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Comment by Clint Thompson on July 27, 2012 at 16:10

Looks like heaven Steve.  Thanks for the picks.

Comment by johnny twoshoes on July 19, 2012 at 18:52

Awesome, looks like a great paint job and a beautiful firearm.

I bet that Ruger is hard to beat at the range, great piece.

Comment by Jeremi Lett on July 19, 2012 at 18:25

This is a good friend's customized AR-15 with a random pattern camo paint job he did.I like this thing alot!

Comment by Jeremi Lett on July 19, 2012 at 17:59

Older Ruger .22 Mark1 used to be Grandfather's target pistol.

Comment by Clint Thompson on July 12, 2012 at 10:50

Steve...

The other show is Sons of Guns on the same channel.  Sons of Guns is based out of Louisianan and American Guns is in Denver.  I like the American Guns much better as the owner of the other is just not a person I would like to work for.  A real &^%$*!!  American Guns is a great show but keep in mind the owner makes more money from the show than the gun business.  Also, they inflate the prices to wow the viewers.  Also, most drama is put on to keep the drama types coming  back.  You know the owner takes a chopper every where he goes to buy or deliver guns.  At about $500 an hour for the use of this chopper would cut deep into any profit.

But I like this show and watch it from time to time.

Comment by johnny twoshoes on June 24, 2012 at 10:50

Robert, I think you have brought up many great options for Steve and your points have been valid. Thanks for your contribution to this subject.

Schlomo, you have definitely taken a good interest into this subject and I have enjoyed reading your posts. 

Steve, please do let us know when you decide on your next boom stick.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on June 23, 2012 at 16:57

I have been misunderstood a bit in this conversation so I think I'll just bail out of it a while. Steve, please let us know what caliber you choose.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on June 23, 2012 at 10:19

I forgot and can't add to the last post but if you want to really learn about doping (reading the wind) then for sure you had better try benchrest shooting.

You have to shoot at the exact same climatic condition as your previous shot(s) so waiting for that moment is part and parcel to BR...Sure you can click your way around or hold Kentucky windage.

The moment the wind dies down, it will be a massed volley from the shooters and as fast as they can load and fire and a miscalculation could mean a difference of .0001 and a losing target.

Perfect is five, ten shots into .224000 not .224001, 243000 not .243001 or .308000 not .308001…Group is measured by using callipers across the widest point and subtracting the diameter of the bullet…If you shot a .233 group with a .22 calibre centerfire rifle then your score would be .233-.224=.009 and probably a place in the top twenty possibly the top ten.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on June 23, 2012 at 9:53

Yes, actually, I do try to shoot coyotes when they’re standing still, as much as possible, but I have shot them whilst they were walking, loping, sleeping, in the midst of procreation, cavorting, defecating, urinating and a good friend took one at 600 yds with his brand new .338/06 (that we had just sighted in) as it was about to mark territory on our target stand but I have never shot—or ever will—them at a full bore run—I’ll not waste the ammo! 

I also will only shoot them in the late fall to early spring when their pelts have some value—I have a trapping license—the same as we do with fox, bobcat, lynx and have even taken badger and skunk—which will also come to the call.

I have used a portable benchrest, actually as often as possible, but that’s primarily, but not necessarily, for prairie dogs and since I can no longer shoot prone from the other positions I use shooting sticks or some solid item, like a big rock, fencepost, side of a tree, my backpack etc. to shoot off…Don’t you?

You got something against benchrest shooting?  Think about this—If it wasn’t for BR and varmint shooters you’d not have 70% of the cartridges, 80% of the optics, 90% of the triggers, 100% of the bedding systems and 100% of the synthetic stocks that are available today…Whether civilian or military—who in these circumstances copied—are beholding to BR and varmint shooters.

We don’t have any large animals except around three dozen chickens—but they are in a very stout coop—and a dog that nearly doubles the weight of any coyote.

Attacking livestock is another matter altogether but around here it’s feral dog packs that attack my neighbours’ sheep, goats or cows…Pigs, turkeys, geese and chickens are almost all in large commercial (breeder) barns…We have lots of herding dogs around but they stay with their flocks/herds and the owner is almost always nearby… Unless we know the canine running around—we have very harsh leash laws—collar or no collar—every stray dog is shot on sight!

Regardless on\of the situation or circumstances any and every animal deserves a clean, quick death and if injured put out of their misery as soon as possible!

Deliberately shooting beyond the known capabilities of the weapon;  deliberately shooting beyond the capabilities of the shooter; deliberately wounding the animal or unintentionally wounding it by an unlucky shot and not following spoor to dispatch it, is despicable and disgusting and the sign of a sadistic—maybe even psychotic—person…That shooter should have every and all of their weapons confiscated and never, ever, be allowed in the hunting field again. 

Comment by Robert Burris12 hours ago

That's great, I hope everything is standing still. I hope the winds not blowing and I have my benchrest with me...Great statistics, though, we need to consider that for sure.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on June 23, 2012 at 9:06

Only two fatalities from coyote attacks have been confirmed:

• In 1981 in Glendale, California, a coyote attacked toddler Kelly Keen, who was rescued by her father, but died in surgery due to blood loss and a broken neck.
• In October 2009, Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year-old folk singer on tour died from injuries sustained in an attack by a group of coyotes while hiking in the Skyline Trail of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia, Canada.

In both cases they died in hospital afterwards not ripped apart and devoured as some people make it out to be…The vast majority of attacks on humans, and there hasn’t been that many to begin with, occur against children…From Wiki on Coyotes:

• Coyote attacks on humans are uncommon and rarely cause serious injuries, due to the relatively small size of the coyote. In the 30 years leading up to March 2006, at least 160 attacks occurred in the United States, mostly in the Los Angeles County area. Since 1998 coyote attacks on humans have increased in the state of California. Data from USDA Wildlife Services, the California Department of Fish and Game, and other sources show that while 41 attacks occurred during the period of 1988–1997, 48 attacks were verified from 1998 through 2003. The majority of these incidents occurred in Southern California near the suburban-wildland interface.  
• In the absence of the harassment of coyotes practiced by rural people, urban coyotes are losing their fear of humans, which is further worsened by people intentionally feeding coyotes. In such situations, some coyotes have begun to act aggressively toward humans, chasing joggers and bicyclists, confronting people walking their dogs, and stalking small children. Nonrabid coyotes in these areas will sometimes target small children, mostly under the age of 10, though some adults have been bitten. 

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