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The aging process is NOT for sissies.  You'll just have to find out what works for you.  A visit to the dr might help provide some insight to the situation with your wrist, and a visit to an eye doctor should help solve the vision issue(s).  Getting some glasses just for shooting may/may not help, cheapo readers may or may not work.   I've worn corrective lenses since I was 13, now staring at 61 pretty hard, tri-focals for the last 5 yrs or so, I bump into small things w/o my glasses.  I can see door frames and such, but not much more.  I don't shoot hang guns much but I didn't have any trouble focusing on the sights/targets about 60 days ago, the last time I shot a handgun (9mm and .22 MKII).  My arms get tired from holding a handgun in the shooting position too, but no "burning sensation" like you mention.     I have noticed lately that I feel like I need higher power scopes on my rifles so I can see the holes in the targets, especially at the 200 yd mark. 100 yd target is ok right now.   I have a cheapo 45x spotting scope, and it is just barely adequate at 200 yds, is it the cheapo part, or that it's only 45x, time will tell when I try out some new spotting scopes sometime in the future.   

I picked the  Ruger American 223 20" barrel over the Savage Axis as the Ruger seemed to feel better when shouldering both.  I could not tell much difference in the overall appearance between the 2 stocks, but the ruger definitely felt better to me.  

  tires are round without any air  :devil:

Nice looking setup.  

what length barrel is the graphic for?

Think you need a bigger table. LOL. Nice collection.

Sorry for your loss.  Prayers for your family.  

Cool looking knife.  Enjoy.  

Would like to see one of these matches one of these days.  Hope there is a good turn out .  

Showoff.   :bow:  Very nice collection.

Never seen one around my house but I usually don't turn over rocks and stuff either.  I thought they liked the desert environment, so they shouldn't show up until sometime in August around here.  LOL

yep, he's gonna have a bunch of scars when he is older.  

Enjoy and ride safe.  

I would look in the cleveland area, exit 25/27 (Paul Huff Pky)  has several motels, places to eat, and you're only 15 miles north of the exit you need.  

Where I live, the weather changes every 5 minutes whether I like or not.  LOL

There is such a thing as a lucky dog outside of Nascar.  Nice setup all the way around.  

GL with your "expedition",  maybe those hogs are like 'yotes, learn quick.  

Yes, pics, love pics.   Bet the cat stays away from you going forward.  Reminds me of "hold my beer" stories.  

I seriously doubt there is a gun safety course on any med school's course curriculum, but I've been wrong before.  

  Gonna guess you could make ALL ranges outdoor ranges if you had the desire.  

Very nice work.  You just saved me some time surfing the web on how to's.  I just got a Ruger American in 223 for a walking varmint rifle as well, and was sorta thinking of doing something to hide the ugly black stock.  Again, very nice work.  

According to the TWRA 2015-16 hunting and trapping guide (paper version P16-18) raccoons are furbearers, so it's legal to hunt them with shotgun, rimfire and centerfire, with certain restrictions on shot size and times on centerfires (daylight only).  No FMJ either on centerfire.  Unless I'm reading the regs wrong, which is possible.  

  Anytime, let me know.   You can take your rifle to GM and they will mount it and bore site it if you buy the scope there,  should also be able to get any mounts & rings (if needed) there as well.  Sounds like you already have the bases (but my terminology maybe incorrect as people call things differently).  If the scope has rings included, then you'll need the correct bases that will attach to the tapped screw holes on the barrel, AND to the base of the scope rings.  You only need a RIMFIRE scope & mounts/bases at this time due to plinker status.  A larger objective is nice but not required either.

I've got a Simmons on both my 22's, you're welcome to try both of those out, one is a fixed 4x, other is a variable 3-9 I think.  Simmons is decent, nothing expensive.     http://www.gandermountain.com/Shooting/Optics/Scopes#filters?do=json&i=1&nav=1&q1=513&q2=513A&q3=513A2&q4=Optics&q5=Shooting&q6=Simmons&x1=cat1&x2=cat2&x3=cat3&x4=t2&x5=t1&x6=brand&cat_depth=2&matched_cat=513A

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