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Eleanors38

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74. Make sure stock-to-action screws are tight, sight(s) are tight

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:44 PM

Dec 2012

including mounts (if you have a scope). An old scope may be defect. internally. Consider a shock-absorbing boot, and recoil-reducing ammo (Remington has a wide selection). And make sure the rifle's dimensions fit you, and your posture is good. Numerous used books on these subjects.

Man! The size of deer in NY!

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If ammunition were as regulated as Sudafed [View all] Scuba Dec 2012 OP

k&r... spanone Dec 2012 #1

It would be a damn good thing! In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #2

As I was providing my ID to buy Zertec D, I mused aloud for all to hear: indepat Dec 2012 #3

To LEGALLY buy an "assault rifle", one must comply with FBI procedures under 26 USC Chapter 53. nt jody Dec 2012 #7

Lordy, I didn't know that. That it is legal is an abomination, but one must realize such is peachy- indepat Dec 2012 #11

Been like that since 1934, long periods that we Democrats controlled government. nt jody Dec 2012 #14

That doesn't apply to any of guns used by Lanza, Stawicki, Holmes, Loughner, Zimmerman, and Hoyt Dec 2012 #27

... who all still had to bobclark86 Dec 2012 #81

Well, Bob, I hope you are more discerning when carrying your gun in public. I was replying to Jody's Hoyt Dec 2012 #84

I still can't believe we have to show ID to get sudafed. It just amazes me. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #53

I also make snarky comments when handing over my ID.... Rockholm Dec 2012 #82

If sudafed were like ammunition... OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #4

Tahnks for the clarification RomneyLies Dec 2012 #23

LOL, absurd. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #47

Then walk back your shit RomneyLies Dec 2012 #48

Make your own gunpowder? jberryhill Dec 2012 #54

OK, you've explained why sudafed in bulk is bad... Why is ammo in bulk bad? OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #56

You're going to have to learn to follow a discussion jberryhill Dec 2012 #57

Recap... OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #59

It isn't about stopping mass shootings or even individual ones... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #92

Point of info: you can't get Sudafed in large quantities, allrevvedup Dec 2012 #60

I agree, sudafed limitations are overly onerous. nt OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #93

K&R. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #5

The problem is establishing a legal limit. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #6

Three hundred rounds to sight in a rifle? Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #9

sight in and practice shooting the rifle. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #10

I think it would be cheaper if you just start buying meat at the local Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #12

That takes the fun out of it. It's a hobby/sport. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #13

Welcome to the fraternity of America's most effective conservation groups: Hunters. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #15

Welcome me to it too then. zabet Jan 2013 #89

Welcome, but are you responding to the right poster? Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #94

Yes... zabet Jan 2013 #98

He/she said "conservation groups"-not conservative n/t EX500rider Jan 2013 #99

my bad then.... zabet Jan 2013 #100

Nah, plan things well, and you can come in at under $2/lb. for venison. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #17

I call BULLSHIT RomneyLies Dec 2012 #52

Yeah, they don't eat coyotes... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #79

Got data? I and all my friends who hunt eat their game... Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #95

A picture is worth a thousand data points RomneyLies Jan 2013 #96

So now it's TROPHY hunting exotics? Football & moving goal posts, 'tis the season. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #101

Trophy hunting happens in the US RomneyLies Jan 2013 #102

Make sure you use the lightest grain bullet... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #16

It was passed to me from family. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #46

Make sure stock-to-action screws are tight, sight(s) are tight Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #74

I had some friends look at it for me before use. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #75

If it took you that much to get "comfortable" sir pball Dec 2012 #66

I did get comfortable. I just had no rifle skills when starting. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #67

Fair enough sir pball Dec 2012 #68

Understood. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #69

Good man! sir pball Dec 2012 #71

Call bullshit on that crap. I'm a lifelong deer hunter. I've taken one at ~ 200 yards ... Scuba Dec 2012 #86

Long-range hunting isn't that new, sir pball Jan 2013 #91

I got 40 rounds of 6.5x55 Swedish for Christmas slackmaster Dec 2012 #8

So should cocaine and mj. nt madinmaryland Dec 2012 #18

Think 24th Amendment (and a few others). Jim Crow is a crappy precedent... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #19

whats a reasonable amount of ammo. i fire around five hundred 40 cal a week in practice loli phabay Dec 2012 #20

100 rounds per month maximum RomneyLies Dec 2012 #22

Never in my life have I seen someone so clueless about firearms yet still claims former-republican Dec 2012 #24

Oh I understand all about weapons RomneyLies Dec 2012 #26

You know all about firearms? former-republican Dec 2012 #29

Look at the timing on the posts RomneyLies Dec 2012 #30

I guess anything can work in fantasy land former-republican Dec 2012 #35

That's what the pro-slavery people told Frederick Douglass. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #36

There's not going to be a law on limiting rounds for shooters former-republican Dec 2012 #44

Keep on hoping RomneyLies Dec 2012 #45

The reason people don't agree with you is because this law solves nothing Travis_0004 Dec 2012 #32

Same argument holds for Sudafed and Meth RomneyLies Dec 2012 #33

Tell that to the NINE meth labs popped bobclark86 Dec 2012 #80

doubt you will get your wish. if it looked like it i would just stock up loli phabay Dec 2012 #31

Gun nuttery knows no bounds, I guess RomneyLies Dec 2012 #34

no its called practice same as i practice my fly casting at the start of the season loli phabay Dec 2012 #37

I envision a day when no civilian may hold arms. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #38

well you cast your vote for it and ill cast my vote against it thats the way a democracy works loli phabay Dec 2012 #39

Yep, black people were 3/5 of a human being for more than four score and seven years RomneyLies Dec 2012 #40

okay no idea the relevance other than society changes but thats self evident loli phabay Dec 2012 #42

Enjoy the range for now. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #43

Good. Do you practice fly casting in your home? jberryhill Dec 2012 #58

dosent help me hunt meat or protect live stock though loli phabay Dec 2012 #61

Having linear discussion issues? jberryhill Dec 2012 #72

Per week per caliber, maybe. sir pball Dec 2012 #70

It would be a start. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #21

People would make their own. lynne Dec 2012 #25

Okay, what do you have to buy to do that? jberryhill Dec 2012 #55

kick samsingh Dec 2012 #28

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #41

Did you know that ammo used to be registered? X_Digger Dec 2012 #49

Nyquil and Benedryl Sinus as well. lol. nt Jack Sprat Dec 2012 #50

Hell yah +10000000 AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #51

Right on! daschess1987 Dec 2012 #62

If you want to shoot a thousand rounds, do what they do in Switzerland mainer Dec 2012 #63

+1 jberryhill Dec 2012 #73

Some of us don't shoot at the range... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #97

Meth is worse since regulating Sudafed obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #64

We've added drain cleaner and caustic chemicals to our ID/signature required list Ibisa Dec 2012 #77

I had to provide proof of age MissMillie Dec 2012 #65

Hey. We DO treat allergy sufferers like Sex Offenders, but we licked that meth problem! Romulox Dec 2012 #76

I don't have a problem with any of that except a "legal limit". geckosfeet Dec 2012 #78

You're right. Much cleaner to just repeal the 2A and ban all sales... Scuba Dec 2012 #83

Good luck with that. geckosfeet Dec 2012 #85

K & R Care Acutely Jan 2013 #87

I don't think sudafrd is protected by the constitution rl6214 Jan 2013 #88

I can only take 1 sudafed at a time. I can't even imagine hughee99 Jan 2013 #90