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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Back Room => : TCups October 24, 2009, 12:52:19 PM
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"There be squirrels here . . ."
Took these snapshots out of the car window on the way home today after a week off spent in the mountains. Ahhhhhh.
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Nice shots ! Thanks!
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Good shots indeed, - it's past peak here now, but the foliage this year was off the scale. The stuff post cards & calenders are made from - enjoy!
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Great pic's Tommy. Won't be long Tommy and you ain't gonna be able to go up there....cuz you won't find da road :D :D
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The stuff memories are made of. I had a week in the mountains with only me and the dog. The wife was vacationing in Florida with her sister and two brothers. I spent a lot of time just walking in the deep woods. Tried out the new Hennessey Hammock, but didn't spend the night in the woods. Saw lots of squirrels and a few turkey. Didn't shoot any, though. Spent almost two full days target shooting, mostly with the Ruger 10/22, but also shot the CZ-452 Varmint, 17 HMR and the CZ-527 Varmint, 223 Rem. Tested 7 different 22LR ammo types (Wolf Match Target, Wolf Match Extra, Laupa Center X, Eley Target, CCI Std Velocity, CCI Green Tag, Aguila Match Rifle), shooting 2 x 5-shot groups at 50 yards and also 10-shot strings over the Chrony. And the winner was -- Wolf Match Target with Laupa Center X and CCI Std Velocity coming in close seconds. The Wolf MT gave consistent 5-shot groups of less than half an inch. The best 5-shot group was .270 in, CTC at 50 yards. Woo Hoo! If anyone is interested, I can post the groups and the Chrony numbers. I also cleaned out the garage, put up pegboard and hooks, and set up my reloading bench. Got the dies set for both full-lenght re-sizing and neck/shoulder sizing. I can now reload .223 Rem. Need a case trimmer to get some of the brass back to proper lenght. Next trip, I am going to spend a lot of time on some different .223 loads and different seating depths to work out which .223 recipe shoots best in the CZ-527. It was one of the best vacations I have had in some time.
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Well, even though you can't see the road when all the leaves have fallen, it get easier to see the squirrels. Forgot to mention that there was a pretty nice meteorite shower in the wee hours of Monday morning.
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Beautiful pic's Tommy and that's nutter heaven and I bet that there's a load of nocturnal critters moving through there too. :o :) Ed
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I've been using the Lee series trim dies, etc...Great stuff! Realativly cheap, easy to use, etc.. Buy the big ball handle, is mych easier, especially if you use an electric drill to power it... Case trimming is my least favorite reloading task, the lee trimmers have made it a lot easier than it used to be..
73
Semper Fi
Ed
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Beautiful shots Tommy, appreciate your sharing them :) Tony
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THOSE ARE A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE PHOTOS, THANKS... I WILL GET SOME FOR DESKTOP.... THANKS AGAIN. / GERALD
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There's nothing like the Appalachians in the Fall! I would like to run up to Skyline Drive here in Virginia if I get the chance. But it does become crowded. The woods around here are pretty, as well.
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Skyline line drive in the Fall will overload your brain with the colors in the Fall. In fact most of Appalachian range should be at or near peak leaf season now. TCUPs the photos are worth a 1000 words. Enjoyed them, thanks.
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Brings back a lot of memories of years I spent at Ft Bragg and three day passes .My wife and I spent in the smokies and applachian mts. enjoying the fall.Great pics. similar to some I have from many years ago but my camera was not as good. Thanks. Dale
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Very nice shots...looks great...
Over here we don't get those colours
as no native NZ trees/bush lose there
leaves in the winter...All green and leavy
all year round..
Pete
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Well, then where do the squirrels live?
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Yes, but you guys in NZ have that beautiful landscape, if Lord of the Rings is anything to go by. Didn't know how breath-taking your country is!
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Although it was a bit chilly yesterday, Sherrie and I did take the bikes out and put about 75 miles on them running a lot of back roads. It's really starting to get pretty around here also. Sure hate to see the cold weather come though. :0 We'll probably ride up into the mountains next wekend. Not Tommt's mountain though.... :)
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Tommy... is that the creek that you go over after you turn off the main road to go up the hill or is that another one??? That sure is pretty but I didn't think it was that big. Sure is a pretty pic.
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That is the "creek" you cross at the bottom of the property -- the head waters of the Green River. It had been raining on Thursday and Friday. The picture was taken on Saturday, hence, the water is up. Another 12 miles to the east, and it is flowing through the Green River Gorge you cross on I-26 N before getting into Hendersonville. The Green River Gorge is the first big valley to the northeast of the southern Appalachians' eastern continental divide. The waters flow into Lake Summit, then eventually into the Broad River, through Columbia, and ultimately, into the Cooper River near Charleston harbor, where the Cooper River and Ashley River come together to form the Atlantic Ocean.