11-15-2014, 08:39 AM
am4966 Wrote:Awesome, I Iike the camo. Are you gonna do the whole rifle in it?
Perhaps. Its a quick rattle job done with some camo vinyls and fishnets for when this rifle was setup as a 223 M4. Snow Camo is useful for atleast 4 months a year here but deer season falls right on the edge of snowy times. I'll probably do light tan grass-like vertical stripes over black or maybe FDE. A lot of the places Ive been setting up to hunt have been 3-4 yrd old clear-cuts that have some tall grass in them. Worst come to worst I can put a Tyvek sleeve over most of the gun for snow work (we throw out dozens everyday at work).
montana Wrote:Nice looking shooters and work bench, I like the custom stock. Hope you fill your wolf tags and then some. Looking forward to your range results, thanks for posting.
Thanks, the work bench is still being converted over from fishing season and soon will have a Grendel section dedicated. The stock works ok, whatever aluminum they used to build rifle buffer tubes does NOT like being welded. Had to apply tons of heat to get it to melt with 6061 aluminum and ended up having to file the inside of the tube for an hour to clear the buffer due to over penetration. If I could find 6061 buffer tubes I could really make some nice stuff, but no one will/can tell you what they are made of. Might be time to get a Die for rear receiver threads...
danm Wrote:Nice rifles, where in ID are ya? I'm in the LC Valley (SE WA or NW ID) about the wolf killing? Well I studied them for years so I might have a slightly differing opinion but do still believe in some management...
I'm somewhere in between Sandpoint and Bonner's Ferry. I think you are a few hours south of here. Did y'all get any of that snow that nailed Boise?
To be clear, I don't have a rabid hate for wolves like many here do. That said, I have never lost livestock to them or experienced their predation thinning more popular game specie's populations. I do however find hunting and killing them to be an extreme challenge. I've been out a half dozen times setting up in different areas on the same mountain with the predator call and have only glimpsed one. I had my 30-06 and he spotted me across a clear cut 250 yds away and was gone before I could even think about raising my rifle. This is why in 2013, ID Fish & Game sold over 44,000 wolf hunting tags, and 244 were filled. If I get one I'll be thrilled. They are pretty impressive animals though.
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Copy that.