lancetkenyon

50gr. V-max/Z-Max over 25.5 gr. Benchmark in my .223 at 3400fps. Puts a whooping on anything you hit with it from prairie dogs to coyotes.

Bummer. I feel your pain. I had a lab for 16+ years and had to put her down in 2014. Cried like a baby. New pups come along to help ease the loss. A man without a dog is not complete.

H would score a 10 on my plate next to a loaded baked potato and a chili relleno.

My wife goes into surgery this Friday, and even though I am the one telling her it is no big deal, I am scared to death. It is pretty major, but a fairly routine one. Great doctor & surgeon, but it is still constantly on my mind. Any prayers would be much appreciated. Please pray for the surgeon and the staff, for God to guide their hands, and for a quick recovery for my wife through God's healing. Thanks guys, this woman has given me 29 amazing years so far, and I hope to see another 50 with her. High school sweethearts, and she changed my life for the better and has given me everything I could have ever dreamed of here on earth.

Price range?

The surgery went very well. My wife is doing great. Hopefully, she gets to come home this morning. Sleeping on a chair at the hospital sucks. Living 1.5 miles from the hospital is nice so I can run home and take a shower. Thanks to all, and keep her in your prayers for a speedy recovery.

Terrible BC. Flies decent. Hammers on game. I used Barnes TTSX on a muley at 488 yards out of my .25-06 Ackley, complete pass through quartering on and the deer never took a single step. I had a good load worked up for my .300RUM in a 175 LRX but never used them on game. Flew pretty darn good though. Sub MOA. I bet the 6.5mm 127 LRX would be great on game, but make sure to keep them above the minimum 1600fps. So maybe out to 700 yards or so. Kinetic energy will be good out to 600 or so to retain 1000ft/lbs. depending on your velocity.

I use the lowest rings I can get on my rifles. Even with a 20MOA base and 56mm objective on a 34mm tube, medium rings (.92") clear just fine on mine with a Sendero contour barrel. Plenty of clearance for scope caps too. I wish I could find low rings in my flavor. I have no problems dialing out to 19.5 mils and holding another 2 mils for 1770 yards.

You should have seen the other one! Looked like he chewed up a bottle of liquid bubbles. Kind of freaked ME out.

Prayers sent to all, for comfort in the loss of a child, and thanksgiving to those who get to spend more time with cherished loved ones. We will meet them again someday. Rest assured they will be waiting for us at Heaven's Gates with open arms and great stories and memories.

Daughters ROCK! You are in for the ride of your life. Enjoy every minute of it, because you will turn around and they are getting married themselves.

I am glad I get up at 3:30AM every day and am gone by 4:00. My wife called me this morning at 6:00AM (on her day off) and said the pups were raring to go at 5:00AM. Good training for my kid though, who has already gotten into her "summer schedule" of staying up until 2:00AM and sleeping until 10:00AM. They figured out the dog door in about 24 hours, even though they really have to work at it to get in and out, as the door is set up for the big boys to clear their backs. It starts about 10" off the floor, so they have to stand up on their hind legs, hook their front paws, and pull themselves though. They are about 90% house broken already too. They go out by themselves to use the facilities and back in. We just have to keep an eye on them when they are outside, because we have a family of five Harris Hawks that live in our front tree and hunt all around. Not sure if they would, but I think they definitely could take one of the pups home for lunch. The pups are a lot slower than the rabbits around my house. And I know the hawks get cats, because I have had numerous kitty legs in my front yard. I think we misnamed them though. We should have named them Yin and Yang. Asleep at my feet at my bar.

A little introduction to dove. Gotta love the Eurasion invasion sometimes. Year round dove training/hunting. They need to learn the "soft mouth" though. They just don't want to let go yet. I think Terry might have slipped some Pitbull in the mix....

A well earned venison dinner awaits that bear. But if it were bear season......an 85 grain broadhead atop a 400 grain arrow at 275fps would have saved Bambi's life.

My Mom grew up in Estes Park and Grand Lake. Beautiful places.

No, the Benchmade stays with me. I do my own paint.

PM returned.

My wife just came in asking what I was cracking up about......thanks TJ, that was awesome.

I am not sure where you see someone questioning your manhood or flaming you. I certainly wasn't. I agree with it being nearly impossible to go even a single day without some type of infraction of a law. The right for a trial is certainly an option. But I don't think this is a 6th issue with the admittance of guilt. I also don't know what your fine is, but if you were over 15mph above the speed limit when he clocked you, I would think a fine might be pretty hefty, but not excessive, making it an 8th amendment issue. We only have a few facts on the situation from your side of the story, so it is up to those of us who read the thread to fill in the blanks, even if it is incorrectly done so. We also might not agree on the course of action, but I definitely agree you have a right to do so. I am not going to change your mind, and you won't change mine, but if we ever meet up face to face, I will bend over backwards helping you out if you need it.

Bump for a great knife and a better sense of humor by the OP.

Happy B-day.

I just head to my local archery store and buy a few different colors (yellow/green/red) and put in whichever comes next in the pattern. I don't even know what brand they are.

Lighter. Heat it up slightly and push it on a flat hard object. Just buy it long enough to give it a couple tries to get it the correct diameter. I have done it quite a few times. Takes about 10 seconds once you get it through the pin.

So what was Bruce's excuse? Because he sure ain't no woman.