Old School

Well Old Sage... You brought clarity to the situation again. The damned rifle is milspec so what's the deal if they fell off the face of the earth? Use milspec parts...

Welcome! I'm up near Cherry Ridge. Hope to see ya. Frank

+1 Bob. I had a Commander in electrolis nickle, remember those Bob? By today's standards that was heavy.

Finally! Alot of double and triple checking answers. Think I wore out the Rule Book. Thanks for the guidence to all. FS

My stainless Colt Gov't never missed a beat since I go rid of that series 80 ****. Though I love my STI I can't for some reason put the confidence behind it 'cause it's tight. Now my Browning which is a similar design is loose and Ultra reliable. Just me. And I don't see the real difference in reliability factor between battle weapons and CCW weapons. In a split second any CCW weapon can become a battle weapon.

We all respond to graphic stimuli in different ways based on our schema. My dad a WWII vet none Jew would react differently than I would. It's all the cumulitive experiances that make us "us". Me personally, it's crescent shaped magazines. I guess it's just the "if they're carrying a weapon with a crescent shaped magazine, drop them" mentality. Just a rant!

Colt Commander or like series 70 clone. If it rattles buy it. If it doesn't rattle you don't want it for a carry gun.

I've stayed out of this Dan. Don't tempt me.

What is the obsession with optics. Though they are made for this rifle, they kill it. Aperature sites should be fine within the capabilities of this rifle.

You develope technique after a while. I always tie one leg off to a tree, stand on the other and only use the first one inch of the tip of the knife. First remove everything from the abdominal cavity then go into the diaphram. Young deer like you have in Jersey, you can split the breast bone almost up to the neck so you have lots of room.

The funniest thing was I had my inlaws living with me for a few months. My mother-in-law was a farm girl from eastern Oregon and my father-in-law was from Chicago. So I shoot a deer out back hang it and go out and get the liver. My mother-in law cooked up the liver right there with bacon and onions and we feasted while grossing out the old man and my wife...

Oh, just one more thing about eating game. No harmones. ALL comercially grown (except the weird stuff) meat has some kind of harmones in it. Two of the worst is chicken and beef. I just feel like herding up and jumping fences sometimes and then there's the rut....

There'll be no Burger King when the Zombie Apocalypse comes.

You had better be able to shoot anything when the Zombie Apocalypse comes.

OK here's the deal. You will man-up and do what you have to do. I'm sure there is no issue there. Learn to make one shot kills, period. I have my deer butchered because it's easier. I get loins and tender loins in one piece and the rest chopped meat. Loins make great jerky and I can't get enough. Tender loins are to die for. The chopped meat is very versatile. Bergers, meat balls sausage in various varieties, more jerky and snack sticks. Chopped meat in an Italian red sauce and a glass of wine... Just a heads up. To be butchered cost $70 an the yield of a 100lb dressed deer is about 40lbs meat. I have two in the freezer and am looking for a third. Two last me and my wife about a year. I do at times for certain things mix 25% pork because venison hsa little fat and can be dry. Frank

Alot of bang for the buck

Sorry I thought you were Dan my mistake. I'm 5 minutes from Cherry Ridge so anytime you want to swing buy we'll strip it on the coffee table and take it out. I try not to shoot in the yard unless I have to. How many rounds you have through it? Buy it new? Just trying to determine how dirty the breech and the bolt are. If you have an extra 10 minutes we can clean up the trigger. Frank

Dan... You too, bring me the rifle they work fine. Clean it lately?

Brother Ken...and yes I call you brother... Give me the rifle and I'll fix the trigger for you. They are pretty crude. And BTW I looked at the pics the new production models already have "my" sight mod done. I like these SHTF rifles. Just immagine the havock that can be had with this rifle and a brick of 22lr.

You're so right Shane!! Too many variables at this point. Not like Pizza Bob... BTW Bob I mailed the check. Is it a factory assembled upper or a frankenstein? I'm getting tired of this, Just bring me the rifle and I'll take it to the range. Done!!!

I have an original AR-7 It's great for what it is. Stock wide? BS let's not get crazy. Tha barrel is thinand if you rest on t it will change POI. The rear site apature is too large for me so I flipped the piece of sprig steel over and drilled a smaller hole works fine. Larger that 10 rd mag won't fit in the stock. Remember mine is old and not a Henry.

Where and how much?

I will not rescind my position. And at least be nice to me until you get the check.

Bob- I consider you a sage of sorts and you always provide such sound opinions but you're WRONG! Modern scopes especially the new China babies and many older scopes will chang POI if you move your eye perpedicular to the line of sight, some more some less. Bench rest shooters are big on putting tape or even a tack on there stocks to maintain cheek weld consistantly. Hey junior, you can try this at home. Sand bag up your rifle REAL solid, don't touch it, and look though the scope. Have someone put a mark on the wall where the crosshairs intesect. Go back to your rifle look through the scope and move your head left and right across the line of sight. See if the cross hairs move off the mark. They should ban scopes for the first three years of shooting. Consistant cheek weld is a basic skill best learned with aperature sights. Yes Bob I have alot of old school ideas. Harry Truman was president when I was born. But sometimes I think those were better times. Basics!!

I'm not familiar with your scope but do you think there may be a paralex issue? Put a piece of tape on the stock and make sure you have precise cheek weld at the same spot each time you fire.