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    Alaskan Jogger killed by Wolves

    ALASKAN hunters were yesterday searching a remote peninsula for a pack of up to four wolves believed to have killed a 32-year-old jogger in what is described as the first fatal wolf attack in the United States for decades...
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    The Order Is Placed.

    I called my 10 year old Grandson tonight and placed an order for a deer next fall. We had a little taste of the buck he shot this fall tonight and it sure is wonderful. I guess this thread is aimed at, How many of you get more enjoyment out of getting venison, or giving venison as a gift than...
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    Fisherman takes one in the head

    http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/160816/group/News/ Going to be interesting to find out how far away the shot came from. And i will put a buck on it being alcohol related.
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    Lucky Shed Hunter

    This was in the Sunday paper. Happened about 30 miles from here. Duluth Paper, May need to register for this one, but it has one more picture. Twin City's paper Link to a display being made. The finished project. Youtube video of a similar display in Maine. Youtube video Alaska,
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    270win KaBOOM

    This is what is left of a .270 Parker Hale after a 30-'06 cartridge was fired in it.
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    Buck Pole!

    Received this photo from my local CO. He titled the Photo "Wolf Lake Deer Camp" to pull my chain. I did a search and found its source. and here,
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    Trail Camera problem

    I have a Cuddyback digital(bought just before the IR ones came out) that takes ok pictures, but date and time stamps wrong. I have reset date and time 3 times this fall and it never holds. I caught a small buck at a scrape location but I think the camera spooked him as he never returned. I...
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    Venison versus beef

    Got this from the local CO. I think he took part in this study:p
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    Young ladies first time shooting

    We had a wonderful day shooting. My niece had never shot any kind of gun before today. We started her out with a .22 auto then a BDA .380 (one round in mag.) Then she got to try the real guns:):cool: A 44 flint pistol and then an 1858 army. She also tried out the Ruger LCP and P97DC ,45acp Her...
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    1911 Schmidt- Rubin

    A friend was given a Schmidt-Rubin rifle today for his B-day. This rifle is in a homemade stock but has an original barrel with original sights. The rifle is stamped .308 WIN. I am interested in knowing if this is a safe conversion. The rear sight is missing the sliding piece (do not know what...
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    Failue to Fire, Mossberg 500A Conversion

    Last fall a very close friend and former Supervisor of mine experienced a miss-fire(failure to fire main charge) with his Mossberg 500A Muzzle Loader conversion. This is a 50.cal with a .209 primer. http://www.mossbergs.com/manuals/Muzzleloader.pdf He was loaded with 90 grains of loose...
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    Dry ball and more....

    Today my grandson dry balled his .45 Ultra-Hi flinter(on the second shot of the day). I couldn't get enough powder behind the ball to get any kind of bang. The ball puller is stuck in the barrel (ball) along with the ram rod Ferrel. I have never had the breach opened on this rifle and that...
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    Thompson simi-auto

    I got to look through a collection of guns donated to the Shooting CENTER that included a semi-auto Thompson. I do not see a listing in my blue book for this carbine. It IS in 98% condition (IMO) and included 2 box (stick) magazines. Any est. on value? The old Gentleman donated his collection...
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    Took the Pastor shooting

    Our assistant pastor planted our church back in the early 80's and then went on to serve the Lord in many other Churches for the following 20 years. He is back serving as our assistant pastor now. Before all of this he was a Police Officer and the only firearm he now owns is a Beretta 950 B Tipo...
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    Locked Antlers

    Was at our anual Home, Sport, and Travel show this weekend. One of the favorite booths offer free antler measuring and This mount was brought in for scoring. One rack was 127 NT and the other was 138 NT. the mount cost $2300.00 and was taken 2 years ago. The owner and 2 others tried to separate...
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    Snaphaunce Lock

    A friend (Machinist) is working on a Snaphaunce lock that is extremely similar to the lock on this musket The lock is missing the pan cover push rod and a spring that looks to tention the sliding pan. The question I have is there is a safety catch on the sear which protrudes through the lock...
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    HS HD Military

    What is the deal with this H-D Military, I thought these had nothing to do with the military? http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?size=full&ahid=330&aid=17982&lid=4995193&aiid=0 From this 400 gun auction, http://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=17982&ipp=100
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    "100 Gun owners surveyed 2009"

    I am doing a Power Point Family feud game for the youngsters in firearms safety again this year. The one last year when over so well another one is needed. (I downloaded this game from). http://www.pttinc.com/ppgame.htm Question 1. Your favorite Big Game Animal That you hunt. Question 2. Your...
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    Making Gunpowder

    I was searching for a video about Bubba calling 911 after he shot his pal and came across this one:D http://video.aol.com/video-detail/gun-powder-explosion-in-the-kitchen/871786886 Still looking for the Bubba one. anyone here help me out?
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    Cap & Ball -Cap size

    I see most of the replacement nipples at Track of the Wolf for C&B Revolvers are for the #11 caps. Is this something that is happening out of availability of caps or what? A shooting friend of mine dressed up the nipples on all his revolvers this week. That was around 60 nipples. and He did mine...
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