Recent content by Ol' Red

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    New Hunter Shooting Practice

    After getting a load worked up and sighted in, I can't stop shooting. I can make holes in paper and measure groups, or hit a prairie dog and watch him fly three or five feet up and twenty feet backwards.
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    Here we go again

    You get "Brandy" with your tornado siren? Crap all we get is noise.
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    New Hunter Shooting Practice

    That is great practice. People laugh at me or think my cheese slid off of my cracker when I use a .300 Win Mag or .338 Win Mag on prairie dogs. But it is great real live practice and more fun than you can imagine.
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    New Hunter Shooting Practice

    Trigger time, trigger time, trigger time. I can't add much to what @Sealesniper or @Lee7588 posted. Shoot as much as possible. Shooting from the bench builds confidence in your ability with your rifle. Then get away from the bench and shoot targets at different ranges and sizes. I have access to...
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    New user from Rural Alaska

    Welcome from Wyoming.
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    I Know This Is LRH... But What Is The Shortest Distance You Have Taken A Live Target?

    I have killed several porcupine with a shovel or a club. But with a gun it would be a black pine squirrel at about 3 feet with a .41 magnum. I had no choice, he looked like he was about to charge.
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    Here we go again

    Hope you and yours fare well through this.
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    Drill Bit Sharping Machine

    I have a drill doctor that I have used a few times. It works pretty well. I also have had some guys that work for me can ruin a high-speed bit on a wood 2X4. So I purchased some lifetime warranty bits. Pretty soon, they will quit answering the phone when I call.
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    What is the longest shot you have made on a live target

    Before I knew what a rangefinder was, I shot a caribou that we paced off at about 800 yards. First shot hit right behind the front feet. The second shot hit right the front feet. My hunting partner and I realized that we were way off on our distance judgement. Adjusted holdover and hit it in...
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    The dumbest thing you have ever heard

    I concede, you win.
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    Criminal’s Worst Nightmare

    That would be the robbers last robbery.
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    My new gun!!!!! I’m so excited about this, join me! 🤣

    Keep your shirt on Calvin. Homey don't swing that way. 😘
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    My new gun!!!!! I’m so excited about this, join me! 🤣

    There is nothing like a new prairie dog gun to get a guy excited. Calvin, make sure you post pictures of the prairie dogs.
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    America Taken over by TicTok, Liberals, Hamas

    Excellent idea.
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    Rookie from Chicago

    Welcome from Wyoming. Great forum here with lots of info.
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