Recent content by Datchew

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    Asking prayers for my daughter

    i'm on it. Please tell her the guys here on AH are rooting for her.
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    What are you reading?

    Meant to type Lord of the flies. Oops.
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    What are you reading?

    Gulag Archipelago. Should be required reading globally for all high schoolers IMO. (You can get rid of lots of the flies while you're at it.)
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    TTHA Dallas 2026- Who's Joining Me?

    Hope u guys enjoy Was gonna sneak up and instead got sick coming home from FL last weekend. Mingling with all the Disney international visitors in the hell that is Orlando airport is a good place to catch the funk I guess.
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    Flying with a Gun Cleaning Kit

    If they were, at least you could ask the inspector to use some on their hands first.
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    A Sad Story About An Old Buffalo

    Good stuff!
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    Flying with a Gun Cleaning Kit

    I took (and take whenever i travel for hunting) a small one called Otis Tactical gun cleaning kit. The kit is in a nylon package about the size of an overly thick hockey puck. I add a bunch of q-tips with the end chopped off so they'll fit. It uses cables that you can pull through and you...
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    Politics

    That approach is level, consistent, and fair.
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    Why you dont want to hunt elephant..?

    My ph and I had a looooooong conversation about such things. He put forth the concept of a spectrum where animals of different types fall between "pets and food" for different people. I thought it was brilliant. My wife gives me a hard time because I want to hunt crocodile and she says "Are...
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    Hello from West Texas!

    Welcome Nice wildebeest... And with a bow!
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    Gunsmith Tipton Burns Is A Genius!!!

    he's legit. Glad to hear you're issue is resolved.
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    Politics

    I'm in central Florida for the new Year seei g fam and friends. Played golf with an old friend from my phosphate mine reclamation days during school. He's an expat that fled Venezuela. He's not exactly down in the mouth. :D Think I'll have a maduro cigar soon as well. Great idea!
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    Barnes bullet expansion in large calibers (375 and up)

    While planning my Africa trip I talked with my ph about bullets for the 375. He spoke very highly of the TSX. I had a surprisingly easy time developing a load that shoots under 1" at 200 yards. That's not a typo. I was very surprised. They performed well on a buffalo, zebra, and...
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    Tons of prayers needed for my hunting buddy and best friend Don heart attack

    Will be praying Keep us posted please.
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    Magpul daka system in a pelican 1700 and blaser r8

    An update is overdue I had given up on the daka system per my previous comments. But I tried something else. A cheap serrated steak knife and a Dremel tool and about an hour of messing around and I came up.with a solution. I was able to make this work with only the original blocks but more...
 
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