They're thick in the alfalfa fields, there are days when it'd be good to have someone keeping my .17 mags full the shooting is so continuous.

It was great weather for the Roundup, but not since, I took my game cart to get to my favorite spot. Ground was frozen early, but not after 9AM.

haven't fired a shot since the Round-up, all this rain is keeping the little critters under ground, just hope as another shooter said that they are fornicating like crazy in their burrows.

Exactly Rick

Launching a rat at 250 yrds is so addictive, it keeps me looking for the next launch. Fri, Sat we're the only below par days and that's when I just use the 204 and don't even look much closer than 200, slow but hits are oh so satisfying.

I went up with wife the Wed before and shot Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, and a couple hrs this morning. The WX was great, but many acres of most all farms had been tilled which isn't very good for shooters, so it was crowded. I had good numbers Thursday, Fri/Sat not so good, Sunday was good even though my ...

Thank you Bill, and may all your shots be on. I am already thinking about a mid January trip.

That would be good, those body shots are pretty messy. FYI: I recently read for better alligment to replace the spring clip that secures the shell holder with an O-ring, haven't implemented that one yet either, but I'll do both, pretty easy mods.

To all of the above; yeah I don't want to mess up a good shooting rifle, it's certainly shoots well within a MOR (minute of rat)and I'd never heard anything about the loose expander, but will implement that trick.

Yes that's my objective, and I'm using 3 different brands now and I have Noslers that I haven't started using yet. Not sure what what I'm going to do yet, need to remeasure my expander ball first.

Ok great I'll keep this info for sure, the variations in tensions when I seat bullets can't be good.

Thanks Bill, yeah doesn't much, neck only has never worked well for me after several neck sizing i'd still have to FL. I just barely push the shoulder back when I size <.0002"

Looking for advice on this subject, I use RP, win, and Hornady brass with the 204 and there is a lot of variation in the resistance I feel when seating bullets especially with the Hornady's. So I am considering a Collet die to get some consistency in neck tension, I've read about neck tension and tu...

Rancher we shoot on near Bieber (Lassen Co.) has tr cam footage of Black wolf recorded recently.

BTW I'm in Trinity Co. after the wiley buck.