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In the Ear? Really???
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Well, since DJ didn't hunt last night because of being under the weather, Guess I'll tell the story of a brand new Remington 700 VTR (Varmint Tactical Rifle) that ended up with Remington giving me a brand new rifle for free!
For those not familiar with the rifle, mine is the Remington 700 in .308 with the triangular barrel. Yep Triangular! I had heard about the rifle from others and how accurate it was and was kind of curious about it so when an acquaintance called up and said he had one, but neither him, or the original owner had been able to get the rifle to hit on paper, I told him to bring it over and we'd see what we could do with it. Well, when he brought it over, he was so frustrated with the rifle, he just wanted to dump it, so I worked him a trade for something I had and started playing with the rifle.
Since it didn't come with sights, but was set up for a scope, I figured I could, if necessary, put a set of Burris ***-Align offset inserts and have a nice, almost new, rifle for about the equivalent of $300.00 in trade. Well, sometimes thinking you are smarter than the average bear doesn't work out. I put the rail on, then zero'd the scope and got everything torqued down to spec and even with the offset rings at their maximum offset, and the scope adjustment maxed out, could not get the barrel and the scope to come into alignment. After futzing with it off and on for about 2 days, I finally took everything off, put the rearmost rail screw in about halfway and put a loop in a piece of 3# mono fishing leader and stretched the line to the end of the barrel and centered on the other rail screw holes. The mono stretched out tight was almost off the barrel. By time it reached the end of the barrel the line of holes was almost 2 cm out of line with the barrel. If it had been a round barrel, it would have been completely off the barrel! With the wide part of the triangular barrel at the bottom, it almost was anyway!
I contacted Remington, explained that I was the 3rd owner of the rifle and that while i knew their warranty only covered the first owner, no one had been able to get it on paper. I explained what I had done, and what I found and they said to send it back and they would send me a shipping box, shipping paid and take a look at it. When talking to the customer service rep, I got the impression that this may have been a problem with more rifles than this one. I typed up the circumstances, boxed it up and about 3 weeks later received a brand new VTR shipped direct from Remington. And once broken in, it is a sweet shooter!
The only reason I don't use it more is that when hunting hogs, I prefer a semi, since it allows faster shots after the first shot and the sounder scatters. For long range precision shots though, it's a keeper.
Am I upset with Remington for drilling those holes wrong? Heck no! Everyone screws up now and then, but it is the way that it is handled once the screw up is found that makes you a winner. Would I buy another Remington? Heck yes!
I do feel sorry for the original owner, whomever he was, because he paid full price for something that didn't work for him. I don't know why he didn't contact Remington.
OK, killed some time and maybe djones went hunting tonight, so maybe some hog pictures tomorrow!
Freedom is not free! It needs to be refreshed with the blood of corrupt politicians periodically!......Packrat 6, 2019
scrmblr,
OK, just so I get this straight.....You pack up from some backwater state back east and move to Texas and everyone else is knee deep in hogs and you are just now going to contribute to the thread and go Hog hunting? You've got to stop spending all your time trying to make babies, come up for air now and then, and start looking for hogs. I mean, I live in Tucson, and am lucky to get to go twice a year and here you are living in the land of plenty, Hog wise, and are spending all your money on toys for the kids!
Time to get your priorities straight. Don't get me wrong, I like kids, especially baked, broiled or fried, but it's time to develop a new hobby, well, unless you're recently married, but with a 3 year old, I doubt that. I do remember being recently married and having to fight off the new wife, who couldn't keep her hands off me, but there is life after the 3 hours daily spent keeping the wife/Significant other, satisfied! (No djones, no pictures) Even today! That still leaves 20 hours in the day to hunt!.....(I know it should be 21, but there are excretionary things to take care of!)
OK? so buckle down and go get us some hogs!
I went hog hunting last night for the first time in three years. Shot one of the two hogs I saw, but didn't bring my snake boots so I didn't venture into the cactus for recovery. I got to listen the coyotes howl, saw several turkey, and heard some boars fighting in the distance. Had a great time even though I didn't cover anything.
Well at least you tried, and now we are under the gun, so to speak if you read DJ's message. I think it is a cop out so he doesn't have to go out in the middle of the night and freeze his butt off. He's even admitting that he's posting pictures of someone else's kill, but that sure is a nice set of choppers on that hog!
I getting family company so for the next 4-5 days will only be on here sporadically, which will please djones no end!
BBL,
Just goes to show what I already suspected. you don't read the posts, you just scan them and only take out the parts you want to believe. I said "will only be on here sporadically!" Just to explain it to you in terms you understand, it means I will be checking in now and then, but not on a schedule!
It's so doggone hard writing all my posts in words of 2 syllables or less so you understand them! Just for you, will post a picture of the females that are coming to visit, but just so you have some eye candy til then, here is one for you!
However, she is NOT related, just an acquaintance we met in our travels! Sorry djones, but in spite of what the bathing suit says, she doesn't speak either English or Pig Latin.
Or, How about if I send you a picture of one of the females that lives here?
Diana! A Beagle we rescued from a puppy mill! She is lovable, affectionate and potty trained, which is more than i can say for most of your dates!
As far as a story, I only tell them when you go on one of your temper tantrums when you can't get any hogs, and run off and leave the thread hanging for several weeks, which happens quite frequently.
Enough, have bridges to burn and people to do before everyone gets here!
Freedom is not free! It needs to be refreshed with the blood of corrupt politicians and lawyers periodically!......Packrat 6, 2019
i'm unofficially retiring. no more pics/vids until scram posts a kill... with time stamp and sign that says 'gfy dj'
this one from a friend
DJ,
If you want a kill pic, this will have to do for now. Little bugger was buzzing around the kitchen earlier tonight. I used a kitchen towel to snap it into the wall. Scram 1 fly 0!
And DJ - gfy!
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You know, i got to thinking about the pictures you posted of the Boar with the teeth you commented about and I suddenly remembered that you had picked up a large plastic sharks tooth at one of the tourist shops. Could not figure what you wanted it for, but in looking at that second picture, I now know what you did with it and a little shoe polish!
Don't you ever quit trying to scam us?
Freedom is not free! It needs to be refreshed with the blood of corrupt politicians and lawyers periodically!......Packrat 6, 2019
Don't you ever quit trying to scam us?
one hog was pretty good. some of the best teeth i can remember seeing in a long time
Freedom is not free! It needs to be refreshed with the blood of corrupt politicians and lawyers periodically!......Packrat 6, 2019
since it may be a while before i kill anything, i'll post up some old vids that i thought were cool.
drizzling rain coming down sideways in stiff wind on this hunt. didn't even recognize pigs when i went in. they were on top of hay bales! after looking them over, i decided i could walk right up to them, so i did, lol.
drizzling rain coming down sideways in stiff wind on this hunt. didn't even recognize pigs when i went in. they were on top of hay bales! after looking them over, i decided i could walk right up to them, so i did, lol.
Still not 100%? I've seen road kill closer to 100% than you usually are! I agree, that it doesn't stop you from hunting, but doesn't mean you are going to hit anything! Go back and review a few of your last thermal video's for example!
Bet you didn't have any trouble killing a few beers before you posted this! If you were a bullfighter, would award you the ears only. You'll just have to figure out how to get your own tail! Besides, "No pic's, didn't happen".
The reason you didn't recognize pigs was the before mentioned Beer, and I've noticed a massive spare tire around your middle from that same beer, so just remember "a Waist is a terrible thing to mind"!
Got to go, be back whenever!
This space for rent!
