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- Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: Centerfire Rifles
- Topic: RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney
- Replies: 6
- Views: 475
Re: RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney
Paul, thanks for the link....very good interview. In regard to Vietnam sniper lore, when I arrived in-country in early 1966, the battle of Ia Drang Valley (The Valley of Death) was a recent event, and it was all the talk. At the same time, the legendary sniper, Carlos Hathcock was also a subject of ...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Shooting Competitions
- Topic: Small Caliber Posted Results Shoot 2024
- Replies: 65
- Views: 3472
Re: Small Caliber Posted Results Shoot 2024
Should that be the deciding factor? Point .32 inches or smaller?? Skipper, I don't have a dog in this fight, but .32" would include calibers like the .308/7.62 and others similar. IMHO, small caliber is the .224" bore and smaller, and I don't think that's what the term really indicates, a...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: Centerfire Rifles
- Topic: RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney
- Replies: 6
- Views: 475
Re: RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney
If this forum had a sub-forum for general discussion, this would have been placed there, but it ended up in Centerfire Rifles due to no other forum choice. That's too bad, as when newbies open this forum and see only categories related to the 204R and varmint-oriented sub categories, many posts get ...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
- Topic: Ruger Hawkeye Predator .204 (~$1100) or Savage 110 Predator .204 (~$850)?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1098
Re: Ruger Hawkeye Predator .204 (~$1100) or Savage 110 Predator .204 (~$850)?
But Savage, Remington, Tikka and the 527 CZ's and some others just have the better after market supplies, in my opinion. :) Never been a Savage fan, but I'll admit that in the gun-world, Savage is like a small block Chevy in the car/truck world.....beaucoup aftermarket accessories available for abo...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: Predator and Varmint Hunting
- Topic: Chucks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 724
Re: Chucks
Chucks, yeah, waiting here too. Snowing right now, got about 8" on the ground even after a brief warmup over the past two days that melted a lot of it. Like Bill K., at least for us here, we'll not see those boys until all this melts and we get some warmer temps and some sun. I usually don't sh...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Centerfire Rifles
- Topic: RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney
- Replies: 6
- Views: 475
RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney
This week we lost the most prolific sniper to come out of Vietnam, Chuck Mawhinney of Baker City, Oregon. More well-known is Carlos Hathcock who came to RVN a few years earlier. Chuck was a quiet fellow who rarely talked of his time as a sniper. Some friends in town did not even know he was a Vietna...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: General Reloading
- Topic: General information re: 204R of mine.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1314
Re: General information re: 204R of mine.
Great post there you two! Makes me anxious to get out after the sage rats and chucks, but we've got a fresh dump of 7" of the white stuff....dang! I'm sure some will gain some good info from your prep and loading techniques, and we all like to see field pics of rifles and the varmints too. It's...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:47 pm
- Forum: Members Lounge
- Topic: Good bye Good luck saving your forum.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 432
Re: Good bye Good luck saving your forum.
Well Tom, that's a pity. I was under the impression we were a group of grown-a$$ men and like-minded fellows here, and not thin-skinned Nancy's getting our panties in a twist when challenged. What ever happened to "adapt and improvise", rise to the the challenge and overcome? Not run home ...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:29 am
- Forum: General Reloading
- Topic: The plunk test
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1459
Re: The plunk test
I wouldnt want to be shot by any of them Tom, great thoughtful response after Jim went to all the time and trouble to give statistical, detailed information on the bullets you showed interest in. Not trying to be a hard-a$$ here, I'm just missing the old content we used to have on this forum, infor...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Members Lounge
- Topic: My thread on chain saws
- Replies: 1
- Views: 156
Re: My thread on chain saws
Sunsets, sausage making, flowers, now it's chain saws. What's next, what truck do you drive? What toothbrush do you use? Last time I checked, this was supposed to be a 204/rifle forum with sub categories, all firearm-related. There are forums for such trivia, but I'm at a loss as to why the 204um ha...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
- Topic: How many rounds to burn out a .204 bbl?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15954
Re: How many rounds to burn out a .204 bbl?
We've found that during a hot time in the rat patch or on PD's, a soaking wet towel draped over the barrel while it's being cleaned cools it off quickly and with even cooling over the entire length of the barrel. When the barrel is clean, it's then about cool enough to resume shooting. Of course, th...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Reloading
- Topic: A new hope-
- Replies: 16
- Views: 991
Re: A new hope-
TK, most will show a trim length of 1.840 on the 204R. I have read where Hornady in working on the 204R case and throat being long was following Roy Weatherby's idea with his creations, in that it allows for more FPS out of a given chamber. Not sure if that is correct or not. RIO can probably give ...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Reloading the .204 Ruger
- Topic: lets talk powder.....
- Replies: 98
- Views: 92574
Re: lets talk powder.....
Funnels...... I like most others, started out with a plastic RCBS do-it-all funnel. This morphed to the Saturn funnels....better in all regards, but caliber specific. Then Brad at Custom Reloading Tools (now defunct) brought out the most nifty, well-designed reloading funnel to ever come down the pi...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
- Topic: 204 Ruger, which factory rifle?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 609499
Re: 204 Ruger, which factory rifle?
Bringing up Cooper, I have one I traded into a few years back, my introduction to 22BR. I forget the model, black fiberglass stock with a Jewel trigger. It shoots fantastic, my complaint is if one was going to shoot any kind of BR stuff with it, opening and closing the action upsets it I. The bags ...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:43 pm
- Forum: Shooting Competitions
- Topic: Small Caliber Posted Results Shoot 2024
- Replies: 65
- Views: 3472
Re: Small Caliber Posted Results Shoot 2024
Love the target!