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It's a beautiful day for casting - Gunlaker - 04-20-2015
Yesterday was a perfect day at the casting shack, just like today. Hardly a soul for miles. The lake is perfectly calm, loons calling out, and I'm slowly winning the war on squirrels. One more down. A couple hundred left :-)
On Saturday I mixed up a batch of 16:1, yesterday was 400 Saeco #740's, today it'll be a bunch of 400gr Money bullets, and maybe a start on some .446" Money bullets for the.45's.
Life is good.
Chris.
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Nuclearcricket - 04-20-2015
Maybe you should invite Don up to the casting shack so he can crank out some good bullets.
Sam
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - TexasMac - 04-20-2015
(04-20-2015, 10:05 AM)Gunlaker Wrote: ...I'm slowly winning the war on squirrels. One more down. A couple hundred left :-)
Chris.
Chris,
As you likely know you will never win the war & run out of squirrels. Shoot some and more move in. I hope you're eating those really tasty rodents. I like nothing better than fried squirrel. I have 8 in the freezer and about to stroke up the fire.
I grew up eating squirrels. My Mother's technique was to cut in quarters then boiled to tenderize them. Then roll in egg and flour and fry. I added another step of soaking them in milk overnight prior to boiling. Man are they good.
My wife's house dog Emma Lynn is a dachshund which I trained as a squirrel dog. She spends the better part of the day moving from front door to back door watching for squirrels and sounds the alarm when one is spotted. When I grab the rifle she about kills herself trying to get out the door. Then having no one to "circle the tree" we wait for the little sucker to show itself. Of course Emma get the best parts of the intestines for a reward.
BTW, Although I live outside the city limits and firearms are legal to shoot, our neighbors would not appreciate me firing even a .22, so I use a good high velocity pellet rifle and only take head shots. When it hits the ground Emma nails it just to make sure, then allows me to pick it up after a few bites.
Wayne
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Gunlaker - 04-20-2015
Wayne I've never eaten one but my uncle tells me that they are quite good :-)
My place is on a lake in the middle of nowhere, but there is a no shooting zone around the lake for a mile. I've been trapping them, and have also been using some deterrent which I think is made from sand and wolf pee ;-). So far we've trapped a half dozen or so. Next time I'm bringing an air rifle too. These little beggars have chewed three holes into my place over the last couple of years.
I think there is an endless supply of them, something keeps making more :-)
It'd be a long drive for Don, but he'd be welcome any time. This year I've gone to preheating my molds on a hotplate. In the morning it's just above freezing so the hotplate helps quite a bit.
So far I've got 200 of the 400gr Money bullets in 16:1. Now it's time for lunch and then another couple hundred.
Chris.
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Don McDowell - 04-20-2015
(04-20-2015, 01:12 PM)Nuclearcricket Wrote: Maybe you should invite Don up to the casting shack so he can crank out some good bullets.
Sam
Much as I would like to go to BC again, I think it'ld be easier just to send him the moulds.
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Gunlaker - 04-20-2015
:-). Send 'em up :-)
Chris.
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Don McDowell - 04-20-2015
Chris really looking forward to meeting you at Worland in a bit over month now..
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Gunlaker - 04-21-2015
It should be a good time! I've got all of my bullets cast for the .40-65 now.
When I get there you'll know it's me. Just look for the nerdy dude with the old fashioned looking red and white trailer :-).
Chris.
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Don McDowell - 04-21-2015
Sounds good, we'll be draggin in there around noon on Friday in the motorhome.
RE: It's a beautiful day for casting - Rick Mulhern - 04-21-2015
TexasMac
I don't think Yankees eat squirrels! Neither do they partake of cornbread and black-eyed peas!!