bowhunter-tw

Thats a nice looking deer! Looks like he was hunting the northern portion of the unit based on the dirt. My first archery buck was in 21, little bit smaller forky than your brothers.

For my roommates first ever big game hunt any legal animal will be a trophy for him. I typically hunt for meat, not antlers... though they are an added bonus. I will check it out this weekend, thanks for the tip!

Unfortunately most of 22 burned up and is closed this season, I think I have one other spot to look, around the back side of bartlett but it will be a challenge to get in there. I will give the desert a better look, I kinda overlooked the lower elevation areas

Yah it kinda sucks, of course I broke my right foot... left foot driving is interesting. I cant walk without the boot but can weight it with the walking boot on. As soon as the terrain gets un even its game over though. I wouldnt have thought recovery would take so long, but its the first major bone ive broken so definitely a learning experience.

I just recently attempted to cold blue an older winchester 1200 as the original blue was patchy and pitted (inherited from grandpa in southeast texas). I used the birchwood perma blue kit. Removed the old blue, sanded out pits then sanded to almost mirror finish with finer and finer sand paper. Degreased with provided degreaser and applied bluing paste as instructed. I probably did 10 coats per part. Oiled after finished and let sit. Today I re assembled and when I run my hand or paper towel down the barrel the blue seems to be rubbing off. What might I have done wrong in the process that the bluing wouldnt have adhered/oxidized correctly?

Another thing I have noticed is the smell of the barrel now; it is a very potent smell and is pretty annoying. I have tried wiping with acetone and re oiling but the smell persist. Anybody know what the smell could be or how to remove? I am now considering just having it cerakoted, kinda sucks because it would ruin the traditional style of the gun.

How much are you asking? If that was an open ended offer...😅

Great condition Schaffer XV drop away. $50 obo

There is also an annual limit? They close it because it is hard to identify male vs female and dont want females to be shot? once my foot heals up I plan on doing some scouting, I’d like to hunt in october probably in 5b if open, but most likely not going to happen.

I’ve not hunted bear before, I am trying to understand the regs. Does the female harvest limit control whether the unit is open or not? Once that is hit they close it for male and female?

Trying to decide which reticle to go with on a Zeiss v4, I mostly hunt, would like to get comfortable shooting out to 500yrds. Going on a .308.

I just picked up a 336 from 1995, the gun looks to be in great shape, the bluing looks great with no signs of rust, but when wiped with hoppes oil the white paper towel comes out looking like there is a layer if rust? (See pictures) how can I remove this layer completely? Or do I leave it alone since I cant see it?

Have another question. I think I might replace the butt pad, the one that is on it seems dry and very hard, it is the original marlin one. Do you guys have any suggestions as to butt pads to look at? I would prefer to do little to no shaping and would like to stick with a brown pad.

I will get some brass 0000 wool and give it a go, wool with oil applied? Or dry wool then apply oil after?

I “recently” had a v4 4-16 x 50 scope replaced through zeiss. I say recently because this process took quite some time. After a 3 or 4 weeks of processing I finally get a scope in the mail, Shows up overnight from the shipping notification. Excitedly open the box, and I was sent a 4-16 x 44. Get on the phone with zeiss next business day and explained what happened. I am told that the 44 is better because I can mount it closer to the bore axis and wont notice the lack of light gathering capability and I should just keep it. I explain I already have rings mounted to the gun for the 50 and dont want to buy and mount new rings so no benefit there, Replies “well maybe you want to buy new rings”...”you should consider keeping the 44”. Fed up with talking to the guy I say I will consider it, with the intent of calling back the next day to talk to someone else. Send the 44 back and find out the original reticle I ordered is now out of stock but there is one “b class” that came back from a dealer and can be sent as a replacement. I told them that is fine AS LONG AS IT CHECKS OUT AS NEW. Get an email, Scope has been inspected and is brand new.... get the scope, open the box.... (see picture) I know it is very minimal, but I sent a pristine scope, that had only a internal manufacture defect and was told the scope I am getting checks out as brand new. I am very careful with my guns and try very hard not to damage them. Kinda disappointed with the whole experience I’ve had with them. Rant over. There glass looks great but that experience will probably steer me clear of their products in the future.

I would have preferred getting my old scope fixed and sent back to me as it was well taken care of with no external blemishes, I sent it in because the illuminated reticle would intermittently come on. I had no intent of getting a new scope, but they told me they dont repair, they destroy the old one and send a new one. I sent them an email, They are going to take care of me, no questions or arguing.

Would you use brass wool even if there isnt any visual indication of rust? The gun looks deep blue but a white paper towel shows different?

Im sure they will take care of it if I want to send it back. Just frustrating, a month and a half and two scopes later, the guys there have been very nice; even the guy telling me to keep the 44, that was just odd for customer service I thought.

What oil or protective coating do you recommend for blued finished? From the description on the bottle I thought the no. 9 was sufficient for preserving/protecting the blue.

Good to know, I typically try to keep all my oils away from the wood on my guns, but I will keep an eye on the no. 9 specifically.

I dont think im going to worry too much, the rust color come off whether is use the high precision hoppes oil, gun bore cleaner, or shooters choice fp-10 clp. The gun looks pretty good other wise. (Need to replace loading gate screw, left out on purpose)

This stuff, either one will do it

This makes sense, barely made it through the first sentenced and realized what happens, makes total sense.

Im in Tempe, Az. I dont completely understand this one, are you saying cause you leave excess space in the case that a powder burns so fast it builds too high of pressure before the bullet begins to leave the case? It is obvious to me that overloading could be an issue, never considered under loading, very interesting. Would make a fun fluid dynamics/thermo dynamics problem.

Been thinking about getting a new shotgun to start hunting with instead of my old winchester 1200 pump. Was leaning towards an auto loader. Liked the looks and action of the franchi affinity 3, would probably do the upland elite version pictured. Any experience with them or other gun suggestions? Want to stick with 12 ga, 28” barrel, used for quail and dove, around $1000 max.