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That's a cool rifle Bill. I had one for a couple of years when I dislocated my shoulder, I bought if for the recoil or lack there of.

I killed a couple of deer with it. The best load I could find was Winchester 117gr RN bullets. I could cover 3 holes with a nickel at 100. 1 deer dropped on the spot.

The second one, a very large Iron Range doe, in 2007 I think, (151# dressed, I remember because I posted it on this thread I think). I shot her in the ribs at about 40 yards, and she stood there like nothing happened. I thought I missed. She turned 180* and I shot just behind the shoulder on the right side. Then I could see her "jump" a bit at the shot and she ran right at me, passing by me at about 5 yards. It was all too fast to shoot again...which turned out pretty good, because she stiffend up just past me and tipped over.

I got down and checked her out and there were 4 holes in her behind the shoulder. 1 in and 1 out on each side. I was surprised by her reaction simply because the shot placement was nearly perfect, not ruining any meat and both shot were all lung. She was a big deer but ate just fine.

Has anybody here ever gotten a patent? My cousin and I are working on an idea. I cannot divulge the idea quite yet, but when our patent attorney gives us the nod I will. If anyone has any advice, I am all ears....or I guess eyes!

Meanwhile, I am researching yachts and private planes cuz we plan on getting filthy rich....

Too late BM. The Hula Hoop has already been invented.

Ouch!

Seriously it has? Oh doggone it. Well, i have an idea for this hard candy with a stick in it. Hmmmm....what could I name it????

I just dropped $500 at the patent attorneys office. It is pretty real right now.

As soon as I can tell you, I will. But at this point, I am under a gag order from the attorney. Nobody can know without signing a non-disclosure agreement. He said not even my dad!

Patents are expensive.In 2005 I developed the LT-2 sight adjuster for Mosin rifles.After finding out how much patents cost I decided to masnufacture and market without one which I did for 6 years.Sold them all over the world.Finally I decided to give the thing to a young friend to market.
Point is that you have to have a product that is going to bring in enough money to warrant the high cost of a patent.


Stan in SC

Stan, I have wore a bald spot in my already hair-deficient head trying to figure out if there is enough need for this product. It came down to this....if you dont try you will never know. Someone will come out with this I am confident. Might as well be us. I think there will be a lot of people that want this. The patent attorney liked the idea...of course he is getting paid to like it!

I cant wait to tell you folks. Could be in as little as 3-4 weeks.

I went as far as patent search and initiated listing... it got too expensive and I said the heck with it.

There's really nothing you can do to fully protect your stuff. China doesn't give a chit about patents.

That being said, they do have their place and I wish you luck with your idea.

If it helps get rid of snow, I'll be one of your first customers.

I know ! I know ! Its a camolodged Butt Out Tool so your buddies won't see ya use it and laugh at ya. !?

I borrowed a Food Saver from a friend and used it this morning to package up my venison that wasn't wrapped. I had 2 packages of sausage in 10# sticks, that I broke down into approximately 1# packages, put the brats, smoked polish, and hot polish into 1# packages.

There are a ton of things I can find uses for one of these. I'm considering getting one. Do any of you folks use one? Do you like it? I liked it immediately, as soon as the first package of polish was sealed up. For those of you that use one, do you freeze the meat or keep it in the frige? I have it in the beer frige now but can put some in the freezer if I have to.

They work well Tom, but there are a few tricks. Whatever you seal should be as dry as possible otherwise blood, water etc. can mess up the sealing process.

Berries should be frozen first.

Bags are expensive. Even if you buy the bulk rolls and make your own, there still pricy.

Bill,

It had a setting for "dry" or "moist" if you bagged something with marinade or a sauce. I didn't try that though so I'm not sure how well it would work.

I bought a couple packages of bags to replace the one's I used and an extra roll. They were $10/package.

I'm pretty sure you can reuse/reseal them if you open it. There is only one way to find out.

I have and used a vacuum sealer a bit, they are really nice. I would say to get the commercial one from cabelas they are a little pricey but last WAY longer than the cheaper food saver brand. also buy bulk bags from a butcher supply store or something similar, they are cheaper.

BM- someone already made a beer launching fridge, I looked it up. great idea though! maybe they haven't patented it yet? good thinking

Negatory on the Butt Out tool Ron, try again! Supposed to have a call this week with the attorney.

So about 8 years ago, Dad bought a vacuum sealer and brought it up to Canada on our fishing trip. He sat there for about 2 hours trying to get that to work and the rest of us were literally in tears we were laughing so hard. At the end, cousin Shane sucked out all the air from a ziplock and it was way better than anything the sealer had produced. That was it, as soon as he did that, we had 5 guys in stitches...falling out of the cabin we were laughing so hard the neighboring cabin guys who we had never met came over. Pretty soon they were laughing too! What a cool memory.

Ironically, Dad just bought another one. Round 2 this year!

I'm no Ron ! I'm Sam ! :-)

My apologies Sam I am Mule1! I had just read something he wrote and had him on my (pea) brain. Sometimes, the only things that keep me on the right side of the fence at the zoo is my upright posture and opposable thumbs!

Lol hey you can call me whatever you want I'll answer to anything.

I been trying to come up with a another guess but I need a clue does it have something to do with hunting or fishing ?

Yes, hunting.

We got the "nice" one from Costco a few years ago. It makes the venison processing much better, and is very useful for saving other foods during the year. I would put it's utility value right up there with the commercial Cabela's grinder.

I freeze, then thaw it out when I want to use it.