Recent content by NattyBumpoII

Good Discussion. Not ready to retire yet from Cold and Snowy Michigan but will be looking in those same areas of AZ. THANKs.

YES,YES,YES, ...............

Roger that. Same here, but that's like finding a 'four leaf clover".:)

There are very few finer grouse guns than a WIN 21 20 bore. You are a lucky man and +1 on the LL Beans Maine Hunting Shoe. I am on my third pair.:D

SOLD pending funds

These are excellent bins for the $$$. GL with the sale.

Good to Hear these real world Kudos. Will keep in mind for next optics buy. NB

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I shoot a .35 Whelen and tried the new Federal Fusion load last season. Quite impressive performance on a decent buck and a matriarch doe. Both DRT.

THANKS for the props, Randy. Hard to beat a SAKO action, Kreiger and HS Precision package when putting together an accurate and reliable rifle. NB

My Darrell Holland 7 Mag with Swarovski glass, weighs right at 9 and a half pounds.

"Best Way to train your Bird dog" by Delmar Smith. Delmar is Rick and Ronnie's poppa. Takes you through from the day you bring yr pup home until the end of the road. The Smith Seminars are worth it also. NB

Update: Added another Vicenzio Bernardelli 20 bore, last Christmas. This one has 28" tubes, straight, splinter and weighs just under 6#s. It had hardly been shot and came with a period VB case. Shooting skeet with it each week now getting to know each other. :) NB

We hunt woods/heavy brush adjacent to farmland in West Michigan (LP). My bust stand is a tower blind above a great big swamp. So I really need a "stopping" rifle that puts them down DRT. I use an old REM 700, which I had rebarreled to .35 Whelen. The new Federal Rusion ammo did a great job last...