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OUCH!!! very cool to see, but, I can't imagine how many broken wrists that will create... Would I shoot a 50 BMG rifle? Ya I'd pay to do that... Would I shoot a 50BMG pistol? Not sure you could pay me enough... nice pic though

I have been talking about using my 1911 for a short range hunting rig. I figure with practice it should be effective out to 50 yards or so, however, I was talking to my father the other day who told me about a little $300 conversion kit for just about any full size 1911. Take a look at this: http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/rowland.htm#kit It basically amounts to a new barrel, a new recoil spring and new guide rod and link spring. Field strip and reassemble with the new parts, maybe 1 minute. But it turns your 1911 .45 ACP into a compensated .460 Rowland with ballistics similar to a .44 mag. Notably better with heavier bullets. .44 mag. 180gr Hollow point at 1610fps (power factor 289.8) .460 Rowland 185gr Hollow point at 1550fps (power factor 286.75) .44 mag. 240gr Hollow point at 1180fps (power factor 283.2) .460 Rowland 230gr Hollow point at 1340fps (power factor 308.2) So OTPG, would this meet entry minimums? This is definitely going to be my next "pistol" purchase, well right after that Ruger .22 pistol I want...

That is SWEET!!! I have read about the place and would love to go there once, let alone join. Congrats on the space away from the monotony...

Yup, I used to camp every summer at 7-8000 feet in the sierra nevada range. Takes at least a couple days to remember how to breathe each time, and a bit more after that to get used to any kind of exertion... One sugestion that I have always found useful, Eat spicy foods, hot peppers improve your blood's ability to cary oxogen. Every little bit helps when the air is thin...

Personly I've gotta agree with the comment that what you are comfortable with is the best, as long as it meets minimum caliber or energy requirements if any in your area. I just purchased a 1911 last year and plan to use it for deer next year with special purpose handloads. Didn't use it this year because I wanted a full year of practice first to build confidence and learn my limitations with it. If you limit your shots to ones you are confident you can make, then use what you are comfortable with.

A friend of mine has the same pistol. We just went to a gun show together and he was asking arround about his, which is in much worse shape than yours. Popgun's info fits right in line with what we were told there. The basic consensus, regarding value, was that a fully functioning model was worth about $100 or so give or take a bit for cosmetics. If it is not functional, then the parts and labor to repair it make it worthless except as a parts gun. As for that the grips are apparently one of the most valuable single parts on the gun running about $20 per side, possibly more with a matched set in good condition.

Or maybe the deer would say it was a good hit cause they had a chance to get away...lol. Either way the deer still calls it a "hit", if you ask me though it is a bad hit. I am the 3D archery director for my archery club in Northern VA. When we hold a BuckBuster 3D shoot the scoring is as follows. 1 arrow per "animal" (target). Center ring (heart shot) 10 points. Second ring (lung shot) 8 points. Anywhere else on the "animal" 5 points. Yes Tom, you "missed" where you were aiming, but you "hit" what you were aiming at. If you shoot at a paper plate and hit the bale it is on, then yes, you missed the plate, however if you pick a spot on the bale and shoot at that spot but hit the bale outside the spot, you still hit the bale. As for your deffinition to lose a shirt tail, if you fired and did not recover the animal then you lose a shirt tail...sounds fair to me as it promotes ethical shooting, is. don't shoot unless you are sure you can make a clean hit. But I would call it a failed shot (which could include misses and poor hits or just a stuborn deer that picked a realy ousy spot to fall over and you can't find them) rather than a missed shot...just my semantics. Fun debate guys...even if I do feel it was rather clear cut .

Well guys...my season ended last weekend. Sorry to say, I got skunked again this year...what is it with me and this contest? Whenver I enter it I get nada...oh well. Good luck for next year.

Well done! What time of day did you take those? The lighting is excelent.

Why in the world is DirecTV making you work the holiday...are you in tech suport or just sales... I am a Crisis worker. Mandatory that we cover 24/7. I am working 12 hour shifts Thursday and Friday, but since the office is closed I at least get to do it from home... at least until I get called to the ER or a Police station to evaluate someone. Midnight now...I get off in 3 and a half hours...YEAH!!!

Left front: Cell; wallet; Blistex Right front: keys; germ-x; small folding knife Back pockets: usualy empty Cargo pockets: extra pens and any papers I am currently referencing for work.

I am in for sure. I can do US, Canada or Japan:p:D (feel better now TSBH?) OH and are we putting a price limit/sugestion or whatever...not that I have followed it in the past just want to know what # I am ignoring...

I wouldn't quite call them equal with steak, but they are realy good, this sounds like a great way to prepare them...

I go pure venison for chili and other such full meal type dishes, but for sausage I add 1lb of pork fat back per 3-4 pounds of venison. The seasoning I add for sausage is heavily sage based, gives a nice midwest spice to it and kinda blends the gamey flavor of strong venison.

"Tight" is a relative term, as long as the gun can print 1 1/2 inch groups at 100 yards it is tight enough for deer, even at 400 yards. I don't see an average (non match grade) semi shooting under an inch, though some will, but an inch and a half isn't to much of a strech unless you got a bad one. Honestly, Texas, no gun is a long range gun unless you know your bullet trajectory and are capable of shooting at long range. However the 30-06 is not as bad as you make it out to be. Factory Remington ammo with the swift Sirocco 150s lists a 400 yard drop of 21.1 inches with a 200 yard zero, still significant but manageable, and only 4 inches lower than a 7mm mag (17.0) with the same bullet, and only 2 inches lower than a .300 Win mag (18.9)with the 150 grain core-lokt round.