BS: Hey rap and gnu

Subject: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 28 Jul 18 - 10:39 PM

Do you guys reload. My 30-06 is hitting sub moa at 300 yards with Nosler 180 grains accubond behind 56 grains of imr3450. Amazing accurate and runs 2700 fps. Give those a try

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 28 Jul 18 - 10:40 PM

Hate factory ammo I really can control my hunting loads a lot better doing it myself

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Rapparee
Date: 29 Jul 18 - 09:04 PM

Not yet, but I have the stuff. At the cost of ammo these days I think I'm gonna have to start. 80 rounds of .45 Colt and 16 20 gauge shells on a weekend runs into money. Fortunately the shotgun ammo is fairly cheap. The other, well, I've found reliable sources that don't cost an arm and a leg if you buy in bulk (250 rounds or more). 9mm is pretty cheap these days, and if you wish you can really cut the cost of .22 long rifle.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Jul 18 - 11:13 PM

Chongo would find this whole subject fascinating and heart warming.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 30 Jul 18 - 10:27 AM

Go on eBay and get a single stage press called a rock chucker rcbs. Silly name but the best there is and a used one is under 100 bucks. Penn bullets for the 4570 amazing. You can reload cheap and get great accurate rounds.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Jul 18 - 11:24 AM

Yes, with enough practice you can become as accurate as Natty Bumpo.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 30 Jul 18 - 08:38 PM

Lot cheaper for sure rap. I was going through probably 6-800 a month shooting. Still haven’t caught up with that chongo monkey. He is pretty fast maybe shotgun hmm gotta think

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 30 Jul 18 - 08:39 PM

Every time I get a bead on him he throws poo at my scope and I miss

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Rapparee
Date: 30 Jul 18 - 10:17 PM

I have a tactical nuke I'm saving for that monkey, only he won't leave Chicago very often and I don't want to waste it knocking off several thousand people just to get one pestiferous tail-swinger.

I currently have on hand about 150 rounds of 45-70 Government. It's probably about enough for the rest of my life, unless the buffalo return to the golf course out back or the Shoshone/Bannock get angry.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 18 - 07:29 AM

You will need it for chongo. He mooned me hit my scope with poo and ran off after I put seven rounds at him. I think he maybe an alien from space

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Little Hawk
Date: 31 Jul 18 - 07:53 AM

He's an Untouchable, and that's why he's based in Chicago. All these remarks about his non-existent "tail", "tail swinging", and poopflinging are outright specism of the most flagrant sort, and they will earn you gentlemen some time in the re-education camps after Chongo gets elected. Mark my words. Your survivalist stockpiles of ammunition and back issues of Popular Mechanics will not save you.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 31 Jul 18 - 10:33 AM

I suspect rap that he has a very tiny tactical vest on and that’s why i can’t drop him. Hmm do you have and claymores ?

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: keberoxu
Date: 31 Jul 18 - 12:37 PM

I feel a song coming on:

"When the Buffalo Return to the Go -o- -olf Course...."

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Little Hawk
Date: 31 Jul 18 - 01:36 PM

That's a remake of which song? Swallows at Capistrano?

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 01 Aug 18 - 09:30 AM

Chongo rides buffalo. He is a tricky foul smelling ape but rap and I will get him

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Aug 18 - 08:52 PM

Chongx, like wildfires, can make his/her own weather. Mostly though it's rather like an inversion over a huge mound of burning tires.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Aug 18 - 09:04 PM

My .45LC Marlin rifle came back from warranty repair today and I've ordered a Skinner barrel mount sight for it.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 12:41 AM

Those are awesome. I know several people who use them. My 454 casull went back to ruger. They found a defect and are sending me a brand new gun. Ruger said they have it being manufactured and then will have the custom shop do some work. All for free. Can’t wait

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 12:49 AM

I threw a small burris scope on my 45-70. 100 yards the center of the bullseye is cut out. Buffalo bore ammo. My shoulder is all black and blue even with the gel pads. Magnum loads in that beast is not fun. However i am now ready for moose or anything else that get in the way. The biggest problem is bears if you do get a moose. It’s like ringing the dinner bell for brown bears so some firepower is needed. Last year most all were under 100 yards. I feel really good up to 150 as it drops like a rock any further

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 12:54 AM

The way my 06 and custom loads are shooting at the range. I know I can drop anything to 600 yards. However moose are in the thickest most miserable fly infested thorn ridden areas and 100 is about all you will get max range. Either close or nothing. Calling them in is the key

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 12:59 AM

I reload for the long colt as i shoot them for target with the casull. I will make you some.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 01:04 AM

I take a lot of risks. I should not but i do. If you hear i became dinner for a brown bear well give him kudos as he deserved it. My chances in the bush of going face to face is not unrealistic at all. I trug my way though that shit set up and moose call but I am ready for teeth and claws just in case

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 12:34 PM

You might want to carry some bear spray too. Or else hire a couple of Chicago apes with Thompson submachine guns to give you some additional backup. I've heard they'll work for bananas.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 09:31 PM

A .45ACP will tickle a brownie. Then it will shove the gun up your nether regions and eat you.

I use cowboy ammo, mostly, as that's what I'm shooting every month. For other stuff, well, a .45-70, a 12 gauge, a 20 gauge, a .45ACP shooting a +P hollow point (Speer Gold Bond) will generally make 'most anything think twice. Any encounters I have will probably in shotgun slug range and a .12 gauge runs .73 caliber, if I remember aright. On the other hand, bear spray is fine as long as you point it at the bear and the wind is away from you -- I mention this because There Have Been Incidents.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 11:40 PM

That’s how I identify brown bear scat. It smells like pepper and usually has little bells and wrist watches in it

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 02 Aug 18 - 11:48 PM

A 45 long colt would work well for a brown bear. As long as you were with someone you didn’t like:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 03 Aug 18 - 12:56 PM

Problem with bear spray as the vacation college girl who was killed and her friend mauled- bear charged, she unload bear spray on him, brear backed off and ran, he recovered charged again- no more spray left, killed her and mauled her friend. That happened while I was up there last year near bird creek

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 03 Aug 18 - 01:00 PM

Alaska hiking trails are beautiful, go out enjoy them and the wildlife. The attacks don’t happen that often but when it does it’s bad. You need to be armed along with spray.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Aug 18 - 08:56 PM

I generally carry a revolver if I'm out near town (bears and mountain lions and moose have visited town so far this year), not so much to shoot them (I'd simply annoy them) but to fire a shot and hope to scare them off. If that didn't work it will summon someone to gather up the remains.

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: olddude
Date: 03 Aug 18 - 09:02 PM

Yup a moose can put a world of hurt on ya also

Subject: RE: BS: Hey rap and gnu
From: gnu
Date: 04 Aug 18 - 10:23 PM

Well, I've been at this game (pun intended) for many years. I don't hunt anymore. Well, I bought steaks at Sobeys today but that's more gathering, I suppose.

It all depends on where you hunt. If I was going to Alaska, big nasty gun. Or, I could take my 270 if I had the eyes I had when I was a young man. Many in NB.ca discuss the differences between such as a 270 and a 30.06. Fact is, both range out about the same up to 300 yards on drop and energy but the 30.06 has a far wider range of available cartridges (and cost less) so it's more popular. Both will deliver the energy but some say the larger the hole, the more blood... of course, I refer to the boiler room shot. If you prefer a blade or neck shot (neck shot??? WTF???), 30.06. But, for the boiler room, either are fine for moose up to 1200#. Beyond that weight, I can't comment, except to say, if you are under 300 yards, I would put my 270 against any 30.06 or the big guns.

Minds me of a story. I was in Gander, NF and a buddy showed me his guns. One was a Model 100 WIN 308. I told him a great story about my bro hunting wild boar in Germany and how he got to do it by trading a Model 100 for a hunt (another story). Buddy says, "I prefer the big guns (points to a 300) but this ain't bad. Took over 400 hundred with it." I was stunned. "400?" "Yes b'y. I'm friends with **** what owns **** hotels and each one gets 26 licences a year. Plus, lots a fellahs gets tags what can't hunt no more so I helps em out." Imagine that! Of course, owning a helicopter helps.