MacGyver

E.R. Shaw actually makes a barrel kit for a Savage 110.

I’ve got No. 1s in some safari calibers - .458 win mag, 375 H&H. I think it would be a great rifle in 35 Whelen depending on your use case. I considered doing a Savage bolt action in .358 Winchester, but went a different direction. That might be an option for this caliber, too if you wanted to have a barrel made.

300BLK was designed to achieve full powder burn in 8.5”. No real reason to go much longer.

I wonder if the game warden would take Issue with the removable insert? Maybe okay so long as you didn’t have shells on your person?

That’s a neat idea. It was a fun project - and is loads of fun to shoot. It was a good barrel beforehand, and retained its accuracy. I’d be plenty comfortable with a shot out to 200 meters. It could probably go farther - I’ve just not stretched its legs. Truthfully, I tried it first on a handi rifle planning on working my way up to doing the same on a Ruger No. 1. But, the handi rifle shoots so well, I just stopped there.

Yep, the price tag was the single best feature of the handi rifles. That and the fact that they served a great utilitarian purpose well. Sometimes you don’t need a lot of junk, you just need a rifle to get the job done. I converted a 45-70 to smokeless muzzleloader a couple of years back. It’s great for that purpose. But - now that they’re not sub-$200 anymore, unless you’re just filling out a collection - I don’t know that there’s a ton of appeal.

H&R wanted them back to fit - I expect for liability reasons. I’ve bought several second hand over the years that all checked out fine. But, yeah. If you don’t know what you’re looking at - it might be good to enlist someone who can be sure.

Barrels are generally interchangeable among a particular generation frame - with some exceptions. Since Remington killed off New England Firearms and H&R, rarer barrels are getting increasingly hard to find.

I love Handi Rifles, but they’re not known for their triggers. I’ve only ever had one that I would say had a great trigger out of the box. But, they’re great rifles.

Do you need a special ribbon for that? What about correction tape? Want to make sure I get it right the first time.

Auto insurers refuse individual risks all the time. Get three DUI’s and try to find coverage. This isn’t about that, though. I deal with commercial insurance daily. This is about carriers expecting to see liabilities at an organizational level - probably followed by years of litigation, and they just want off the risk. Insurance carriers are by their very nature risk averse when they don’t have data that lets them price a risk. I might not like it, but I totally understand why they’d take a pass.

At the end of the day, insurance is about transferring risk. Insurance carriers tell toxic companies that they will not write their risk at any price all the time. If there’s a relationship with a broker, or they think everybody else is taking a hard pass you may have a carrier throw a really high number out there just to see how desperate they are. But, underwriting insurance policy is making a subjective decision on the toxicity of a business at the end of the day. It certainly affects your ability to do business. You can’t get access to some financial products or markets without it. You can’t raise debt. Certain liabilities may pass through to the directors and officers. It’s a big deal. At the end of the day - while you may not like it, this is how our capitalist system works. You have private organizations telling other private organizations that “we collectively” think you are too toxic to work with and so we aren’t going to take this risk. They are claiming this was spurred on by the regulatory action on Carry Guard, but this really is close to Adam Smith’s invisible hand at work.

The NRA finds themselves increasingly cut off from being able to access insurance markets and financial services as carriers and banks seek to cut ties. Couple this with the fact that they overspent by $46M in 2016, and they're in deep financial trouble - enough that they claim that they may be "unable to continue to exist." in a recent court filing. A lot of this stems from the Carry Guard Insurance being declared invalid by a recent regulatory action. Couple that with the optics of recent shootings and now their General Liability carrier won't renew their coverage either. Court filing below, followed by an article from Rolling Stone describing the same: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Ld2KEw6SqsvhOYgKUl3SXFTDoz4J3IA/view https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nra-financial-trouble-706371/

The politician is every bit as scared of a single bullet as they are an army. John Wilkes Booth used a percussion .44 caliber Philadelphia Derringer. That said, most believe he fired a .41 caliber ball out of the pistol. McKinley was show twice with a .32 caliber Iver Johnson revolver. A Browning Model 1910 in .380 kicked off WWI when an assassin used it to kill Archduke Ferdinand. Practically a pocket pistol. Reagan was shot with a pot metal framed Rohm RG-14 in .22LR. This isn't about the guns. It's about checking power.

Nothing makes me quit listening to a presentation faster than having data not clearly match across rows and down columns.

203-205F is the sweet spot for me. That's right where all the fat on the brisket has rendered and the meat it as the peak of tenderness. In my experience, you start getting dry and tough from there.

One of these days I’m going to buy a KMG Grinder. As far as I’m concerned, that’s the best grinder in the business.

New Jersey Steel Baron is the best in the business for blade steel. Any big yard can get you about anything you want - but you run into minimum order limits. On common stuff like 1095 and O1, I’ve actually had really good luck buying small quantities on Amazon. They may not be the absolute cheapest - but the free two-day shipping for Prime members more than offsets the delta.

Got a good strop? With normal everyday use a strop ought to keep that CPMs30v in top form.

I was in a steak house in Houston one time where a party at a table next to us was making a big deal about everything - just to show what a big shot he was. He had complained about where they had been seated previously. He sent back an appetizer and rejected a bottle of wine. When the server came out with his steak, he asked for A1 and threw a fit when told they didn’t have it. The chef came out a minute later with the man’s jacket and kicked him out.

A typical shoulder shouldn’t take that long. But, with the electric you should be able to set it and pretty much forget it once you get a few smokes underneath you. I little iGrill mini is a good thermometer for under $50. There are better ones that you can spend a lot more on - but this is all you need to get started. Being able to put something in the evening before and not worry about it until you get up is convenient.

Cut into pucks with a saw. Whack then with a hammer? Bonus points for making your kids do it.

An electric smoker is a great way to get started. It’s forgiving and convenient.

Smoked meatloaf and smoked mac and cheese are amazing. I never soak my wood. I generally use chunks. I spent all that time building the fire. No need to put water on it.

I also like to do smoked pork belly burnt ends. Remove the skin. Score it just through the fat layer in inch squares. Use a good rub of your choice. I like to smoke up to 203F. Then I’ll pull it and let it rest. While doing that, I’ll open up the air on the smoker and bring the temperature up to around 400F. About 30 minutes before serving, I’ll cut it into inch squares, toss it in a sauce and put it back on the grill to caramelize the sauce. It probably needs a surgeon general’s warning. I did a 22lbs belly in the 4th that was gone in about 20 minutes