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I think a lot of people don’t understand what it’s like to be a youth today. It’s the parents job to set them up for success at everything. Failure, stress, and disappointment are all unpleasant and should be minimized.

Maybe I’m in the wrong places, but I haven’t seen much in a few years. I’m usually between Winslow and Springerville and haven’t seen but maybe 2 this year. Do you guys still see them?

Browning A Bolt .270. Everything from prairie dogs to elk. Remington 722 257 Roberts Remington 700 .223

“Search and Rescue in 4B”. That’s better than all of the 4B jokes I’ve heard. Rescue may be one thing, but if you ever need a search in 4B, well that would be embarrassing.

Haven’t seen any there for a few years.

The only company I can think of is Tempe Crane. They are a crane company and not advertised as a service company but over the years, they have done some wild stuff for me when the others said no. That makes me think they could do it. If not, they definitely know who will.

With Halloween coming up, that would be a great place for a dead man hanging prank. It would be real funny to see the reactions if you could make it as realistic as possible.

I agree. I was born in Arizona and all I seem to really care about is the outdoors. It is getting worse and worse every year. The drought, that we can’t control is not helping either. I’m only 40 years old and I’ve seen my favorite deer areas turn into windmills and potash areas. It makes me wonder what the next 40 years will look. I’ve come to the conclusion that all I can do is get out and enjoy it before it’s gone because it seems like every year there’s bad news like loosing 3600 acres south of Winslow to wind turbines or more land lost near Starlight pines or new roads showing up. New administrations doing the right thing will help slow the decay a little but with everyone from Minnesota, North Dakota and Canada and other places wanting to move to Arizona because of the climate, our space that we have left will have more and more people using it every year.

Naps are the best. I love to doze off in the field. There’s been a few memorable naps. One was where I fell asleep in a push down area and woke up with a coyote a few feet from me. It scared both of us when we made eye contact. A few times I was in deep sleep and the sound of wings flapping woke me up when a crow flew down to check me out and hit the brakes and flew away 10 or so feet from me. Then a few times I woke up to something running away. Don’t know if it was a deer or elk. I’m sure they were walking close by and either saw me or smelled me and took off.

I have a few Forster case trimmers. The way it worked out, there were two times where my dad and I bought up someone’s reloading set up when they were getting out of reloading. We now have four case trimmers and all of the pilots and parts to turn the necks too. I have one I keep set up only for .270 and I will never change it. I also have the Lyman case prep station. Brass prep is my favorite part. I even weight sort the brass.

The deer, elk or antelope won’t sit still long enough for you to get a shot where I hunt if you’re hunting out of a vehicle. First of all, there aren’t many there to begin with and the ones that are there are very spooky. In the past 20 years, I’ve seen maybe 5 bucks that will stare at you while you drive. Of course they were very young. The others I only saw because they were running away. Elk seem to stay put a little longer but never deer or antelope.

I’ll take it if it doesn’t go through.

You’re probably right, I just haven’t seen them as much. Maybe it’s where I hunt. I am not usually in the pines, I’m in the high desert and it’s unusual to see any side by sides where I go. The high country attracts a lot of people, the desert not so much. The atv’s I see are usually parked at the jumping off point and not running around. I’ll hear them in the morning and evening if I hear them at all.

It’s always going to be the non hunters that do this stuff. They don’t know any better. I don’t think they’re trying to be mean and disrespectful, it’s just that they don’t know what to do except to drive around and explore. I have one friend that thinks those side by sides are awesome. He would do the same thing. If he knew he was screwing someone up, he would stop. But he’s a city boy just like all of them and doesn’t think about the peace and quiet the outdoors deserve.

Your setup should work. You may find out you want to change it to something else later on. You will find that reloading and everything that goes with it is never done. That goes for case trays, measuring devices, bench layout, tools etc., you will be regularly adding and/or replacing items to get better or more efficient. A new scale one day and a new set of calipers the next week then maybe a new powder trickler some other month. Then you will get into case prep and buy all sorts of things, some just came out this year. There’s always something new and maybe a little better to try out. I like Midway USA for all things reloading. Powder, I like to use a small business in my hometown. You want to dispense powder into the shell casing just like 10Turkeys said. From there, pour into the brass cup on the scale, from there pour back into the casing with a funnel. If it’s too high, pour it back into the measure and adjust. What I do is set it up a couple tenths low and trickle it to the exact weight on each case with stick powder. Start saving for a Chargemaster or some other automatic dispenser, it will be a good timesaver.

Delw is right. The front edge will need to be stronger. When you full-length resize, you put a lot of force and over time it will weaken or break it. The same goes for a power measure with extruded powder, those can get real skakey. You may need to anchor it to the floor to really get it to work right. I was lucky. My dad remodeled our kitchen when I was young and used the old cabinets and counters in our workshop and made it our reloading room. Since it wasn’t a perfect fit, we used our old 1-3/4” solid core door as a filler where our counter top didn’t fit and we anchored the equipment to it with no problem. Keep your scale somewhere else. With the movement that is likely to make, it will throw your zero off pretty quick.

It’s wise to get something more current but it’s not necessary. Barnes hasn’t changed much, Hornady changes often. What I do when I experiment with new loads is to check some of the manuals I have, both new and old. Then I check the website of Hogdon, Nosler, Berger etc for what they have most current. By checking three or four sources of data, you should do well. No manual is a waste. They make good reading at bedtime. Don’t be afraid to mark them up. Use a pencil so that you can erase later as to not cause confusion in the future. Next thing you should probably plan on is a three ring binder for your rifles. That is where you will want to make permanent notes and save target cut outs of groups with loads. Otherwise it’s brain damage trying to remember seating depth, COAL, bullets, powder etc. The older books probably won’t show the powder available that’s current. Some of those may be old enough that they won’t have powders like Leverevolution, CFE 223, lil gun, Retumbo and some of the Vitavorhi. They also won’t have cartridges like the 6.5 Creedmoor, PRC, and the Nosler cartridges. I recommend looking for a newer Hogdon or surf their website.

Hogdons, since their powder is popular. Any other manuals should do fine. Sierra has a lot of info and their bullets are abundant. Speer has a lot of info. It doesn’t hurt to have multiple. If you’re reloading for a .270 Winchester, using a 130 grain Partition, it would be helpful to see what Nosler has compared to a Speer in 130 grain Spitzer for the same powder. My mom would buy us guys a new edition for Christmas on many occasions. It was a cool gift and she would write something nice on the first blank page.

I like the Barnes TSX. They shoot very well for me. I don’t think it’s liberal crap. It is if there’s buzz about banning all lead bullets, but not for a lead study like this. I consider this a lesson learned.

I saw it. They blurred out the arm like they would someone’s private parts. I guess arms are offensive. I can understand blurring out the faces to protect identities, but how is an arm offensive? We keep getting weaker and weaker and more and more easily offended.

He’s one I have to read. When ever I see it’s a topic or reply from him, I go right to it, many others don’t get a second thought.

The letters just mentioned that the site was using non union workers and that they’re paid less. The threat was that they would picket unless they used union labor. They couldn’t prove they were paid less, in fact, in most cases, they’re paid more. This really bothered me. Using intimidation to get work instead of a nice thoughtful letter explaining how good they are and would love the opportunity to be given a shot to show that. Most people would like that approach.

I’ve seen a Union stop by a project and start calling the non union workers, many of them my friends, Rats. To me that’s bad behavior. Didn’t their moms teach them any better than that? The non union workers didn’t do anything about it. That shows restraint on their part. That union would also send threatening, notarized letters out to people. But yeah, I’m sure they’re good people.

You should be able to find land pretty easily. Apache County is full of 40 acre places. You should see it from the air. In some places near Concho and St Johns it’s total sprawl. Some of those places are lived in by crazy people, some seem to collect junk cars and whatever scrap they can find, and some like to create their own custom No Trespassing signs with writing about how they’ll kill you. I’m sure before 1970 it was a pretty place.

I rarely see them. A few times I’ve seen them drive up to and stop at my vehicle while I’m glassing. I can understand law enforcement not tolerating too much people parked on I 17. It would be a parking lot with the 500+ permits in 6A because I know of one hot spot right next to the freeway that isn’t a secret to anyone.