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  1. Hillbilly Marine

    My Coastal North Carolina morning office

    Just wondering how God granted me this morning with this view. Watched squirrels, crows, an owl, and even saw the tail of a whitetail disappear. Here I am, covered in mud from one swampy misstep, not a shot even attempted, and happy as a hot hog in cool mud.
  2. Hillbilly Marine

    Prayers for my Little Girl

    Hello my extended family. AH is truly an Ohana (as they say in Hawaii) and my Daddy's Little Girl needs some prayers tonight. She has been battling open wounds and infections on her feet for the last six years that has has finally led to today. This morning she went into the hospital to...
  3. Hillbilly Marine

    Help me find a FFL in Houston area

    I need some help folks. I have a cousin in Houston TX that is definitely not a gun guy but has three rifles and a shotgun he wants to give me. I stopped him from just dropping them in the mail (he had no clue that he couldn't do that) and I was going to drive from NC to there to get them...
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    Corona question - Shot placement and caliber for these critters

    With all of the hunting shut down, I think we can now wonder into an area of fantasy. My wife and I took our grandson to a park with full sized replicas of dinosaurs. I started thinking about shot placement and what caliber to use with each critter. Now, for the big guys like the...
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    7.65 Mauser rebarrel Worth it or not?

    I need some input to make a decision. I came across what I believe is a commercial action Mauser sporter chambered in 7.65 Argentine or Belgian. The rifle handles like a dream, shoulders and points like a dream, and operates smoother than a babies butt. I have been haunting pawn shops for...
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    Who all is sitting in the woods with a rifle way to big for the critter they are after

    Sitting here in the North Carolina woods watching for deer it occurred to me that I may just be over gunned, or undersighted. Across my lap is my beloved CZ 550 .416 Rigby. Nothing fancy, just factory stock, express sights, loaded with the old Hornady DGX 400 grain soft. I have passed up two...
  7. Hillbilly Marine

    Hey from Kevin

    I have been here for a while, reading and enjoying the myriad of posts and vast personal experiences. Just reading makes me happy (and to be truthful perhaps a bit jealous). I spent twenty years in the Marine Corps and have been fixing helicopters my whole life. I have also been a lifelong...
 
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