Fumed Silica powder on ebay is the same thing you buy in the tiny bottle at a fly shop. I'm all about supporting my local fly shop but you can buy a gallon for $25. Guiding I go thru a lot but a gallon will last most folks 5-10 years. Nippers get a pair of Dollar store fingernail clippers...
I'm glad you're liking it. What bullet are you shooting out of it now? I don't get on there much anymore. Even though I use to hunt and win several predator tournaments I kind of got turned off by all the hunting for numbers guys on there. Nothing wrong with I just kind of changed my opinion...
It is an awesome round especially for calling. If hunting for mainly foxes it would be my number one choice although I've killed several bobcats and coyotes with it and never felt under gunned I still prefer carring a 17 rem in either a LVSF or an AR platform.
Yall will have a blast. I wouldn't let the one kidney worry yall too much. I was born with only one. Didn't find out until I ended up in the hospital for three days with food poison. So after 36 years at that time playing contact sports thru school, joining the army and a lot of stupid...