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Anything shipped FedEx regardless of origin (mostly what I order comes from back east) ends up taking a vacation in Troutdale for several days to a week, for me. I cringe whenever I see anything is coming FedEx, UPS or USPS or both far superior to FedEx here. And if FedEx does manage to get to the right address, every time they open the truck to get a package out, all the packages are just in a big pile in the back of the truck... and they look like they have just been tossed through the back door into a pile in every truck they have traveled in. Packaging is always beat to pieces, torn and dented up.

Does anyone have the dimensions handy for 330 boxes using Belisle 330s?

Starline brass is good brass for the 45/70, I have Starline, Remington, Hornady, and a few miscellaneous Winchester brass. Starline is my first choice and Hornady my last, due to not being able to crimp the bullets in the Hornady brass. My 45/70 is a Marlin 1895 Guide Gun, old enough it was before Remington got them or they had the different options with the shorter 16" barrels, so it has the 18 1/2" barrel and 37" overall. Still a nice light, short gun to pack through the brush and I've beat it around for 20 years. One thing I learned, if you oil it much and then haul it around on a gun rack on a fourwheeler in the dust all summer (probably spends 100-125 days a year on the fourwheeler) you need to tear it down and clean it every year or so, or it will collect so much dust in the oil it will get really, really stiff to operate. And if you don't oil it and get it wet enough times without bothering to take it in and clean it up... even stainless steel will rust some.

And yes I meant trapdoor, even though I typed falling block. I don't have one either, just something to keep in mind if you are around one. My cousin has a Contender pistol that he loads 350 gr bullets for and he shot a bear with me with it one day, and it performed well. I have two molds for mine, Lee molds, one is a 405 and the other is a 500 gr gas checked bullet. I prefer the 405 because it casts bullets just the right size to load without sizing and unnecessary to add a gas check to them. They shoot well, about 1 1/2" groups at 100 yards with open sights off of sandbags. Probably as accurate as I could shoot with open sights on any rifle. I used a couple different powders when I first got mine, but I don't remember what the others were, IMR 4198 is about the standard for 45/70 though, easy to get, loads well and shoots good in my rifle so that is what I've stuck with. I do remember it is much cleaner than one of the other powders I tried.

Recoil is comparable to a 30/30 on mine, I have shot a few Buffalo Bore loads or another brand that loads those Garrett 540 gr bullets and they are hot with that big chunk of lead and have significantly more recoil, still manageable, but not as pleasant for plinking with.

How in the heck did you bend a needle bearing?????

No-till drills are WAY outta my price range.....

The modified cut-down drills might be doable...$$

Hey Hutch…here’s a big one caught years ago in the trinity below the Livingston dam at the marina my oldest boy works at

Ever been to a funeral for a kid that wasn't buckled and died in a car crash? It's not fun.

Another kid from my church is currently in the hospital, he's sixteen, and rolled his car into ditch. Couldn't call 911, was stuck there for a few hours, until his parents realized he's late and found him using some tracking app on his phone. This was last winter. He just recently started eating on his own, and is learning to walk again. He wasn't buckled.

Yes, the occasional "so-and-so died because they were trapped by their seatbelt" case exists. But the fact of the matter is, far more lives are saved by seatbelts.

They also say...90% of the fish are in 10% of the lake

Absolutely reasonable, in fact more than reasonable. I guard "almost" every wash I come across. As others pointed out, and you've acknowledged, boots on the ground will pinpoint those hot micro-locations, but certainly crossovers are great spots to start. For cats, I personally hike these with the intention of finding hotspots of rabbit activity. Any cats in the area already know those spots. If I'm lucky I'll also find cat sign, but it won't put me off a location if I don't. Especially if there's rimrock or other rocky cover nearby. I've had great luck in long washes that connect rock features, it seems cats love laying up in the rocks and come down to hunt in the evenings. Traveling cats like to use these long washes as highways too in my experience.

A great convention. UP Trappers are always welcoming. I was happy how it went for me as a vendor. Ran into a lot of WI Trappers too.

I have for Sale 2 Lowrance GPS Units For Sale. Both Work Good.
1 is a Hand Held I-Finder H2O with case and dash Ram mount. $50
The other is HDS-5m Chart Plotter GPS Mapping,dash mount Unit. Works with land & water maps. $200

A couple Eagle Deep Finder Units. Both Work. $20 for the pair.

Dt Systems No Bark Collar, New in Box. $20

2 Jagd Terrier Cut Vest's. Will fit similar size dogs also. $100 each.

Can Deliver to FTA in Spencer Iowa.

There's also a video where a black guy calls for a "Wambulance!" At a huge campsite, some friends of mine had a wagon they called the wabulance, with a sign on it saying that. They pulled around people to drunk to walk and Diane, during another night, when she hurt her ankle.

Keith