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FFG is one of the few magazines that I really like. They have stories and articles on things that I can actually do. Don't get me wrong. I would love to be in the high mountains of Kyrgystan going after Marco Polo sheep with my Encore pistol but it ain't gonna happen. This article was written about ...

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In the future I want to get a 14" .36 caliber barrel for small game and varmints. I suspect that it would be a fun gun to hunt with.

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About eight years ago I went to a hunting preserve in Maine. There was a special on red deer hinds( does) thus along with one Russian boar I shot a Red Deer hind with that gun. I was impressed with the gun. The hind went about twenty yards and dropped dead. The Russian boar went a tad further becaus...

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Several years ago I bought a unique muzzleloading handgun. The Kahnke M82 single shot pistol reminds me of a muzzleloading version of the Contender in the fact that you can interchange barrels of different calibers and lengths. You can get 10,12 and 14 barrels in 36,45,50 and 54. I own a stainless m...

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When things like that happen, it encourages the three S rule.

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You are correct on the load for H110 and that bullet. It was my error. I have some loads with Lil Gun at 13 grains which is the maximum load. I do believe those loads were using 10.4 grains of H110 instead. I need to mark my loads better.

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I had the day off but my wife had to work so the day was to myself for the most part. I headed off to the range with the shooting chrony with the intention of testing the 22 calibers I had with me. I had mt TC Contender with three barrels. One is a Super 16 22 lr stainless tapered barrel, a 10 inch ...

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It is odd in regards to forest management. We have a similar problem here in Massachusetts with many of the state forests and parks that have matured over the past century. Recently the governor has allowed the cutting of some state forests and that caused a bit of a stir with some environmental peo...

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I did get a couple of extreme flyers but I believe that is due to factors other than the load. From what I understand, shooting over a chronograph can involve a lot of variables. The shot should be in the same spot each and every time but after shooting I do notice that the bench moves a tad, the ch...

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The other day I was sadly disappointed in the results of my tests using IMR 4227 in the 44 magnum. I do realize that the lackluster performance has a direct correlation with a weak crimp but I did run out of that powder and I do not forsee getting more of it in the future. I did have some handloads ...

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game keeper wrote:Cool trail-cam photo.. I sure wouldn't want to be that close with a hand held camera, I've never seen a Moose but I hear they can be a bit anti-social at times..

That is especially true if they have a calf with them. Then they can get downright belligerent.

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Well I am all out of IMR 4227 and I believe I will stick with Lil'Gun and H110 for my 44's. I was somewhat disappointed in the numbers across the screens. Hopefully that will be different with the other powders.

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I had some free time this morning and I wanted to shoot before it got really hot. We're getting a bit of a heat wave here in New England and the range can get very hot. So I decided to do some more testing with the shooting chrony. I was somewhat perplexed by the results but then this is what happen...

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The other day I took off to the range and decided to play with my new chronograph. I am an avid handloader and my intention is to collect data on my handloads as well as some of my muzzleloading guns but it is fun to see what the real world numbers of the rimfires do. I used two Ruger handguns. A Si...

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I recall reading something about the hunting opportunities in Cuba. It seems somewhat interesting.

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There are a lot of ways around things if you want to really get clever about it. As an example, here in good ole Massachusetts there is no closed season on certain game animals. As long as you have a hunting license you can hunt starlings, woodchucks, chipmunks, red squirrels, porcupines, and skunks...

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The Maine lottery is a tough nut to crack. There have been many allegations of impropriety in regards to the picking of winners. Some families seem to be exceptionally lucky while others never have seen that elusive permit in their lives. We've been trying for over fifteen years and so far nothing. ...

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Thanks for the sincere thoughs and wishes. I kind of like that cake but I think my wife would kill me if I got the real thing. :mrgreen: My better half asked me when I am getting out of work. I suspect that she is going to take me out and her family are party afficianados. Thus I suspect I'll get a ...

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Good for you. Sometimes we forget our better halves in life.

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If I were hunting for moose in Alaska I would use the 45-70 but in my case it would be a Contender. Moose do not react to gunshots like other game. They seem to show little reaction to being hit at all so you have to make sure that you actually hit your moose. I may be wrong with what I am to say so...

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As others have pointed out, you learn a great deal of the world around you. Great images and information. I will confess that I would like to trade places.

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My problem is what I have read elsewhere what is being done by Chiappa. Apparently there is a RF chip in the gun for tracking purposes. I don't like that .idea nor will I support it in buying it

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I love reading posts from across the Atlantic. The countryside of that island nation is very intriguing.

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That is good news to hear. I became aware of the gray squirrel problem in Great Britain a while back. It seems that we aren't the only ones with feral exotics. A short time ago I have a safety class and had to buy some 22 RL ammunition. I became somewhat shocked at how much the price has gone up but...

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I have two pairs of their Bunkhouse pants. One is olive green and the other is a gray color. Great fit and they keep you warm.

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One of my favorites was the late Bob Milek from Wyoming. He did quite a bit to popularize handgun hunting.

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It is interesting. I wonder if they'll chamber it in 44 magnum.

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I noticed the size on those red pants. I haven't been a size 34 since I was in middle school.

Wool is the way to go here in the northeast. You can get all kinds of weather conditions and it can pull you through. Remember. Cotton kills.

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For some reason this year was a banner year for accidents. I hope 2012 is far better in that regard.

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I wish you the best in this situation. Be careful not only for yourself but also in a legal situation. I am suspecting that New York State is like many northeast states where you cannot use lethal force unless you are in fear of your life. You can't protect private property like some southern or wes...

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http://www.wmur.com/news/29723017/detail.html http://www.wmur.com/news/29729632/detail.html http://www.sunjournal.com/news/river-valley/2011/11/10/rumfo... http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/178665/2/Hunting-Death-in-... I am cogitating over the reason for this spate of accidents? We have had hunting...

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I know it isn't much consolation but if you hunt long enough you will lose at least one animal. All you can do is look inward and honestly ask if you did everything humanly possible to find that animal. If so and it still is lost you did the right thing. Again, although it isn't a good feeling, this...

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It's fine work if you can get it. Nice cabin, I always did like the look of wooden interiors. Life isn't too bad if you have a job were you get out of bed in the morning and say," Great, its time to go to work and enjoy myself :D " I was lucky enough to have had quite a few years like tha...

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On Sunday I had given a handgun safety class to a large group of people. It was very refreshing and enlightening. I love teaching these classes as the people who attend them want to be there and absorb the knowledge that you present to them. It is a stark contrast to the babysitting job I have in th...

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Dad and I will head north to central New Hampshire to meet up with a good man who will help me obtain a moose. It is tough country in the fact that the moose population isn't as dense as say what we call the north country. They live in pocket areas and you need to find them. Between work and refurbi...

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It looks good except for me I would have to remove my most hated vegetable, the onion. The other problem is that I need to shoot an elk for the recipe, so to speak.

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When they get older they become one of the smelliest creatures around. The porcupine will sleep in it's own waste.

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I know that here in Southern New England the use of treestands as well as pop up blinds are the most popular means of hunting for deer. The main reason is the nature of land ownership. Both Connecticut and Rhode Island require written permission for deer hunting on private land. Land ownernship patt...

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I see nothing wrong with it. I do believe if you did that here in Massachusetts you would need to have some hunter orange on the outside of the blind.

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One of my constant woodsbumming companions. The most carried gun for me is my Ruger Single Six in 22 WRM. I did modify it a bit with afternmarket sights. I bought a set of Fire sights for the gun. It is easy to line up the three dots on your target and hit with proficiency. My favorite load is the n...

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A couple of weeks ago my wife and I went to a Brazilian restaurant in the Greater Boston area. We both marveled at the deliciousness and the ample portions of food that we obtained. The meat was prepared in an exquisite manner. In fact my wife took home one half of her meal. I did have one simple pl...

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Alaska is an amazing place to see. I am curious how the plane ride was to Adak.

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I was watching the Boston news channel( after all I am a resident of the Bay State) and they had film footage of our great elected Leader on vacation again wearing a red shirt on the putting green at some exclusive resort on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard. You could see the image of h...

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Well. It is a lever action.

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As a child I often talked with my grandfather and his experiences of life on a large farm in Massachusetts. He was born in 1901 and passed away while deer hunting in 1977. In the time he was with us I had gleaned a great deal of knowledge from him regarding life during those early years and then dur...

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This may sound a bit silly to ask but how receptive are landowners for giving permission to hunt wolves?

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Not all deer in the east are small. My guide friend in Maine shot a buck that dressed out at 270 lbs. A fellow in town shot one with his bow that dressed out at 279 lbs. Need to kick those deer away from the feeder. Harry No feeders here. They are illegal. The Maine buck was shot after tracking for...

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Not all deer in the east are small. My guide friend in Maine shot a buck that dressed out at 270 lbs. A fellow in town shot one with his bow that dressed out at 279 lbs.

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The .444 Marlin chambered for the older style Contenders is a topic of great debate. The issue is that the original Contender frame was designed to handle cartridges that do not exceed a certain pressure. I want to say the limit is 45K. Some Contender fans state that the .444 marlin produces too muc...

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Currently I live in what you can call low rolling hills, southern New England specifically. Ideally I wish to live elsewhere. A prime example is what happened this morning. I don't do heat and humidity very well and in a nutshell I expectorated quite a bit. Last weeks heat wave was actually painful....

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