Recent content by Old Hickory 45

Very nice, dirtclod!

No, I bought it one evening and was goose hunting the next morning.

More squirrel carnage with my Savage BMAG .17 WSM at my favorite hunting spot on the Mississippi River bluff in SE Iowa.

When the news broke of the Savage A17 .17 WSM Sporter about two years ago, I ordered one. Savage is now shipping them and I still wait for delivery. What early reports I have read said the rifle likes both 20gr and 25gr. Function is also great.

Accurate, too! My Iowa legal limit of six. It is also pure death on tough varmints. These were shot with 20gr. Rifle is Savage BMAG.

I bought a new Remington 12GA semi auto and after shooting the first shot at some geese, the ejector broke. Yeah, first shot out of the new gun, it broke. I have two Savage .17 rifles that required some work on them to make them satisfactory.

I bought off a maker, a custom old pump action .218 Bee. Original caliber of the action was either a .32/20 or .25/20. Rifle had a nice Douglas barrel and the prettiest walnut stock I ever saw. But the rifle kept breaking firing pins so often I returned it to the maker and received a refund. It...

We rabid squirrel hunters are always looking for the next best rifle we must get. For some of us, it involves a higher power scope and rifle, leaving .22 rifles in the dust. As soon as the .17 HMR hit the news and for sale, I grabbed a Savage 93 and overhauled it, and never looked back. That...

Welcome from SE Iowa, Mike!

Some if it there is tough squirrel hunting! At Jerimiah, KY, it is worked out coal strip mining. I was hunting with a pal from there, Ron Back. Early and cool the first morning, he warned me to watch for copperhead snakes as we climbed a big rubble pile. I almost got bitten on my hand by a big...

I wish I could dig up some! There are a number of outfits selling mammoth ivory online and it is legal.

Thanks, Calvin! I figured out an easy way to inlay the ivory. I used a sharp 3/8" drill bit and drilled both sides of the handles. I then used a 3/8" plug cutter on ivory and inserted the ivory plugs epoxied into the holes. Brownell's Acra Glas gel is all I use for epoxy and have used it many...

I still work beyond retirement age to support my hobbies, like another newly invented must have best fishing pole or the next newly invented gotta have hunting rifle. Wife is retired and also happy, being an avid shopper. I have two great long time pals that run a private owned gun store. One of...

I live atop of the Mississippi River bluff in SE Iowa. We have a lot of game here in town, especially here in the north end of town. Our town population of squirrels is great but the population of them has greatly decreased out of town due to so many varmints. Since great powers invented the...

I really don't have much info to offer pertaining to your choice of rifles but the .17 WSM is fantastic for varmint shooting. I am not a big fan of AR hunting rifles. Semi auto, yes. I have a semi auto ordered, a Savage A17 Sporter .17 WSM and it will suffice as for my hunting. I do have two...