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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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BSA, thanks for the pics. I can see you like your scopes a bit forward from where I've got this one.
I downloaded pics of hardwerk's and his son's gun and examined them blown up in high-def and exactly where I have the scope at right now is nearly identical to those 2 rifles.
I did take it outside tonight, checking out the view through the scope. Eye relief is just about perfect, and that glass.. Zoomed in on a stop sign ~ 150 yds away. To say I was all smiles would be an understatement. If I can scoot the scope forward a smidge, I will, if for no other reason than to gain a little more clearance on the forward mount.
I've been up to my azz in alligators after my truck broke down on the way to work Saturday. My buddy and I looked at it with his Actron, but couldn't definitively i.d. the problem, but we picked up some codes for the shop to work with. With the holiday weekend, was finally able to get it into a decent shop here close to my house this evening after work.
After some schitball trying to steal my Harley the week before, I'd have to say when it rains, it pours. Azzhole couldn't get it started, so just dumped it in my swale, putting the first fair sized scratch it's ever had in the front fender. About 1 1/2". I've owned that bike for going on 19 yrs since new. I was feeling pretty damn ornery that day.
Thanking God daily that I got it back in one piece, and also that I didn't catch the scumbag in the process, 'cause he'd have been a dead thief and I'd be up to my eye sockets in legal problems.
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BSA, thanks for the pics. I can see you like your scopes a bit forward from where I've got this one.
I downloaded pics of hardwerk's and his son's gun and examined them blown up in high-def and exactly where I have the scope at right now is nearly identical to those 2 rifles.
I did take it outside tonight, checking out the view through the scope. Eye relief is just about perfect, and that glass.. Zoomed in on a stop sign ~ 150 yds away. To say I was all smiles would be an understatement. If I can scoot the scope forward a smidge, I will, if for no other reason than to gain a little more clearance on the forward mount.
I've been up to my azz in alligators after my truck broke down on the way to work Saturday. My buddy and I looked at it with his Actron, but couldn't definitively i.d. the problem, but we picked up some codes for the shop to work with. With the holiday weekend, was finally able to get it into a decent shop here close to my house this evening after work.
After some schitball trying to steal my Harley the week before, I'd have to say when it rains, it pours. Azzhole couldn't get it started, so just dumped it in my swale, putting the first fair sized scratch it's ever had in the front fender. About 1 1/2". I've owned that bike for going on 19 yrs since new. I was feeling pretty damn ornery that day.
Thanking God daily that I got it back in one piece, and also that I didn't catch the scumbag in the process, 'cause he'd have been a dead thief and I'd be up to my eye sockets in legal problems. local dirt. I hear you man. When it rains it pours then it blizzards on my azz!!!!! Just gods tests on us to see if we loose faith. I can tell you all kinds of things about my car trouble lately and the refrigerator, microwave, oven, clothes washer all going tits up in the last month!!! I really pizzed someone off  . 2004 GMC has a new rebuilt transfer case by yours truly, and wife's suburban is back on the road again after some misfire conditions it was having. Scan tools work great if you have a mind to use them. Hope you get yours figured out my friend.
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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BSA, thanks for encouragement. Sounds like you've been having your fun lately, too. The shop near my house has a very good reputation for being honest and not gouging their customers. I'm going to have to agree with that. Long story short, catalytic converter was toast and causing other problems up the food chain. Shop guys got it figured out pretty quick. I just couldn't get to them fast enough to give them the go-ahead, since I went to work last night about the time they were closing. Spoke with the owner this morning. OEM catalytic converter is double after market price I found online last night when I got home, $575. He said I could go aftermarket, if I wanted, but it has to be welded in and I'd probably be revisiting it again in a year of so. Will also need both front and rear O2 sensors, and the throttle body cleaned. They're charging me $65 for the troubleshoot and another $170 total for all other labor. I thought that was fair enough. Gotta love the drive by wire's and pollution control systems. 
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I also went with the Talley lightweights on my Cabela's FN 7mm Mauser supergrade. These are a set of left-over gloss-finished lows that Talley still had around (made for Browning and Winchester). They match the 20 year-old Leupold 3-9X perfectly, and are much lower than the low Talley steels. I think I have the correct set up now for this one, after 2 different sets of mounts and 3 scopes. Bob ![[Linked Image]](http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii27/RobertOIF2/5c4ccb7b-806a-4614-bc4d-ca1e65601251_zpsxg7xblxl.jpg)
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That looks great Bob. You used to have a Minox on that one didn't you?
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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That looks great Bob. You used to have a Minox on that one didn't you? 3-9X Meopta. Beautiful optics, but somewhat big and clumsy looking on the little 22" featherweight. I think this combo is "right". And there's nothing wrong with a Leupold. Bob
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Looks great Bob... Now let's see how that baby shoots!!!! 
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I also went with the Talley lightweights on my Cabela's FN 7mm Mauser supergrade. These are a set of left-over gloss-finished lows that Talley still had around (made for Browning and Winchester). They match the 20 year-old Leupold 3-9X perfectly, and are much lower than the low Talley steels. I think I have the correct set up now for this one, after 2 different sets of mounts and 3 scopes. Bob Bob, that is one purdy Supergrade and looks real nice with the 20 yr old Leupold. And.. you're right, (mounts) they're lower than the steel low's. How old are they?? I think they may be lower than my newer low lightweights.
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I also went with the Talley lightweights on my Cabela's FN 7mm Mauser supergrade. These are a set of left-over gloss-finished lows that Talley still had around (made for Browning and Winchester). They match the 20 year-old Leupold 3-9X perfectly, and are much lower than the low Talley steels. I think I have the correct set up now for this one, after 2 different sets of mounts and 3 scopes. Bob Bob, that is one purdy Supergrade and looks real nice with the 20 yr old Leupold. And.. you're right, (mounts) they're lower than the steel low's. How old are they?? I think they may be lower than my newer low lightweights. These are brand-new Talley lightweight lows, made for Winchester to sell with new M70s as a package. They're gloss-finished and in regular, low height. Talley offered them to me because they had a few sets left over when I mentioned I had a gloss-finished 70. My Leupold has a 40mm objective. Here's a better picture showing the barrel-scope gap and how low the scope is. Mucho better (and lower) than the 6x36mm and Talley steel lows. Bob ![[Linked Image]](http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii27/RobertOIF2/DSC_2471_zpslfhepyae.jpg)
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You hit the wood lottery on that one. My BIL has the same rifle, but with walnut not quite so nice. Kudos.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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