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    Better training: 100 rounds one day a week or 20 rounds a day for five days a week?

    Is there a general consensus on training regimens? While I know that my skills would improve quickly shooting a hundred a day seven days a week, it's just not currently in the cards. I am on a very limited budget, but sacrifice in some areas of my life so I can get trigger time. I can probably...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Happy Easter-& a 1911 magazine question

    I'm getting my new SA Champion Lightweight ready for carry and I'm looking for some feedback on magazines. In my Kimber Custom, I've always run Shooting Star (Chip McCormick) mags and had 100% reliability. However, the Custom is a full-size 1911 and sees far more target loads than full-house...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns New carry gun inbound...holster question

    Finally found a Springfield Champion Lightweight Bi-Tone I could afford and put my money down. I should have it next week. Super stoked! Any hefty guys on here (40-42 inch waist and a mild "dunlap") who carry a compact 1911 concealed? I'll be looking for an IWB that is comfortable for extended...
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    Anyone shooting 77 grainers from a Bushy?

    I have a Bushmaster Varminter with a 1:9 twist 24" barrel. I have had some great results with 52 and 55 grain pills and am currently experimenting with 69 grain Noslers. They show great promise and once I get everything dialed in, I expect they will outshine the lighter bullets. I have a...
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    Barrel stoves...

    Just got a double barrel stove kit and a couple nice 55 gallon drums so I can heat my garage/workshop this winter. I was hoping some of you fine folks on the Hide have similar setups and could share some experience with me. The first question I have is this; while the instructions recommend...
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    Struggling to lose the extra #s? So was I.

    But I've lost 35 pounds so far this year and it is staying off. [Warning: long post...] I have struggled with my weight for years. I broke my back twice in one year and put on fifty pounds in the month after the second break due to depression and inactivity. That was in 1994, and the fifty...
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    Drag race fans who have been to Bandimere

    I'd like to take my wife to a race. We are looking at the Mile High Nationals. Now, I've never been to Bandimere and was wondering if anyone who has attended an event there has a suggestion for the best seats. I used to drag race down in Florida, but never attended as a spectator (I was always...
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    Recommendations for cold weather gear...

    for a guy who sweats profusely even when the temp is <span style="font-style: italic">very</span> low. I recently bought a place with a little dab of property. It needs some landscaping work and I've been shoveling and hauling and doing other heavy physical labor. I sweat like a Baptist at a...
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    Have to bury my little buddy today

    RIP Casca...my four pound friend died in my wife's arms on the way to the vet this morning. He was fifteen years old and spent every minute of downtime we had together either sitting on or next to my wife or me or snoozing with his "brother", Marcus Brutus. If you were under the weather, he was...
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    Rifle Scopes Ig'nant question fo' the day...

    Why are most all of the rifles I've seen on this site wearing one-piece scope bases? Is there any inherent accuracy advantage to be had? I have always proceeded from the assumption that there was less chance of putting stress on the receiver or scope with two-pices. And since my bolt guns are...
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    Don't underestimate the impact of stress!

    A little history on my struggles with fitness. I used to be a hardcore lifter and martial artist. When I graduated high school I had a 28 inch waist and a 56 inch chest. I measured 72 inches around my shoulders and had 30 inch thighs and 18 1/2 inch biceps. At 5'9" I weighed 195 pounds with 5%...
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    Any experience with "blemished" bullets?

    I just picked up a couple hundred blemished Nosler Ballistic Tip 140 grainers for the wife's 270. Looking at these bullets, I don't see much difference between them and top shelf BTs and they still look better than some other companies' box offerings. My understanding is that any problems with...
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    How do YOU deal with almost dying?

    I came closer to buying the farm this morning that I ever have before. I was making a left on a green turn arrow when a blind old fuck from Idaho came barreling through the intersection from my right after his light had been red for about four seconds. He was driving a new Ford F350 towing a big...
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    Self-inflating foam pad for a shooting mat?

    What's the consensus? I am just getting into shooting from prone in the field, and the rocky, prickly terrain here dictates something more substantial than a tarp or nylon mat. I also intend to do some predator calling in the cooler months, which means possibly laying out on cold or snowy...
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    Ignorant question fer the day...

    So I had my Bushy Varminter (24 inch heavy fluted barrel) out to the range for the first time today. I had put together some ammo with 25 grains of Varget under 69 grain Nosler Competition BTHPs lit by Remington 7 1/2 primers in Remington cases. The brass was well prepped; trimmed to length...
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    Outshot the lawdogs today!

    We had wonderful weather for our ninth annual cops vs. cowboys shoot to benefit the local 4H shooting program- mid 50s with lots of sun and only a little wind. Turnout was great for our little club; 27 shooters gathered to test their mettle against our metal. The 4Hers brought coffee and...
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    Gonna' shoot it out with the cops tomorrow...

    to raise money for the 4H shooting club! It's our Cowboy Action Shooting club's annual Tin Star Challenge. We shoot our single action revolvers, lever action pistol caliber rifles, and side by side, lever action, or 1897 pump action scatterguns against the law dogs' Glocks, M16s, and tactical...
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    Suppressors Long range handgunning...

    who else does it? I enjoy stretching my barrel (you KNOW what I mean ya' pervies...) and seeing how far away I can pot stuff with my handguns. Doesn't matter whether it's a snubbie or target gun, a rimfire or centerfire, fixed sights, adjustable sights, or optics, crisp single action trigger or...
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    Any Winchester shooters out there?

    How do. Brand new to the forum and just wondering if anyone else shoots a Model 70. I do appreciate the pros of the Remington action, however I was able to find a NOS (new old stock) 70 Heavy Varmint Stainless Fluted in 308 Win. about 10 years ago and got it for a song. It's <span...