Recent content by Mike6158

I'm not offering to test this but I'm told that a fairly hot load for a 10mm Glock works well on bears, well, actually it's at the upper end and not a published load, hotter than I like to shoot. You have to up the spring in the slide to 24# and because the bullet is a hard cast coated lead 220...

Absolutely.

The head ranger dude at Big Bend NP recently told a friend that they couldn't keep him from carrying in the park but if he fired the weapon he would be in violation :/ Big Bend NP has Black Bears and to know knowledge there have been no attacks. They also have Mountain Lions and that's a...

I was up in Jackson, WY, visiting some photographer friends of mine a number of years ago. The only bears that I had encountered up to that point were the Mexican Black Bears in Big Bend National Park. Not much comparison there. So, I bought two big cans of bear spray. Why two and not three? My...

I used to bow hunt them but shot placement is such a challenge. Where the heck is that things heart. I switched to a .338 Lapua Magnum and now I have trouble finding anything left. Idk... Maybe I should switch to hunting asparagus. 👀 😶

Day 21. Crickets. I have a Trust but, for now, the only person on it is me.

I have this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094W6GP2B?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details It's a little tight with the Area 419 Arca mount that I use but it fits.

I have one of the very early 8.6BLK barrels. I think they mass produced at the sacrifice of quality. Sometimes being an early adopter is a bad idea. There are many other people out there that say the same thing about Faxon 8.6BLK barrels. I have two... both look like crap on the inside. But...

Measure the OD of the skinniest part of the barrel diameter. My 8.6 Gunner measures 0.704" ish. I say ish because I didn't feel like taking the hand guard off and I'm not sure if the caliper reached below the taper. Subtract the .224 diameter of the bullet from that. Divide that number by 2 and...

Day 11 (counting weekends). Nothing. E-Form 4 submitted on 4/2

I'm fortunate to live less than 2 hours from them. I could have them ship but I enjoy going by there shop and talking to them. Besides that, who wants to wait on mail lol

Capitol Armory certification was very easy. I did it at work. It took maybe 5m. I had my long in name and password on hand. Everything else was click or watch him click. My info has been on file with them for about 2 years, maybe 3. I used to file with paper but the last two were e-filed. Both...

I currently only have me on my trust. I'll fix that one of these days. Seems like adding more people to the owner list would lengthen the time to approve. Maybe the anticipation of adding more people lengthens the time as well? E-filed today. 4/2/24. We'll see what happens.

I ordered mine Saturday and will complete the efile tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

I have two Faxon grooved tubes (can't call them barrels) in 8.6BLK. They both suck. A borescope gets scared when you push it into the scarred depths of those things. The barrels both spray bullets all over the place. As the velocity of the round increases the "groups" rotate, much like when...