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Offline jeff223

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winter is getting old
« on: January 27, 2005, 05:55:42 AM »
with the temp back down near O or below again winter is sure getting old.boy i cant wait to get out and shoot alittle at the range.i have a new nef sporter 17hmr and i hopes it shoots as good as my last one.that rifle was a shooter but i sold it.im having my smith recrown it today without even shooting it.the recrown wont cost me much at all and it sure cant hurt anything.the rifle needs a trigger job but im going to take care of that myself :wink: im getting ready for the postal match :wink:

whos shooting in the postal match this time?
what  you planning on shooting?
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2005, 06:22:10 AM »
I am planning on shooting in the postal match, if I can remember to take the 3x5 cards to the range with me.  I have been a tuning and fiddling and loading on my 223 UV all winter so far, what winter we have had.  Been lots of real mild days, like 65 degrees or even 70's this winter.  What is the deadline for getting the cards in?  Is WlScott going to grade the cards, or someone else?
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2005, 06:24:38 AM »
I too am getting sick of winter. Can't hardly wait for shirtsleeve weather to return. I guess it's an age thing. Up until I turned 50 I didn't mind cold winter weather but the last 3 or 4 years I just hate it. To broke to go south for the winter. Oh well, only about 2 more months till the calander says it's spring. :D
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2005, 06:36:48 AM »
I'll be shooting...

30-30 open sites

25-06

270

30-06

lots of load developement between now and then...

Mac
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2005, 07:18:13 AM »
I'm in!

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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2005, 07:23:57 AM »
We've had us a few of those 20 plus belows and another coming tonight.  The water pump froze once, the water line once, the winter supply of fire wood is running low, the horse has been in his blanket for 4 days and my tractor won't start without a shot of ether.  Winter Bites.
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2005, 07:37:58 AM »
:x WINTER SUCKS :x
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2005, 08:45:11 AM »
You guys think it's bad?  I've got five feet of snow in my back yard.  My wife got my truck stuck in the front yard two weeks ago and it took four days to get it out.  The temp that week was 50 below all week.  I'm not talking chill factor I'm talking straight temp.  This morning when I went out for the paper it was 25 below.  It's a lot warmer in Fairbanks they're only three below this morning.  That's why this place is called North Pole, we're always colder than Fairbanks.  Any way my arthritis is really getting me down, and it's been too cold to go out and hunt or do anything outside.  Went to the range yesterday for the first time since November.  The 06 shot as expected.  It still shoots well at -15.   I too am tired of winter!  Wondering why I did not go south this winter like usual.  Wonder how much snow Dave-in-the-bush has down in Valdez?
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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2005, 10:01:26 AM »
We have had no picnic weather in North Dakota for a long time either. However we have not had much snow here. Cold and wind though, we have had plenty of that. I went south for a month though. South Dakota that is. I have a little deer hunting ranch down there.
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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2005, 11:22:29 AM »
I HATE winter with a passion. The only thing good about it is the crow and predator hunting. Other than that, it makes me sick.

I've been ready for my summer varminting and shooting, not all of this cold snow that makes you stay in the house. With my new 223, I want to go outside and shoot but it's just too darn cold for anything.

Hurry up and get here spring!
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2005, 11:40:08 AM »
Yeah I know what ya mean. I don't think it got above the 50s today here. But it was sunny so it didn't seem so cold.  :)
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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2005, 12:11:01 PM »
We ain't havin' winter in "Bama this year, worked out a deal to keep it all west and north of us, thought ya'll had more appreciation of Mother Nature than to complain like this.....Now where'd I leave that sunblock......... :roll:  :wink:  :roll:
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2005, 12:29:43 PM »
i really feel for you Bama boys :D
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Heading South
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2005, 12:44:38 PM »
I have a daughter in Slidell, Louisiana. Wife & me goin down in about 3 wks. She's having her first baby.
    I'm trailering my Harley and may take a rifle or two. :-)  :-)
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« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2005, 01:32:03 PM »
Quote from: jeff223
:x WINTER SUCKS :x


Here in the Old Dominion, or as GB likes to call it "The One gun per month state" The winter had been decent until 2005 clocked in.
 What really gets me is I've been dying to shoot over my new chrony, but haven't wanted to freeze my equipment in the process.
 I've been praying for a week above 50.
  Bama sounds pretty good about right now.
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« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2005, 02:09:03 PM »
Well, they're calling for freezing rain to be possible saturday morning, so knowing just how much the weather depends on the weaterman, I'll have my sunblock with me anyway.

By the way, Can anyone tell me how to get a weatherman job? It's the only position I know of that you where can be wrong 50% of the time and still get paid. I NEED me one of those  :)  :-D  :)  :roll:
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Re: Heading South
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2005, 05:23:05 PM »
Quote from: 95Road King
I have a daughter in Slidell, Louisiana. Wife & me goin down in about 3 wks. She's having her first baby.
    I'm trailering my Harley and may take a rifle or two. :-)  :-)


 :D Hey 95Road King, Slidell is only 45 miles east of here, it's going to get around 70 this weekend, Come On Down. :)
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« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2005, 08:00:15 PM »
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade...

When it snows like crazy and the temperature drops below 0 in Michigan, make...an igloo!



We're REALLY looking forward to warmer weather so we can do some shooting and fishing again!  When is the next postal match?

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« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2005, 11:08:47 PM »
Here's one from my buds in Michigan:

When it's winter time in Michigan
And the gentle breezes blow
About seventy miles an hour
And it's fifty-two below.
 
You can tell you're in Michigan
Cause the snow's up to your butt
And you take a breath of winter air
And your nose holes both freeze shut.
 
The weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Michigan
My feet are frozen to the ground.
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« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2005, 01:39:47 AM »
10GA:
   Any shooting range;s in your area. There's one near Slidell but I don't know much about it???
   Ya, I could go for some warm weather about now!!! :-)  :-)
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« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2005, 02:44:24 AM »
Well Guys,

I don't mean to rub it in (well, I guess I do) but yesterday was a short sleeve weather day for me.  Around 80!  Here in Houston, we pray for a bit of cold weather...especially in the Summer!  

Christmas Eve, we actually got 1 inch of snow in Houston (If you lived South of I-10)!  Everyone in the neighborhood came out and went nuts having snow fights.  You had to scrape the snow off the cars and plants since it would not stick to the ground.  The ground was to warm since two days before it had been up to 80.  But, the snow was exciting especially happening Christmas Eve.

I run marathons so when it came time to run the Houston marathon on Jan 16, we were all praying for cold weather.  Our prayers were answered and the starting temperature was 44!  Very nice!  It only warmed up to about 50 so we were all very happy with the cooperating weather.

Now during the Summer, you folks in the North can laugh at us as we swelter in 95-100 degree temps with 95% humidity.  But for now, we in the South get to sit back and grin. :lol:

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« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2005, 03:35:56 AM »
It has been so cold here in Cheeseville, that when I drove into town I saw my lawyer walking on the sidewalk with his hands in his own pockets :eek: ...............Chainsaw
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« Reply #22 on: January 28, 2005, 06:07:09 AM »
I know what you guys mean. The wood stove has not went out for 10 or more days.

The dogs haven't moved from there dog houses for 10 day, except to eat(witch they do in there houses now)

It was only 10 here last night.
 
I have not slept much since it got cold  :coffee: . Have to get up 3 times a night(12:00, 3:00, 5:30) and put wood in the stove. If not the pipes will freeze and I will be in for a few days of hard work, with dad, to get the busted pipes replaced.

:x WINTER REALY SUCKS :x

Wish it would worm up to abou 65 from know till summer.
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« Reply #23 on: January 28, 2005, 06:28:52 AM »
6 below last night at my house :x
one thing good the forcast for the next 5 or 6 days is lows in the 20s and up near the freezing mark for the high.its sure sad when you look forward to the temp in the 20s and 30s :?
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2005, 06:47:50 AM »
Is this the "Global Warming" the tree huggers have warned us about? If it is then we better start listening to the PETA people!!!....<><.... :-D
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« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2005, 09:49:06 AM »
I HATE the winter & I've lived in Michigan all my life !
Summers here are great but winters SUCK.
Snow is a useless nuisance !
When I retire (hopefully in Florida), I'll never have to see a cold winter again....unfortunately that won't happen for about 20 years !
I say these few words to those that warn of supposed Global Warming; BRING IT ON !!!!!!!!
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« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2005, 11:09:45 AM »
Ah come on boys, it's gona warm up this weekend!  Gona get all the way up to freezing, dang near balmy! :-D   Ough to be great for some bunny hunting if I can find the time. 8)
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Re: Shooting Range
« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2005, 05:19:32 AM »
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10GA:
   Any shooting range;s in your area. There's one near Slidell but I don't know much about it???
   Ya, I could go for some warm weather about now!!! :-)  :-)


 :wink: www.honeyisland.org :wink:
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« Reply #28 on: January 30, 2005, 08:26:19 AM »
Went to the club for Breakfast this am and we had only one brave soul walk  75 yards thru two foot of snow to try his new toy out on the covered 25 yard range.
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« Reply #29 on: January 31, 2005, 03:39:11 AM »
Hey MSP Ret,

If it is as cold as the folks up North claim, they will not only have to listen to the tree huggers and the PETA people, they may have to do a "donner Party" thing and eat them!  Wouldn't that be ironic for the PETA people! :eek: Yuck!!!

Matt
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