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Bore cleaned up fairly well for no more effort than I put into it at this time. Got the outside to clean up with a bit of mothers polish and foam buffer in a drill. Will maybe take it out and see if it shoots if we get above freezing .

The bore is about like you would expect, full of gunk, Its not like rust, just black brown gunk. bolt face was covered in it also, but it cleaned up fine. Thinking a bit of bore paste will finish cleaning it up. Scope rings were rusted on the inside. The action cleaned up nice. The clean part...

Bought a Hawkeye Stainless 6.5CM from an on line auction. I knew it was ugly. What could cause the exposed metal to stain so bad and everything under the stock line to look new? Any ideas on removal/clean up? Nothing I have used has made a mark or changed it, I did get the black goo off...

Is the picture with the lake in Snowy Range?

In Colorado. Crook, Peetz, Eads, Las Animas, Springfield, Sedgwick. Good shooting in all these towns. Grasslands office in La Junta used to sell map to grasslands with all prairie dog towns marked.

I agree with the plant what ever grows they will come. Brassicas are great, oats, triticale may be better for areas sensitive to cereal rye. Round up has little to no residual. You can plant 3-5 days after application. However if using Dicamba or Dicamba and 2,4-D (which you should always...

I have the Cheetaha, I like it alot, used to shoot it regularly, It is a Nelson Berger smithed gun on a 700 action, Shillen barrel. You dont have to use the 308 BR brass. Forming brass I did the pistol powder and paper towel method, worked great, Shooting prairie dogs was feet a bit of recoil...

I used to spend all day, days on end shooting Prairie Dogs. Reload, reload some more, try to figure out how to pay for more reloading supplies. Then I changed jobs. I can now buy whatever I want, but don’t have the time to go shoot dogs any more. Life happened. Kids, no sports,(thank goodness)...

GM Top Engine Cleaner, for really bad carbon.

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What state(s) do you hunt big game in most often? Colorado What is your primary long range hunting cartridge? 6.5x284 -------------------------------------- Regarding your primary long range hunting cartridge choice above: Do you use factory ammunition? NO If so, which brand and load do...