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08 Oct
>Gone Elk Hunting
October 8, 2009Hunt time is here. Going to Colorado. CCCccold there right now, about 10 degrees. Talk to you next week, God willing.…
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>Devil Gun to Burris!
October 5, 2009
The Devil Gun is on its way to Burris. They’ll grab it and bring it to camp. Nice when you don’t have to fly out of O’Hare with firearms. The best thing, though, is that now I get to bring some meat back as check on luggage if I’m lucky enough to score. Normally the cost associated with overnighting a heavy, frozen package of meat is very cost-prohibitive. I shipped my gun in a Kolpin Rhino soft case inside a tan Pelican 1750 gun case with two pieces of foam removed.
Last Thursday I sighted in at 200 yards,
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>Devil Gun Groups and Yukon Spotter
September 28, 2009
The Devil gun is running fine. That’s great because I was losing confidence I could get it to shoot well enough. Yesterday groups were running around an inch, with one group about .330. Plenty good for anyone, and that is with the cheaper Winchester Power Points. After upward pressure didn’t work well enough, I hogged out the stock completely with 220 grit sandpaper around a piece of conduit, then a larger piece of water pipe. The stock does not contact the barrel at all from about an inch in front of the receiver forward. I also polished the crown
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>Burris Six-X, Tasco World Class Plus, and More
September 22, 2009
Last range session was mainly about getting small groups out of my Vanguard. The crappy groups I’ve been getting had nothing to do with the great glass on it. I’m using one of the new Burris Six-X riflescopes with the ballistic reticle. Nice piece of equipment. It’s in lapped Burris XTR rings on top of Burris XTB bases. All quality products.
I had some fun with other guns while the Weatherby was cooling off from my .300 Winchester Magnum shot strings.
Sometime in 1993 I got a call on a Saturday from the owner of the gun
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>The "Meister Brau Devil Gun", Kolpin and Butler Creek
September 21, 2009
The “Devil Gun”, my 9999 serial number Weatherby Vanguard just wasn’t shooting for me. I’m getting flyers like a bad habit. The stock was contacting the left side of the forearm when it arrived, but since it’s a sub-MOA rifle with a test target I disregarded it. Then the bedding broke off so I rebedded it. Still large groups and flyers. Spoke to Weatherby a couple times, and they’re great, but I didn’t have time to send it in. The gun is tested for accuracy potential, then threaded for a brake if one is requested, which I did. Works great
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