Recent content by Salmonchaser
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35 Whelen
The 35 Whelen is a glaring hole in my stable of #1. I am currently looking for one with just the right wood. I’ve a very good friend I guided with up in Alaska. He will start his 20th season hunting big bears on the Peninsula. He carries a 35 Whelen as his stopper. Said there has never been a...- Salmonchaser
- Post #23
- Forum: Firearms
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NM Unit Wide Tag - Landowner liability?
Oregon has a broad ranging assumption of risk law as well. We’ve got it posted by the gate. I also have a sign I liberated some decades ago. Reads Danger, do not enter, small arms fallout area.- Salmonchaser
- Post #8
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Your dog’s quirk?
Grizzly shit. Particularly in August when the bears are on salmon and berries. Damn dog, on a daily basis almost, would head out from the lodge to the nearest pile and roll in it. Then she would head for the guests to share what she had found. Her registered name is Molly Damnit- Salmonchaser
- Post #44
- Forum: Hunting with Hounds
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Shotguns
Watch gun broker for shells. I find good deals there a couple times a year that beat Sportsman’s or Cabelas even with shipping and I don’t have to drive 3 hours to get them:)- Salmonchaser
- Post #66
- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Early Spring migrants
You are getting some great shots. You’re going to be famous!- Salmonchaser
- Post #16
- Forum: Pictures
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Spencer's double rifle from the 1923 TV Series
Good leather and good guns just seem to go together. Add a beautiful woman, hell it’s going to be a good day.- Salmonchaser
- Post #43
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Spencer's double rifle from the 1923 TV Series
Another modestly priced double and available in 416!- Salmonchaser
- Post #34
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Spencer's double rifle from the 1923 TV Series
I finally tuned in last night, didn’t bother to go back to previous episodes. Only a brief glimpse of the rifle last night, pretty dang sure it’s not a Rigby rifle. Kinda looks like a Sabatti but will continue to monitor the show see if I can figure out who’s rifle it is. A current production...- Salmonchaser
- Post #31
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Spencer's double rifle from the 1923 TV Series
A current production Rigby double will, without upgrades, set you back about 180,000 +or-. It is available in 416 Rigby.- Salmonchaser
- Post #15
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Spencer's double rifle from the 1923 TV Series
The better London houses were able to build doubles for the 416 rigby but, yes it was designed around a Mauser action originally. I’ve shot one elk with the 577 double I owned for a while. I learned that a700 grain lion tough soft point was designed to run north to south on a charging lion. It...- Salmonchaser
- Post #13
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Porqupine eating brake hoses and tires
We would have porcupines, otters, squirrels, foxes and once a grizz spend the winter under our cabins in Alaska. Porcupines and otters were the worst.- Salmonchaser
- Post #15
- Forum: Fitness, First Aid, and Backcountry Survival
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Sunday Pic of the Day
Watch a training run from my deck. Better half did two tours in Afganistan, brother in law did four tours, Blackhawks saved both of them more than once. We like Blackhawks in this house.- Salmonchaser
- Post #12,532
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Cancer fight begins
Good luck, Mayo did a great job for my younger brother and my Uncle. My uncle was struck with two different cancers about two years apart. He is in remission on both and getting ready for birthday 85. Those docs there are outstanding.- Salmonchaser
- Post #66
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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25 year old case in Wyoming.
Gotta love good police work.- Salmonchaser
- Post #3
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
