@bigfoot I had a 17HMR revolver years ago with a Burris Handgun scope mounted on it. It was very accurate, better than me, and had an extremely nice trigger. I used it on occasion while trail riding with my New Mexico cohort on the New Mexico side of Colorado below Antonito running due south of San Antonio mountain off of Hwy 285 comprising of around 55,000 acres. It was beautiful land, obtained by Mel's childhood friends' ancestors of the Garcia family of El Rito from bellied up homesteaders. The Garcia's had and still have a general store in El Rito and the old family members extended credit against deed to the homesteaders. Most if not all were never able to pay their debt. Anyway, back to the 17HMR. It was a S&W 647 with around an 8 inch barrel and a 6 shot cylinder. It was effective. As with most any revolver, you had to be careful of hand placement from the blowout from the front of the cylinder. I don't remember why I let it go, but the craftsmanship of that revolver remains high on my list. https://www.genitron.com/Handgun/Smith-Wesson/Revolver/647/17-HMR/Variant-1

@bigfoot Probably spelled Didier, but you're mostly right about people from Louisiana. A lot of talk inside them and somehow, have done most anything you can imagine. I don't think they are braggarts by nature, they just love to talk, and fish, and hunt, and cook, and eat, and party, and play cards, and ......

@buddhaman That had me laughing for two minutes straight!

@orkan Tracked like BobCats sure have a tendency to tear up your yard/grass. But if you have hard dirt/rock/gravel/stone, well that's a different story. I'm wondering if Michelin will be making an off-road tire .... seems like it would be a good idea to minimize tire problems.

@dddoo7 such reassurances delivered to mankind from God, a wonderful reminder of the power of Gods' Grace.

Academy had several pallets of rifle ammo in the aisle waiting to be shelved this afternoon! They also had loads of 12V feeder motors, 6V batteries, and 6V solar cells. Apparently the new sporting goods buyer needs to be given an opportunity to go back on unemployment.

The Word flows effortlessly.

@shakeyhand been here in Louisiana so long my hair has turned white. Love it in so many ways, but alas, my wife and I are considering moving. We suffered zero loss, amazing. Our homeowners insurance, though, prior to the storm has been $5000 annually. We fret to see how much more they want to increase it by due to this storm. Property taxes in my view for a $260,000 home is over $1700 ...... local and state sales tax is 10%. Add all that up and I could use that money to fly down and eat shrimp, crabs, oysters, fish, crawfish all year round. Sold my boat the other day and told my wife that I'll be just as happy to go back to my old ways of roadside fishing. Anyway, that new RimX 17WSM is a hoot to shoot. I've got Greg working on a field/hunting 22BR Improved and a target 22BR Improved. The 22's will be a nice time to spend working on a load for both rifles. I'd like to consider Texas as a place to live. The options are endless, but I can assure you that I'm not interested in the cities. The little town of Leona cooks steaks on Friday and Saturday night at the general store .... the townsfolk contribute their time and effort to the cause. Something along those lines would interest me. And I would enjoy the opportunity to live situated in an area where landowners would like their pesky critters removed. My wife and I don't have to act on anything soon ... we can surely wait 2-3 years ..... her Mother lives with us and is 90. But then again, 2-3 years down the road as we age, we may be reading a whole new story. Regardless, thank you for kindly checking in on us. I believe in the goodness of America and the kindness of the human spirit.

@shakeyhand said in Working on a 6.5PRC cartridge guide: Watched that yesterday and saw that you are another CLR user. I think I was the first one to use it in a barrel. ;)

@dddoo7 This is a super awesome perspective and most definitely something that isn't mentioned in any sunday mass that I've ever been too. In my way of thinking, there are certain things you don't take on in this life unless you are all in. This religion is the highest level of that mentality. Our God knows our souls, our hearts, and therefore our potential as people. Although our God is one of love and patience, he also is a strict God that expects us to use fully the tools and wisdom he intentionally exposed us too. We weren't put on this Earth to be average and fall into what society deems acceptable, we were put here to be GREAT!! Greatness doesn't mean we are good sometimes or just when it's convenient to us, greatness means we take in every second we have on this Earth to be the absolute best we can possibly be. Being our best requires constant maintenance and is a forever moving finish line, and God gave us everything we could ever need in order to focus our eyes and chase that finish line with a hungry heart. I believe God sees it as an insult when we only choose to be "pretty good." What prophet or righteous man in scripture was just "pretty good?" They weren't just pretty good, they were great in times when it was difficult to be. They followed God's law even when it was so incredibly hard too. They did not just follow the law because it was there and made them look moral to their peers, they followed the law because they had the ultimate faith in God's will and their hearts had the strongest desire to be the best they could be in God's eyes. In my opinion, few things are as honorable as that. In a sense, that's the truest display of love, strength, and commitment. We all fail to follow God's law at one time or another, there is no such thing as perfection as a human. However, greatness isn't about being perfect, it's about getting better. It's about owning our mistakes. It's about being strong. It's about being grateful. It's about growing. It's about being YOU! Greatness doesn't and never will require a flawless performance, but it does require a heart that beats for God and a soul that lives for his instruction. At the end of the day, you only answer to yourself and God. Regardless of what other people expect from you or think is normal, never forget you weren't put here to be normal. You weren't put here to be glorified by your peers, and in the same way be put down by your peers. You were put here to be GREAT. Proverbs 16:26 "The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on. Isaiah 7:9 "If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all." Isaiah 29:13 "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." Isaiah 26:8-9 "Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you." 1 Corinthians 7:19 "Keeping God's commands is what counts." 1 Corinthians 4:4-5 "My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me." 1 Corinthians 9:24 "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."

@shakeyhand I couldn't resist I gave this one a belly rub and he or she stiffened up and went to "sleep". We have plenty of red ants and I will have a wreck before I run over one of these guys. I had boxes of them when I was a kid and even had one spit some pink stuff at me one time. It's true they will do it the one that spit was really big. Right now in the evenings just before dark the bullbats are out by the hundreds flying over our field. I had a small one one time for a few weeks we rescued off of a nest that had dead parents. They have a bad habit of nesting right in the middle of the road like a killdeer. A car most likely got them. I caught it insects and would crush them and add water so it could eat but one day it got a big grasshopper away from me and tried to swallow it. Wouldn't go down and couldn't go up. I never had much luck with wild animal rescues. Isn't meant to be I guess.

@shakeyhand Every time I look at that brace I laugh. I know it works but man the angle just ain't right. Oh well. I got out today and pressure washed the truck and carport. This red dirt doesn't wash off very easy.

@dddoo7 Thanks! Those look great - no wonder they were happy to license you!

@shakeyhand Thanks for the update!

Disclaimer: I know nothing about Trigger Tech triggers or any Remington 700 pattern triggers for that matter. I love my Kidd 10/22 two stage trigger, however. I have it set to 8 ounces on the first stage and 8 ounces on the second. The first stage has just enough travel to let me "settle" on the trigger and then I get the crisp and clean break of the second stage. To my untrained finger, the second stage break also feels very repeatable at the 8 ounce setting. I can highly recommend it for anyone who is looking to improve their 10/22 trigger. It is well built, durable, repeatable, and easy to adjust. Kidd also makes a single stage 10/22 trigger and that is what I run on my steel challenge rifle. It is set to 1 lb. It also is crisp and clean with just the "right" amount of take-up and over-travel. This all is not surprising considering Tony's background: Gunsmith and trigger expert for the Army Marksmanship Team. He was the first civilian to be placed in their hall of fame before he left and started his custom Ruger 10/22 clone company. I know this sounds like an add but I have tried and used his products and have been very impressed with them. In addition, his advice regarding accuracy dovetails nicely with the advice that Greg has given. If accuracy is your goal, he recommend the longest, heaviest, unthreaded barrel he makes from the Walther rifled blanks.

@orkan That would explain the color cast difference.

@rileyz138 What an excellent post. I hope to read more from you!

@shakeyhand The Hawes family owned all that land the air base was on and ran cattle on it for many years. When the war broke out the land was condemned and taken for the war effort. The DOD made a deal with them that after the threat of any war they would release the land back to them. Well, the government didn't hold up their end of the deal and would only lease them their own land for grazing rights with term limits They pulled the last cattle off of there a few years ago. It was an island so they had to be barged across the intercoastal canal or swam them across. That was the country club of the Air Force and now is under either the Department of Interior or Texas Parks and Wildlife and is a park. The Hawes were left empty handed.

@buddhaman I hope you were able to keep that powder dry!

12:00 and 6:00 are the worst wind conditions to shoot in. Very difficult.

@orkan you'll never regret it

I have eaten shrimp smaller than that thing.

@orkan she's the best a guy could have. Pulled out my best rope so as not to let her get away!

Purity of heart is a hidden gem .... revealed without needing acknowledgement from others. God Bless you Daniel.

@orkan It wasn't too long after I got the inventory e-mail they were sold out of RL15. H 4350 was still there.

@kn-precision Groups and poi in relation to other charges tells the tale.

@orkan My reloading room was air conditioned and I kept it 70 degrees during the summer so if I took brass out into the shop to tumble I would have to acclimate it or it would sweat in the hot tumbler. I started leaving the two tumblers out in the shop because they would sweat if I took them out of the ac and you talk about a mess. The media would clump up and stick inside the brass and I found out the rice broke down in a few months. Too noisy to run in the room it was just 12 x 14. Leaving the walnut out didn't affect it but the rice turned to powder. I just placed the brass in a zip lock bag and left it out in the shop sealed up for a few minutes and it wouldn't sweat. Winter time didn't cause any problems. Right now if I take a camera or one of my scoped rifles out of the house it takes ten minutes or so for the lenses to clear up. We usually put our cameras in an air tight bag and let them come up to temperature with the inside air in the bag. The rifles just have to wait it out.

Looking forward to any and all reviews!

Very cool.

This was quite good!

Certainly demonstrates the value of the 6.5PRC. Super forgiving cartridge to work with.

This morning I laid down properly behind the 22BR I was shooting yesterday. I'm always hesitant to shift my zero when I'm up on a bench. Just isn't as stable as getting down on the planet. Turns out I had to come a click right after all. Fired 3 Fired2, came a click right, fired 3 more. Much better.

Got out early today before the sun had time to build power. 60 degrees at 6am and had 32 of them dead by 9am with only 30 rounds fired. Doubles are great ways to conserve ammo! The kryptek UPF 30 hoody keeps me from getting skin cancer. Hey, those aren't pdogs! Partridge are eating good with the crazy thick grasshopper hatch. Gotta watch out for those burrowing owls too! They are quite cool, but when the mirage gets up, it can be hard to tell the difference between them and a prairie dog at 600yds. Pdogs have different mannerisms though, and I always make sure I'm not going to kill one of my little buddies accidentally! This one was trying to decide if he wanted to come nibble on that headless carcass or not. Then there was this suicidal little fellow that popped up at 25yds and cussed me out until I snatched his melon off.