Recent content by Ray B

Three strikes against me getting it: 1. left hand, 2. Ruger action, 3. 8.5 lb. If it were a Win or CZ, right hand and 10 lbs prior to scope & mounts I'd consider it- after all, I'm looking for a single barrel rifle with a .475" bore to shoot a bunch of hard bullets that I don't want to put...

For years I had C.P. Donnelly make the barrels for my rifles. then after his passing I got them from Lilja. But now I'm looking for a barrelmaker to put a barrel chambered for something on the order of 470 Capstick to be fitted to a Win 70 or a CZ. Any recommendations?

@19_A_CPT how generous of you- but you should check the price of postage. I just shipped some hulls is a $16.95 Flat Rate box and was charged $26.30. The screen at the post office listed a couple charges of $4.95 each, but the printed receipt that I got just said total $26.30 with no...

If my dad would have seen me cutting hair as shown in the above photo instead of pointing the blade past the hair, then cutting the hide from the underside it would have been a BIG problem.

I've had about 15 Leupold scopes dating from about 1950 to the youngest about 5 years old. I have not had any problems with these BUT a hunting partner has a VariX-III 2.5-8 that I observed to shoot right on when checked at the range then riding cased sitting on a car seat as it travelled about...

A problem with being 76 is that stuff that is 100 years old, made in 1924 doesn't seem that old- my mother was born in 1924 and she has passed away but seems like she died young at 88.

I suspect China will see an end to their open window for taking Taiwan, particularly if polls show the probability of a Trump win in November. It seems a lot of countries are preparing to be involved in a conflict only a few want.

Not exactly- It's advertised as free money since there are insufficient taxes to cover it. It's all borrow funded- to be paid by some future taxpayer- but at the numbers involved, it will never be paid by tax dollars.

There's a difference between healthcare and freecare. I was referring to healthcare where a person has a diagnosed problem for which the medical services has or is working on a solution. Freecare is where people go who are hypochondriacs, bored, or need an activity to fill an afternoon. When...

Healthcare is just like any other product: it is subject to supply & demand. Unlike other products the demand curve is flat since people don't want a procedure unless it's needed; and the supply (aka medical staff) is vertical since the time & effort to become a provider (doctor) does not...

My experience is primarily with small unit tactics, so the dynamics of national strategies are not my forte, but, it seems to me that there is a third option- seeing what the US could do to impede Russia and Iran in their funding of the two wars. Had the Trump energy & trade policies been left...

My BIL was an engineer for Boeing, then Lockheed. he said that it was part of every contract including projects such as the Skunkworks that a percentage of employees needed to be minority. so there were always a bunch of minorities standing around in the breakroom or outside. They had no...

A business that my dad operated would cut/wrap deer along with other animals. For deer we cleared out a cooler of everything else, then hung the various deer carcasses, usually 5-7 days; then cut an wrapped them per customer specs. We preferred to break them down and slice using a bandsaw but...

@Red Leg thank you for your timely and articulate comments- I wonder if the Russian generals give any consideration for the lives of those soldiers who you have provided visual links to regarding the effects of battle strategies.

Chesty Puller wasn't the flag officer who demanded the battle of Peleliu (to secure an imaginary flank)- it was the guy who a few years later ordered soldier in summer uniforms to pursue North Koreans into a Winter whiteout and a Chinese ambush. and I have had my issues addressed, at least I...