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I'm really not new here ( I posted several times in 2014 ). But I guess I'll mention a few things about myself.
I have always been a Savage nut - even though I got a lot of ribbing from others about "cheap" guns. They have no idea what they are missing, Savage makes a great looking, accurate and dependable rifle. My first Savage is a 99 in 250-3000 ( 250 Savage ), over the years I bought a lot more. Five kids each got a model 72 .22, 2 more kids didn't ( can't afford them anymore ) so 1 got a 99 in .308. I have a 110 in .250 and a contender 14" in .250, my wife has a 14 in .250. She also has an old .22 - I think its a model 89 and a new Mark 2. There are a few others sitting around too - but they .250 Savage is by far my favorite calibre. I haven't hunted in 5-6 or more years, I just like to shoot target, oil the metal and polish the stocks .
I spent 16 years in our local jail ( as a Corrections Officer ) Retired from there and did some maintenance work for the local Omni hotel. I now do a lot of wood turning and sell them at a flea market.
I have a small shooting range on 12 acres with 25, 50, 75 and 93 yard targets ( 93 - ran out of room ). The reason for all the short ranges is I shot .22 ( Contender ) Silhouette. I had a .308 Savage Silhouette, palm swell, bull barrel with a 1 in 11 twist. WOW what a rifle, with 168 gr bullets it shot into 1 hole. My son has it now, very nice rifle.
Anyway, that's me .
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Glad your back.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.
Welcome back to the BROTHERHOOD OF THE BARREL NUT
Your not all that far from Ridgeway, where they do a lot of silhouette including rim fire.
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"Life' is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne
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Hello (since you've been around) from NY.
As my Pappy said: "Learn to live with what you've got and you won't need what you have not."I have a small shooting range on 12 acres with 25, 50, 75 and 93 yard targets ( 93 - ran out of room ).
When we found our current house I knew it was the one. If you imagine a 12" ruler 1-1/2" wide . . . that's the shape of the land. 2,630 ft deep but only 335 ft wide. Backside is the ridge of a wooded hill; but there is a hi-voltage powerline right-of way that angles across the upper corner. I cleared a 100 yard range in the woods behind the house and for deer season I plunk myself down just inside a stand of hemlocks with a view of 250 yards up and down that powerline. Plenty of whitetail and one fallow deer (story in itself).
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Last words of Gen. Sedgwik
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Ackley was right all along
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