jdmidwest

Nice use of a pallet there. Moisture may be a problem in bathroom location.

Nice work guys. I have a partly made bamboo that needs to be finished out I bought at yard sale. I have been wanting to build a few spin rods too. I spent some time back in the 90's learning the ropes but other hobbies took over spare time.

Can't help you on that one, have not seen one up close. I use one similar to this. Pretty universal made by Gamo.

I like to trout fish too, but have seen them overcompete the smallmouth in a stream. Where they quit stocking at is where the smallmouth pick up steam. I realize there is a temperature variable around that point, but I still can't be convinced that if they were gone, smallmouth would improve in that stream. The feral hog thing is puzzling me. When people started fencing them again, they disappeared for a long time. And the number of hog farms have declined to almost nothing compared to when I was a kid. I don't know if the Russians are more adapted to surviving in the wild than the breeds farmers raised during open range or what.

Restoring Elk. Otters. Hybrid crops that don't require pollination covering thousands of acres of native prairie hurts pollinators.

May be phasing out original NP rifles and only making Np2.

Crystal clear and up to 60 ft in depth. Great lake, lots of cover. Watch out for the tree tops just under the water line that will snag a yak. Or any boat, PITA when you are fishing. Enough Cove would be a great start, creek arm that comes in with a defined channel, more protected in winds. Shallow water and lot and lots of timber, both standing and submerged. West Ramp, deeper channel with timber along both edges. Park swimming beach gives you access to both shallow to deep if you want to carry a yak in. Best of both worlds and may be great this time of year. If it is open. Otherwise you are stuck putting in at the other places.

A tree boring beetle is being pushed to extinction because the tree it likes is disappearing. Yet here in USA, we are fighting a tree boring beetle to save Ash trees from extinction. Ironic. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43262254 Alot of articles popping up now about the invasive honey bee crowding out native pollinators. The Europeans brought the honey bee over shortly after the Mayflower and its nature to swarm and repopulate quickly spread it thru the USA a long time ago. Old journals dating to Lewis and Clark talk about the bee trees they encounter on the journey. An old book I read talked about the bee trees along the rivers connected to the Missouri river as being rich in Honey Trees. But now they are leaning toward them as being invasive. Trout in Missouri are invasive, they compete with native fish for habitat. But individuals dropped them off in streams back when the railroads connected thru to get them going and we have propagated them since. Feral hogs have been a part of our history, then we came up with a fenced stock law. Now, feral hogs are a problem again. Ironic.

Ness won"t be able to see them over all the tomato bushes sitting in the window sill waiting for the snow to melt.

Its a Centerpoint Scope, should hold up, they are one of the few that are designed for springers and goofy recoil. Looks like $68 at Wally World, great price for a Nitro Piston.

I have a whole lot of living to make up for that lost year to do this summer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Reseal-Repair-Seal-Kit-for-Benjamin-340-342-347-Air-Rifles-/262703459125 That should do the trick. Look for a you tube video to walk you thru it. There was another trick the other day with some kind of lube that improved the seals but can't remember what it was. Pretty simple. Or, you could just send it to Baker and let him do it for you. https://www.bakerairguns.com/repair-restoration/

Then there is the temp thing with CO 2, it gets colder and power drops off. Straight air is the way to go, all of my hi power stuff is that. Either pumpers like the Crosman 140 or the AR 177, Springers with the one stroke. Nice to see what you did with the 1322. I have a 1377 that used to get that kind of performance. Gotta love the net. You could never get this the ole fashion way of trial and error.

Sorry Wrench, I thought that was the 2240 you ordered. The pump arm did not look like the 1322, because of the mod. Looks like I need to do the same with my 1322. I bought one a couple of years ago and was unimpressed with it. Tossed it into the closet after one afternoon. No power or accuracy.

I almost dropped some coin on a Umarex Gauntlet yesterday. A dealer from Kansas City was set up at the gunshow. He specializes in Air Guns and Black Powder, I have had a few conversations with him in the past. He had the 177 and 22 at the show, and I got to put hands on them. They look like they weigh a ton, but shoulder and balance real well. His price was the same as online, so I decided to wait. We did discuss the hand pump thing in pretty good detail. It takes about 40 pumps to fill the empty tank, then about a pump a shot to top it off. The Gauntlet has a regulator and is pretty efficient on its use of air. I was always assuming there would need to be alot of pumping with a hand pump to charge the tank, seems like it does not take very much. He had a couple of the 2240's on the table used, one was already tricked out with the Walther Lothar barrel, but I don't need a CO2 gun. There were some nice long barrel 32 and 36 cal squirrel rifles that drew my interest, something on my short list is a black powder in that design and caliber. I ended up walking out without buying anything. My grandson is sporting a new Crosman AR 177 pellet rifle that I got him for his birthday last week. Good looking rifle, durable like the old 140 powerplant. Adjustable stock so he can grow into it. 5 shot clip. I put a 30mm red dot on it and a rifle sling. I bet there will be a squirrel die this fall from it. I also ordered another AR receiver, going to build a nice little 22lr AR for him this spring too. That Modern Sporting Rifle has turned out to be the berries for me. Adjustable stock and soft recoil has made things easy for my kid and now grandkids to adapt to them. To bad a turd had to use one at a mass shooting.

Its on my schedule and looking forward to it. Deja Vu, back to where I was at this time last year.

My garden last year was pretty simple. I put it in and it did its thing without any help from me, no weeding, pruning, watering, or even picking. Wife mowed the yard and picked the garden. Today, I dug up 2 five gallon buckets of strawberry plants that run out of the cells in the concrete blocks into the main bed and made fresh plants. I just let them run last year because I did not feel like trying to keep them out. So, I have a bunch of new plants. I transplanted new sets into my 2 strawberry beds today. Then I turned over both beds with a shovel, added more dirt, then planted spring garden. Snow peas, lettuce, and spinach are in the ground. Spring garden 2018 is off and running.

But it really sucked for me. Friday marked the first year anniversary of finding the tumor, it was day my grandson was born. 2 weeks from Tuesday will be the first anniversary of being cancer free, the day the tumor was removed. Its been a long year, the surgery and recovery. 37 days of radiation, and the 4 months recovering from it. The lymphadema and treatments for it. 2 false alarms, and biopsies to go with them. A nite at Barnes back in January when the lymphadema developed an infection. The choking, dry mouth, stiff neck, ringing in my ears, and all of the aches and pains from damage due to radiation and surgeries. Needless to say, I did not get much done in the last 12 months. I did some fishing, mostly from a boat. I did one easy float trip in the kayak last fall. Very little wade fishing. I did not do much hunting, just a few days rifle season for deer, no ducks or small game. The yard, garden, house, and all other outside work did not get done by me. I returned to work at the end of September and have worked since. My wife had a stroke back in January a week after a minor surgery. She came home with a walker and not able to raise her left arm. With therapy and prayers, she has regained the use of her arm and leg for the most part and has returned to work also. She was not allowed her full recovery time due to the 5 weeks she was off with my radiation, they counted those weeks because it was still in a calendar year. But, I am in better shape than most that have went thru what I had. And have a body back to the size I was in my late 20's, lean and mean. Had to buy some new clothes. My stamina has returned and I am almost back to normal. Just in time for this little guy's birthday. And I have 2 more coming in April, both the daughter and step daughter are due around the same time. Lots to live for and look forward to. 3 grandsons and a granddaughter to train in the ways of the outdoors.

Screen door, private parts, slamming motion would be more fun than trying to fish an opener ever again. I have not done one since the 90's and those were not done sober. I can't take weekends any more till about 11am.

I want to see how this goes, I wonder myself. I hate carpet, especially light gray and muddy banks or worm fishing.

Nice

Or you could just stand behind Trump as he rushes in.

The irony of this post is all of the attacks on police in the past few years for using too much force, corruption, being too heavily armed and buying surplus military weapons. From Ferguson to all of the other riots. Now we pile on them for not doing enough. If gun control happens, this is the police force we will have left to protect us from crazy.

Because of privacy laws, crazy does not get reported to authorities or ever leaves the office. If it is not in the FBI Database when it comes to legal gun background checks, crazy buys a gun. In most of the last few shootings, red flags were up all around before the shooting happened. The system failed to work and crazy did its things. I only use crazy as a common thing among all of the shootings. None were done by normal minded individuals. All were thought out and planned ahead of time. They were not done spur of the moment.

33 years in law enforcement. And I assume his only weapon was his sidearm. He may have had access to more in his vehicle, depending on what his department let him have. Probably no personal weapons. Muzzle energy of 12 ga 00 buck is closer at around 1100 lbs of force, but still around 30 ft effective. Will not defeat body armor of most types. Nobody knows yet if he had any armor and he could not tell by looking. None the less, the second he entered a 100 ft range, he would have been under gunned and odds would have been against him even armed with shotgun and slugs. Almost all of law enforcement today walk around with handguns, either 9mm, 40 S&W, or 45 ACP. The rifle, or shotgun is in the vehicle. This is not the article I read that stirred me up, but one that seems to support him. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-bz-florida-school-shooting-scot-peterson-20180223-story.html