at my new range - 25 yards...BOO HOO) addicted to the BD challenge targets. I got a feeling it will be the most fun in a competition, so strategy can win the day, not necessarily a "50".
<br>GBB
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ok, here is what I wrote as marlin crashed (Nero fiddled..)
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<br>Hi John,
<br>Thank you, I literally could not have done it without your help and guidance. First you had to have put the BD CHALLANGE in my (and everybody else's) face. Made it easily available, talked it up in the face of adverse attitudes. Then 5 weeks ago you told me it was time to quit smoking those smokes, and I have not had one since that night. Now when I am at the bench, thinking about shooting, I am thinking about SHOOTING - not getting outside to grab a smoke. That's part of what you told me that night, and you were right. Also my heart doesn't "pound" when I stop breathing at that "mid-point" when I am ready to take my shot. I have a few extra seconds every time, which feels like it is due to cutting out those smokes. Then I used ammo I felt confident about. Gauged and sorted. Did that make a difference? I felt more confident that I knew my ammo, and it was in some way more regular (round to round) then un-sorted ammo. Confidence really helps. Even if it is the "placebo effect" -although I don't think it is. (But I wouldn't, would I?) Then I got allot of encouragement from you and from my many friends here at Marlin Talk. The support here is like nothing I have ever seen anywhere else in "cyber space", and I have been around the block a few times. 99% of the people here want nothing more then to help others, and to feel good about doing that. We are not "angles" but 99% of us have our hearts in the right place - better then 99%, much closer to 100%. I wonder if I could have done it yesterday without an indoor range. I must thank Dennis Serpi, Owner of "Master Class Shooters Supply Range" in Monroe, NY for allowing me access to the range on nothing more then a handshake. (I think he had a 45 in the other hand, so don't be thinking he is some sort of a "soft touch".) And Richard Cuozzo who sat there and watched the little lead go down range over and over so I could have a witness for the records. Richard doesn't know me from Adam, but he took time out to help me (and Marlin.) Thank you Marlin for making the coolest Squirrel Rifle, the 880SQ!
<br>And I would like to thank the academy for...
<br>For a moment there I was Julia Roberts! I should have asked myself out, before the feeling faded...
<br>Mostly I am lucky to get the chance to thank you all the way any of you would have thanked me (as part of us) if it happened to have been someone else. I just squeezed the trigger 5 times, YOU and the people I happened to have (remembered to have) named did WAY most of the work, and have WAY most of the skills.
<br>Thanks for putting up with me.
<br>gbb
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GBB, I think right now the White Feather in your cap, is worth more than an Oscar. There is still one more challenge to go, and that is to teach others what you have learned. Sooner or later, you will bump into a kid, that appears to have nothing to do but get in trouble. You will try real hard not to notice, but you just can't. You will find that you will speak with confidence, as you gain that kids intrest in shooting, and probably a lot of other things that need mentioning to kids these days. "When the student is ready, the master will appear." Thats you now, Noah......PASS IT ON

John,
<br>That (God willing) is when I get a chance to SHOW my "thanks".
<br>GBB

John,
<br> You're right about getting a kid interested in shooting. I think we've talked about this before, but it seems that a kid that is interested in hunting, fishing, shooting, doesn't get into trouble. By the way, GBB, I read on the Marlin board about you maxing the BD target, that's quite an accomplishement. Congratulations on the white feather in your hat. Another "by the way". John, are you using the white feather in memory of Carlos?

Sarge,
<br>I just checked the "who is on", and John jumped off, the 3 of us been going around and around from Ms BB to here.
<br>Yes, Carlos, did you read that thing at "star Arch" about "white feather"? - just a paragraph about him.
<br>(I wonder if bullseye knows about this place?)
<br>GBB

GBB,
<br> No, I hadn't read that, but I figured that's where the white feather came from. I had the opportunity to meet Carlos a few years back. It's a shame that a man like him had to wither away.
<br>I don't know if Bullseye knows about this site or not. John must have had to go to work. I have to go in today and kick the little nose pickers around in wood shop. Oh well, it's better than teaching math, since I'm a mathematical idiot!

Yes thats where the White Feather concept came from just like Davy Crocket's coon skin cap. I never got to meet Carlos Hathcock, but I get to shoot with his top student John Wilde every day. He is a phenominal rifleman, it seemed only befitting the White feather would be the icon of the best of the best top gun squirrel rifle shooters. Carlos Hathcock got his first trainging in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas with a 22 squirrel rifle. An officer once told him to get rid of the feather in his booney hat. Now I know an officer that would give a months pay for a white feather in his cap. PASS IT ON

John,
<br> Did you ever hear of a man named Chuck Mulheany?(may be spelled wrong) I don't know if he was a Marine sniper or Army (I think Marine), but he was up there with Carlos on confirmed kills. Some credit him with more, but I haven't seen or heard a confirmation on that. Do you know anything about it?

oh, I just want to puke! was posting a reply to sqs when - you guesed it CRASH - there goes the GrayBushyWhacker name. well I did not realy like that one anyway..
<br>this was in responce to you sqs:
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<br>Sqs,
<br>Now that sounds like fun, the boy scouts turn out at one of the local rod & gun ranges twice a year like a plague of chattering and cracking locusts. You can tell the night before, at walmart, the moms show up one after another looking for shooting eye and ear protection. TOTALY cracks me up to listen to the mothers attack the walmart clerks...
<br>"Are these plastic glasses SAFE!"..."I'll take 3 of those!" ($45 earmuff protectors - look like they would be at home on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier) - "Mam, these 66 cent Remington green disposable earplugs really work very well..." - "not for MY boy!" then finally "what do you mean you are ALL OUT!!!"
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<br>Now I stopped typing just here cause I heard my chock lab chewing something - it sounded WAY too crunchy - so I get up to see what the big dope has got and lo and behold, He has just mauled my prescription shooting glasses. Tell me somebody in authority around here doesn't have a sense of humor. Here I am making fun of those boyscout moms and their eye protection and just then the big dog finds and eats MINE! Oh, very funny big guy...
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<br>very, very funny...
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<br>GBB

GBB,
<br> That's what you get for having a Lab. My lab finds all sorts of things to chew on. One day she was chewing on a couch leg, don't know where she found it. Another day she had the leg of a wooden kitchen chair, don't know where she got that either. I have found all sorts of stuff in my yard that she finds a brings home, all junk. Smart dogs though, and very personable. I'd sure like to find a Jack
<br>Russell terrier or a good feist at a decent price. I refuse to pay alot of money for a dog. I did pay 35 for a Beagle and he got ran over. Some the best dogs you can have are mutts that are given away.

Carlos would have been proud of the kids and the white feather. It kidda says "I dare you" just like long trang dared the VC to take a shot at him. I wonder how many lives he saved wearing that feather as the VC snipers passed up guys like you and me looking for him. Another reason for the medal of honor that he never got. If you wonder about the Black death target rules, think of, right down the scope wihout touching the sides. Now you know the rest of the story, PASS IT ON

GUYS: those scouts were having a lot of fun. a friend and i were shooting a .44 mag ruger super redhawk. he is a retired navy chief who used to be qualified as expert with a pistol. so i brought the .44 for him to get aquainted with. and could he shoot it? yes he could. and he loved shooting it.
<br>we did find a few stray .22 holes in that pistol target. do you actually realise how much bigger a .44 hole looks upside a .22.
<br> on the bdt. i had fun shooting at it. i think i can do it on a day when there is no wind. looking into that cold wind my eyes were watering all day. i did put 4 in a row into a practice target and edged the black on the fifth.
<br>and what is a killer is that i shot a 35-5x that would have easily fit into the fifty. so i know now that the rifle-ammo combo will definitely do it. it is hard to get used to that little plink sound the rifle makes shooting that target ammo. it does sound rather impotent! luck!
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