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  1. 06-22-2013, 07:38 PM #1
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    Making do

    My Savage .22 semi-auto rifle had a trigger problem. I will work on triggers up to a point---but this wasn't the kind of trigger I wanted anything to do with---far BELOW my level of expertise!

    So--off to the gunsmith. Four months and $20 latter I got it back--but it wouldn't hit the side of a barn.

    Examination quickly revealed the scope was only tight on the dovetail on the front mount and the rear ring wasn't even connected!

    So--this afternoon it was time to remount the scope and sight it in---any excuse to shoot is a good excuse

    Darn shame I can't use it to pick off the squirrels in the bird feeders---semi-auto rifles aren't legal to hunt with in PA!

    I would never break the law

    While this one with a 6X scope was in the shop I had been using an old bolt action with a peep sight---my old eyes do right well with a peep sight
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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  2. 06-23-2013, 01:51 AM #2
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    That's not hunting; that's protecting your castle from invasion.
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  3. 06-23-2013, 09:03 AM #3
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    I sense you have also been in the squirrels wars
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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  4. 01-02-2014, 09:20 PM #4
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    We had a red squirrel invasion one year. I shot 52. Haven't seen any in six years.
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  5. 01-02-2014, 09:30 PM #5
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    First, before y'all post all y'alls glorified exploits about being an Annie Oakley reborn, there is one thing you should be made aware of.

    They are not squirrels. Them dad blasted things are " Tree Rats " and should be shown no mercy at all.
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  6. 01-02-2014, 09:32 PM #6
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    Agreed!!

    Dave is the sharpshooter. I use a 12 gauge, Model 12 Winchester. Death to tree rates and "porkypines"!!
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