bersaguy

Prayers go out to all the folks affected by this terrible act and the community as a whole as in such a small community everyone will be affected somehow someway. Not going to try and offer up any solutions how to prevent things like this from happening................

Since I was a meat hunter a lot more than a trophy hunter back in the day I would have taken that 6 pointer and went to the house. If I am going to hunt in these type of weather conditions and there is meat on the hoof and in good range meat is going home with me. I sure hope I get a chance to test drive that new 243 on a 6 pointer on opening day of gun.........JMHO

I have no clue what some of this stuff is and other stuff is just something I think someone may have a use for and maybe someone collects old ammo empty boxes. There are also a few ammo cans too.

Thank you and very very sorry to read about Rosco. Maybe Rosco and Kasey will run and play together at the Rainbow Bridge!!

Wish I had a couple Cap pistols and Squirt guns to take down there and get some gift cards!!!!

I am very very sorry for your loss as I just experienced this a week ago and if you would have been there you would have seen a 69 year old man crying like a baby. I know how bad it hurts. RIP Rosco...................

I totally agree Mike!! They both have allowed so many Islamic people into the country that if not another one was allowed in there are already enough here for things like yesterday or worse to take place for many many years to come. I have come to the conclusion we will see this happen more and more as Trump tries to end ISIS! They are showing a desperation now to inflicked as much harm as they can before the lose the power transform and recruit more home grown terrorists....................jmho

I wonder how long that party is going to last or remain on same thought trail when they begin losing family members or close friends to a couple of the people they wanted to be welcomed into the country with open arms and hugs. Suicide belts are not selective on targets, Maniacs driving trucks up on side walks killing people are not selective on targets! If this political party thinks it won't happen to them they are beyond stupid. I hope they send this guy to Guantanamo and flush every piece of information they can out of him. They have already learn where he lived and 2 doors down from his house was the Mosque he attends. I'm thrilled that the New York officer that shot him didn't kill him. We now can get information from him and he won't get his 72 Virgins...............

I appreciate your offer and I will save all brass I fire but as far as relaoding for me. I just don't think I will live that long and still be hunting when I use what is on the bed under the rifle. I don't think I could go through 200 rounds if I lived to be 100. It was hard for me to go through a box without getting a limit for the year and have enough to start the next year with.

Son In Law is very picky about keeping up with paper work and had all of his house papers in 1 folder in his file cabinet at his house plus another copy in my gun safe. He has the deed now and is buying a home safe to put all of his important papers in. He and my daughter worked very hard to make sure they never had to take out a second mortgage and never were late on any bills pertaining to their home.

I never thought about that. Probably why he used it. I bought Buffalo Bullets to shoot in my Hawkins and I never had a problem dropping a deer that I hit but I never checked to see what my bullets were made of. They may have been have been pure lead. I do know they were very easy to push down the barrel with ram rod....................

Another maniac has struck in Manhatten in New York just a few minutes ago!!!

I have little doubt we the American People will ever get the truth about this and it is not even in the news any longer. What is going on in DC is taking up every spare minute is all the news medias period. I have no doubt they are still investigating it but not as news worthy as DC news....JMHO

I use to hunt witha guy that made his own bullets for his muzzle loader and I got to see his bullets in action one day. He was a rather big guy and he laoded the powder laod to the max that hsi Charles Hawkins would safely accept and his bullets. We where hunting the Islands on Percy Priest and had to get to them by boat. We were in stands about 30 yards apart and I saw a large doe coming and it would have to pass him to get to me. I was watching and he raised up his loader and took aim. The deer was facing right at me when he fired. I'm not exaggerting, when that bullet made contact with the deer is knocked the deer about 5 feet straight sideways. When we got to the deer I said slight over killed there Steve and he said yea kinda. He destroyed both front shoulders and damn near ripped the doe in half. He showed me his bullets and I took one and I could roll the lead off the bullet with my finger nail. He was shooting almost pure lead bullets. After that I think he began adding some other type of material to harden the bullets up a little. I hunted with his a cople more times and his bullets were not doing as much damage to any more deer.

Yea, I have never owned a 243 but I used to hunt with a buddy back years ago that used Remington 243 Semi Auto and he bagged a lot of deer with it. he seldom had to track one. The deer usually went down in just a few yards but he never shot at one more than 200 yards. He said the gun can reach out a lot farther and still be pretty accurate but was always concerned about the impact at over 200 and was concerned about just wounding one. When I will be hunting a 100 yard shot will be about the max because of all the thick brush surrounding the deer plots my grand sons made several years ago and all the ladder stands are about 60 to 70 yards from the plots. I need to get out and sight it in and see how close it is to plum on. Might try and do that this weekend at Son in laws house. He doesn't hunt so won't worry about bothering any Muzzle Loader hunters down on my sons place. My youngest 11 year old grandson didn't get one during Juvenile hunt last weekend. Got a shot at one but it broke and ran just about the time he fired. He checked to make sure there was no blood so he thinks it was a clean miss. He is going to try Muzzle loader this weekend with his oldest brother Logan is a small framed youngster so he will be using his dads Knight Rifle and first few times he practiced with it he was rocked a little backwards so he has been told to make double sure he is tied in stand before shooting it.....................

Tommy is definately a Keeper son in law. Has been married to my daughter since 1995 after she came out of a very abusive marriage with 3 young children and he has been the greatest thing that could have ever happened to my daughter, grandchildren and now Great grand children. We use to fish a lot together out of my SKeeter Bass boat and I can still remember the first time I let him drive and taught him about how to trim and read the graphs. The day I remember more was the day he came by and asked if I wanted to go fishing and I was not feeling well and I told him to take the Skeeter and go. His face lit up like a street light and he said are you sure and I said yup! He called a buddy of his and ask him if he wanted to go fishing and they went. Before I get to far ahead he had driven the boat quite a bit before that day with me in it so I did not just turn him loose with one time behind the wheel. He comes and gets it any time he wants to use it now which because of his work is not much but Yea!!!! I do have a great son in law!!!! He called me the other day all excited to tell me his boss gave him a bonus and he just paid their house off. And bought me a rifle!!

I have only one gun that is close to my heart and thanks to many folks here I was not forced to part with it but would have for sure to do what needed to be done. My model 85 Bersa I have. It came from my friend of 30+ years, BT. He passed away last February while fishing on Dale Hollow Lake. He came for coffee and a biscuit about every other morning here for the past 10+ years and he always scratch and loved on Kasey when he was here and she looked forward to his coming by. She learned what days he would be coming by and she would lay in the carport waiting for him. For about a week after he died she bgan laying in the parking area where she could see the driveway better and I guess she did that for a month and finally realized he was not coming by any more. That 380 will be going to my son Ronnie when I am gone.

Once I get it completed I will let you know if there is any in it..........

Pictures!!!

Sounds like another Sam Walton. He would walk into one of his Walmart stores and buy something and walk to check out and pay for it and it was very seldom any clerk that checked him out new who he was. He also drove an old Chevy pickup truck.............

It was an honor to meet wade195(Doug) today. He is very much a gentleman a pleasure to talk with. We had a short but nice visit. It's always nice to be able to meet another TGO member and get to shake their hand. My Son In Law saw me looking at the Ruger rifle the other day and asked me if I was planning on doing some deer hunting and I said I don't own a deer rifle so guess not and he said would you go if you had one and I said I might go down to Ronnies (my sons place) cause he has about 4 nice ladder stands up and about an hour later my Tommy(SNL) came back and a laid the funds down for me to buy the rifle and told me Merry Christmas. So Doug was nice enough to bring it to me today and I am now the proud owner of a great 243 and enough ammo to hunt with................

Well since winter is not a good time for fishing bait orders so I will still probably sort it out and see what I come up with and it will still be free once I get it done.

To begin with this was an indoor range so won't be no rifle brass. Also I don't plan on selling the brass. once I get it sorted out I am going to give it to anyone here on TGO that wants to reload it since I don't reload but hate to see it go to waste if someone can use it. Also is there anyone here that reloads 380 Caliber ammo?

This is my new wall paper when I turn computer on!

Well Kasey is back home. Vet called yesterday to tell me she had been returned and was ready for pick up. I went right then and got her. This time she got to ride in the front seat of the Jeep!!!!