Morning in the Office
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:07 am
With spring a ways off, the chill of fall in the air and shorter days, I was recalling the configuration of my morning office during early spring compared to today.
Although a chilly early spring morning, THIS is the way I like my morning office time.....at the edge of a squirrel-infested alfalfa field, crop not up yet so Skippy and his pals stand out like a turd in a punch bowl.
Personally, I feel ALL spring mornings should start like this (accurate 204 w/lots of ammo, good bench, good weather, good friends):
If I recall correctly, my Sako 204R M75 Varmint really kicked some rodent butt that day, sending just over 300 32gr and 39 Blitz Kings pushed by RL-10X downrange for Skippy's flying lessons. It was a very good day, and Skippy graduated "at the top of his class".
Seems our rancher buddy has a very real jackrabbit problem right now. He sees literally hundreds of them under the ranch lights at night, just chowing down on his alfalfa. Sooooo, next week, my crew and I are headed to the ranch with our 10-22's and a case of WW Power Point 40gr HP's to reduce the bunny problem. Gotta do our share, right?
Just because it was mentioned elsewhere here, here's a shot of our rancher friends fresh off the rack factory 10-22 from Wally World two weeks ago that I just finished up yesterday. It wears a 16" Magnum Research graphite/SS barrel, Bell & Carlson synthetic thumbhole stock with all internal parts such as trigger, sear, hammer, bolt stop, mag resease, firing pin etc, all replaced with either Volquartsen or Power Custom components; trigger pull now is a sweet 2.5 lbs with no creep or overtravel....perfect. The scope is a new Leupold VX-2 3-9X EFR in Lupy Low rings and STD steel mount.
We'll see how it shoots for him:
How long till spring?
Although a chilly early spring morning, THIS is the way I like my morning office time.....at the edge of a squirrel-infested alfalfa field, crop not up yet so Skippy and his pals stand out like a turd in a punch bowl.
Personally, I feel ALL spring mornings should start like this (accurate 204 w/lots of ammo, good bench, good weather, good friends):
If I recall correctly, my Sako 204R M75 Varmint really kicked some rodent butt that day, sending just over 300 32gr and 39 Blitz Kings pushed by RL-10X downrange for Skippy's flying lessons. It was a very good day, and Skippy graduated "at the top of his class".
Seems our rancher buddy has a very real jackrabbit problem right now. He sees literally hundreds of them under the ranch lights at night, just chowing down on his alfalfa. Sooooo, next week, my crew and I are headed to the ranch with our 10-22's and a case of WW Power Point 40gr HP's to reduce the bunny problem. Gotta do our share, right?
Just because it was mentioned elsewhere here, here's a shot of our rancher friends fresh off the rack factory 10-22 from Wally World two weeks ago that I just finished up yesterday. It wears a 16" Magnum Research graphite/SS barrel, Bell & Carlson synthetic thumbhole stock with all internal parts such as trigger, sear, hammer, bolt stop, mag resease, firing pin etc, all replaced with either Volquartsen or Power Custom components; trigger pull now is a sweet 2.5 lbs with no creep or overtravel....perfect. The scope is a new Leupold VX-2 3-9X EFR in Lupy Low rings and STD steel mount.
We'll see how it shoots for him:
How long till spring?
Oregon is not hard to find, just get in your truck and point it west, stop when you get to the water. 