Can you believe him…..
- By 7.62willdo
- The Bear Pit
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Firearms Pre-64 Custom Win 70 25-06 - SPF
- By Iamero
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This as one of my pride and joys for a while but 90% of my whitetail hunting is in the shotgun/pistol zone in Michigan no so this sits.
- Built by Williams Gunsight in Michigan.
- Pre 64 Win 70
- Bedded to the stock
- I am the second owner. Was told less than 300 on the barrel from the original owner in Michigan here.
- comes with the original 257 Roberts barrel.
Asking only $1200 shipped with everything listed above. If you were to source an original stock and put the 257 on there you could probably get $1800 on GB. Never was an interest of mine so I never bothered.
rings not included. Will come with EGW 20 MOA rail and the stock pack.
- Built by Williams Gunsight in Michigan.
- Pre 64 Win 70
- Bedded to the stock
- I am the second owner. Was told less than 300 on the barrel from the original owner in Michigan here.
- comes with the original 257 Roberts barrel.
Asking only $1200 shipped with everything listed above. If you were to source an original stock and put the 257 on there you could probably get $1800 on GB. Never was an interest of mine so I never bothered.
rings not included. Will come with EGW 20 MOA rail and the stock pack.
Rattler's swim from Parris Island to Hilton Head
- By Maggot
- The Bear Pit
- 32 Replies
Story says the largest one the researchs have caught i 15 feet long. thats a lot of Diamondback. ive seen them around 7 feet, and thats spooky but 15'?
Sat, August 19, 2023 at 4:00 AM CDT·6 min read
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On Oct. 28, 2017, a 5-foot-long, 6-pound male eastern diamondback rattlesnake was found dead on a road on Hilton Head Island. It had been run over by a car. But how did this snake, which originated on Parris Island, the location of the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, make it more than 5 miles across the salty waters of Port Royal Sound to Hilton Head?
It turns out, researchers discovered later, that the plucky snake swam, undulating through the waves of the Broad River. It was the farthest migration of an eastern diamondback rattlesnake from its home range ever observed.
“They are the ultimate underdog,” Jayme Waldron says of eastern diamondbacks, because “very few people like rattlesnakes.”
Waldron, a professor of biological science at Marshall University in West Virginia and a snake expert, does. If you have eastern diamondbacks on your land, Waldron says, it shows you are managing the natural resources well, which she says should be taken as a badge of honor.
But the apex predator is struggling to hang on in the longleaf pine forests and coastal lowlands of southeastern United States, primarily because of habitat loss. It’s venom is also in high demand for use in research labs. There are no legal protections for the snake, which Waldron says is as much a symbol of the Lowcountry as the Palmetto tree.
“It’s sad,” Waldron says. “They should be way more widespread than they are.”
Emily Gray attempts to coax an eastern diamondback rattlesnake into a plastic tube so it can be safely handled as measurements are taken. A microchip also was inserted in the snake so it can be tracked over time.
Waldron and the U.S. Marines are fighting to save eastern diamondbacks and their habitat by learning more about the mysterious creatures.
The remarkable journey of the eastern diamondback to Hilton Head a few years ago is only known because of a microchip that was planted under its skin on Aug. 15, 2015 on Parris Island, two year’s prior to its death, as part of that study.
“Shrimpers have caught them for years in their shrimp nets offshore,” Holloway said in reference to the long dispersal of the Hilton Head rattler.
Still, while eastern diamondbacks are capable swimmers, the long excursion to Hilton Head was particularly notable because it was made over water — and by an older snake. It’s usually the younger ones that travel the farthest.
Eastern diamondbacks, known for their distinctive diamond-shaped skin patterns and large triangular-shaped heads, can live more than 20 years but population growth is slow because they only produce eggs every two to four years. They can be brown, yellow or tan with distinct black, brown and cream diamonds on their back and blend in brilliantly in the Lowcountry. The best way to detect them, Waldron advises, is to look for changes in texture, not color.
The oldest snake Parris Island researchers have captured is “Hussie,” so named because she “bred with a bunch of males,” Waldron says. The dame is older than most of the students who assist Waldron in the research. At the time of her capture 4 years ago, Hussie was over 15 feet long. Waldron calls her a “giant.”
The largest snake caught to date is Elijah, who was 9.5 pounds at capture.
Students prepare a captured eastern diamondback rattlesnake for tagging at U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Paris Island.
The eastern diamondback rattlesnake population at Parris Island, while not known, is consider healthy. That’s why it’s an ideal place to study them.
Over 20-square-miles, the snakes ambush rats and rabbits and fox squirrels, injecting deadly venom through fangs up to three-fourths-of-an-inch-long. Home ranges are about 20 acres.
“They have everything they need,” Holloway says.
Over the 15 years of the study, Marine researchers and Marshall University students have captured more than 1,000 snakes and inserted microchips or attached transmitters to their rattles with glue and thread so they can track them.
The study has two purposes: Limit conflicts between Marine recruits and rattlesnakes — more than 20,000 recruits are trained at Parris Island annually — while gathering information on the snakes and their habitat. The information could prove vital in saving the imperiled pit viper, which is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act. A decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whether to protect it could come as soon as next year. In South Carolina, the eastern diamondback is listed only as a “species of concern,” which does not provide any legal protection.
Habitat protections are critical to the snake’s long-term survival, Holloway says.
“You can protect the animal,” says Holloway, “but really, you need to protect where it’s living.”
Longleaf pine once dominated the coastal plain blanketing more than 90 million acres from Texas to Virginia, according to the Nature Conservancy. Today there are just 5.2 million acres, up from an historical low of 3.2 million acres two decades ago.
Jayme Waldron and John Holloway search for an eastern diamondback rattlesnake at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island fitted with an electronic device that allows researchers to track its movements. The Marines and Marshall University are participating in tracking project of eastern diamondbacks to learn more about them and their habitat.More
Military bases that have not been as developed and have less public access can be a “last resort” for species that are in decline because of development pressures, Holloway says.
The snakes not only keep rodent populations under control, Holloway says, but also reduce the numbers of ticks because they eat mammals that the blood suckers feed on.
While most people try to avoid the snakes, Waldron and her students march through the marshlands and thick forests clogged with palmetto and pine trees at Parris Island looking for them in logs, under trees and in holes.
World’s biggest rattlesnakes can swim from Parris Island to Hilton Head
Karl PuckettSat, August 19, 2023 at 4:00 AM CDT·6 min read
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On Oct. 28, 2017, a 5-foot-long, 6-pound male eastern diamondback rattlesnake was found dead on a road on Hilton Head Island. It had been run over by a car. But how did this snake, which originated on Parris Island, the location of the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, make it more than 5 miles across the salty waters of Port Royal Sound to Hilton Head?
It turns out, researchers discovered later, that the plucky snake swam, undulating through the waves of the Broad River. It was the farthest migration of an eastern diamondback rattlesnake from its home range ever observed.
“They are the ultimate underdog,” Jayme Waldron says of eastern diamondbacks, because “very few people like rattlesnakes.”
Waldron, a professor of biological science at Marshall University in West Virginia and a snake expert, does. If you have eastern diamondbacks on your land, Waldron says, it shows you are managing the natural resources well, which she says should be taken as a badge of honor.
But the apex predator is struggling to hang on in the longleaf pine forests and coastal lowlands of southeastern United States, primarily because of habitat loss. It’s venom is also in high demand for use in research labs. There are no legal protections for the snake, which Waldron says is as much a symbol of the Lowcountry as the Palmetto tree.
“It’s sad,” Waldron says. “They should be way more widespread than they are.”
Emily Gray attempts to coax an eastern diamondback rattlesnake into a plastic tube so it can be safely handled as measurements are taken. A microchip also was inserted in the snake so it can be tracked over time.
Waldron and the U.S. Marines are fighting to save eastern diamondbacks and their habitat by learning more about the mysterious creatures.
‘Shrimpers have caught them’
John Holloway, the civilian natural resources manager at U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, and Waldron and have been tracking the wanderings of eastern diamondbacks on Parris Island — and off of it — since 2008 in what has become the longest-running tracking project of the largest and most venomous rattlesnake in the United States.The remarkable journey of the eastern diamondback to Hilton Head a few years ago is only known because of a microchip that was planted under its skin on Aug. 15, 2015 on Parris Island, two year’s prior to its death, as part of that study.
“Shrimpers have caught them for years in their shrimp nets offshore,” Holloway said in reference to the long dispersal of the Hilton Head rattler.
Still, while eastern diamondbacks are capable swimmers, the long excursion to Hilton Head was particularly notable because it was made over water — and by an older snake. It’s usually the younger ones that travel the farthest.
Eastern diamondbacks, known for their distinctive diamond-shaped skin patterns and large triangular-shaped heads, can live more than 20 years but population growth is slow because they only produce eggs every two to four years. They can be brown, yellow or tan with distinct black, brown and cream diamonds on their back and blend in brilliantly in the Lowcountry. The best way to detect them, Waldron advises, is to look for changes in texture, not color.
The oldest snake Parris Island researchers have captured is “Hussie,” so named because she “bred with a bunch of males,” Waldron says. The dame is older than most of the students who assist Waldron in the research. At the time of her capture 4 years ago, Hussie was over 15 feet long. Waldron calls her a “giant.”
The largest snake caught to date is Elijah, who was 9.5 pounds at capture.
Students prepare a captured eastern diamondback rattlesnake for tagging at U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Paris Island.
The eastern diamondback rattlesnake population at Parris Island, while not known, is consider healthy. That’s why it’s an ideal place to study them.
Over 20-square-miles, the snakes ambush rats and rabbits and fox squirrels, injecting deadly venom through fangs up to three-fourths-of-an-inch-long. Home ranges are about 20 acres.
“They have everything they need,” Holloway says.
Are protections coming?
Occasionally, they put a scare into a Marine recruit training in the toolies, but they rarely bite people, preferring to flee if they can. “They are not a very bitey snake,” Waldron says.Over the 15 years of the study, Marine researchers and Marshall University students have captured more than 1,000 snakes and inserted microchips or attached transmitters to their rattles with glue and thread so they can track them.
The study has two purposes: Limit conflicts between Marine recruits and rattlesnakes — more than 20,000 recruits are trained at Parris Island annually — while gathering information on the snakes and their habitat. The information could prove vital in saving the imperiled pit viper, which is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act. A decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whether to protect it could come as soon as next year. In South Carolina, the eastern diamondback is listed only as a “species of concern,” which does not provide any legal protection.
Habitat protections are critical to the snake’s long-term survival, Holloway says.
“You can protect the animal,” says Holloway, “but really, you need to protect where it’s living.”
Longleaf pine once dominated the coastal plain blanketing more than 90 million acres from Texas to Virginia, according to the Nature Conservancy. Today there are just 5.2 million acres, up from an historical low of 3.2 million acres two decades ago.
Jayme Waldron and John Holloway search for an eastern diamondback rattlesnake at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island fitted with an electronic device that allows researchers to track its movements. The Marines and Marshall University are participating in tracking project of eastern diamondbacks to learn more about them and their habitat.More
Military bases that have not been as developed and have less public access can be a “last resort” for species that are in decline because of development pressures, Holloway says.
The snakes not only keep rodent populations under control, Holloway says, but also reduce the numbers of ticks because they eat mammals that the blood suckers feed on.
While most people try to avoid the snakes, Waldron and her students march through the marshlands and thick forests clogged with palmetto and pine trees at Parris Island looking for them in logs, under trees and in holes.
Accessories Clean out: Larue, Hawkins, ARC, 6.5 Grendel, SureFire, PRI, Sionics NP3 BCG, VLTOR
- By jh2785
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- 10 Replies
**All prices are shipped**
Hello, I've accumulated enough stuff that it's time for a garage sale.
These items are cross posted….so message me ASAP if you see something you want. I will do my best to update the ad(s) as items are selling. I can accept PP (F&F), Zelle or Venmo. Items typically ship same day and I’ll provide tracking info (USPS or UPS). Thanks and holler if you have any questions. God bless.
PRI Gas Block for MK12 .75 size and comes with the roll pin. New, never used. (No ring spacer) $50
Larue LT111 OBR QD mount (34mm rings) $230
Larue LT608 QD $175
Larue TranQuillo LTB308 $75
Hawkins 34mm Precision ultra-Light Tactical scope rings (.885” base to center) $125
Vortex 30mm Pro Series Rings 1” height $75
Sionics NP3 BCG (new and never fired) $200 SOLD
6.5 Grendel mags: Elander 17 rd steel new, ASC 10-rd steel, E-lander 10-rd steel: $50 for all three.
VLTOR stock: IMOD Improved Modular Stock (SOPMOD style) commercial size $75 SOLD
Larue LT120 QD (34mm rings) $200 SOLD
ADM Recon 30mm QD mount $85 SOLD
ARC M10 Scope Rings, model: 34-28 (34mm by 28mm base to center): $120 SOLD
Larue QD LT719 30mm Ultra Low Mount Rings QD $190 SOLD
Really Right Stuff: SC-ARC Adapter RRS sku: SC-ARC for Atlas Bipod $110 SOLD
SureFire SOCOM Muzzle Brake SFMB-556-1/2-28 $90 SOLD
Surfire WarComp 3 Prong Flash Hider SF 556-1/2/28 $90 SOLD
Surefire Closed Tine Flash Hider SFCT-556-1/2-28 $90 SOLD
40 rounds of Hornady 123gr SST (sku # 8152) SOLD
individual pics of items can be found here
Group pic (minus the stock):
Hello, I've accumulated enough stuff that it's time for a garage sale.
These items are cross posted….so message me ASAP if you see something you want. I will do my best to update the ad(s) as items are selling. I can accept PP (F&F), Zelle or Venmo. Items typically ship same day and I’ll provide tracking info (USPS or UPS). Thanks and holler if you have any questions. God bless.
PRI Gas Block for MK12 .75 size and comes with the roll pin. New, never used. (No ring spacer) $50
Larue LT111 OBR QD mount (34mm rings) $230
Larue LT608 QD $175
Larue TranQuillo LTB308 $75
Hawkins 34mm Precision ultra-Light Tactical scope rings (.885” base to center) $125
Vortex 30mm Pro Series Rings 1” height $75
6.5 Grendel mags: Elander 17 rd steel new, ASC 10-rd steel, E-lander 10-rd steel: $50 for all three.
VLTOR stock: IMOD Improved Modular Stock (SOPMOD style) commercial size $75 SOLD
Larue LT120 QD (34mm rings) $200 SOLD
ADM Recon 30mm QD mount $85 SOLD
ARC M10 Scope Rings, model: 34-28 (34mm by 28mm base to center): $120 SOLD
Larue QD LT719 30mm Ultra Low Mount Rings QD $190 SOLD
Really Right Stuff: SC-ARC Adapter RRS sku: SC-ARC for Atlas Bipod $110 SOLD
SureFire SOCOM Muzzle Brake SFMB-556-1/2-28 $90 SOLD
Surfire WarComp 3 Prong Flash Hider SF 556-1/2/28 $90 SOLD
Surefire Closed Tine Flash Hider SFCT-556-1/2-28 $90 SOLD
40 rounds of Hornady 123gr SST (sku # 8152) SOLD
individual pics of items can be found here
Group pic (minus the stock):
SOLD WTS - Berger 109 LRHTs (500)
- By Meety Peety
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- 3 Replies
SOLD and shipped to ballistictip1088
For sale: (1) sealed 500 count box of Berger 109 LRHTs. Lot # PR0356. Just got these in trade and need to recoup costs.
Discreet PayPal F&F, cash/check/money order at your preference. Local pickup in San Diego can be arranged.
For sale: (1) sealed 500 count box of Berger 109 LRHTs. Lot # PR0356. Just got these in trade and need to recoup costs.
Discreet PayPal F&F, cash/check/money order at your preference. Local pickup in San Diego can be arranged.
SOLD Nightforce ATACR 7-35 F1 T3 FDE + Mount and level
- By Dhbiker02
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- 1 Replies
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SOLD WTS SiCo radius
- By 5RWill
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Asking $950 shipped. In great condition just don’t really have the setup to utilize it right now.
Firearms Trigger Tech diamond two stage
- By Stumpy1
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- 3 Replies
I have a new in the box trigger Tech diamond two-stage trigger without bolt release and pro curved it is for a right-handed rifle it is never been used or installed in a action. The price is $285 and I will take care of the shipping.
Thanks
Bryan
636-614-6931
Thanks
Bryan
636-614-6931
SOLD Nightforce atacr
- By Manhoot
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Nightforce atacr sfp 5-25×56
Very good condition with seekins 1 inch high rings red illuminated .25 moa
$1950 shipped con us
Would trade for same or similar in mil with cash if needed
Very good condition with seekins 1 inch high rings red illuminated .25 moa
$1950 shipped con us
Would trade for same or similar in mil with cash if needed
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Sidearms & Scatterguns Any "firearm" Owners out there? i.e.., Mossberg Shockwave, Remington TAC-13 or Tac-14
- By Longshot231
- The Armory
- 31 Replies
Since it is neither shotgun, pistol or rifle but just a "firearm," I thought I'd start a thread on them. Their uses are limited but I can't help being attracted to them. So far, I got a Remington TAC-13 and TAC-14.
Some of the YouTubers are holding these things up in front of their face when discharging the weapon. I'm not that good but need to shoot from the hip. At a distance of 10-15 yards I'm not too bad with the TAC-14.
I have not had a chance to shoot the TAC-13 yet but that didn't stop me from mounting a Steamlight weapon/laser on top of the vent rib barrel. The laser is green and I've had good luck seeing the dot in daylight conditions.
That looks odd but consider this. In a life or death situation, I may not have the luxury of holding it up to my face and aiming. Maybe I'm looking at this thing bass-akwards but the laser should be considered the primary aiming device.
If I still need to aim the shotgun, I can look over or past the light.
I got a vent rib-to-picatinny rail adapter from Meadow Creek Mounts:
The weapon light is the Streamlight TLR RM 2:
www.opticsplanet.com
As popular as these firearms have become, I wonder if they have opened up a new class of competition with them at the three-gun events.
Some of the YouTubers are holding these things up in front of their face when discharging the weapon. I'm not that good but need to shoot from the hip. At a distance of 10-15 yards I'm not too bad with the TAC-14.
I have not had a chance to shoot the TAC-13 yet but that didn't stop me from mounting a Steamlight weapon/laser on top of the vent rib barrel. The laser is green and I've had good luck seeing the dot in daylight conditions.
That looks odd but consider this. In a life or death situation, I may not have the luxury of holding it up to my face and aiming. Maybe I'm looking at this thing bass-akwards but the laser should be considered the primary aiming device.
If I still need to aim the shotgun, I can look over or past the light.
I got a vent rib-to-picatinny rail adapter from Meadow Creek Mounts:
Picatinny/Weaver Rib Mount
ONLY USE THIS OPTION IF YOUR OPTIC DOES NOT FIT OUR DIRECT MOUNT RIB MOUNTS. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE MOUNTING PLATFORM, USING A PICATINNY RAIL AND A MOUNT WILL HAVE YOUR OPTIC SITTING ABOUT 1/4" HIGHER THAN OUR DIRECT MOUNT OPTIONS. This mount works on any red dot that uses a Picatinny...
meadow-creek-mounts.myshopify.com
The weapon light is the Streamlight TLR RM 2:
Streamlight TLR RM 2 Rail Mounted LED Tactical Lighting System w/Green Laser 69453 Light Output: 1000 lumens, Bulb Type: LED, 46% Off w/ Free Shipping
Shop Streamlight TLR RM 2 Rail Mounted LED Tactical Lighting System w/Green Laser | 46% Off Be The First To Review Streamlight TLR RM 2 Rail Mounted LED Tactical Lighting System w/Green Laser...
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As popular as these firearms have become, I wonder if they have opened up a new class of competition with them at the three-gun events.
SOLD KAC SR25 Lower Receiver Kit Part#116858 - BNIB
- By chris4prez
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- 2 Replies
BNIB - KAC SR25 Lower Receiver Kit Part#116858. - Decided to move on from my build.
$1900 PPFF or Zelle - Shipped & Insured - Individual to your FFL.
If you have questions or need additional photos, please reach out. Thank you.
$1900 PPFF or Zelle - Shipped & Insured - Individual to your FFL.
If you have questions or need additional photos, please reach out. Thank you.
Firearms American Rifle Coup De Grace
- By jbuck88
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- 8 Replies
I am selling my ARC CDG short action with std bolt face, includes the action wrench. I ordered this and the action wrench but after going back and forth I think I'm going to stick with my Archimedes until I build something on a long action.
It's how it came from ARC.
Asking $1,100 shipped
It's how it came from ARC.
Asking $1,100 shipped
DeSantis calls Trump supporters 'Listless vessels'
- By TexPatriot
- The Bear Pit
- 213 Replies
Whatever thats supposed to mean.
The guy is blowing it as he goes "basket of deplorables" on Trump supporters.
DeSantis always looks like one of bad guy in a black hat in the westerns I watched as a kid.
His image sucks and this doesn't help.
floridapolitics.com
The guy is blowing it as he goes "basket of deplorables" on Trump supporters.
DeSantis always looks like one of bad guy in a black hat in the westerns I watched as a kid.
His image sucks and this doesn't help.
Ron DeSantis rips Donald Trump supporters as ‘listless vessels’
'A movement can't be about the personality of one individual.'
floridapolitics.com
