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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Bugman » 21 Mar 2022, 2:49 pm

Had a shoot of my mates new S&W Model 27 classic. Nice!
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Oldbloke » 21 Mar 2022, 6:17 pm

Reading this. Apparently frogs and grass hoppers are very tasty. Lol

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 21 Mar 2022, 8:19 pm

Still cutting fallen trees from last year.
Need to get some decent straightish logs to repair the washed out bridges.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by NTSOG » 22 Mar 2022, 5:54 am

bladeracer: "Still cutting fallen trees from last year."

Same here. I reckon there's at least two years of nice redgum and common eucalypt firewood as a result of the storm.

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 23 Mar 2022, 2:10 pm

Got that one sorted yesterday. I'll take the petrol saw up this arvo to cut the trunk off the root, then chain it down the hill behind the tractor.
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I think this was the biggest cut the little 12" battery saw made yesterday.
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The leaves and twigs we break up by hand and scatter around for mulch. The bigger stuff from about 10mm to about 20mm gets stacked in cairns for birds and insects to live in safe from foxes, cats and bigger birds. The stuff from 20mm to about 50mm gets stacked in cairns to dry out, and when we need some little stuff for fire-starting we go and grab a buggy full and bring it home. The stuff from 50mm to about 400mm we cut up into handleable lengths around 1200mm and stack to dry. When we need it we collect it, bring it home, dock it into burls on the swing saw then split them hydraulically and stack them at the house for two years before cycling to the wood pile. The stuff bigger than that generally stays in the paddock as habitat, unless it's in the way and we have to break up it with the petrol saws or drag it away with the tractor. A few more years at it might put a dent in all the fallen trees from last year.

Still struggling to suck enough air through my lungs to keep going but the steroids they have me on do seem to be helping, although I don't actually feel any improvement.
The respiratory guy doesn't see emphysema in the CT, he's more inclined toward covid or perhaps just some change in my asthma. More tests coming.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by on_one_wheel » 23 Mar 2022, 2:55 pm

Finished loading up a new batch of .223 rounds.
I've turned up the heat to 3350 fps :thumbsup:
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by wanneroo » 23 Mar 2022, 11:57 pm

bladeracer wrote:Got that one sorted yesterday. I'll take the petrol saw up this arvo to cut the trunk off the root, then chain it down the hill behind the tractor.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqEqTBmKvbM&t=18s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68i1DNt93iM&t=20s

I think this was the biggest cut the little 12" battery saw made yesterday.
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The leaves and twigs we break up by hand and scatter around for mulch. The bigger stuff from about 10mm to about 20mm gets stacked in cairns for birds and insects to live in safe from foxes, cats and bigger birds. The stuff from 20mm to about 50mm gets stacked in cairns to dry out, and when we need some little stuff for fire-starting we go and grab a buggy full and bring it home. The stuff from 50mm to about 400mm we cut up into handleable lengths around 1200mm and stack to dry. When we need it we collect it, bring it home, dock it into burls on the swing saw then split them hydraulically and stack them at the house for two years before cycling to the wood pile. The stuff bigger than that generally stays in the paddock as habitat, unless it's in the way and we have to break up it with the petrol saws or drag it away with the tractor. A few more years at it might put a dent in all the fallen trees from last year.

Still struggling to suck enough air through my lungs to keep going but the steroids they have me on do seem to be helping, although I don't actually feel any improvement.
The respiratory guy doesn't see emphysema in the CT, he's more inclined toward covid or perhaps just some change in my asthma. More tests coming.


I'll be doing a lot of that soon. The chinese ash borer has killed off most of the ash trees so eventually they snap in high winds and right now have one blocking a road near my range, plus have plenty of others that have fallen over in the woods and can be recovered for firewood if needed. Also have an apple tree and some aspen trees that fell over in winds and need carved up.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 24 Mar 2022, 12:18 am

wanneroo wrote:
bladeracer wrote:Got that one sorted yesterday. I'll take the petrol saw up this arvo to cut the trunk off the root, then chain it down the hill behind the tractor.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqEqTBmKvbM&t=18s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68i1DNt93iM&t=20s

I think this was the biggest cut the little 12" battery saw made yesterday.
20220322_170502b.jpg

The leaves and twigs we break up by hand and scatter around for mulch. The bigger stuff from about 10mm to about 20mm gets stacked in cairns for birds and insects to live in safe from foxes, cats and bigger birds. The stuff from 20mm to about 50mm gets stacked in cairns to dry out, and when we need some little stuff for fire-starting we go and grab a buggy full and bring it home. The stuff from 50mm to about 400mm we cut up into handleable lengths around 1200mm and stack to dry. When we need it we collect it, bring it home, dock it into burls on the swing saw then split them hydraulically and stack them at the house for two years before cycling to the wood pile. The stuff bigger than that generally stays in the paddock as habitat, unless it's in the way and we have to break up it with the petrol saws or drag it away with the tractor. A few more years at it might put a dent in all the fallen trees from last year.

Still struggling to suck enough air through my lungs to keep going but the steroids they have me on do seem to be helping, although I don't actually feel any improvement.
The respiratory guy doesn't see emphysema in the CT, he's more inclined toward covid or perhaps just some change in my asthma. More tests coming.


I'll be doing a lot of that soon. The chinese ash borer has killed off most of the ash trees so eventually they snap in high winds and right now have one blocking a road near my range, plus have plenty of others that have fallen over in the woods and can be recovered for firewood if needed. Also have an apple tree and some aspen trees that fell over in winds and need carved up.


We ID'ed this one as a messmate stringybark, very yellow when cut.
We lost so many trees last year we gave up counting them all.
Even in the really dense bush there are big ones down, but we don't need to do anything with those. Some big ones down across the creek we'll have to remove or they'll become dams next time we have floods.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by on_one_wheel » 24 Mar 2022, 1:05 pm

Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Oldbloke » 24 Mar 2022, 1:36 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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Bloody grouse.

Ball?
What is the lube recipe?
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by on_one_wheel » 24 Mar 2022, 2:50 pm

Oldbloke wrote:
on_one_wheel wrote:Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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Bloody grouse.

Ball?
What is the lube recipe?


Yeah balls...
The same recipe I use to protect my boots,
Lard, bees wax and neatsford oil. I soak the patches in the molten blend :thumbsup:
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Oldbloke » 24 Mar 2022, 3:37 pm

Thx. I'll check my current recipe tomorrow. Sounds close to mine.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by on_one_wheel » 24 Mar 2022, 5:51 pm

Oldbloke wrote:Thx. I'll check my current recipe tomorrow. Sounds close to mine.

20g bees wax
40g lard
10ml oil :thumbsup:
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bigpete » 24 Mar 2022, 6:13 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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Finally.....someone with taste.....
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Post by on_one_wheel » 24 Mar 2022, 6:37 pm

bigpete wrote:
on_one_wheel wrote:Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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Finally.....someone with taste.....

Cheers :drinks:
It's got them modern fandangled caps though.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Oldbloke » 24 Mar 2022, 8:05 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:
bigpete wrote:
on_one_wheel wrote:Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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Finally.....someone with taste.....

Cheers :drinks:
It's got them modern fandangled caps though.


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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 24 Mar 2022, 9:16 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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I was reading the other day about Hodgdon buying Blackhorn 209, which I understand is a smokeless blackpowder substitute.
Ever seen it in Oz? They do say it's pretty tough to ignite though so I don't know if it'd work with conventional caps?
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by on_one_wheel » 25 Mar 2022, 5:51 am

bladeracer wrote:
on_one_wheel wrote:Blasted away on this thing today.
I can't believe how much better it is to use with some decent home made patch lube.. I could literally shoot all day without the need to clean.
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I was reading the other day about Hodgdon buying Blackhorn 209, which I understand is a smokeless blackpowder substitute.
Ever seen it in Oz? They do say it's pretty tough to ignite though so I don't know if it'd work with conventional caps?


I've never been lucky enough to play with substitutes.

I'm running what's best described as a traditional blend, It goes off with hell of a bang, and makes a lovely plume of smoke. Its the best powder I've ever used.
Im still running the same 90 grain charge as my previous powder but I think I could easily reduce that charge by a fair whack, I'ts producing fantastic recoil and making a spectacular bang when compared to the previous brand that I was running.
I'm pretty keen to try and chronograph it ... not sure how that'll go with the patch sailing through after the ball?
@ 100 meters on the gong there's nothing left of the .490 ball but fine splatter, so she's hitting pretty hard
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bigpete » 25 Mar 2022, 6:30 am

You just shoot it as you do a normal rifle through the chrono.

What calibre are you using to get recoil from prb ?
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Post by on_one_wheel » 25 Mar 2022, 6:49 am

bigpete wrote:You just shoot it as you do a normal rifle through the chrono.

What calibre are you using to get recoil from prb ?

.50 cal, 90 grain charge of some fresh power that goes BANG! instead of K-Thunk
Perhaps it's more perceived recoil ? I didn't have it shouldered very well shooting from that rock. :unknown:
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bigpete » 25 Mar 2022, 11:32 am

on_one_wheel wrote:
bigpete wrote:You just shoot it as you do a normal rifle through the chrono.

What calibre are you using to get recoil from prb ?

.50 cal, 90 grain charge of some fresh power that goes BANG! instead of K-Thunk
Perhaps it's more perceived recoil ? I didn't have it shouldered very well shooting from that rock. :unknown:

Try a minie then lol.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 25 Mar 2022, 2:49 pm

Farm World Lardner Park today, exhausting.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Sarco » 25 Mar 2022, 6:41 pm

Pity its not a week later. Have to head down there (Jindi) next weekend for a family activity on Saturday.

Haven't been out to Lardner park for close on 10 years, Maybe even 11.
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Post by cz515 » 25 Mar 2022, 7:11 pm

bladeracer wrote:Farm World Lardner Park today, exhausting.


Lol I am going to go there tomorrow
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Bugman » 02 Apr 2022, 3:05 pm

A mate of mine got hold of over 600 used .357 cases. Helped him sort through them and for that he spotted me half of them.
We only had to discard 15 which were cracked or split. Considering you cant get 357 cases for love nor money, then it was a fortuitous and lucky encounter. :D
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Post by bigpete » 02 Apr 2022, 3:29 pm

Bugman wrote:A mate of mine got hold of over 600 used .357 cases. Helped him sort through them and for that he spotted me half of them.
We only had to discard 15 which were cracked or split. Considering you cant get 357 cases for love nor money, then it was a fortuitous and lucky encounter. :D


True ?! I've got a couple of bags full of 357 and 38 that I use for rabbit blunts ! Lol
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Post by JimTom » 02 Apr 2022, 3:57 pm

Bugman wrote:A mate of mine got hold of over 600 used .357 cases. Helped him sort through them and for that he spotted me half of them.
We only had to discard 15 which were cracked or split. Considering you cant get 357 cases for love nor money, then it was a fortuitous and lucky encounter. :D


Nice one mate. Good win on that one. I e been trying to find 357 mag for a long time now.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Shootermick » 02 Apr 2022, 4:39 pm

Went to my local gun shop to hopefully buy a Ruger 10/22, none in stock apparently.
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Post by JimTom » 02 Apr 2022, 7:38 pm

A familiar story mate. Gun shops seem to be out of everything.
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