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

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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 !!!


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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.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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