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Bit over 2000 acres. Pretty rugged by most standards. That helps.
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Yeah- I won’t be taking any calls if Chris Hansen shows up on my caller ID. Touché
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Southern Llano county - Enchanted Rock area. We've been blessed with the ability to invest time and money....mostly time. This is a low fenced ranch on all sides and even has some 16 frontage, so it's not a true sanctuary, but we try to make it such for the bucks. They get every opportunity to reach 5 years plus if they don't roam across the boundary or try and play chicken with trucks on the highway. Many years ago we made the decision to see what would happen if you fed a little and let bucks actually mature, instead of shooting "good" bucks at 3 or 4 years. Results have been pretty amazing. The hill country will produce +150" deer on the regular if hunters will just let them get there. Genetics often get blamed for the typical hill country buck, but in reality our observation is that a lack of patience is to blame.
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This guy still has a baby face, but he'd be tempting up close from a bow blind. Massive potential here if he'll just hang around and not wander off and get shot this year. Looks to be a good year in the hill country. He hasn't even had one mouthful of protein and he's sporting some good bone for a 3 yr old....mother nature is providing plenty of groceries this year.
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And for good reason….. they aren’t a fucking Kolache.
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Top buck now has some kickers that are coming in but the daylight body shots tell me he's a year away from being mature. Skinny in the chest, leggy, and flat back. The middle two bucks do the same thing every night - Stare at the camera and say "Y U no work - Y U look at pictures all day" This buck below (stage left) is fully rocking the matching G2 kickers since this shot below, But I can't find the most recent one. He's got some potential, but may still get a year. Belly and back are too straight. Daytime shot of double drops is one of those stags due to chemical castration (toxic plant). Stays in velvet - Horns never dropped. Died back to 50% and then started re-growing. They get worse (or better depending on your POV) each year. He's a dead deer walking - No balls, nothing but a steer that eats his ass off. Will still be a cool mount in full velvet and a ton of great venison....as close to Axis taste as a WT will come since he's got no testosterone in him. I'll assign myself to be his hitman. I'm not itching to shoot a big, mature buck and am on permanent cull-duty these days. Really more fun for me b/c I don't get invested in chasing ghosts and don't feel the need to bust my ass hunting that hard.
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A sausage kolache from an Asian owned donut shop in any town.
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The safety on a double action revolver is the hammer being down in double action mode - You have to put enough pressure on the trigger to cock the hammer back and then more pressure to release the hammer to fire. There isn't a safety to flip per se, but one doesn't accidentally discharge a double action revolver. It has to be a deliberate act to fully pull the trigger. That said, this doesn't preclude a child from willingly pulling the trigger without knowledge of the consequences. In the hands of a child without training and supervision, no loaded gun is "safe". They can just as easily flip off a safety on a semi-automatic and pull the trigger as they could fire a double action revolver by fully engaging the trigger.
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Go for it. Just make sure one year after buying that the gun range operator recognizes you because you're a frequent flyer there. Nothing takes the place of repetition when it comes to shooting.
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Can't see the description, but it looks like a S&W Airweight. Should be a 6-series for Stainless. I'd guess a 642. Hell yes. Fool proof, easy to handle, and not hard to practice. Shooting .38 training loads would be easy for even the smallest shooter. Couple of trips to the range and 100 rounds would make even a true novice capable. Brush up on familiarity and work on technique a few times per year with some "continuing education" and you'd be good to go. Loaded with standard or +P defensive rounds and it would ruin someone's day if they were threatening you and/or your wife. I don't mind the above recommendations for a Judge or Governor, but those are hulking and heavy handguns. Not easy for a small framed or small handed shooter. Nothing wrong with them, but at that weight, you might as well look at a small shotgun for a woman or someone else slight of stature.
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I think the "short-stroke under stress" is considered an issue when talking about someone who isn't well practiced with said shotgun. I've never heard an "expert" say that is a concern except when in the context of home defense for an unseasoned shooter. You've got muscle memory that is almost guaranteed to overcome a stress-induced short stroke. Someone who puts 5 rounds down the tube and then puts it into the closet isn't going to have that luxury. That's my perception of the argument anyway......YMMV
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I wanted one for a while. Figured it to be an AR 22-250ish round good for coyotes and culling doe. Cooled on it once the ammo debacle occurred. Fever seems to have gone away. May but an upper one day but not searching for one now.
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An old man found an old bull fiddle with just one string and he loved it. Sat every evening on the porch plucking that one string. One day he and his wife went to town and saw a street musician playing chords on a 4 string fiddle. His wife turned to him and said "You've been doing it all wrong." He laughed and said "Nah - looks to me like he's hunt'n for something. I found what I like."
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Reminds me of my grandfather Anyone: Is that gun accurate? Him: It's only as accurate as you are.
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I've sent several rifles to Justin there and he is incredible. He'll work on any rifle - provided it is a Pre-64 Model 70!!!!!! He'll do all kinds of cool things, from fully customized to restoring factory original parts and I mean all parts - down to the screws. He is so precise and meticulous it borders on maniacal. His website doesn't do justice to what he has at his disposal. Got an action with a shot out barrel...He'll have or will find an original to replace. Have a rifle with a replacement floor plate, butt plate, or sight - he'll have or find the "correct" and install it. Send him a Featherweight and he may call you and tell you that someone put a standard floor plate on it 40 years ago and if you want the correct Featherweight floor plate, he has it. I have to force myself not to buy shit just to see what he could do with it. He's got a wealth of knowledge, resources, and is a good guy too....passionate about what he does.
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Speaking of cool and unusual Model 70’s- copied this from Pre64win.com social media. Check out the pictures that accompany this story if you go to them on Instagram or Facebook. Crazy-rare rifle in pristine condition
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Happened to be talking to a dealer's body shop manager this week. Windshields and headlights came up. He said its comical what a busted headlight costs these days. Canned / sealed OEM units - no bulb to change. Pop-in headlight assembly for a new Cadillac CT-something or other costs $2500 per. Astounding. Said he gets a lot of pissed off customers - mostly husbands who come in dumbfounded they can't by a lens assembly and or bulb and do it themselves at home after their wife hits a garage column or wall in a parking lot. Not uncommon for a windshield with the collision avoidance sensors to cost $1200-$1500.
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Damn- they have them alright ….. but no bargains there unfortunately. That’s quite the assortment of calibers and some VERY collectible specimens. Couple of Bobs, a Swift, a Hornet and even a 250-3000 Savage. Also have a .300 win mag from ‘63. 1st year of that cartridge and last full year of production on the rifle before they cheapened the action. Their buyer has a good eye or is one lucky SOB, and their sales team knows the going rate for sure.
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The old 70s chambered in Bob are pretty scarce to begin with, and then factor in a non-standard factory barrel and that's a unicorn. Hate that she got away. I'm trying to be patient with that one, but it is on my list along with the Hornet and one of the H&H or other magnums. The market is such that you aren't going to grab one of those under $1500 in any reasonable condition, or under $2000 for a nice one anymore, unless you just happen upon one that is being sold without regard to the fair market value. I'm sitting on .270, a few in 30-06 (I love the fact that some are stamped Govt '06) and a .264. I'll tell on myself here, but I recently got a bit skunked on what I thought was a very old 70 chambered in 25-35 with a 4 digit serial number. All I had was the listing, and two bad pictures so I bought it......knowing I'd stumbled into a special order, very early, and quite rare rifle. When it came in I was confused by the bolt release. In doing my research, I figured out it wasn't a 70 after-all. It was a 54 (the 70's forgotten older brother) and someone had put a retro 70 3-pos safety sleeve on it which made it look for all the world like a 70 in the pics I had. I do not believe the auctioneer listed in wrong on purpose. I was fooled and I know plenty about them. I didn't pay a premium so I was more disappointed that it didn't live up to the hype I created in my mind, and I'm not unhappy that I've got it. But.....it sure would have been cool to have a one off like that.
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My favorite for everything it represents - History, quality, and functionality all rolled into one. I went on a bit of a bender some months back - Scoured the auctions (not gunbroker) and picked up a few that fell outside of true collector interest (flawed for one reason or the other), and then had them brought back to life by a guy who does nothing but work on pre-64 70's. Everything goes back to original.....from sights to but plates. Love them and love taking them into the field.
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I guessed this was in Cove or Wallisville before looking it up. 1st hunch was Anahuac, but knew nothing would supplant the gator festival.
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Publix is nice. Well run organization. (Great fried chicken) I've lived in Publix land and TX, alternating a few times. I'll often stop at an HEB and take their stuff back home. I've never made a Publix haul back to TX.
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2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
Reagan1k replied to Reagan1k's topic in Business and Markets
HPDE injection molded accessories. Anything with HPDE or fiberglass resin is FUBAR in all things related to pricing and lead times.
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