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^^^ Very nice, looks like a lot of fun.

50-100-450 and a gopher…

I think that is fantastic, you show a picture of an old, awesome, high condition, special order rifle. Couple days later, shows that it works per Winchesters intent. Nice. I am jealous again.

Pretty cool. Looks like it did the job.

This 75 year old guy is blind from that picture. It's great to see things the way they used to be.

Not furred up but, not alive either.

Carpe Diem!

I saw what you did there...

Took a walk along a couple of bean strips early afternoon. No bug dope so bailed before skeeter fest.
Saw 4, got 4.






2 pups from one den and the 2 adults each from diff den.
Used my dads rifle. He passed away 2 yrs ago so figured id give it a try in memorial

Pups dont hold together and even one of the adults was a bit sploded. Hence rifle blocking the mess in pic 1.

👍🏻👍🏻

first of the year and first double of the year. Some mounds had as many as 8 pups up.
IMG_20230529_071542340_HDR by .com/photos/156405073N02/]Tim Richard, on [bleep]
IMG_20230529_092941856_HDR by .com/photos/156405073N02/]Tim Richard, on [bleep]

Does a suppressor make a gun more interesting?

I would say so…

Damn, wish I was there...

+1


RS

It really was a great day...

No one will ever say Shrapnel does't use enough gun!

Forgot my rangefinder at home but dialed it for 450yds. Got to range it later so to take the mystery out. LVSF in 204 Ruger with 32gr v-max and a stiff charge of 8208 under it.

Glassed up a group of pigs still lingering in the fields just after daylight. They were working a tree line about 1200 yds from where I parked the truck. I waded through what seemed like 10 miles of waist tall, wet grass to close the gap on them. With the wind at my back, I made it up the last rise and where I thought they would be, they were not. Figured theyd winded me. After a few minutes I caught movement and they had moved off to my left probably 150 yds. A group of roughly 15 pigs. I settled on the smaller brown boar, sent the first 250 NPT through both front shoulders, abruptly dumping him in the tall grass. The group scattered across the hillside, and I saw what I thought to be the largest pig of the group running directly away from me. Sent the next 250 into the base of the tail and exited just under the chin. She tumbled to a stop and never kicked. First shot was 147, the second was 205. Rifle is a 700 BDL in .338WM 250 NPT at 2700.