Recent content by Rick79

While I don’t have a hunting dog, that isn’t something I’d ever heard of. Something to ask about for when we do get another dog, thank you for the info!!

My all time favorite is a Model 12 Featherweight with a 30+ inch barrel my dad bought me at a garage sale many years ago. I still take it out from time to time, but it’s mostly a safe queen since it’s all original and I want it to stay that way. Now I shoot an A400 Extreme and it’s a dream to...

Non-military, 480 on a bull elk leaning over the hood of a pickup with my fist as a rest. Not exactly the rest I was planning on using…

Would you rather be judged by 12 or carried by 6? I’ll take being judged if it comes to that. The one time I was in a DLP situation the federal DA that reviewed the case dismissed it, it wasn’t in a national park though. I think you can still carry in national parks too if the state allows...

Sig P220 (non-Legion) in 10mm again. I love Sig but $1,700 is a bit pricey when the non-Legion was $1,000 or less. I prefer DA/SA with an exposed hammer vs the DAOs with an enclosed hammer.

I won’t own anything made by Beretta. The only weapon that ever failed on me when I needed it was an M9. I had others break, but still work until I was able to repair them.

Saw that in the first Jurassic Park movie, hopefully you would have more luck than he did!

I have two. One I bought and the other I won. I won a Glock .380 when I was looking for a .380 for my wife, thought it was great luck!! I tried 6-8 types of ammo from cheap to expensive and it didn’t like any of it. It would stove pipe after every shot making it a single shot pistol. I had my...

How long of a shot will you potentially let him take? You may have said, but I didn’t see it. I had my daughter start with a 22-250, and it shoots like a laser beam. Her first deer was a neck shot at 245 yards. She wanted to shoot one of “mine” when she got bigger, so I bought some Hornady...

I’ll second the Cabela’s Outfitter bag of weight is not an issue. It is 14 pounds brand new and a bit over the $100 price point for the -20 one that I have. It is comfortable, but I’ll be looking for something lighter the next time I have to pack a bag in somewhere.

Growing up on a farm, my first was a .22 LR Remington Viper. I was 13 and saved up my money to buy it. Shotgun’s would be the Steven’s side by side .410 that my grandfather let me borrow from time to time until my dad got tired of buying the ammo for it! The I got a real shotgun, Winchester...

That same year during the rut, I had a buck become very interested in walking back to the truck. I sat out late so I wouldn’t spook the deer, I had a number of them around when it got dark and one looked really good in the low light. It was too dark to tell how old he was, so no shot. There were...

Here’s one that I cannot explain. 2003 in the eastern desert of Iraq late April or early May not to far from the border with Iran. We had been moving around a lot and had circled the vehicles up, set up security, and trying to get some rest if you were not on watch. I had just come off watch...

3 times jump to mind for me. First was when I was 16 or 17. Me and a buddy were goofing off and walking the river at a deer lease our dads were on. Started getting dark and we decided to head back to the truck and go to camp. Made it about half way to the truck and there were mountain lion...

I still have a Model 12 Featherweight. The only down side to it is it doesn’t have the 3” chamber. Probably the best shooting shotgun I’ve ever owned. My dad bought it used at a garage sale for me in the early 90’s when he got tired of buying .410 shells for me to shoot!