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Thanks,
John

Woo Hoo!

Dang John, just into the first article, and that E.C. person sure writes well!

Regards, Guy

Thank you John! I’ll click over that way.

That was nicely done. A pleasure to read.

Thanks!

Excellent read, as always.

John,
I started back-to-front. Thanks for the excellent story of your Moose Luck.
"Some days you're the fire hydrant, and some days you're the dog."

You and Eileen stay warm, looks like it'll be cooling off a tad middle of next week.

Cheers,
Rex

Thanks everyone for the feedback on Rifle Loony News. I forgot to add two things--or really just ran out of space. First, the recipe for turkey sausage is from The Upland Game Bird cookbook, first published by Ducks Unlimited.
Second, on the sourdough, and the stress of discard. You can put the starter in the fridge and feed it once a week, if you need a break. My problem was that I just fell in love with those sourdough chocolate chip cookies, and delicate, light sourdough waffles. I keep making them and keep putting them in the freezer, but they call to me in the morning. Afternoons too.

Rex,

Yeah, it's already a little cooler--but the latest prediction is for slightly warmer temperatures than earlier predictions, just a little below zero, and relatively briefly. Though they're now predicting more snow--which is OK since this is the time of year when we need it for summer....

Glad you liked "Moose Luck"! Took a while for me to remember that I've actually been pretty lucky with moose hunting.

John

John;
Top of the morning to you, I hope this finds you and Eileen well.

Thanks for another informative and as always entertaining read in this latest edition of RLN.

The Cerakote writeup was especially of interest to me since over the years I've painted a few cars, pickup and semi trucks, a tractor or two and a grain trailer as well. Then when I worked in the cabinet industry for 27 years I was either in the finishing department, running it or helping them trouble shoot issues for about 25 of those years.

We had MEK and it's both wonderful and not healthy to be around, but in my experience it'll strip out contaminants like nothing else I used back then.

Finishes can be so susceptible to variances in ambient heat and moisture content too - or at least kitchen and automotive finishes were. When I read about how careful Charlie Sisk was with his processes I found myself nodding in agreement and wincing just a wee bit too, since I'd been somewhere close to there way, way too many times with different finishes not behaving the way I was hoping and then trying to find out what the operator/applicator had done different that day.

One time I recall that a maintenance guy had used a lube with silicone in it up in the air return system of the shop and that was enough to contaminate the finishes, resulting in all 3 of our finishing lines/spray booths being shut down for nearly 2 days. Little stuff...

Anyways, it was a good read once more for sure.

All the best to you both.

Dwayne

Dwayne,

Sorry not respond sooner, but hope you and yours are doing well!

Glad you liked the Cerakote article, but one thing I didn't mention that you would find interesting is that Charlie Sisk has thee separate, sealed booths for doing various kinds of rifle-finish work, primarily to prevent problems of the kind you're familiar with.

Best,
John

nicely done Eileen and John ! >and my son has the luck in our family i understand John .

Thanks, Steve! Glad you liked it.

Yep, hunting luck tends to run in different ways....

John

Hey John -

This is a little late, but congratulations on your semi-retirement!

And as a matter of curiosity, what rifle/cartridge did you take with you on your moose hunt?

Took two different firearms, depending on where I was hunting.

The state wildlife area doesn't allow rifles for hunting, as it both borders the city limits and several farms and ranches. You can use bows, handguns chambered for "traditional" handgun cartridges, muzzleloaders (traditional or modern), or shotguns. I took the Remington 870 12-gauge I purchased new in 1979, with rifled barrel and slugs, which we've taken a wide variety of big game with, including my biggest black bear, Eileen's cow moose in 2009, and several deer.

Outside the wildlife area (basically in the local mountain range) I took my Griffin & Howe custom 1903 Springfield with handloaded 220-grain Nosler Partitions. These weren't so much for the moose as a possible grizzly argument if I killed a moose. There are quite a few grizzlies in that chunk of mountains.

Thanks for congratulations!

John