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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
Well , SR I cannot speak for KK , but I believe what he is saying is that many reknowned lighter calibers , .222 . 223 , .243 & 25-06 pushing 50 , 60 70 or 130 grain Sirocco's conventionally used for open country medium game hunting are much more likely to be diverted from their intended path traveling at 2880 - 3380 fps . Than any 30 , 32 or .45×70 caliber nozler partition or Aframe rounds of 180 , 200 , 220 , 325 or 405 grains traveling at 1350 to 1895 fps . I however , was originally speaking specifically of my Marlin 450 Big bore pushing a much heavier & blunted 500 grain projectile , which is very stable in flight . No I never intentionally bush bust any more than I would sound shoot. I hunt ethically and load the best loads & rifle to the application brother . Anyhow good discussions , think we should give the thread back to the wood cutting fella's .. Cheers Gentlemen ! :cheers:
 
It's always better to grease bearings IMHO. I always put air tool oil in my 90s and impacts and all other air tools. I know barely anybody does it. Does it increase the life of it...who knows but grease and oil is cheap to I figure what the heck it cant hurt.
u don't need to be humble about it. it is a fact! i have oil cans on my workbench at the ready, by shop door shelves and in 'to go' kit. heck! and over by other side where small drill press is. i even oil my knotty knots when they get iffy as to the split....

drill bits and bearings! lol... grease or oil. my TB tiller never is asked to till w/o every single point of rub, move, rotate, slide set... not getting a drop or two of oil! shifts like hot knife thru butter...

oil rules! :numberone:
 
We finally had some rain here today. Was up at the cabin over the WE and even though it rained up there Sat evening and Sun afternoon, nothing down here.

Supposed to be some more tomorrow.
we are drowning in it! all day, and all week. trying to kill the drought in a week or so! good try tv weather folf say... but
still drought conditions.

ha, tell that to my grass!
 
Well, that was a time consuming mess. I would have sworn my tractor was a CAT 1 but it's Italian and looking through literature I couldn't find a CAT rating, just 1900 kg or 4188 lbs lift which sounded too high. Looking through some old pictures I saw CAT 2 stamped on the arms. It's been a while since I bought any implements but I think the balls come with different size holes for CAT 1 or CAT 2 implements.

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i don't lift much with my 3-point other than an implement. for me its pin size. one is one size only, the other can take one of two...

and always a drop of oil here n there on them and the pins, swivels, etc. of course. threads! ~
 
I'm almost done with the pile. All of it has been straight and fairly knot free except for the crappy stuff on the bottom. I misjudged the amount of wood vs. storage space and should have all or almost all of the front row open for a handful of small trees I want to take down on my property and some oaks a neighbor 3 doors down wants removed.

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nice wood pile!

i am just here for the pix!

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I have posted this before: a little ‘kit’ that I place in each saw case and tool bag, for field cleaning.

Old toothbrush, used Sawzall blade, cut off paint brush. Basically ’free’

At home I use an air compressor.

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Philbert
i have similar. good tech! well, imo. i brush off the caps etc on my saws and mowers... even areas other's hand me down scrounge gimmies need, too. on day of issues no hot starts, next time perfect every start and restart. thinking it just needed some cleaning... ;)

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Not all roller tip bars are designed to be greased . My Pioneer Oregon are , they came with a small packable grease gun for the roller tip . I give the nose a quick squirt every usage which is perhaps twice a year for my old girls . Most modern bar the oil groove on the rail is adequate to ensure flow to the roller tip bearing if the groove is cleaned periodically usually during routine bar maintenance & truing .
besides, correct me if i am wrong... am thinking those 'rollers' are some pretty hard metal. rockwell #s...wear very well dry running or in mists...
 
Another day, rotary cutting!

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AND another satisfied customer! lol

SR
nice, my lawn starting to look like that! :)
 
Reminds me time to pull out the new 30-378 Weatherby and hit the range also . Last Moose Season it replaced my venerable Remington 700 . A little heavier to carry , but when loading 240 gr. partition silver tips its a one shot round . :blob2:
no point blank misses for this guy!!! :numberone:

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I've done a lot of ballistic testing (on both wet newspaper and wet phone books) and other media and have concluded that bullet construction is far more important than bullet weight.

Because the Barns copper bullets open up with 4 pedals (instead of a full mushroom) they penetrate about 50% deeper than anything else. The spinning of the bullet makes the pedals cut veins and arteries like an arrowhead.
interesting point, MM! more or less always thot of the mushroom and bits pieces, but u bring up a very good point! glad i din't jump 13 pages on up the line.... :popcorn2:
 
Good afternoon guys and gals. Happy hunting, for the best bullet in the best caliber for the game u hunt.
the best bullet is the one 'someone' can hit the target consistantly, and bring it down sanely!.... some trail hiking may be req'd
 
For those of us that don't shoot a big game animal every week, ballistic testing will give you a lot of valuable information that you may never realize from hunting when bullets are often not recovered.

How long it takes for the bullet to open, how deeply it penetrates, diameter of expansion and retained bullet weight are all important factors. I also prefer to see a uniform mushroom as it will reduce planning after impact.
outdoor show other day, recorded, was on the Perfect Safari Rifle. and stated that for big game... in Africa anything smaller than .375 is outlawed; no can shoot with legally!

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Over the years I've found that I get the fastest kills when the bullet expands FAST, then penetrates deeply, going on through leaving an exit hole.
As a bullet mfg'er, I have tested thousands of bullets, my own and many other brands, many in live animals under hunting conditions, and that's been my findings. Water jugs, 55gallon bbls, phone books ect., isn't the same as live animals, at least that also has been my findings.

I'm not into any of that "stuff" anymore and I'm glad to be away from it and put it behind me, even though I still have most of my swage press' ect...

SR
interesting background there, SR! thanks for the mention... :)
 
So, 400 vs a 462…what would you pick?
I picked up a 462 the others day at the saw store…insanely light, nice balance with the 28 that was on it. Not like the old days, lol…
Have not seen a 400 yet :p
hi ww-

watched an interesting clip last nite on Idaho. State of 2 million has had over 300,000 move in in past couple years! locals and l-t residents bit miffed over it, some are ok with it... been to ID many times, am from WA
 
It is one of my favorite chores bombing around mowing the roads. The deer up there just stand there watching me mow. Clearing one of those old roads was no fun with 3 and 4 inch trees on it. My Husqvarna 550XP made life easy.
not my fav thing to do, but no doubt a fresh cut swath up and back makes for a nice change and update.... 👍
 
Finally got some rain last week. I was a big enough storm to fill the 50 gallon rain drum off a shed roof. After last weeks 22 mice in one night in a 5 gallon pail we are getting some tomato's. My latest Wile E Coyote trick was to put up mesh and fence wire with the solar charger. Hope to get some green beans this year
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Got a quote on the small jotol F 602 V2 woodburner its 1479$ guy ordered 4 in spring for sept/oct delivery. Wish I could see 1 in person before I put a deposit down.
hijacked again! thot this thread was the kissin cousin to the guns thread!!! LOL

j/k :)
 

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