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OFF-TOPIC got really boring.... What you all been up to ?

Schlag
TO start it off.... I hunt and train pointing dogs in my off time. 100+ birds in the bag this fall ( and a few deer ) and the Lakes froze over last weekend so some hard water fishing happening in Minesoooootahhh !!!


What you all been up to ?
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  • Back in December I started watching farm auctions hoping to pick up a smaller tractor the my Minneapolis Moline as I don't need the big tractor anymore. Well I bought not only 1 tractor but bought 3 (JD 1010, IH 404 and IH 454) and that was unknown to me until I got the invoice in my email the following morning. I've sold the two extra tractors already and the one I wanted (IH 454) is working out well and I like the little tractor as it is size wise 1/2 the size of my MM but still pushes 53HP. I need to find some wheel weights for both front and rear and will probably put new rear tires on it when I get our tax refund.

    Another that I have dabbled with is buying a few more guns to add to the collection. I've picked up 9 (4 rifles & 5 pistols) the last 6-7 months and have only gotten rid of 1 (an even trade for another) and thankfully the wife hasn't hit me with the iron skillet yet. My latest acquisition is an early Gen1 TC Contender in .45 LC / .410 with the 10" barrel and it looks as if it is almost new. Sadly ammo is freaking expensive so I've picked up a set of dies and will buy some brass and some cast SWC and will start working up some loads for deer season this fall. I also picked a Ruger .22 pellet rifle (made by Numerex) that has surprised me with how accurate it is as I have been hitting pop cans at 50 yards with it.

    I actually picked up a Henry Big Boy chambered in .44 Mag last month. I have a few deer rifles, but I rarely get to use them. I often tag out during early bow season and/or can't get time off during Michigan's rifle season.
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  • Back in December I started watching farm auctions hoping to pick up a smaller tractor the my Minneapolis Moline as I don't need the big tractor anymore. Well I bought not only 1 tractor but bought 3 (JD 1010, IH 404 and IH 454) and that was unknown to me until I got the invoice in my email the following morning. I've sold the two extra tractors already and the one I wanted (IH 454) is working out well and I like the little tractor as it is size wise 1/2 the size of my MM but still pushes 53HP. I need to find some wheel weights for both front and rear and will probably put new rear tires on it when I get our tax refund.

    Another that I have dabbled with is buying a few more guns to add to the collection. I've picked up 9 (4 rifles & 5 pistols) the last 6-7 months and have only gotten rid of 1 (an even trade for another) and thankfully the wife hasn't hit me with the iron skillet yet. My latest acquisition is an early Gen1 TC Contender in .45 LC / .410 with the 10" barrel and it looks as if it is almost new. Sadly ammo is freaking expensive so I've picked up a set of dies and will buy some brass and some cast SWC and will start working up some loads for deer season this fall. I also picked a Ruger .22 pellet rifle (made by Numerex) that has surprised me with how accurate it is as I have been hitting pop cans at 50 yards with it.

    I actually picked up a Henry Big Boy chambered in .44 Mag last month. I have a few deer rifles, but I rarely get to use them. I often tag out during early bow season and/or can't get time off during Michigan's rifle season.
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  • in reply to KronkGitBasher
    I need to start funding my gun stash as I want to buy a lever gun in .45-70 but they are sickeningly expensive. The Henry's I've seen start at around $1000 on the used market and run as high as $1500 new. The Marlin 1895 (SS Trapper or Guide is what I want) start at around $1500 and can run as much as $1800. I could just say the hell with the lever action and buy an El Cheapo single shot for $500 but that isn't what I want LOL

    The other thought was to pick up a .45-70 barrel for the Contender but I know a guy that hunted deer with one and said the recoil was nothing short of brutal and his barrel was ported too. Handgun recoil doesn't seem to bother me too much (I shoot hot 125 gr out of my 14oz S&W 360 AirWeight) so I might go that route but it seems like there are none to be found on the web. Since S&W bought out T/C I wish that they would make some barrels for the Contenders or even restart that line of pistols.
  • in reply to KronkGitBasher
    I have the Henry Big Boy in .45-70, tube loading with the brass plated receiver. It's awesome. I got it 2 years ago. I think the Cabela's near me still has one in stock for $990. It might be the side loading blued receiver model though. I know Marlin went under but got bought up by someone else. The new Marlins should be showing up in stores sometime this year. My 1st hunting rifle was a Marlin .30-30. It's still one of my favorite rifles but .30-30 ammo is impossible to find in my area right now.
  • in reply to KronkGitBasher
    .45-70 recoil CAN be brutal. WAY BACK when I was in Boy Scouts, went went to a scout camp called Northwoods Reservation. They had a rifle range there. You could shoot anything they had there, usually just .22's, but they had bigger guns as well. ALL shooting was done in the prone position on old cot mattresses on a wooden deck. back then, it was something like $0.15 for 5 rounds on the .22, I think the .45-70 was $0.75/round. Yeah, I fired it once. It scooted me back on the shooting lane about 4", but I was just a 'little' kid then.
  • in reply to KronkGitBasher
    I stick to around 300 - 400 grain rounds. Those 405 - 420 grain "bear" rounds are brutal. Definitely not something you take to the range and fire off a few dozen rounds with. I normally shoot a few rounds a couple time a year to make sure it is good and sighted in and back to the case it goes.
  • in reply to KronkGitBasher
    Just to prove I could do it, one time, at the farm, when we were shooting clays, I whipped out the Mossberg 835 ultra-mag and did 5 clays with 3.5" 1.5ounce T shot. Yeah, waterfowl gun, so all plastic, before I put a recoil pad on it. That was brutal!
  • in reply to KronkGitBasher
    Years ago, I got the opportunity to shoot a Boys anti-tank rifle, the WW2 British infantry anti tank gun. After pulling the trigger, I immediately went looking for my shoulder because I thought the recoil had torn it clean off. After that, I pass on anything bigger than a .45-70 that isn't mounted in a gun carriage.
  • in reply to KronkGitBasher
    Yeah, except it is just a big bolt action gun. The M2 and the Barret 50 cal have either mounting options or gas impingement to deal with the recoil. With those WW2 anti tank guns, you got all of it. The Russian ones were reported to dislocate or break shoulders. They were also around 950 grain where as the .50 BMG is 650 - 800 grain depending. It's like a .45-70 compared to a .45-90.
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