tucker301

Decided to do a collage of the last week or so. Anyone know where I can find a frame made of cattails (iron or resin)? [ 02-16-2006, 05:04 AM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

Lying in ICU in early November, it was hard to imagine that I'd be doing this well at any point in time, much less as quickly as it has come around. I was hoping to maybe get out with the guys once or twice before the season ended, but the gash in my chest and the tubes and monitors kept pounding away at harsh reality. Even though he doesn't frequent this forum, I want to say a whopping THANKS! to my old buddy, Leroy. That's right, I hunt with a guy named Leroy This IS the South, after all. Leroy (pictured in my previous post) is 65 years young and is as tough as nails (make that cement coated, case-hardened nails). On nights before hunts, he goes to bed around 8 PM, and he's usually the first person at the launch the next morning, checking in around 4 AM. He's been hunting the same turf for over 40 years, and he has seen it all... twice! When they first started duck hunting, Leroy and his cousin Bill would walk about 400 yards to a creek, where they kept a paddle jon boat stashed in the weeds. They'd carry as many decoys, shells, clothes, and other essentials as they could. They'd launch in the creek and paddle maybe another half mile or so to the flats. Then they'd paddle another 1/4 mile or so into the cattails and set up in a pothole. They did this in rain, snow, sleet and whatever else Mom Nature would toss at them. They didn't know what Gore-tex, Neporene, GPS navigation, or Mojo was. They gathered wood from deadfalls and built fires when it got really cold. Some days, they'd hunt sunup to sundown, but most days they'd limit out fairly quickly. He's no scholar, and he's dammed sure no gentleman, but the short little sucker can hunt like no one else I know. He chews tobacco constantly. He's nearly deaf from all of the years of taller hunters shooting over him, and he drinks more than anyone should, but he is absolutely the REAL DEAL when it comes to waterfowl hunters. Thanks to Leroy, for taking me under his wing and showing me a trick or two. It's been an unexpectedly amazing season! Here's a raised longneck to Leroy, and to every other old-timer who has passed along his knowledge and experiences to a younger generation. May it always be as it is now.

Link to page which links to video.

Well, in yet another case of the news media embellishing the facts, CNN video shows a reporter explaining to the masses exactly what a shotgun shell, "similar" to the one used by Cheney, is made of. Dumass reporter proceeds to dump the contents of copper-plated buffered buckshot into his hand, explaining, "These pellets are actually a little bit bigger than those that struck Mr. Whittington..." NO SHIAT, ASSHAT!!

Thought about and was tempted, but I'm hunting my last goose hunt Wednesday. After that, I'll turkey hunt in April, and the Eagle is shelved and the varmint rifle comes out. I can wait.

I wouldn't offer any contradiction to that statement, but other people's shortcomings do not excuse the current administration's wrongdoings. Every election in the last 30 years has been about choosing the lesser of two evils, rather than about choosing the greater of two goods.

Paraphrasing what I read: The guy followed up on a covey through some tall grass while Cheney and his group pursued another covey. He (the old lawyer dude) then came up on Cheney's group from behind in the tall grass. The second covey flushed back in that direction and Cheney swung on and shot at a bird, which happened to line up perfectly with the victim. ______________________________________ I think Cheney is a jerk and a crook, and I'd love nothing more than to see this being a total screwup on his part, but that's not the case. The way it played out, any one of us could have just as easily peppered the guy. Totally his fault for not announcing himself when approaching from behind.

I see the page, but I can't seem to find the link to the video

No Trolling!

Cheaper to make round ports. You can get a round drill bit anywhere, but those oblong ones are scarce and pricey

I haven't fully decided yet. I want to shoot the R1 once more bfore doing so. I would not and will not put the BOSS system on any rifle. Too freakin' loud. [ 02-11-2006, 04:57 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

I looked around extensively and found links to all of them at the top of this page

Let's see one

That's what it is. You can buy that rifle, tricked out from the factory, for a lot less than you can do all the things you're talking about doing to the R1. Chances are very good that you'll also have better reults.

You're welcome

These gentlemen aren't merely "self proclaimed experts" as you have stated. Both have a vast undertsanding of Benellis, as well as other firearms, that goes well beyond the ordinary. They and others have helped countless people who come here seeking guidance and advice in the proper and safe operation of their firearms. Aftermarket and adjustable triggers are commonplace for rifles, but not for shotguns. For Benelli, or any other manufacturer to produce such an item would mean that there would have to be a substantial market for them. You, as one individual who finds the trigger on his shotgun difficult to pull, do not quite meet the standards of what would typically be called a "market". Regarding the bulk of the rest of your post; I chose to not respond to you because I found your statements and question regarding the "loud" safety and heavy trigger to be frivolous. ANY half-seasoned hunter knows how to manipulate a crossbolt safety quietly when needed. I don't recall that anyone ever taught me the trick. I just remember figuring it out when I was in my second year of hunting. I figured you'd probably figure it out in your second or third year as well. I was somewhat disappointed that mudhen gave you that one for free

Here's an example of what I think you're trying to achieve.

I suppose you could spend as much as you did on the gun and have a custom barrel built for the rifle, but it seems a silly route to take. And, yes, it would cost at least that much, due to the special tooling required. When a rifle is fired, the barrel flexes ever so slightly. This movement can be in a range between uniform and consistent to erratic and random. A BOSS system tunes the harmonics of the barrel in order to find a sweet spot that works well with the given load. Limbsaver also makes a slip "deresonator" which attempts to do the same thing. Fluting is more about weight reduction and cooling than it is about stability. It sounds to me like you're in the market for something more along the lines of a long range AR type rifle, which already is built with the options you seek. Depending on local regulations regarding calibers for deer, you can get one in .223, .308, and even 300 WSM. These rifles would be capable of the kind of performance you're seeking, straight from the factory, AND at a cost equal to or less than that of the R1.

It IS as accurate as A bolt action. I know the poor sucker who has that bolt gun

Another good day today. Weather is finally here and so are the big ones

Shoot lighter loads or add a recoil suppresor.

I can't believe you can't see that whopping HUGE link to the O/U's

He listed it at $70 shipped on shotgunworld.com

Congrats! Awesome bull!