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Well, my Squaw went in to town for a girls night and I forgot to take some venison burger out to thaw, so I cooked a gourmet pasta dish that is an old family recipe! 😉👌
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Lol...I carry those in my fire line gear. Where people think I'm a weirdo is, I sprinkle the mix over the noodles and break off pieces of them to eat raw. It's honestly not that bad and is 1000x better than eating an MRE. 🤣
 
Lol...I carry those in my fire line gear. Where people think I'm a weirdo is, I sprinkle the mix over the noodles and break off pieces of them to eat raw. It's honestly not that bad and is 1000x better than eating an MRE. 🤣
Roger. I put it in my hunting pack and sometimes eat it dry and I also know some other folks that eat it dry too, but if you're working or hiking tuff and sweating a lot. You gotta really drink a lot of water.👍 Or you can get dehydrated fast.
Even when cooked in water. It will STIHL soak up more moisture once in your stomach!
 
Roger. I put it in my hunting pack and sometimes eat it dry and also I know some other folks that eat it dry too, but if you're working or hiking tuff and sweating a lot. You gotta really drink a lot of water.👍 Or you can get dehydrated fast.
Even when cooked in water. It will STIHL soak up more moisture once in your stomach!
Yeah, I carry a crap ton of water in my gear...probably over 5 liters between the hydration bladder and my hydroflasks. Not to mention that I'll shove a couple bottles of gatorade/whatever into my pack. I've had to deal with first hand, coworkers that were suffering from heat exhaustion, etc. One even got rhabdo...google that one...basically your body starting consuming muscle fiber(which is toxic) and it can permenantly damage your kidneys.
 
By coincidence I cleaned up my shop and storeroom a bit today and came across my Beeman air rifle. I haven't shot it in years... with that I dragged out the pellet trap and shot one. It still works fine. That sent me on a Google search for higher end air pistols. I've told myself for years I needed one... Now that even reloaded centerfire ammo seems to require a mortgage an air gun is even more appealing. 😀
If you want to hunt with it have a look at Tim McMurray's (MAC1 Airguns) LD. It is based on a Crosman MK1 converted to 22 cal with a external 3.5oz tank on it. Mine I put a Burris 2-12 pistol scope on it and it balances beautifully. At 50 yds it will put 16gn JSB exacts in a 1" cluster. At 30yds or so I aim to put the pullet halway between the eye and ear and it is instant lights out. With the integral suppressor I can often shoot more that are only a yd or so away as the impact noise is so quiet. In the summer the bottle with give 200+ shots.
 
If you want to hunt with it have a look at Tim McMurray's (MAC1 Airguns) LD. It is based on a Crosman MK1 converted to 22 cal with an external 3.5oz tank on it. Mine I put a Burris 2-12 pistol scope on it and it balances beautifully. At 50 yds it will put 16gn JSB exacts in a 1" cluster. At 30yds or so I aim to put the pullet halway between the eye and ear and it is instant lights out. With the integral suppressor I can often shoot more that are only a yd or so away as the impact noise is so quiet. In the summer the bottle with give 200+ shots.
More interested in punching paper at my house… using an early Lancaster style flintlock for whitetail this year. May go squirrel hunting with a Crackshot .22 if I have time. Leaving all the fine shotguns, rifles and handguns alone for a while… simple has become very appealing to me lately!
 
Go square tune!👍 Don't be such a "round"! 🤣😂😉
I got to digging around today. All of my chain I have on hand is full comp and I don't feel like trying to learn how to square file on a 28" or longer full comp chain.

I think I have a 18 or 20" K095 mount bar somewhere I could throw on that 460 rancher and maybe use it as a test mule for my square filing.
 
I was being a smartass acting like I've never damaged a chain (Which I haven't)
I get the being a smart ass. However, not ever rocking a chain? Wow! Thats impressive to say the least! I've completely destroyed chains before! To the point of no return, and rocked more chains than I can remember. 👍😉
 
More interested in punching paper at my house… using an early Lancaster style flintlock for whitetail this year. May go squirrel hunting with a Crackshot .22 if I have time. Leaving all the fine shotguns, rifles and handguns alone for a while… simple has become very appealing to me lately!
My down range paper puncher in .308Win. 👍😉IMG_20220611_160446636.jpg
 
Go square tune!👍 Don't be such a "round"! 🤣😂😉
Already found u-tube vids for this machine. I cut mostly hardwoods but always wanted to learn to sq file…or grind.
I do repairs for a local tree service and they have a huge amount of dull chains. I’ll pay for this thing in a few weeks, lol.
 
Then you don’t cut much urban wood 😉
Actually I don’t 😂. Closest “urban” is 100 miles to the north of me.

I have hit a lot of bullets though since I shoot into my wood pile 🙄

Cut up a a power pole a couple weeks ago that I hauled from the big city and had to regrind the chain after the 3 cuts I made.

Lots of silt in our area so chains can do dull fast in that stuff, but usually not badly damaged.
 
Nice. The scope that was on it when I bought it kinda sucked, it was a CenterPoint and apparently quality varies. The trigger was a disaster, massive creep. I modified it according to some youtube vid I found, with a bearing for rc cars, it's a lot better now with a cleaner break point but still far from the outstanding triggers you find on British or German break barrels...

It also shoots a bit too hard for my needs, I wouldn't buy it again, but I'm also not gonna sell it, because sometimes shooting something that's powerful, even at the expense of some accuracy, is just fun. Generally I prefer accuracy over power, but still :cool: .
And there's the pcp's for the combination of power and accuracy, haha. Learning to shoot a spring gun properly is a nice skill though.
Try fairly heavy pellets they generally group better.
 
More interested in punching paper at my house… using an early Lancaster style flintlock for whitetail this year. May go squirrel hunting with a Crackshot .22 if I have time. Leaving all the fine shotguns, rifles and handguns alone for a while… simple has become very appealing to me lately!
I don't know if it still happens but a bunch of guy's used to shoot LD's on a shingle road (for the dust kicked up) and the traget was paintball pellets ballanced on golf tees. That makes a good challenge.
 
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