Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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trapper1954
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No sir it was a fair question but I have no clue about why the link was removed. Guys, hear me, the enemy is here I am in a part of Texas where they are moving and we must prepare. My fellow trappers are picking up sign all over and its getting stronger. This is Saturday 2/10/24 on a property 200 yards from my house. This just a deal & I must be aware of my surroundings day and night. Mostly military age males and dont speak Mexican, get the picture. IR night scope,,good,,IR binocs GOOD. all is well.
ps. Got 3 good dogs
Well that's odd. Gotta love technology lol.
I don't understand tech very well but then I didn't grow up with it either and what I did I really didn't have to use it. I took a couple of weeks and removed some tile flooring cleaned up the concrete floor and laid new tile, one of those jobs I put off as long as I can as I just don't really enjoy it, but was taught how when I was younger, by the time I was eight I was doing okay at it and only got a few chewings for mistakes that I would occasionally make. I had the chance to buy a new 1911a1 for 325.00 so I figured what the heck It's still winter and I can use another project gun. It had standard military type sights, they had to go. It had a few rough spots in the slide I got them located and stoned smooth. I then fitted a barrel snug but not tight, it has .004 thousand side play and is polished well on the side so I can lay it in the slide, and it won't rock from side to side when in battery, when it's in the proper lock up it has .025 engagement. I checked the link and takedown pin for correct fit and I can push the slide down on the frame hard and still the take down pin is free falling so the link is correct for the barrel fit. I have the sights taken off now and am waiting for the new adjustable ones to arrive. The trigger had a few rough spots, and that is my next area that I will be looking at working on with my small hard Arkansas stones polish, and more polishing, I want a good 3.5 - 4 lb trigger. Then it will be on to the feeding and seeing if it does well or needs a little polishing and fitting up on the feed ramp and tuning up the magazine for my carry ammo.
My new front sight and adjustable rear sight came this AM. I gave the rear sight .002 interference fit heat the slide warm to the touch and cool the sight in the freezer tap it in place and let it cool and warm I do like to put some good lube on them to keep them from rusting as they are 4140 steel. put it on and wipe it off it will leave just the right amount and not interfere with anything; you won't see any on the surfaces but there will be just a film left. the old front sight was .050 on the tenon and the new one was .062 a little light filing and then warm the slide and cool the sight tap it in place and let them set then peen the tenon to make sure they are locked in place. I let my file do the work not much pressure on it and just control the file to keep it where it needs to be. I use soapstone for marking metal by welders to lube my files it lets them glide but cut and keeps them from loading up with metal chips. I'm a little different but I use dish soap to lube my taps and dies for aluminum and stainless steel. I was once told that you couldn't thread monel stainless steel and that I needed to cut some temperature probes off and then make them three inches shorter. I cut the weld on the first one cut it to length and rewelded it, took the piece I had cut off got my tap and some dish soap and threaded it inside. So, then the next eleven I just cut and tapped them. I do enjoy TIG welding it's clean, but I don't like doing a lot of extra work. oops got off track again, rambling on about stuff. The barrel is .580 outside diameter so I made the barrel bushing .583 close but not so close that it will bind up if I go with a couple of magazines at one time, and still, it will keep the barrel from moving too much.
Those are interesting tips. I will.definately try the soapstone on the files. What do you think the advantage is on the dishsoap? I don't do alot of tap and die work but some occassionally and have always just used oil.
It's only on aluminum and some types of stainless steels that are sticky and tend to gall and pull chunks out it works like using soap or wax on wood screws to lubricate the metal but doesn't run off like oil does on it as it's thicker. I use wax on bolts that are rusted in place in blind holes if I don't have any kroil to use I heat them up rub some wax on them let it melt then let them cool to touch and try them again. I really like some of the tapping fluids for most tap and die stuff. Rapid tap and tap magic works well on most things but for machining nitrided stainless steel bolts out of holes any of the sulfur containing cutting fluids that will be darker brown works best for me. on lathes and milling machines, I have good luck with most of the water-soluble cutting oils and coolants.
Makes sense. Stainless and aluminum can be a challenge for many things lol. I will try the dishsoap next time i work with these.
I got my sights mounted but with the wind gusting over 70 mph I haven't tried to sight it in yet. It's been windy here for several days and nights with the ocean currents changing to El Nino from La Nina I was hoping that it wouldn't be as windy as last year but no such luck. The blue birds should be coming back in a couple of weeks as well as the meadow larks. I'm always glad for them to get back up here. We so far haven't had much snow and cold this winter and I am hoping that we get some moisture before summer so that we don't have to dry of a summer as we have had a few grass fires already and with the winds being as strong as they are they are hard to get under control. It's dry and the vegetation isn't green yet, so the fire hazard goes up even though it's late winter. With the wind blowing so hard it doesn't matter what method you are using for predator work it's hard to keep it working. The wind will blow your snares down, uncover or cover your leg hold traps and calling is not even an option. The animals will be down out of the wind as best they can, in the draws and on the lea ward side of the hills. Even if you were to get in the junipers out of the wind in the draws you would find it hard to get your sounds to reach them. About sun set I was watching some Canada geese trying to fly into the wind and not getting far with their attempts.
trapper1954
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yep wind is bad stuff, me and the wife went calling one afternoon and a bad cold front blew in real high winds. We had drove a long way to get up there so we gave it a try. I put my wife 100 yards down wind and I gave it the 100 pound rabbit on a homemade call for 5 good minutes. Bang, caught me totally off guard, wife shoots a rounded tooth female with our 218 bee... It had been killing kid goats in the house trap.
trapper1954
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I think the Goldens and the Bald Eagles both go back north when the sand hills and the geese go back.
