Recent content by Xjetmech

Getting back to the barrel life question: using single-shot firearms, instead of magazine fed, either factory made, or custom built, installing a single-shot floor plate, or just single round fed. These methods provide the shooter some options usually not found in a mag fed gun. Your rate of...

My "hope to be", hog rifle, is my 1955 vintage Marlin 336 SC, in .35 Rem.

I have a small ring '96 Mauser, that a good friend and GS, checked, tuned and installed a Douglas standard weight BR barrel on, chambered in 6mm Rem. Shoots quarters all day, at 100yds, better if I'm having a good day. Weights in at 9 lbs. with a scope on it, and the Fagen-Reinheart stock.

I got into varmint shooting, back in the early 70s, with a couple of friends from work. We hunted northern CA, western NV, and north central MT, for ground squirrels, jack rabbits, cayotes, and p dogs. My rifles were, and still are, a single shot .222 Rem., and a 6mm Rem. bolt action. They had...

About Dg hunting in Montana, back in "the day"; {70s} how did I get this old,..the BLM offices had free maps of all the prairie dog towns, 3 0r 4 of us, hunted around Malta, and Havre. Then, if you told the ranchers, you were looking for PDs, they welcomed you like long lost RICH kin!

One more 2-bits worth: First thought is this; as has been mentioned, most "dogs" live in open range, tumble weed areas. This is not a place to be shooting by ones self! Safety first! Have shooting buddies with you! It's always more fun. and you SPOT for each other!!! We would pair off, in...

Had to jump in with my 2 bits worth: I started varmint hunting back in the '70s, in northern CA, and northern NV. for ground squirrels, coyotes, and crows. Went with some friends to Montana, on PD hunts, up near Malta, and Havre. At that time the BLM office in Malta, kept large map books of the...

I have a .222, built on a B.S.A. small Martini action, with a heavy Hart stainless barrel. I LOVE that cartridge! I've wanted a bolt gun in the "triple duce" for years. Now, if those lottery tickets would only produce....

Well, to name Firearms, not calibers, I'd have to start with my Win. 97, 12ga, 30"td. I love my Browning BPS, But the 97 is a tried and true item. #2 would be my Marlin 336SC, It handles well in cover,or a blind, and the .35Rem gets the job done. #3 would be my Win m69a .22. It has a 24" barrel...

I guess it depends on who's behind the counter, or what day of the week it is. I live NE of Tulsa, and try to stop by there whenever I'm in town, usually for a Drs. visit. They have a lot of reloading supplies there, not just powder and primers. Personally, I have found the staff fairly...

I've had a 6mm Rem. built on a '96 Mauser, with a Douglas standard weight barrel, for 40+ yrs. The barrel came off a light BR rifle, chambered in 6mm Donaldson International, if I remember right. It likes the Hornady 87gr bullets the best. Using 4895, or 4831 powders, with Rem. 91/2 primers, the...

Finally got a scope on the old 69A Winchester, took-out 4 squirrels, in some high grass at the back fence today.

My Go-To "critter-getters", have been a custom .222 Rem. on a Small Martini, and a 6mm Rem. on a small-ring Mauser. The BSA has a Hart stainless barrel, and the 6, has a Douglas barrel. Both with early Simmons scopes, each weighs approx. 9 lbs. Both were built by Bob Fowler, who was a benchrest...

.222 Rem on BSA Martini, 6mm Rem on '96 Mauser. Both very accurate!

What action do you have on the 6AI?