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As I said previously 7.62 x 33 mm shot over a few 1000 rounds out of the M1 carbine . Not much more punch than a hot loaded 357 Magnums , that's why the military hated it in the jungles , couldn't ' punch through the brush . Great for urban warfare lol.
They are a fun little rifle to plink with.
 
My Dad was a radio operator in the Tank Destroyers during WW-II so they issued him an M1Carbine. As they were in the open fields of France and later Germany, I asked him what the heck he did with it.

He responded: "First chance I got I traded it for an M1Gerand with someone who did not need his anymore". Unfortunately, I think there were a lot of them. My Dad was in both the Battle of the Hedge Rows and the Battle of the Bulge. He said the only reason we won is because we were able to keep replacing our troops, but the Germans ran out at the end of the war we ended up fighting against old men and kids (Hitler Youth).
My Grandfather was also at the battle of the bulge, I'm pretty sure that may have been where the K98K that I have came from. The 448th AA met up and was attached to Patton's 3rd army so he was right at the line the whole time from the beach all the way to Germany. He told me on Memorial Day the last year he was alive that in the Rhineland a ME 109 flew close and evaded the guns and got away, but the Captain thought that it had not come close enough to tell where they were. My Grandfather told his friend, another officer, not to sleep in the tent because he felt it had been to close and to sleep in the fox holes under the cover of the guns. His friend didn't, and during the night a delayed action bomb fell into a haystack and the Captain got up looked around and said everything was safe. The bomb went off and killed everyone in the command tent including his friend. My grandfather then had to drive all the way back to the beach since he was the highest ranking officer alive to let the commanding officers know what had happened. On his way back all the little towns that he drove through that were standing were now leveled from German Bombing. Also on that memorial day he had said that on D-Day his landing craft started taking on water so another one moved in to take their place and hit a mine and exploded. I'm glad I was interested when I was younger enough to have talked to him and learn and hear it from a Veteran that was there before it was to late.
The 30-30 has probably killed more deer in history than any other cartridge. However, it may be a close three way tie with the 06 and .22LR for the title on "cartridge that's killed the most deer" Hard to say!👍
Allot of those 06s were because of service rifles that the men brought back from the war. You could buy them at surplus stores mega cheap and they were great hunting guns.
 
I have to look it up but I'm pretty sure my wife's grandfather was in the 101st engineer's they did the same thing building roads and bridges. They helped build the bridge over the Rhine river I have pictures from both sides of the family from her grandfather building it and my grandfather driving over it.
My dad unfortunately spent more time fighting, from what I was told, than building. He was involved with 5 landings. Anzio was the worst. He called that a real ******** where they had to fight the Germans off in hand to hand Combat. That took a real toll on his life after the war.
 
My dad unfortunately spent more time fighting, from what I was told, than building. He was involved with 5 landings. Anzio was the worst. He called that a real ******** where they had to fight the Germans off in hand to hand Combat. That took a real toll on his life after the war.
I believe it. My Grandfather did not speak of it for years until that Memorial day before his death.
 
Do your research Neil.... It's not hard
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https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/new-makita-ea5600.315005/

The turquoise version of the dolmar ps550 so I guessed the number right. Looks like it's a semi pro saw but that a Makita semi pro is closer to pro than a Stihl farm boss
Farm boss is a boat anchor compared to any Dolkita . Nice farm firewood cutter , however a 590 Timber Wolf is a better choice for cutting & the pocket book . You can ' t go wrong with the Makita .
 
They are a fun little rifle to plink with.
Yeah cheap fun , I reloaded my 22 Hornet but even then casings were expensive , I could reload my .222 Remington cheaper. Today hard to find lol. The 30 cal. carbine cartridges at Army Surplus were then dirt cheap .
 
My Dad would not talk about the war unless it was to "teach a life's lesson". If you tried to get him to talk about it (with few exceptions) he would either tell you he was busy, or just walk away from you. Over the years, I did get a few things out of him, but not a whole lot. I had to choose my questions very carefully to get him to respond (like there had to be a reason).

Bothered me to know how much information and history died with him.

He was in the reserves when the war broke out, served under both English and American command, and had to stay after the war as an interpreter because he spoke both German and Italian fluently. He was only one of two guys from the original reserve unit to make it to the end.
 
Cheapest without the case I can find is £504. With the case £520 but out of stock so don't always trust the price...I know the website though and it's trustworthy. Also seeing it upto £560. I think it sits between the ea5000 and 6100 Pro saws. The ea5000 is virtually the same price, £500-580ish. Aaaaaanyway.... Probably won't win it .... It would be a steal if I did.
 
Cheapest without the case I can find is £504. With the case £520 but out of stock so don't always trust the price...I know the website though and it's trustworthy. Also seeing it upto £560. I think it sits between the ea5000 and 6100 Pro saws. The ea5000 is virtually the same price, £500-580ish. Aaaaaanyway.... Probably won't win it .... It would be a steal if I did.
As you're well aware one of the secrets is decide ahead of time what your max price is. Don't enter it too early but be willing to see it go (even if for only a bit more) when it gets to your max.
 
I strongly disagree! 👎 There are way to many factors to make a statement like that Sir. It all depends on how much brush between you and the game animal! Type of cartridge, type and weight of projectile. One, two, or three alder limbs is a whole lot different than an entire alder thicket! Also,☝️ distance between limbs, size of limbs, and angles of impact on limbs. All play a huge part in bullet deflection! I would suspect a hunter with all your experience. Who has shot 25 Moose, so many caribou, so many bears, so many sheep, so many deer, so many... Would know that! 👍

P.S. You eat a lot of meat don't you!! 😂🤣😂🤣
One time my dad and me, put paper pie plates at different distances into a large willow patch, some places the willows were thicker than others ect., at different distances ect.. Then we stood back (again at different distances) and shot at the plates with all kinds of calibers and bullet weights.

It only takes ONE limb to throw a bullet off its course!

NOTHING hit the plates consistently, some would go past the plates, but none could be called ACCURATE at hitting the plates consistently. Many times, pieces of bullet would hit a plate, but like I said, there was NOTHING consistent!

I will say it was fun to see the streaks go into the willows as we shot, sometimes only hitting one or two small willows, sometimes hitting several.

A magazine article once had some testers set up a whole elaborate test to see what a brush buster was. They were much more scientific than WE were, took days to do their testing but the results were the same as ours!

I'm not sure how you got so much smarter than everyone else on everything to do with guns, cartridges and ballistics, but those of us that have been in "it" for more than 50 years, running extensive test and having personal experiences with this stuff, just don't agree with you.

Personally, I have more respect for animals than try to deliberately brush bust!

Excuse me for being rude, but guys that "know it all" are a big reason why I put all of this behind me "once" already, and I'm not going back! lol I'm moving on....

SR
 
I have a Stevens 325 here that I used for years up in northern Mi. Bolt action in .30 .30 which all I ever see is levers. Thing is a tack driver was made from surplus machine gun barrels from the war. It still has a government stamped star on the barrel. I've taken down quite a few deer with it over the years with it. It was given to me by my grandfather and I drilled and tapped it for a side mount scope. I've always used Winchester silver tip and all the deer I ever shot with it dropped right in a pile. Its been a safe queen for a long while now though because I don't get up there during deer season as much since my wife's health. I mainly use a muzzleloader down here in southern Mi I've got a couple with that also.
I collect Stevens Single Shot target rifles. I was watching a Pope Barreled Stevens and it just sold for $14,000. No, I did not win the bid. Stevens became known as a lower cost firearm. But in the day, from the late 1880's for about 50 years, they made the barrels for many of the best target shots in the world. I recently bought a Stevens 414 Armory Target Rifle. The 1910 US Olympic team won the gold medal with this model. I just looked up the 325. The first thing they said is there is no proof that they were made with left over 30 cal machine gun barrels. BUT, the barrels do screw to the action with the same nut that the machine gun barrels used. So there is no proof that they didn't. Interesting short article on an interesting rifle. I doubt I'll go looking for one, but if I trip on one, I'll pick it up.
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2021/03/24/curious-relics-009-stevens-325-a/
 
I strongly disagree! 👎 There are way to many factors to make a statement like that Sir. It all depends on how much brush between you and the game animal! Type of cartridge, type and weight of projectile. One, two, or three alder limbs is a whole lot different than an entire alder thicket! Also,☝️ distance between limbs, size of limbs, and angles of impact on limbs. All play a huge part in bullet deflection! I would suspect a hunter with all your experience. Who has shot 25 Moose, so many caribou, so many bears, so many sheep, so many deer, so many... Would know that! 👍

P.S. You eat a lot of meat don't you!! 😂🤣😂🤣
I might have to go back and reread Robs post. But, with all of the variables you listed, it sounds to me like you just proved Robs point? I don't believe in Brush Busting Calibers. My go to deer gun is a 250 Savage in a 1950 Model R Savage 99. I prefer to shoot through the tiny spaces. I do shoot deer and pigs in the eye. One of the prettiest deer I've taken was with a 70 grain Savage 22 HiPower. Now that straight wall cases are legal in shotgun only counties, I've made my own cartridge. It's a 400 Whelen case cut down to 2.25" with a 265 gr .429 Hornady, for an over all case length of 2.80". Lots of folk would call it a Brush Buster, but if I can shoot a deer in the eye with it, why would I try to shoot it through a tree? For those interested, this little WV mountain deer was taken with this 120 year old, 1899 H Take Down rifle, made in 1912 with the original 1912 Malcolm scope on it.
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Here's my yet to be named .429 caliber straight wall deer cartridge.
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My Dad would not talk about the war unless it was to "teach a life's lesson". If you tried to get him to talk about it (with few exceptions) he would either tell you he was busy, or just walk away from you. Over the years, I did get a few things out of him, but not a whole lot. I had to choose my questions very carefully to get him to respond (like there had to be a reason).

Bothered me to know how much information and history died with him.

He was in the reserves when the war broke out, served under both English and American command, and had to stay after the war as an interpreter because he spoke both German and Italian fluently. He was only one of two guys from the original reserve unit to make it to the end.
War is never as glamorous as the movies portray , lots of returning veterans never speak of the actual action . My Uncle never did , just trivia like how he welcomed the M1 Carbine over the Lee Enfield Infantry Rifle . Or how the French welcomed the Allies in Paris along with the overwhelming amount of Wine bottles opened that day lol.
 
My Grandfather was also at the battle of the bulge, I'm pretty sure that may have been where the K98K that I have came from. The 448th AA met up and was attached to Patton's 3rd army so he was right at the line the whole time from the beach all the way to Germany. He told me on Memorial Day the last year he was alive that in the Rhineland a ME 109 flew close and evaded the guns and got away, but the Captain thought that it had not come close enough to tell where they were. My Grandfather told his friend, another officer, not to sleep in the tent because he felt it had been to close and to sleep in the fox holes under the cover of the guns. His friend didn't, and during the night a delayed action bomb fell into a haystack and the Captain got up looked around and said everything was safe. The bomb went off and killed everyone in the command tent including his friend. My grandfather then had to drive all the way back to the beach since he was the highest ranking officer alive to let the commanding officers know what had happened. On his way back all the little towns that he drove through that were standing were now leveled from German Bombing. Also on that memorial day he had said that on D-Day his landing craft started taking on water so another one moved in to take their place and hit a mine and exploded. I'm glad I was interested when I was younger enough to have talked to him and learn and hear it from a Veteran that was there before it was to late.

Allot of those 06s were because of service rifles that the men brought back from the war. You could buy them at surplus stores mega cheap and they were great hunting guns.
I have my Dad's 1903A3 he bought in the late 50's, early 60's. When Dad passed, my mom gave me the title to the house trailer at deer camp. When I looked inside there was another envelope. It had the receipt for the 1903. He paid $14 for it. I guess if I go look the receipt probably has the date he got it.
 
My Grandfather was also at the battle of the bulge, I'm pretty sure that may have been where the K98K that I have came from. The 448th AA met up and was attached to Patton's 3rd army so he was right at the line the whole time from the beach all the way to Germany. He told me on Memorial Day the last year he was alive that in the Rhineland a ME 109 flew close and evaded the guns and got away, but the Captain thought that it had not come close enough to tell where they were. My Grandfather told his friend, another officer, not to sleep in the tent because he felt it had been to close and to sleep in the fox holes under the cover of the guns. His friend didn't, and during the night a delayed action bomb fell into a haystack and the Captain got up looked around and said everything was safe. The bomb went off and killed everyone in the command tent including his friend. My grandfather then had to drive all the way back to the beach since he was the highest ranking officer alive to let the commanding officers know what had happened. On his way back all the little towns that he drove through that were standing were now leveled from German Bombing. Also on that memorial day he had said that on D-Day his landing craft started taking on water so another one moved in to take their place and hit a mine and exploded. I'm glad I was interested when I was younger enough to have talked to him and learn and hear it from a Veteran that was there before it was to late.

Allot of those 06s were because of service rifles that the men brought back from the war. You could buy them at surplus stores mega cheap and they were great hunting guns.
Yeah same over here , the Civilian market was flooded with Army Surplus Ross & later Lee Enfield .303 Springfields . The Ross were a WWI vintage carry over of dubious quality and reliability . The Lee Springfield however was an excellent sniper rifle & rugged infantry carbine . It was a very effective Moose Rifle , shot my 1st Bull @ 18 with his Rifle . Although a little heavy for deer in the bush at over 9 lbs loaded .He loaned me his Marlin in 32 special & I was hooked on lever actions for deer after that lol .
 
Thanks for the birthday wishes fellers. The Cowfamily did make a cake but my favourite one was this one from a few years ago. Even had a spider on the far end of the log.

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Like usual I'm a day late and a dollar short. Well, with inflation, $100 short. HAPPY B-DAY!
 
Yeah same over here , the Civilian market was flooded with Army Surplus Ross & later Lee Enfield .303 Springfields . The Ross were a WWI vintage carry over of dubious quality and reliability . The Lee Springfield however was an excellent sniper rifle & rugged infantry carbine . It was a very effective Moose Rifle , shot my 1st Bull @ 18 with his Rifle . Although a little heavy for deer in the bush at over 9 lbs loaded .He loaned me his Marlin in 32 special & I was hooked on lever actions for deer after that lol .
We just got home from our annual Savage Rendezvous in Noxen PA. Mostly Savage 1899 collectors big show and tell. This year I took 16 of my my Pre WWI engraved 1899's and Savage and Stevens Target rifles. A friend brought 2 Canadian Ross rifles. First straight pull I've ever shot, interesting rifle.
 
We just got home from our annual Savage Rendezvous in Noxen PA. Mostly Savage 1899 collectors big show and tell. This year I took 16 of my my Pre WWI engraved 1899's and Savage and Stevens Target rifles. A friend brought 2 Canadian Ross rifles. First straight pull I've ever shot, interesting rifle.
Unfortunately fish , to many Canadian boys died way to young in the trenches when the Ross jammed in battle . An adequate bench shooting rifle but it's straight breech & tight tolerance invited dirt & grime fouling issues . P.S. Actually my 1st dedicated deer rifle was a used Savage 99 circa 1970 . I handloaded 180 grain Remington Core-lokt 's . Ballistically speaking it was very close to energy of the .308 & was a reasonable alternate to the heavier 30-06.Springfield in the bush (Remington 742 Woodsmaster) that I bought a few yrs later ! I really wish I had not sold my 300 Savage . P.S. I see were about the same vintage brother , God Bless , you brought back some fond memories ;)
 

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