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  1. rayporter

    Permanent mirage shield: wrapping a barrel like a suppressor?

    my go to is 2 velcro dots on the barrel and an old window blind about 2 inches wide with velcro on it to stick on the barrel. but sometimes i lose the window blind and have to cut a piece of target to tape to the barrel. when shooting long strings on the prairie i like to run water down the...
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    Aniak Moose hunt

    day two the river was slowly getting more flow and it gained about and inch in width per mile. soon we were going at a sporting pace. you could see the elevation drop easily. trees were hanging over the river and it as a lot of rowing to dodge them. it was continuous white water. it was...
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    Old dudes and old photos.

    a couple hours after this pic---------after dark. this tent was flat! but by 8 am he had his elk and by noon i had mine. then the real fun started. we had no clue of gutless or most anything related to packing meat. the meat fell off at least 5 times before we got to the truck
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    Old dudes and old photos.

    this goes with the first elk. first trip in. what an education. i had no help packing so i built wood panniers and copied a pic of a diamond hitch. we guessed it was 12 miles to a fork in the trail with a forrest service sign that said "3 miles to end of trail" we were headed for the "end...
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    Rifle rack

    the old plastic forks from an mtm cleaning box were repurposed for this portable table. i cut slots in the table that just fit the forks so you can clean or work on the rifle. remove them and fold the table to store. wood or leather covered metal could easily be substituted for the store...
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    Rifle rack

    this old midway gets used the most. the 2 leather covered boards for the but stock were made to elevate the stock so you can work on the screws on the bottom of the rifle. they also make it super easy to set the rifle in to clean ---they naturally tighten and hold the rifle solid with very...
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    Grinding shank meat

    shanks get canned, here.
  8. rayporter

    How to catch an untrapable mouse.

    this reminds me i got to run the trap line. about 5 traps set in the house.
  9. rayporter

    Aniak Moose hunt

    drop off. the lake drains out just beyond the picture. it resembled a crater in the mountain top. a camp was there hunting for caribou. they had 3 bou that had a circuit circling the mountain. that is all they seen were the same 3 bou every day. a bear was spotted once. the river was a...
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    Aniak Moose hunt

    Aniak was very interesting. we stayed in a "lodge" for a day waiting to get out, the rooms were sparse and many windows were broken letting in cold air. there was a stove of half in plate steel that had a fire roaring 24-7 in the kitchen. that was heat. we sat in the kitchen mostly talking...
  11. rayporter

    Bear spears?

    indians had thing...........bear slapping. big bragging rights, if you lived.
  12. rayporter

    Mobile Reloading Setup

    mike ezell sold a bunch of the D battery kits for a CM. i dont remember if he used six or eight batteries but no one complained. once 12v power banks became popular he quit making them. i have used a truck for power and i frequently plug into 12v on my trailer when i load in the trailer...
  13. rayporter

    Chris Brackett's Landlife Podcast

    he can be a true believer but that wont get me to believe him. the only reason he found god was to make money.
  14. rayporter

    Mobile Reloading Setup

    the CM will run from 9v to 14 v ----dont over think this. a truck battery will run a CM for weeks. i knew a guy that made a bunch of flash light batteries strung up for a CM power supply and folks got a summer of use out of them [if they remembered to turn it off] you can screw a board to a...
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    Mobile Reloading Setup

    you are on the right track. what you have will work, fine. it will just be a small pain to change dies. but if you do get an arbor and dies you will probably like them. a lot. just remember if the truck moves readings will be affected. you can check this by pushing on the tailgate. i had...
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    Mobile Reloading Setup

    if you have a trailer plug at the back of the truck you can get 12v there.
  17. rayporter

    Mobile Reloading Setup

    i bought the legs and screwed them to an old piece of wood.
  18. rayporter

    Mobile Reloading Setup

    you dont need an inverter for the CM. just plug into your lighter socket. better yet get a 12v power bank from amazon. alternatively a deer feeder battery works. the power bank i use will run the CM 24 -7 for more than 3 days. if you remember to turn it off at night it will last a lot longer...
  19. rayporter

    FNG from TX headed to AR

    some time in the late 80's we were eating dinner the day before packing in and a pair of guys eating next to us overheard and struck up a conversation. they had just retired and were elk hunting for the first time. green, old and wore out but they were going. i always thought that was a sad...
  20. rayporter

    20V DeWalt Chainsaw review

    the directions with my Dewalt saw said to drain the oil after use. that got old fast, so i just plan to keep something under it. i put an Oregon chain on and it does as good as you can expect if you hit it with a file every now and then.
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