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Thanks to the incredible generosity of a number of members of the AR family during a very rough time for me, I was able to hang on to my hands-down favorite barrel: an untapered 20 1/8th Contender in 7mm Bullberry, a barrel that has accounted for countless hogs, some nice deer and a varmint or twenty over the years. Little by little, I've picked up pieces here and there to get it back into action, and this weekend, it was back to being a complete rifle for the first time in months. Heck, I even decided to try a new load: 34 grains H335 under the Speer 110 grain TNT. As you can see by the very first group I fired with my newly- assembled carbine (and the first range time I've enjoyed in a LONG time), it still shoots lights-out. God-willing, I hope to officially put it back in action soon and pop a piggie or two. As soon as I am feeling strong enough, that is high on my priority list... Thanks again to ALL of you for the generosity, the thoughts, the prayers and inspiration. I still am at a loss for words regarding such selfless acts. Bobby Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | ||
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Glad to see you are feeling a little better. Now let's just keep the momentum going... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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welcome back bobby | |||
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glad to see you back.... tomorrow will be a better day!!.... go big or go home ........ DSC-- Life Member NRA--Life member DRSS--9.3x74 r Chapuis | |||
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+1 Well said Mike. | |||
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Best, GWB | |||
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Glad you're back up and around. I'll bet the pigs are having bad dreams again. | |||
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Good news Bobby! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Bobby, it'll be good to see you back in action! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Hope to see you up and back at those hogs soon. Looking forward to your updated reports. Take care. Mike / Tx | |||
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Glad to see you are on the mend, Bobby. Great news!!! Scot/TX | |||
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Glad to see you back Bobby L | |||
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Hey Bobby happy to see youre up and about and shhoting one of your fave's great group by the way!!! Looking forward to seeing you back in the field droppin hogs! Aloha, Dom Hunting its not a Hobby its My Way of Life!!! | |||
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Bobby, I'm sorry I didn't see this one. That is fantastic news and great shooting for anyone! Keep up your courage and know you have friends all over this world pulling for you. God bless you and your family. Si tantum EGO eram dimidium ut bonus ut EGO memor | |||
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very nice carbine ,i love your reports ,jaeger. www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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Be well and stay well..... "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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I am hoping you get to shoot lots of hogs very soon! | |||
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Go get 'em!!!!!! | |||
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