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    Carry A Pocketknife!

    I'm sure all here have heard these words of wisdom, and most all here, I'm sure,do. We've been told this all our lives by Uncles, Dads, buddies' dads, et al. BUT do you know WHY you should carry a pocket knife? For the exact same reason you should never, no, never "go commando". :) If...
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    Maggie’s Shooting Back When Men Were REAL Men

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDP8BRSEjrA Bob
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    Savage Action to Stock Torque Specs?

    Have a LH Savage short action in a Choate (Ultimate Sniper) stock. What would be the preferred torque settings for action-to-stock attachment bolts? Bob
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    Maggie’s Ho Chi Minh Trail Photos

    Pretty interesting. http://www.laosgpsmap.com/ho-chi-minh-trail-laos/ Bob
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    Modern Wonder Powders

    I'd like to try some of the newer powders Varget, Superformance, and Aliant's Power Pro 2000. Calibers I'd like to use em in are 6.5X55 Swiss, 7x57,both with lighter bullet weights, and heavy bullet loads 22/250. Any thoughts, comments, sarcasms, welcome. Bob
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    Anyone buy a barrel here?

    http://www.4-dproducts.com/index.php Bob
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    Started a new project today,,,,

    Want to build a light weight Left Hand Savage bolt gun in 7X57 for a walkabout lightweight rifle, so today I got the ball rolling by bringing home a donor pre-accutrigger model 10 in '06 today. Plan to use a Shilen small shank bbl for the tube, perhaps even the wood stock with this...
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    Powders for 6.5X55 Swede?

    Want to work up a load for my Wife's new (to Her) Mauser custom in 6.5X55 Swede using 120gr. Nos Balistic tip. Probably one of the faster powders, as the rifle has a 18.5" bbl. Please let me know what's worked for you. Bob
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    Current lefthand rifles/actions?

    Due to some first hand experiences recently with the ancient 7mm Mauser cartridge I've decided I'd like to build a custom left hand rifle in this cartridge. Other than the Savage (that I have no real objection to) what other available lefties are currently on the market? Anyone with experiences...
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    Woman's Gun

    My wife is of small stature, 5ft,1/2inch with arms to match. For the past twenty years she's done very well deer hunting with a 7.62X39 Ruger Mini 30, but this year it seems to have lost a lot of accuracy. Yes, I know they're not known for target grade accuracy, but this particular one has been...
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    Choate Ultimate Sniper

    http://www.riflestock.com/catalog_page_d...mp;NewProduct=0 What's the consensus? Is it useable? Junk? Thanks for any input. Bob
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    Maggie’s Translations

    Texas has come up with a list akin to the Rosetta stone for translating conversations with liberals. Texas Translations of California (Liberal) Euphemisms. CALIFORNIA vs. TEXAS Arsenal of Weapons - Gun Collection Delicate Wetlands - Swamp Undocumented Worker - Illegal Alien Cruelty-Free...
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    Maggie’s soldier joke

    Can anyone furnish me with the joke about the soldier returning to college, decks his professor after prof makes remarks about God striking him down? Thanks, Bob
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    Maggie’s Beef and Venison. Taste is the same.

    Stole this from another fourm, but found it funny, and probably more accurate than joke. beef vs. venison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *VENISON VERSUS BEEF THE TASTE CONTROVERSY ENDS FROM THE UNITED STATES VENISON COUNCIL *Controversy has...