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.233? Self load? Still prob cheaper at around $1.60 a round vs an Easton arrow, and 5 years of car magazines..


Nope, just some bulk 55g PMC .233 SP so I can use for hunting. These rounds come around $0.49 if I recall. I feel better about shooting steel targets with it also. The stuff is rated at 3200 FPS so it's coming in pretty hot and holds out pretty flat.
I save my brass so maybe one day I will do some reloading.
The first tanneright was placed a but low so I got a longer stick and did it a second time.
I'm thinking maybe I should cut out a pocket about chest high, stick the tanneright in the pocket, then try. These Ash trees are getting scarry around here.
 
When I put the fireplace in in the 80s, the rack was one of those cheap ones. Burned through in a couple of years. Dad welded me one out of 1-1/4" rebar I had. It was heavy but it lasted for many years. It finally burned through so I'm making a new one. Didn't have enough of the large rebar so I switched to 2"x2" x1/4" angle iron.

The uprights are 3/4" rebar and the middle two are 8" long. Same height as my previous one. May shorten a little. I may weld some large nuts on the bottom side of the angle iron to act as feet. The vertical pipe on the left will be for a removeable "cooking hook" so I can use my new cast iron Dutch oven in the winter. At the points where the rebar deck meets the angle iron, the angle iron will be notched a little to make welding easier.

This is just dry fitted. Do you see anything I should be concerned about? Criticism welcomed.

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My morning….

Not sure if I’ve told you fellas, I’m over this snow

Couple more years and my little one will be outta college (6 years) and it’s time to move south!!!View attachment 1226728
If you want to go, why wait? They have jobs down there as well.
 
When I put the fireplace in in the 80s, the rack was one of those cheap ones. Burned through in a couple of years. Dad welded me one out of 1-1/4" rebar I had. It was heavy but it lasted for many years. It finally burned through so I'm making a new one. Didn't have enough of the large rebar so I switched to 2"x2" x1/4" angle iron.

The uprights are 3/4" rebar and the middle two are 8" long. Same height as my previous one. May shorten a little. I may weld some large nuts on the bottom side of the angle iron to act as feet. The vertical pipe on the left will be for a removeable "cooking hook" so I can use my new cast iron Dutch oven in the winter. At the points where the rebar deck meets the angle iron, the angle iron will be notched a little to make welding easier.

This is just dry fitted. Do you see anything I should be concerned about? Criticism welcomed.

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Might be tough to shovel ash out of there.
 
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