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rider1046 said:
You don't know what you're missing until you've kissed the warm, oiled stock of your favorite deer rifle after a successful hunt:).
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I'll have to do that, next time I have my mini 14 out for a target shoot. ;)
 

Hey Rider, when you are open again, maybe we can find a nice, non-controversial topic!?:rolleyes:

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My eleven day visit with my son and his family from California is over. Took them to the airport yesterday and missing them already. We had a great time, four days in Tennessee with my other children and their families plus aunts, uncle and cousins, then to Missouri for seven days for Luke to see his grandmother (my mother) who he hadn't seen in years. She really enjoyed seeing him and Cat and seeing her great grandchildren for the first time.
Mary and I had a great time with all of them but especially Luke's and Cat's three kids. We were there for each of their births, or shortly after, but have never got to know them the way we do now. Took them to parks, motorcycle rides, hay ride, marshmallow roast after dark with a big bonfire, a trip in the motorhome, and everything else we could think of. My three year old grandson was so comfortable with us by the time they left that he was sneaking out of bed in the middle of the night to climb in between Granny and Grandpa. Guess you know how that made us feel.

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Luke and family with my mother.

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Luke and family in front of a Metro Nashville Fire Truck.
 
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rider1046 said:
Not inevitable at all imp. I can talk guns, hunting, gun sports, choice of guns, accessories,etc, all week, but never discuss gun control or violence.

As to violation of rule 1, let's just not let it go any further. Thanks.
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Feast your eyes, then, on one of my favorites! Originally designed in 1977. Model below, available to civilian U.S. market. Housings largely plastic. Bullpup design, meaning trigger mechanism is forward of operating action, resulting in very short, compact, er....rifle? Expensive. imp

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Farmington, MO. Over by Park Hills. Nice area. We last lived outside Bunker 13 years, now back in AZ. Have you been a Missourian all your life? imp
 
Welcome back Rider, great family photos there, glad you had an nice visit. I know it felt good to have the little one snuggle between Granny and Grandpa. :love_heart:
 
What a wonderful visit that must have been. Having your grandson sneak into bed with you and your wife...the ultimate display of trust and love. Aren't grandchildren and great-grandchildren wonderful?
 
imp, I've lived in Missouri a good deal of my life but I am originally from Nashville, TN. I've traveled so much I call the highway home rather than a particular place. I'm in Missouri now but don't know how long I'll stay or where I'll go next.
Like your Steyr! These are my two favorites. Just bought the 700 and it shoots far better than I can though I can get 1" groups at 100 yds with a 2-7X Leopold scope. My oldest son has one just like it but with a longer scope and both my boys make a 5 shot one hole group at 100 yds with either rifle. In my part of the country, a short barreled rifle is preferable to a long barrel when you go into the woods.
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Nona, you know they are the greatest.
Thanks SeaBreeze. For some reason, all of our younger grandchildren want to snuggle with us. Sometimes I lay there much of the night watching them breathe and stretch and pushing me and Grandma to the edges of the bed and loving every minute of it.
Thanks Nancy. I'm real proud of them.
 
Hi Rider1046 - like you, I live remote and must depend on myself for many things. I have this Remington 700 which I plan to use on boars that like to tear up the ground around here. I will need to get enough time to stake out a spring that is at the south part of my property. I read somewhere that the 700 can fire without trigger action - ? I can't figure out how, but it is something on my mind whenever I handle it. Rem 700.jpg
 
Hi Dennis. Nice rig! Don't know about that firing without trigger action. I'm a control freak when it comes to my guns, like a little more feel to my trigger, a heavier but smooth pull, so I know and control exactly when it goes off. Good luck with the boars.
 
rider1046 said:
Hi Dennis. Nice rig! Don't know about that firing without trigger action. I'm a control freak when it comes to my guns, like a little more feel to my trigger, a heavier but smooth pull, so I know and control exactly when it goes off. Good luck with the boars.
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Do check this website out: http://www.remington.com/pages/news...all-notice-Remington-model700-modelseven.aspx
if your trigger has ribbing where your finger is placed, you will be OK. If it is without ribbing, it may need to be fixed via recall.
 
If you gents are old enough to recall the Winchester 63, auto-loader, .22 LR, loaded through a tube within the stock. My first firearm, bought by my Dad, when I was 12. I fired thousands of rounds from that rifle over many years time, and never experienced the mal-function which eventually led to demise the 63: design of the sear and disconnect was such that if the trigger were "feathered" in a practiced way, it would fire full-auto.

A search might turn up info, but pressed for time just now, thought one of you (or both!) might have knowledge related to that great old rifle! imp
 
imp said:
If you gents are old enough to recall the Winchester 63, auto-loader, .22 LR, loaded through a tube within the stock. My first firearm, bought by my Dad, when I was 12. I fired thousands of rounds from that rifle over many years time, and never experienced the mal-function which eventually led to demise the 63: design of the sear and disconnect was such that if the trigger were "feathered" in a practiced way, it would fire full-auto.

A search might turn up info, but pressed for time just now, thought one of you (or both!) might have knowledge related to that great old rifle! imp
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Not me - never fired that model. When I was about that age, my father gave me a 22, but I don't remember anything about it except it had a bolt action. Today, I have an old Mossberg model 341 22 that I had to clean up and scratch around until I found a clip for it. It is an accurate little rifle - just right for ground squirrels.
 
Thanks, Dennis. I checked it out and ran the serial number through Remington's web site since I do have the X-Mark Pro trigger but mine is not affected, probably because it is new. Better safe than sorry.
imp, I don't really remember the Win 63 since I was a Marlin man. My first 22 rifle was a Marlin 39A and I still own it. Tried others but have always come back to this and a Ruger 10/22 that I've owned for over 20 years.
First 22 I bought my boys was a Mossberg but can't remember the model and it was traded off by them long ago.
 
Oh, wow! Why didn't somebody warn me that in retirement I'd have less time for myself than I had working full time and raising five kids!
Don't get me wrong, I love being retired. All my working life I planned for the things I'd do when I retired and I don't have any more time now than I did then. My home office looks like something out of "Hoarders", without the filth, my "to do" list will require me to live to at least 105 to make a dent in, and for every item I complete off the top of the list, I find three more added to the bottom.
I did get to go deer hunting four days this year. Didn't see anything but a squirrel but the weather was mild, the woods were peaceful, and my wife has quit fussing about having guns around the house I never use. I'll settle for that.
We're getting ready for our annual Christmas trip to Tennessee, leaving here the 16th and back on the 23rd. Four of my kids and their families live around Nashville so we go down early every year and have a get-together with all of them the weekend before and we come home so they can enjoy Christmas with their individual families. Works good for us. Also have two kids in Missouri that we see usually on Christmas eve and one son and his family in southern California that I would love to spend Christmas with at some point but so far it hasn't worked out. We'll make it one of these days.
Have to get busy now. Missed my gym schedule this morning so heading over there now, then to the nursing home to check on my mother and back home to try and get some stuff packed to take to my kids.
 
What a life! What a life! Who was it that said "I can't wait until I retire so I will have time to do all the things I have wanted to do?" Oh, wait! That was me! Such foolishness! I can't believe my life is so busy.

Mary and I have just traded our slightly old motorhome for one three years newer but with 1/3 the miles on it and fewer than 1/10th the hours on the generator, only two feet longer but with two tipouts and with many more extras and quite a bit nicer and were able to do it without busting our budget. Heading out in it for a shakedown cruise to Tennessee next week. You would think moving from one motorhome to another would be a simple task but it's just as bad as changing permanent residences. Not as much stuff but you have to be more particular about what you keep and where you put it. Lots of trial and error.

My friends tell me they would like to have one but their wife wouldn't travel or she only wants a brand new one and they can't afford it or some such excuse. I no longer try to convince them. If they really wanted to do it, they would. Mary says I'm a gypsy and even though she would never live on the road, she does like to travel occasionally, and she is not above letting me take a trip by myself from time to time, though I'm feeling a little resistance to my desire to cruise the backroads to Alaska by myself. She hasn't said "no" so I'm still hoping.

Still trying to downsize things around here a little bit. Traded one of my laptops off for enough cash to buy an iPad Mini3 and absolutely love it. Compliments my iPhone 6+ and so easy to carry around. I can finally get my computer, my camera with lenses, writing pad, chargers and spare batteries all in one carry bag that I can sling over a shoulder and is still not too noticeable. Next step is to get rid of one car (a 1999 Pontiac Bonneville that my wife bought new and still runs great), a 1985 Harley Davidson FLTC that my stepdad bought new and I bought from his estate (carburetor off of it but motor and trans good), and a 1995 BMW K1100LT that runs great (one owner prior to me, I bought it in 1998). Get rid of these and I can start getting rid of the smaller stuff. Mary does not totally go along with me on this so I'm not touching her stuff (except the Pontiac). I've been hauling my things to my kids in Tennessee and California for the past two years and have more being stacked up for them. Don't want them or anyone else to have to fool with my junk when I kick the bucket. Rather give it to them now while it is still usable or desirable and they can spend their time when I go enjoying a glass of wine over my remains and traveling to a remote place to scatter my ashes to the winds.

Don't get ideas that I am trying to advertise anything for sale on here. I'm not interested in long range sales. This stuff will be advertised locally and sold to someone who walks up in my driveway with a fistful of folding green and a desire to make my life simpler. High dollar is not my motivation; simply getting rid of stuff is. Just put this on here because that's what's on my mind today.
So, what's on your mind!
 
Congrats on the simplification of your life re: getting rid of "stuff". I've found it to be a multiple blessing, as it frees up not only space but your mind - from worrying about. In the case of vehicles of course you'll reduce insurance and maintenance costs. Giving to your kids is yet another advantage, especially now as you said.

Cruise on, bro!
 
Simplifying sure isn't easy. My pile doesn't seem to go down much, no matter how much I haul out. Thinking about just loading what I can put in the pickup and driving away from the rest of it.
I have a 3x5 card propped up between my keyboard and monitor that says, "Make your own recovery the first priority in your life." Don't remember where I copied it down from but I try to keep it in mind, no matter what I'm doing. Sometimes I sit here, staring at the screen, my mind a total blank. I remember when I was younger, it was impossible for me to not be thinking of something, no matter how hard I tried. Now, it seems like I can clear my mind with no effort. it just . . . goes blank. Don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing but it's my thing and I'm adjusting to it. It's not just in front of the keyboard that this happens. I can walk outside to check the weather and look off down in the fields and - nothing! It's not bad, just kind of like I always imagined practitioners of Zen (guess that's what you call it) are trying to do when they meditate. Only they have to sit and chant to clear their minds. I don't.
It's peaceful, relaxing, and I am aware. Just not involved.
 

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