Sisco

To be blunt, unless you are traveling in grizzly country, which you aren’t, you have more to fear from two legged critters and snakes then black bears and cougars. I live around and coexist with both and don’t even think about them. But 10mm would be a good choice, especially if you can find some shot shells for those above mentioned snakes.

Also, if you are not getting a good bark, it might be that your not generating enough smoke to sufficiently penetrate and coat the meat. You want a rich, full smoke for at least a couple of hours to form that bark. Depending on your system, soaking the wood in water before you add it for smoke can help. Don’t use old moist wood, as that may contain fungus spores. And throw away what you don’t use. Or cut oxygen a bit and extend cooking/smoking time to compensate. Most good books or websites on smoking meats have suggestions on this.

I don’t spritz, what I do is a light rub of olive oil on the meat followed by a heavy coating of good rub. With that, a good bark forms fine.

If you want a commercial Vinegar sauce, Stubb’s regular is pretty good.

I will take one of the Armorers Course books. PM inbound.

Try CCI 22 WMR red tips with the polymer tip. They cycle great in mine and are pretty accurate. Only ones I use now.

Looking at a 6.5 Creedmore build in the future. This is good to know. Thank you.

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Yep. Know where my ashes are going. If it’s windy that day, cover your drinks.

Peachy, check this site out. My apologies ,should have put it in that other thread. https://thewellarmedwoman.com/product/lace-belly-band-by-the-well-armed-woman/

That was a tough time and a tough situation to be a Marine in. Thanks for your service and prayers for those that didn’t return. What sucks about getting old is the number of us who go through the chemo deal. I have been lucky so far, but I am under no illusions. Both my parents died of cancer, so it’s only a matter of time. As far as slings, an M14 and an M16A1 are far separate beasts when it comes to the need for slings and the slings that were issued with them. I replaced my standard nylon AR15 and AR10 slings with 1907’s simply because that’s what I like and have learned to use from day 1.

Always used the 1907 for serious shooting because that is what I had on my sporterized 1917 Winchester Enfield when I was 12, and used them ever since, even on my AR16 and AR10 rifles. Guess it’s time to get a Beachin.

A workable rifle now. Congrats

Never used them

Dam! That looks good!

Wonder if the sale of backhoes and septic tanks has increased in New Zealand?

All the bars up here have it. The way I have been catching them, it will be a while before I have to go to a bar for whitefish.

After the fact: Remnants of two whitefish caught this morning, fileted, deboned, breaded and deep fried. Enough for a fish sandwich for lunch tomorrow

Stories out of Montreal in the 70’s were brutal.

Nice!

A salute to those three LEO’s who were able to stop the shooter before it got worse. Bad as it is, they took action that saved lives.

Not to go off thread, but a robotic plane releasing a robotic GPS guide bomb, from 40,000 feet, landing and detonating within 2 yards of you, what would be kind of fun, about that? Go read up on something called “the Singularity Event”. Which will happen within the next 25 years. As if we don’t have enough to worry about.

I have this piranha I need to find a home for, does he need a tank mate? Signed, “Nubs”” Sisco

Good luck with your treatment.