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Get a Lucas Bore Guide like it says. They are the BEST. I skipped the Lock Ez part. Just dry patched it.

I agree with that...youth donation thread is a heck of an idea.

Not only does he ignore it ... he makes it up to suit his needs as he goes.

I am not a fan of cameras, though I would never tamper with one someone set up. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Vandalism and/or stealing is wrong, no matter how you try to justify it. First come first served is the suggestion ... one that anyone with any real ethics would follow. Get up early and get to your spot. If you get beat there, get up earlier tomorrow. Having your camera and stand there is not first come ... it is not "claiming your spot". Having your butt there first is first come, at least in my book. Yeah ... we all own it ... Public Land, but interrupting someone else's hunt (someone who beat you there) because you're a D-Bag with no ethics is inexcusable. Let's be realistic ... you can't put stuff out days or even weeks before the season opens and say "this is mine". That's not realistic, or ethical in my opinion. I've run into numerous old timers who don't put out cameras and stands who have hunted areas for 30, 40, even 50 years. You think putting stuff out on a spot should "cut them out" of a hole they have hunted since childhood. Nope. Sorry. And most of those old timers would abide by the first come line of ethics too While on that subject ... guys that put their trailers on prime camp spots in areas with limited spots 2-3 weeks prior to season and leave them there really torque me off. Especially since seasons stack up on each other and some persons "un-manned" rig could spoil the spot for someone on a different hunt. Also an "ethic-less" move.

Well ... all I'm saying is if that rifle costs you $450 once you get the safety worked out, what you've got is an old action with a barrel at 1000 rounds. For another $125-150 you could have a new rifle that is at ZERO rounds. Sure ... you have to put some glass on it, but I didn't see where the Springfield is coming with glass. Another thing about that is you have some caliber choice. I don't have anything against a Roberts ... fine round with a great history. But the bottom line is that there are a lot of viable rounds out there that are more commercially available in case you had to pop in somewhere and grab a box. Rounds like the .243, .260, 7-08, .308 to name a few. Hand loading is great ... but if you need some quick ammo in a pinch, it's nice to know the local Wally World carries what you need. The .204 wasn't for deer, was it??? Little on the small side. If you are looking for a .204 for varmint I have one that I am not actively trying to sell, but some guys have inquired and I've decided I'd part with it under the right circumstances. PM me if interested and we can discuss it.

Better get an idea on what the safety will entail and cost. You can get a Tikka T3 for mid $500's that will be new, complete, and a shooter. Others In that range too. Makes little sense to be $450 or 500 (once safety work Is done) into a Springfield when you can get a quality new rifle for not a lot more. Just my two cents worth.

Good luck on the sale. If I didn't have two dogs already I'd give you $500 for him.

All 4.....if you're doing it, do it right.

I got a Ruger Hawkeye .204 ... I'd sell it for a fair I guess.....

Best low/moderate priced production rifle around in my book!!!!!!

Yep....when you see those desert bruisers it is something to behold. Second biggest deer I ever saw was on the road to Oracle...bounced across the highway in front of me and stopped long enough to illicit a drool.

That is a great buy!

Time to wake up folks. Before you know it, our primo Mule Deer units will become a thing of the past.

180 grain Barnes TTSX from a .300 RUM ... if I had to just pick one.

Never hunt alone in Grizzly Country ... and everyone carry a .454 Alaskan for quick dispatch .....

Last roast I did was injected with apple juice and smoked for an hour ... then covered for most of the rest of the cooking with some apple juice in the pan. Kept it really moist ... and man was it ever tender!!!!

That is friggin brilliant!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah...no doubt. There are always a bunch of dumba$$ es at the range.

Yeah ... or a Nighthawk Custom ... sweet pistols.

I'da cut my hand off twice........

That buck has some character ... that is for sure. Nice work.

I used the TTSX on the buck in my photo. Didn't walk one step. Hit the ground immediately. Bullet went in though the front shoulder quartering toward and buried in the ribs. Bullet mass was nearly 100%, and mushroomed well ... Guess it depends on the hit.

Would not surprise me if they started planting already. Rules don't apply to the other side of the aisle ... just ask the outgoing DOJ head.

Bummer. Did you have any identification in it? Hopefully someone will be responsible and turn it in.

Most of what you read will tell you they get in the sun in the AM and they get in the shade after morning. In the evening they move toward the sun again, but can really be in either. I kind of follow the logic, but I glass it all ... never know where one will pop up. I also tend to glass a lot of the fringe feed areas and areas I know they come from to get to the feed areas and water.