Guns, Dogs and Blades QnA

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MMissile said:
Nice German 210. I was a high-end Swiss SIG collector from the late 80's to about 2000-2005. Amazing quality and detail. Second to none, but pricier than almost everything else.
This was one of my 210's. NIB 210-2.
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Those things are fantastic. I’ve drooled over some of the stuff you’ve posted pictures of in the past. Spending so much time in Switzerland and having the access I did, I became a big fan of their equipment. Had the opportunity to handle and fire every Swiss service rifle of the last 150 years. 1889 Schmidt-Rubin, K11, K31, Stgw 57, and Stgw 90 (Sig 550). Couldn’t afford the really cool ones but I have a couple K31 I compete with. I also have an 1881 Vetterli that I’ve converted to center fire to put back in action. It has a perfect bore, like most Swiss rifles do, and will shoot easy 1.5 moa groups at 100yds using a Redfield International target sight I adapted to it.
 
gzig5 said:
Those things are fantastic. I’ve drooled over some of the stuff you’ve posted pictures of in the past. Spending so much time in Switzerland and having the access I did, I became a big fan of their equipment. Had the opportunity to handle and fire every Swiss service rifle of the last 150 years. 1889 Schmidt-Rubin, K11, K31, Stgw 57, and Stgw 90 (Sig 550). Couldn’t afford the really cool ones but I have a couple K31 I compete with. I also have an 1881 Vetterli that I’ve converted to center fire to put back in action. It has a perfect bore, like most Swiss rifles do, and will shoot easy 1.5 moa groups at 100yds using a Redfield International target sight I adapted to it.
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Man between you and @MMissile I got to go change shirts, way to much drool down the front! I have seen several K31s in action and generally speaking the guys shooting them are pretty darn handy with them! They shoot straight as strings.
 
Sublime one said:
Man between you and @MMissile I got to go change shirts, way to much drool down the front! I have seen several K31s in action and generally speaking the guys shooting them are pretty darn handy with them! They shoot straight as strings.
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I love me a nice Springfield or Garand but the quality of machining you see in the Swiss rifles put the others countries to shame. I’m sure that not being at war helps with that but still, the execution is superb. My best handloads for the K31 using sierra matchking bullets barely bettered the groups I got using the surplus GP11 ammo loaded by Ruag. Everyone I’ve owned was solid sub-moa with the Swiss target sights.
 
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Hunting shack is finally almost done. Got the roof on today. To do list is getting shorter!!

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We just about set a harvest record for Gators this year as the season comes to a close. Overall we are seeing more and more folks hunt Gators. The recent hurricane jazzed up the water a bit but still overall a good harvest. For those that have never ate Gator well….. it tastes like chicken!
 
fishmens67 said:
How the hell would I get that up the mountain.
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It’s done a bit differently back here most times. I remember the first year I hunted the Sierras when lived in Northern California after moving from Missouri. I couldn’t figure out how to hang a stand on a five foot diameter pine tree and my climbing stand couldn’t handle the girth. I learned to stalk and ground hunt and I really prefer that method when the area will allow it. Having said that, getting out of the wind when it’s cold is a blessing.
 
Here is the kicker. The old man's truck is in my shop. He's pushing 90 and still has his CDL. They just lost their youngest to cancer less than a month ago.
 
So I finally bit the bullet and dove into a small corner of the gun shop and sorted it out. Took me almost an entire day to clean all the crap that had been tossed back there. I then Fabricated a work station which in turn gave me a precious 65 inch’s back on my reloading bench. My reloading bench is always a hurricane of stuff all going on at once. I cannot tell you what having the extra bench space means. Down side it is located in a back corner so had to cut and assemble piece by piece, no prefab. I about died wrestling the countertop back there by myself!

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Sublime one said:
So I finally bit the bullet and dove into a small corner of the gun shop and sorted it out. Took me almost an entire day to clean all the crap that had been tossed back there. I then Fabricated a work station which in turn gave me a precious 65 inch’s back on my reloading bench. My reloading bench is always a hurricane of stuff all going on at once. I cannot tell you what having the extra bench space means. Down side it is located in a back corner so had to cut and assemble piece by piece, no prefab. I about died wrestling the countertop back there by myself!

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65 inches is a lot. I’ll stew for hours to gain a foot. Lol
 
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