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    Cold weather veicle question

    Industrial/commercial diesels have a low oil pressure shutoff that may need to have a reset pushed when first starting them. One can be added to a consumer diesel if it's gong to be idled without adult supervision. That's probably a good addition for consumers who idle theirs often or for long...
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    Shooting bag/rifle rest?

    An alternative to sand in shooting bags could be bean bag chair filler. I noticed that K Mart sells bags of the stuff, but one bag of it would fill dozens of shooting bags.
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    Leech Lake

    They were found in Winnie and Cass years ago. Both those lakes are upstream of Leech in the drainage system. Leech is big enough they were just harder to find.
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    Shooting bag/rifle rest?

    I learned years ago that any rifle with recoil bounces off front sandbags. My 30-06 shot 3" higher at 100 yards off a sandbag than if I hand held it. My 338WinMag differed by 6" at 100 yards. The rifles didn't bounce off a rolled up sleeping bag, so I used that with a sand filled toe bag...
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    Remote car starters

    My wife's '16 Honda Pilot included one from the factory.
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    vehicle batteries

    When you're comparing batteries, pay attention to the battery case. My boat has an Interstate starting battery an a pair of Walmart deep cycles. Except for the color of the plastic and the label, they look like they came from the same factory. See if you can access a History channel program...
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    Hawaii To Receive 2 Feet of Snow WTH?

    There used to be a website devoted to island skiing.
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    Coyote numbers

    Another 2K2 hunter that didn't even hear any howling. I normally hear 2 or three packs howling after sundown.
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    Remington 700 Light Primer Strikes?

    A gunsmith who sold me a few rifles told me he always disassembled the bolts of the rifles he sold. The firing pin hole in US-made rifles is punched, not drilled. Look for a metal tab inside the bolt that drags on the firing pin. It can be removed by dropping a punch inside the bolt tube and...
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    Handloading 6.5 creedmoor

    As a reloader, you should have learned that the bullet, powder charge, overall length, even the primer isn't up to you, it's up to the barrel. Reloading and testing is a search (call it a hunt) for the combination the barrel, and its bedding, likes. I have a 6.5X55 which uses powder charges...
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    Pet Loads

    Many people don't realize that even the 357 Magnum has been toned down as lighter revolvers became chambered for that round that in its original loadings would shake an N-frame Smith loose quite quickly. The original loading made 1500 fps from an 8 3/8" barrel. an equivalent handload would be...
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    Venison Sandwich - Arby's Style

    It may even be elk. Elk ranchers supplied the high-end Twin Cities restaurants with "venison" until the CWD thing became controversial. By-the-way, deer are browsers, not grazers. They live on broadleaf plants. Elk are grazers.
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    Bincoculars---what to get...this don't get discussed enough

    www.Cameralandny has a clearance sale coming on. It started with excess inventory Minox optics. Others will follow soon.
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    Wood or synthetic stock?

    For a working gun, synthetic is better, but only if it's rigid. Many of the synthetic stocks on factory rifles can be accurately described as "Tupperware." They don't have to get damp for an impact change, they are bad all the time. Laminated wood feels "warm" like walnut, but it's heavy...
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    Pet Loads

    That 44 mag load is a bit warm. Ol' Elmer cautioned against magnum primers in his recommended loads, and 2400 has been reformulated for cleaner burning. the current equivalent to Elmer Keith's classic load is now 20 grains of Alliant 2400. Your load may be okay in a Super Blackhawk or...
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    Loading components

    257Roberts brass is also non-existent or only made once/year or two. I'm necking down European 7X57 brass. 358Winchester is made by necking up 308 brass, although Hornady makes it. A friend just bought a used very accurate Ruger #1`chambered for 9.3X74 Rimmed (I think he wants to shoot...
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    Bincoculars---what to get...this don't get discussed enough

    www.betterviewdesired.com is an old birdwatcher website with some really good comparisons. I bought Pentax binos, 8X43, because I no longer liked the more limited field of view of my two sets of 10X50 binoculars. More $$ means better quality. But, if you're like me and wear eyeglasses, the...
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    Barrel threading in the FM area?

    Severance does very nice work. He's a good machinist and tech schooled gunsmith. He was recommended to me by L&M (he's retiring).
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    I Want One in .375

    He needs a 375 for big grizzlies and Cape Buffalo. When someone tells him there aren't any of those in ND, he can reply "See it worked."
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    baitcasters

    I was born in '46, and started fishing with baitcasting reels. Got my first good one (Abu 5500C) when I was in 8th grade for $ and 13 Cheerios box tops. It still works. I have a number of Abu's (all Swedish made), a Quantum they no longer make, a Shimano Calcutta 400, and 4 Penn 209's for...

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