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by dsandfort
Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:00 pm
Forum: Predator and Varmint Hunting
Topic: I don't remember them being so small
Replies: 4
Views: 1130

Re: I don't remember them being so small

Not only are the numbers down, we had some serious competition.

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by dsandfort
Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:00 pm
Forum: Predator and Varmint Hunting
Topic: I don't remember them being so small
Replies: 4
Views: 1130

I don't remember them being so small

I grew up shooting white-tail pdogs. Nice and fat and tall. Just got back from a shoot where we were in black-tail country. It took me a while to decide we were actually shooting adults and not young of the year. Sadly, most white-tail dogs are gone in Colorado and Wyoming. Even the black-tail dogs ...
by dsandfort
Thu May 23, 2013 9:26 am
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: WTB-Sightron SIII
Replies: 0
Views: 395

WTB-Sightron SIII

Looking for a gently used Sightron SIII with LRMOA. 6x24 or 8x32.
Not much to trade but willing to look through the stockpile if there is something you are looking for.
Del
by dsandfort
Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:19 am
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: richards microfit gunstocks
Replies: 5
Views: 1388

Re: richards microfit gunstocks

Geoff, so far i've had good luck with them. I e-mailed a question to Sales@Rifle-Stocks.com and they responded within a couple of weeks. I called and got a voice message saying they were extremely busy. They answered on the second call and took my order. Hopefully, this will turn in to a good experi...
by dsandfort
Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:45 pm
Forum: Reloading the .204 Ruger
Topic: Load for Nosler 40 BT
Replies: 10
Views: 2216

Re: Load for Nosler 40 BT

10 shot group using 23.3 of H322. No chrony yet.

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by dsandfort
Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:15 pm
Forum: AR
Topic: My first homemade AR
Replies: 17
Views: 5128

Re: My first homemade AR

I think I found the sweet spot. Using H322 from minimum to maximum and Nosler 40g bullets. This keeps showing up for me. At 23.3 grains, the groups just keep coming back. Not the fastest, but 9 out of 10 in the same (big) hole works for me. Still don't know what happened on that one. There was a guy...
by dsandfort
Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:19 pm
Forum: Predator and Varmint Hunting
Topic: I hate collared doves
Replies: 20
Views: 4830

I hate collared doves

We are over-run by these pests here in N Colorado. The collareds (eurasian) bastages drive out the mourning doves that I love. So......I set up a bait station at exactly 22 yards at the base of a small pine (good roosting branches) and have undertaken the task of population reduction, one collared d...
by dsandfort
Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:26 pm
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: another cooper question ?
Replies: 16
Views: 2719

Re: another cooper question ?

funny...my air rifle is 20 cal.
by dsandfort
Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:00 am
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: another cooper question ?
Replies: 16
Views: 2719

Re: another cooper question ?

Coopers do shoot. The 43 yard targets just document that fact. I shot this group in a 20 mph wind at 100 yards. Brand new M38 in 17 Hornet with factory ammunition. If I'd done my job, I'm sure the rifle would comply.

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by dsandfort
Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:09 am
Forum: Reloading the .204 Ruger
Topic: Load for Nosler 40 BT
Replies: 10
Views: 2216

Re: Load for Nosler 40 BT

I too am having some luck with H322. Great groups at 22.5 (Nosler accuracy load) and another node at 23.3. I'm working up to max looking for the best node.
by dsandfort
Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:13 pm
Forum: Reloading the .204 Ruger
Topic: Load for Nosler 40 BT
Replies: 10
Views: 2216

Re: Load for Nosler 40 BT

I'm having better luck with H322. 10x was OK but Hodgdon seems to be doing the job. 22.9 is the best load so far but I'm going up to see what reveals itself.
by dsandfort
Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:12 am
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: 50 grain Bergers
Replies: 4
Views: 786

50 grain Bergers

I picked up a box of 50 grain bergers (#20305) to try out. Now they are discontinued so I'm not going to bother messing with them. If someone wants them, how's $25 to your door sound?
Del
by dsandfort
Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:01 pm
Forum: AR
Topic: current custom builds
Replies: 21
Views: 5152

Re: current custom builds

Slowly but surely I'm laying in parts for a 17 TAC. Lower is done. Waiting for the Dtech barrel/bolt/gas block and a LAR OPS-4 upper receiver with BCG. Just got the carbon fiber handguard in from Lancer....really nice. 800 pieces of brass, 100 are formed. Still deciding on the scope. Leaning towards...
by dsandfort
Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:01 am
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: Old powder
Replies: 8
Views: 1394

Re: Old powder

I can't beat $2.78 but I can go down to $4. Problem with the powder is my buddy shot some really big/slow stuff. His smallest caliber was bigger than my biggest (hmmmm.....I might have said that better :chin: ) I've read that "modern" powders, as in the last 40-50 years, are often treated ...
by dsandfort
Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:38 pm
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: Old powder
Replies: 8
Views: 1394

Old powder

Sadly, I've "inherited" about 20 pounds of various powder left by a friend no longer with us. Most is at least 20 years old and older. Other than just torching it off, what is the best way to dispose of it? I'd be happy to give it away but that would probably be way more trouble than the s...