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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Hunting, Pest Control, Varminting » Pushing the forum boundries.... Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Pushing the forum boundries....   Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:45 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Okay... no... not one of my airguns... Well... because I have my two favie airguns apart for spring cleaning and upgrades... but I got "first kill" with my Rimfire project today... and marks my first kill of the year.... Custom 1972 Ruger 10/22 Whistle piggies are starting to poke their heads up... This one dared to turn his back on me and was diving for his hole.... so I took out his spine @ 75 yards... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:59 pm cheez Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Chattanooga, TN Ok I have heard of them before but what exactly is a whistle pig?   Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:13 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area cheez wrote: Ok I have heard of them before but what exactly is a whistle pig? According to a quick search of Wikipedia.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog When alarmed, they use a high-pitched whistle to warn the rest of the colony, hence the name "whistle-pig".   Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:36 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA WhistlePig, is a nickname for a ground squirrel in Southern Idaho. The official name is Townsend Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus townsendii. These ground squirrels communicate by emitting a faint, high-pitched whistle while partially underground, hence the name WhistlePig. A WhistlePig's habitat is primarily arid desert burrowing in grassland hills and sagebrush. Each adult digs two burrows, a small one in the feeding area, evidently used as an escape hatch if predators approach, and a much bigger home burrow that is at least 50 feet (15 m) long and up to 6 feet (2 m) deep. During the spring-time of the year when the young are abroad and half-grown, they tend to be active, scurrying about between their auxiliary burrows and feeding on green plants. The adults are also known to be carnivorous, eating their young and road kills. One litter is produced per year, with 6 to 10 pups per litter. To a rancher with livestock or horses, the borrows can cause serious injury. These critters average about the size of a 12 oz beer bottle.... Sportsmen have been encouraged to eradicate them... It's both a challenge and a blast! _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:47 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA BTW... The PANSAL Air Gun club meets in Sand Hollow, ID for the anual "Spring Break" and shoot. Part of the fun for the guys that have their hunting license is the Whistle Pig hunt... Most of the local guys are willing to share rifles for "Fly In" guests... It happens early May. A non-resident non-game license is only $35.00 May-June are the most active time for these critters and we are out just about every weekend if the weather is right... Link to the PANSAL photos... http://www.pomona-airguns.com/PANSAL.htm scroll down to: 2010 Photo Trip Log to BLM area _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:35 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho Now yer powder burning.... If I could only have 1 rimfire it would be my 10/22. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:14 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA My son-in-law bought one of the new Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22's... He loves it but will admit... his old Ruger 10/22 is far more reliable... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:35 pm Crosman140 Senior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 663 Location: USA That's a beautiful stainless Ruger. Nice shot on the bugger. _________________ My Critter Gitters .22 Crosman 140 (1955) .177 Crosman G1 (2009) .177 Crosman 1377 (2009) .177 Daisy 880 (2019) BB Daisy Red Ryder (2012) BB Daisy Buck (2019) BB Crosman 1600 (1980) BB Marksman 1010 (1979)   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:13 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Crosman140 wrote: That's a beautiful stainless Ruger. Nice shot on the bugger. Thanks, Truth be known... it's not stainless... The finish was so rough when I got it from the pawn shop for $95 out the door... I stripped everything... Bead Blasted the aluminum parts and Clear GunKoted them... I polished the barrel and bolt. Replaced the stock with a "New Take Off" and sent the original stock to Sniper for him to do his magic... The Original stock has soo much grain character that I can't wait to see how it turns out. I still have a small laundry list of work to do on it.. Bolt mods... (Facing, New firing pin, extractor, Pinned and chamfered) Jeweling the exposed face of the bolt Trigger Polished and Tuned to 2.5# pull Bedding the stock to free float the barrel Extended Mag release and matching charging handle The bolt will also sport the Ruger Logo laser etched through the jeweling. When it's all said and done with the OE stock... the Take off stock will get a fun treatment with the CNC laser etching... Layout below... Side by side with my son-in-laws 1994 10/22 the day I bought it... After the initial metal work was done. Bolt Polishing. Barrel lathe cut to 16.5" and I did a recessed target crown. With CCI Mini Mags... I group with less than a 1.5" spread at 100 yards from the bench... I can't wait for the trigger tune and for it to warm up more, then see if I can't do better.... Take off stock layout.... Ratbones logo Last edited by yourdaddyjoe on Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:30 pm; edited 1 time in total _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:32 pm Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 Very nice work Joe!I really like the bead blasted approach.That Gunkote clear is pretty tough stuff..... _________________   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:26 pm walter Veteran Member Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 181 Location: towson md. nice looking blaster! love the magazine. nice. _________________ modified 1377c. first gen. Beeman hw97k. 177.cal.   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:27 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Gun Kote is one of the few spray bake finishes that meet Mil-Spec standards... It can also be used on plastics... but it becomes a No-bake finish... Update on the Original Stock... I just got a text and pic from Sniper... aka Greg the Stripper... I sent the stock out on Thursday and it arrived today... He all ready has it stripped down.... Last edited by yourdaddyjoe on Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:12 pm; edited 1 time in total _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:32 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA walter wrote: nice looking blaster! love the magazine. nice. Yea... I had to move out of Cali. so I can have more than 10 rounds in a mag... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:57 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho No, I'm EdwardFinishands. stripped, finished sanded and stained less than 2 hours after arrival. You're lucky with this one, it wasn't taken care of. except 2 pinholes which you won't notice, all the dings and scratches sanded out. clear starts tomorrow. Last edited by sniper on Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:43 pm; edited 2 times in total _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:00 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Three cheers for Sniper! Gettin' some wood up here! _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... 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