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He is looking at a rug... Not sure where it can go, but we will find somewhere to shoehorn it in.

Good deal. A nice looking bear. The hide looks similar to mine that came from down there.

It is very much like yours, for sure.

I have the same tag you had for this coming spring. So I will probably be giving away another hide!

I'll pack it down for ya.

That's the one we're both going on, right?!

There will be room on the boat if you want to come along... I have several folks looking at coming so far, but I doubt there will be enough to fill the boat.

More eyes is always a good thing...

Art,

Not sure how I overlooked this post, but great story, pictures, and thread. Thanks for sharing.

Bob

Not sure how I missed this... There might even be room for you if you want to go on a boat ride...

I'm small.

Yeah, but I bet your beer tote isn't!

What is this cast-on in the stock? I think it is cool you could see everything when you shot. Interested in what kind of stock it is?

The stock is a custom wood stock (Turkish walnut) and cast means it is bent at the wrist just a little bit... In this case I used 1/4" at the toe and 5/16" at the heel. Recoil turns it, and you, slightly which reduces felt recoil quite a bit. That minor turn clears your view.

Thanks Sitka deer.

Is this only possible via a custom wood stock? Do you mind posting pictures of this? Not sure why, but it sounds intriguing as heck...

Great story Art. What a memory for the kiddo.

What are the trade offs to this cast on arrangement?

Sorry I missed this until this morning... Not sure how well this will work to show what is meant.

This is from the butt end looking up the stock. The rod has centralizers on each end to help show how the stock is "bent" toward a right hand shooter.



From above you can see how the stock is essentially "thicker" toward the shooter... Actually the centerline of the comb is moving into the shoulder and it is as thick as normal throughout.


I do not know of any synthetics stocks being made with cast...

Recoil is not reduced, just redirected... If the cast is seriously wrong for the shooter it might be moving a bit more than desired. From the bench the rifles with a lot of cast will try to move to the side quite a bit and so trying to control them might be an issue if you are not prepared.

I doubt they would actually get away or anything, but the side movement is obvious.

None of that is any issue to me, but it is there.

The biggest drawback might be the fact you cannot get it in a synthetic stock as far as I know.

I have fired thousands of lead bullets at targets with a dirt backstop. This bullet looks identical to hundreds of them I recovered from the dirt.

I think it is a 158 grain 38/357. The bullets I have found were all .38's, 44's and 45's and each of them was was mushroomed in the same manner. They would also have those small pits in both the sides and nose, from striking the dirt.

Some might ask why I dug up so many. I did it so that I could cast them again. I don't remember many jacked bullets but there were a few. I didn't shoot many jacked bullets because they were too expensive. The jackets were mostly intact on the ones I found.

Crooked ass stock.

At what cartridge level does it become worthwhile?