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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 07 Mar 2022, 12:14 pm

wanneroo wrote:
NTSOG wrote:wanneroo: "It's been a very cold winter with ice storms ..."

Ice storms sure make the trees look pretty, until the weight of ice breaks the trees [and sometimes the power lines too] and driving becomes a lottery as cars slide along at speed with no one actually being able to steer them on the black ice on the roads. I had a couple of road-skating slides in Indiana and Wisconsin years ago. Luckily we hit nothing solid.

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I have Quattro and snow tires so I get around pretty good in winter.

I have not been able to snowshoe this year due to ice and wind. The snow pack was a mix of many layers of snow, ice, sleet, rain with many hard freezes plus with all the wind this year and dead ash trees, just didn't seem safe to venture into the woods. Hopefully before the season ends we will have a big snowstorm with a dump of fluffy snow and I can go out one time.


I've only seen snow from a distance of several kilometers, and don't have any compelling urge to investigate it more closely :-)
But it does intrigue me a bit.
My understanding is that snow doesn't simply "blanket" the terrain, making everything six-inches higher, it fills the hollows and blows off the exposed areas so the snow can be one-inch deep here and ten-feet deep one step further on - is that right? And in one spot it can be very solid and take your weight but a step away it can be fluffy and you fall through it? If you know the terrain it's probably not an issue, and if there is vegetation and trees they can give you a gauge of depth, but is there anything visual that indicates the depth, like the texture, colour, reflection or anything or are you just gambling with every step you take?
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Bugman » 07 Mar 2022, 12:30 pm

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by NTSOG » 07 Mar 2022, 2:57 pm

G'day,

I love fresh dry powder snow which squeaks under your cross-country skis. My wife lived in the Northwoods of Wisconsin [near Eagle River] and grew up snow-skiing and riding snow-mobiles in winter. When about 12 she completed a 90 mile race on a snow-mobile. I have to say heavy snow in the country-side is generally fun, but heavy snow in a city like Chicago is another matter. Everything stops. In very early 1979 - I was living just outside Chicago at a university - Chicago had 34" of snow Friday-Saturday-Sunday morning having already had 8" on the previous Wednesday. Everything was buried and the wind-chill on Sunday morning as we dug the cars out in the parking lot was about -34F wind-chill. I think the whole city was shut-down for several days and even the snow-ploughs were pulled off the roads.

People in Australia will not know that come winter sensible people living in US snow belts have their tyres changed and put on specialised snow tyres as 'summer' tyres simply don't grip on snow and slush.

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Wm.Traynor » 07 Mar 2022, 3:35 pm

Started bedding the barrel of my CZ455.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Wm.Traynor » 09 Mar 2022, 3:29 pm

Finished bedding the barrel and starting to make a leather pair of lens covers for the scope.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Bugman » 09 Mar 2022, 3:44 pm

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bigpete » 09 Mar 2022, 4:12 pm

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Oldbloke » 09 Mar 2022, 4:17 pm

I'm still waiting. Lol

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 09 Mar 2022, 5:42 pm

I saw the doc for the results of last week's CT and I have emphysema apparently, so off to see another specialist :-)
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Oldbloke » 09 Mar 2022, 5:47 pm

Thats not good news. From memory Ceder dust is one of the worst.
My grand father had it. But he was a heavy smoker.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bigpete » 09 Mar 2022, 7:03 pm

Oldbloke wrote:I'm still waiting. Lol

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Sheesh, there's that roo again. :violin:


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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 09 Mar 2022, 7:23 pm

Oldbloke wrote:Thats not good news. From memory Ceder dust is one of the worst.
My grand father had it. But he was a heavy smoker.


Cedar was a rare pleasure in WA, I mainly worked with jarrah and karri, though in the late eighties during the boom we worked with a lot of Indonesian import Batu and Meranti as well. Into the nineties a lot of Radiata starting coming in for ceiling and wall framing, and eventually that all became treated so it could be used in ground contact. In WA we built stick frames, not trusses. I've maybe done a couple of truss roof frames at most, very rare and usually just for carports and such. Never done any prefab wall framing other than steel framing in the Kimberley.

Never smoked but both parents were addicts when I was a young kid, by the time I was about twelve they'd pretty much quit. Really, I think it's more likely to be dust from more recent working with hay than anything I did as a carpenter.

I've had regular CT's of the lungs since I had a cavitating abscess in my left lung in 2015, this is the first time anything like this has been seen so it's a pretty early diagnosis. Just got triggered by a cold I picked up in January. Should be fine.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by No1Mk3 » 09 Mar 2022, 7:56 pm

Made arrangements to pick up some new rifles tomorrow, still waiting on the handgun permit if they haven't forgotten it.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by on_one_wheel » 10 Mar 2022, 1:03 am

bladeracer wrote:I saw the doc for the results of last week's CT and I have emphysema apparently, so off to see another specialist :-)
Fairly common in carpenters I know.


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Re: What did you do today?

Post by wanneroo » 10 Mar 2022, 10:29 am

bladeracer wrote:
I've only seen snow from a distance of several kilometers, and don't have any compelling urge to investigate it more closely :-)
But it does intrigue me a bit.
My understanding is that snow doesn't simply "blanket" the terrain, making everything six-inches higher, it fills the hollows and blows off the exposed areas so the snow can be one-inch deep here and ten-feet deep one step further on - is that right? And in one spot it can be very solid and take your weight but a step away it can be fluffy and you fall through it? If you know the terrain it's probably not an issue, and if there is vegetation and trees they can give you a gauge of depth, but is there anything visual that indicates the depth, like the texture, colour, reflection or anything or are you just gambling with every step you take?


Snow is not all the same. It is air and water of varying amounts. Like today at home we got 8 inches of wet chunky snow. It had a high moisture content and was dense so it was thick and heavy to plow. Other times, especially in places like the American West, the snow can be dry and airy with fluffy powder or big flakes. Skiers like this after a fresh dry snow.

Snow can blanket the terrain, as it did today with the temps near freezing and high moisture content snow, it sticks to everything, which gives it a nice look.

Wind can blow things around into "drifts", which can be deceptive. You see this more in open terrain in places like the American prairie or the Rockies. Here where I live the mountains are more level with a lot of trees so it is not as much an issue.

Eventually over time after a snow fall, the air gets squeezed out and the snow packs down and condenses. All depends on temperatures on how long that hangs around.

Best thing to do when going cross country in snow is to use snow shoes.

Sounds like you need to take a drive this winter up into the high country above Mansfield and see some snow after a snowfall. It's worth doing at least once in your life.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Bugman » 10 Mar 2022, 1:23 pm

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by No1Mk3 » 10 Mar 2022, 4:52 pm

wanneroo wrote:
bladeracer wrote:
I've only seen snow from a distance of several kilometers, and don't have any compelling urge to investigate it more closely :-)
But it does intrigue me a bit.
My understanding is that snow doesn't simply "blanket" the terrain, making everything six-inches higher, it fills the hollows and blows off the exposed areas so the snow can be one-inch deep here and ten-feet deep one step further on - is that right? And in one spot it can be very solid and take your weight but a step away it can be fluffy and you fall through it? If you know the terrain it's probably not an issue, and if there is vegetation and trees they can give you a gauge of depth, but is there anything visual that indicates the depth, like the texture, colour, reflection or anything or are you just gambling with every step you take?


Snow is not all the same. It is air and water of varying amounts. Like today at home we got 8 inches of wet chunky snow. It had a high moisture content and was dense so it was thick and heavy to plow. Other times, especially in places like the American West, the snow can be dry and airy with fluffy powder or big flakes. Skiers like this after a fresh dry snow.

Snow can blanket the terrain, as it did today with the temps near freezing and high moisture content snow, it sticks to everything, which gives it a nice look.

Wind can blow things around into "drifts", which can be deceptive. You see this more in open terrain in places like the American prairie or the Rockies. Here where I live the mountains are more level with a lot of trees so it is not as much an issue.

Eventually over time after a snow fall, the air gets squeezed out and the snow packs down and condenses. All depends on temperatures on how long that hangs around.

Best thing to do when going cross country in snow is to use snow shoes.

Sounds like you need to take a drive this winter up into the high country above Mansfield and see some snow after a snowfall. It's worth doing at least once in your life.


I have hunted and camped in snow, both lowland and high alpine, when I was younger in NZ. Walking glaciers is hairy as a snow bridge can build over a ravine and be almost invisible, you have to use your pick to prod the path in front so it can be slow going. Good gear and preparation is 100% if you want to come home afterwards. I have also ridden my motorbike in the wretched stuff and once without gloves. These days I only like it on postcards or TV docos, and as for the US, youtube vids of snowplough trains, fantastic! Cheers.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Oldbloke » 10 Mar 2022, 5:09 pm

Cleaned 2 rifles. Sorted out some gear and ammo for a trip to the local range at the weekend. Just helping out a mate who is just starting out on the hunting journey.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 10 Mar 2022, 5:10 pm

wanneroo wrote:
bladeracer wrote:
I've only seen snow from a distance of several kilometers, and don't have any compelling urge to investigate it more closely :-)
But it does intrigue me a bit.
My understanding is that snow doesn't simply "blanket" the terrain, making everything six-inches higher, it fills the hollows and blows off the exposed areas so the snow can be one-inch deep here and ten-feet deep one step further on - is that right? And in one spot it can be very solid and take your weight but a step away it can be fluffy and you fall through it? If you know the terrain it's probably not an issue, and if there is vegetation and trees they can give you a gauge of depth, but is there anything visual that indicates the depth, like the texture, colour, reflection or anything or are you just gambling with every step you take?


Snow is not all the same. It is air and water of varying amounts. Like today at home we got 8 inches of wet chunky snow. It had a high moisture content and was dense so it was thick and heavy to plow. Other times, especially in places like the American West, the snow can be dry and airy with fluffy powder or big flakes. Skiers like this after a fresh dry snow.

Snow can blanket the terrain, as it did today with the temps near freezing and high moisture content snow, it sticks to everything, which gives it a nice look.

Wind can blow things around into "drifts", which can be deceptive. You see this more in open terrain in places like the American prairie or the Rockies. Here where I live the mountains are more level with a lot of trees so it is not as much an issue.

Eventually over time after a snow fall, the air gets squeezed out and the snow packs down and condenses. All depends on temperatures on how long that hangs around.

Best thing to do when going cross country in snow is to use snow shoes.

Sounds like you need to take a drive this winter up into the high country above Mansfield and see some snow after a snowfall. It's worth doing at least once in your life.


It sounds pretty interesting :-)
I'll get up into the mountains sometime I'm sure.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by wanneroo » 11 Mar 2022, 2:26 am

No1Mk3 wrote:
I have hunted and camped in snow, both lowland and high alpine, when I was younger in NZ. Walking glaciers is hairy as a snow bridge can build over a ravine and be almost invisible, you have to use your pick to prod the path in front so it can be slow going. Good gear and preparation is 100% if you want to come home afterwards. I have also ridden my motorbike in the wretched stuff and once without gloves. These days I only like it on postcards or TV docos, and as for the US, youtube vids of snowplough trains, fantastic! Cheers.


Yes that sort of backcountry type stuff in heavy or ice snow falls you better watch out. I will not be walking on any glaciers anytime soon :lol:

My brother in law has volunteered on a mountain rescue team at a ski resort for 20 years and he's seen all sorts of misadventure in snow.

Mostly for me I stick to sensible snowshoeing on existing trails and pretty much on my property. I don't do any wild and crazy stuff.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Bugman » 11 Mar 2022, 10:18 am

7am. Grocery shopping (hate that!), brunch with my wife. That's it. Riveting stuff!
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Shootermick » 11 Mar 2022, 4:48 pm

Carted a load of gypsum in the truck. Road was busy this arvo leading up to the long weekend, it was good to get off it and get home.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by No1Mk3 » 11 Mar 2022, 5:06 pm

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Picked up another rifle, not what the auctioneers described but cheap enough not to refuse it. I already have one of this model but a second never hurt, and the bayonet that came with it is unused since FTR. Pick up the rest next week.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 11 Mar 2022, 5:52 pm

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Picked up another rifle, not what the auctioneers described but cheap enough not to refuse it. I already have one of this model but a second never hurt, and the bayonet that came with it is unused since FTR. Pick up the rest next week.


Wow! You found one within Oz!
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by No1Mk3 » 11 Mar 2022, 6:06 pm

bladeracer wrote:
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Picked up another rifle, not what the auctioneers described but cheap enough not to refuse it. I already have one of this model but a second never hurt, and the bayonet that came with it is unused since FTR. Pick up the rest next week.


Wow! You found one within Oz!

It's not 6.5mm bladeracer, the auction compamy mis-described it due to being unfamiliar with firearms, it is actually a M904/39 in 8x57. As soon as I walked into the dearlers who is handling all the firearm transfers for this auction he said "got some bad news for you chum". Still, I paid a cheap price so I will keep it, I did get an original early Polish Wz29 though, pick that up next week, Cheers.
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by bladeracer » 11 Mar 2022, 6:16 pm

No1Mk3 wrote:
bladeracer wrote:
No1Mk3 wrote:
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Picked up another rifle, not what the auctioneers described but cheap enough not to refuse it. I already have one of this model but a second never hurt, and the bayonet that came with it is unused since FTR. Pick up the rest next week.


Wow! You found one within Oz!

It's not 6.5mm bladeracer, the auction compamy mis-described it due to being unfamiliar with firearms, it is actually a M904/39 in 8x57. As soon as I walked into the dearlers who is handling all the firearm transfers for this auction he said "got some bad news for you chum". Still, I paid a cheap price so I will keep it, I did get an original early Polish Wz29 though, pick that up next week, Cheers.


Oh well, still a very nice rifle though.
Is the bayonet the same on the '04 and '04/39 or did they change it when they shortened the rifle?
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by duncan61 » 11 Mar 2022, 6:46 pm

My Kangaroo culling permit turned up in todays post.Now I have to go do it sometime
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Re: What did you do today?

Post by Die Judicii » 11 Mar 2022, 7:30 pm

I bought this cute little gadget today.
It simply plugs into any cigarette lighter socket, and it reads the ambient temperature, and battery voltage.
Just what the doctor ordered for the nights under the stars hunting dogs and pigs etc.

I simply unplug from the cabin socket,,,, and plug it back into the socket up on my shooting platform,
and at any time I like, just glance down for an update.
( the screen readout is crystal clear,, but the camera flash shows up all the other configurations superimposed )

Only cost $20 :lol:

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Re: What did you do today?

Post by No1Mk3 » 11 Mar 2022, 7:57 pm

G'day bladeracer,
M1904 and M904/39 share the same bayonets, most of which were refurbished when the rifles were updated to 8mm apart from a few 1000 that were converted for the M1942 sub-macchine gun and the 20000 that went to South Africa. Cheers.
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