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  1. MikeeBooshay

    Gunsmithing Live Round Stuck

    OP, when you speak again with your smith, ask him to chamber a short stub of barrel for you with the same reamer, face off the ends. Makes a great gauge for checking rounds, before sticking them in. Cheap, and effective.
  2. MikeeBooshay

    Recent changes at TAB GEAR

    Hey Tony, Glad to see you're out in the Hill Country now! Now you've got a good excuse to come out and shoot with us, no six hour drive anymore. You've come a long way sir, stay true to your standards, and the rest will follow. Looking forward to more cool TAB gear out there, Mike
  3. MikeeBooshay

    Single stage AR triggers

    JP has a good single stage - easy to install, minimum of work required to get it just right.
  4. MikeeBooshay

    Roustabout Jobs

    This is also very good advice. Harder to break in offshore, but if you can, it's very good. Splat, PM me, where you at? I'm sipping a rum and coke, looking at the Calcasieu ship channel right now. About to sauté some flounder, caught this morning.
  5. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing Scenar 6.5

    We've done a lot of bullet testing - over a dozen types, on real critters, at real distances, over a hundred whitetail, over several hundred over a few years data collection. Bullet placement is more important than bullet type. Not by a little bit either. Unless you are talking DG type stuff...
  6. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing Duck boats! What you runnin?

    I like those LED headlights - do you have a source for those? I'm running a 20'x48 Go-devil with a 35 SD on it. I've got about a 30 minute run in the morning, in the dark down the bayou. I don't USUALLY tell the passengers that I have a PVS14 in my pocket, a good bit of the run is back lit...
  7. MikeeBooshay

    Roustabout Jobs

    Eagleford shale play, just south of San Antonio, is a great place these days. If you can get a commercial drivers license, and are willing to work 100+ hours a week, and pass a drug test, you can get hired there these days. After a year, working those kinds of hours, you ought to be making...
  8. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing Looking to buy a quad.

    I have used and liked very much anything that said Honda on it, for quads. Having said that, I was a guest a couple weeks ago in Montana, and put quite a few hours on a big Can-Am, auto trans, that was very nice and I was surprised how much I liked it. Avoid the Artic Cats, have seem too many...
  9. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing Barnes TTSX in Africa

    I do like Barnes TSX, the TTSX are just as good, but better BC. BC isn't that important in Africa - if you need extra BC, then that is probably a shot you want to get closer on. I wish Barnes still made the MRX - that was a very good bullet for long shots, and penetrated better than...
  10. MikeeBooshay

    Gunsmithing First Brass Inspection after back from Smith

    Ask the smith about neck diameter too. Check the math .308 plus .015 plus .015 needs to be at least .003 less. Inconsistent neck tension is an accuracy killer besides raising pressure if too tight.
  11. MikeeBooshay

    Advanced Marksmanship "Reading" wind

    Here is a simple suggestion, try just tying a couple feet of surveyors tape to your target. A little breeze moves it a lot, it's cheap, and available. If you want to take it one level higher, a couple 4 ft pieces of dowel or PVC, with a bit of that on top works well. If the breeze is higher...
  12. MikeeBooshay

    Gunsmithing Chamber out of spec

    If you do this, you can try seating the bullets long for the first firing, with a little decent neck tension. It will be a hard jam in the lands, don't overdo the powder, you are just fire forming. Having the round headspace on the lands for the first firing, will keep brass stretch lower, you...
  13. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing General Purpose Fishing Rod and Reel

    Your buddy is a good guy and seems to know what he is doing, those are good recommendations he has given you. The Curado is one of my Favorite Reels. Shimano makes good products, and service is easy to obtain. Same for the rod length and tackle type. One thing I like that most others may/may...
  14. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing African hunting trip

    Parsons, it's not the airport, but the US Customs office that you need. Any international airport will usually have one. Do call ahead and make sure they don't have some special rules for 4457's like only between certain hours. Do yourself a solid, take the 375, it's plenty for all game...
  15. MikeeBooshay

    work as a hamat tanker driver

    Get over to San Antonio, most of those companies have depots on 37 south, just out of town. Start at Halliburton, the first one you come to, before you make ten miles, you'll have an offer. Be prepared - have proper work attire ( OSHA boots, workshirt, Carharts and gloves), BE ABLE TO PASS A...
  16. MikeeBooshay

    If you were going to build a .300BLK bolt action how would you?

    I bought a 223 varmint R700. Unspun the stock barrel, wound on a 1 in 8 Bartlein, cut it at 16.5, threaded it 5/8 24, made a cap for it. Put a USO 1x8 illuminated scope on it - Shark can on that, ready to fly. That was the first one. It's OK, but a little heavy, heavier than I thought it...
  17. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing nilgi hunting and bullet selection

    Shot placement is pretty important on these. If you shoot it like a whitetail, you'll hit too far back. Trace a line up the front leg, place POI about 1/3 of the way up the torso, on that line. Preferably thru both shoulders if you can, he won't run far without wheels. A lot like African...
  18. MikeeBooshay

    frustrated, gunsmithing, reloading, OAL hunt in one week. Bolt gun.

    Things to try I'd start like this: 1. You say you have measured the lands at 3.62" - fine, assuming that is with the Noslers? If not, then try it again with the AMAX, it will be different. Also, quit using OAL, that measurement means nothing, use ogive distance, that is more accurate...
  19. MikeeBooshay

    Hunting & Fishing African Plains-game bullet selection. Can the Bergers do the Job??

    You got some very good advice in this thread, by some guys that have been before. If I could offer ONE ( ok, it will be more than that ) piece of advice - forget everything you know about shot placement on North American animals, you WILL shoot too far back or too low/high, depending on the...
  20. MikeeBooshay

    Maggie’s Best Divorce Letter ever

    One of my... uh, "less cultured friends" may be a bit rough, but very wise. He said " Mikee, you know how to make sure you never remarry a woman you divorced? Sleep with her sister, and make sure she knows" This is from a man, married five times, twice to the same woman, in order to prevent a...
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