Grady269

If dead men could talk many of them would say that a 9mm is a very effective round.

Can we get a chain em' to a tree and shoot em' in the head room?

I bought my son a 20ga Charles Daly youth model and have been pretty happy with it, he has been shooting it since he was 7. The Daly is light and short, patterns very well for what it is. It is way lighter than the Remington 1100. I upgraded him to this from a 410 single shot. I had to go to an auto because his arms are not long enough to work the slide on a pump. He's killed 2 deer and a bunch of rabbits and squirrels with the gun. The only complaint I have with it is that it will not cycle low brass shells. High brass gameloads and buckshot no problem. It's a really nice little gun, I take it rabbit hunting during the week when he has school.

just based on the scopes that I have looked used I would rank them in theis order Zeiss Conquest 3-9 x 40- $400 best low light, but least favorite scope Leupold 3-10 x 40, 40 MM VXIII- $450 not quite as good low light but my favorite scope all around Bushnell ELite 3200- 40MM$199 pretty good all around. Not as crisp as Leupold but darn close and better than VXII by far. NIKON Monarch- 3-12 42MM same as Leupold low light I do have a 50 MM Leupold VXII and it is OK low light but not as good as VX III 40MM. VXII 40MM Leupold sucks low light

I am sure the Springfield is a great pistol, but I do not know a single Police Department that uses them. Most are Sig or Glock. I just don't think you can go wrong with Glock or Sig.

Rabbit season has been really good in Virginia and stays open until the 28th of this month. My Beagles have been really smokn this year. I had a couple of really young dogs last year that have really come into thier own this year. My son is 8 and I don't even take a gun anymore, he handles all the shooting. He likes to deer hunt but he "LOVES" to rabbit and squirrel hunt.

Interesting to me that the .410 which has been for years considered the piss ant of all cartridges is now considered the ultimate manstopper.

I think AA was dead on, the only thing I would add is bullet choice. I went on a hog hunt year before last and they asked me was what kind of bullet I used. They recommended either a Nosler Partition or Barnes Triple Shock (they asked me in advance of the hunt, when I booked). I opted for the Nosler Partition and I took my.257 Roberts on the hunt. Very similar to the 25-06 and was by no means under gunned. The outfit I hunted with really did not care what caliber you brought just recommended you use one of those (2) bullets.

Stack on Low Profile pistol safe, you can get it form Galls $99 it. it comes with a mounting bracket. I have one in my truck.

The new ultra-light 5 shot 38's and a lot of the new 380's Like the Ruger LCP are fairly close in size. Which do you feel is the best for concealed carry and provides more for the size?

Maybe this is the wrong thing to do for some reason I am not sure. I leave the breech plug out of my Encore when I store it. I did the same thing with my Knight Disc Rifle. I coat the inside of the barrel with Break Free CLP and have not had a problem. When I used to store it with the Breech plug in it would rust in the barrel.

I've done both but I have to say I am more of a daytime guy. It takes (2) people to hunt @ night and it is just tough hunting. Daytime works better for me. I have found that February,March, and April are the best months. Mid to late summer are good too.

You will be really happy with your rifle. .17HMR is a dandy little round. It does a lot for it's size.

There is really no wrong answer to your question. I shoot a 22-250 for predator hunting. If did not have the 22-250 I would use whatever rifle was available. Deer Rifle will work fine. Shot one last summer with my Sig 522 he ate up 13 .22cal yellowjackets at 40 yds.

interesting thing about the bigger calibers. 308,30-06, .300 WM, and 300 WSM all are shooting the same 150gr-180 gr bullet just at slightly different velocities. Of the group the .308 and 30-06 are my favorites because they recoil less and under 300 yds there just is not much difference in any of them. If you really want to "jump up" in a .30 cal you need to go to a 300 Ultra-mag or 300 WBY mag.

What would be really impressive is if they would come back out with the Auto-5

I was wondering if anyone has experience with the Weatherby Vanguard Varmint? I am looking to by a .223 and was leaning towards another Vanguard. The 399 version I have in .257 WBY mag has been awesome.

Glock 26 9mm

I leave my ladder stands out. I have found that with the ladder stands especially the 2 man stands that they need to be in the area for deer to get used to them, actually see a lot more deer the second season they have been out. I remove all of the cushions and blind material for the winter. The biggest thing to do is make sure there is no open holes in the stand where water can get into the metal tubing form the top. If that happens the water will freeze and expand. If they have any open screw holes or such I fill them with gorilla glue so water cannot run down and stand in the tubing. If the plastic caps fall out of the ends I wad up paper and stuff in the holes and cover with gorilla glue. Hope that helps....

I guess my question is will the rifle group? If it's shooting 1.5-2" groups @ 100 yds form a cold barrel that's probably not the end of the world. With a 5 power scope and a lightweight rifle with a slim contour barrel that may be all she does. For hunting that is really not terrible accuracy. Buy a box of Federal 130 gr Nosler Ballistic tips. I have never seen a rifle that did not like those.

If you are not concerned about pelt damage I like the Federal Nosler Ballistic Tips. They shoot really well......

AR Pistol There are several company's making AR pistols, I like the LAR-15 7" barrel from Rock River. They have a round bar stock to use as a cheek rest, I've shot one and it was really fun to shoot and very accurate. Good chance it may be my next purchase, talk about a compact varmint gun for in the truck and it's covered by CCW.

25-06 is a smaller bullet traveling faster usually 100-120 gr. .308 is 150-180 gr. bullet traveling slower. In a single shot rifle cartridge length is not an issue, I would go with a .270 and it will give you the best of both.

Scope I bought a 300 Win Mag barrel for my Encore and it sat in the closet for 2 years for some reason. I got it out this year and mounted a 5-15 Bushnell 3200 on it. I loaded up some 130 gr Barnes Tipped TSX bullets and took it out for a try with the intention of it being a long range gun. Rifle did great sighted in dead on @ 200 yds. I have only fired about 20 rds out of it but no complaints about the scope either. Killed a Yote with it last week @ 275yds, made a big hole.

Virginia Virginia struggled with over abundant deer and responded with full season for does with unlimited bonus tags that could be purchased. This along with the sudden infestation of coyotes where coyotes had not been present for 100 years has had a very sudden impact on the deer herd. It may not be long before everyone is gathering around to take pictures of a deer track because they never saw one before.