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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Apr 18, 2020 16:08:47 GMT -6
It has some awesome display potential!
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Post by reserve on May 7, 2020 12:42:20 GMT -6
Thank you gents The Prairie Dogs are now out in force after a long winter so I've been spending quite a bit of spare time out in the field with this  Yesterday morning, however, a great howling wind with gusts up to 50 mph came up and today it's raining. A perfect time to catch up here sez I. The halftrack done     Regards, Mark |
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Post by Dukemaddog on May 7, 2020 13:43:00 GMT -6
Beautiful job Mark! Very nice work!
So, are you a gopher Ace yet?
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Post by reserve on May 7, 2020 13:54:22 GMT -6
Thanks brother
Guess it depends on your criteria...I'm up to 205 as of now, does that qualify?
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Post by ogrejohn on May 7, 2020 13:57:32 GMT -6
Nice work on the halftrack!
What kinda shootin iron you got there?
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Post by reserve on May 7, 2020 15:28:32 GMT -6
Thank you sir
It's a Savage model 10 chambered in .223 Remington with a 6-18x Swarovski scope, 15 round Snyder magazines, and a Silencerco Harvester suppressor. Ideal for the PD's in many ways out to 300 yards or so on a still day
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Post by JCON on May 7, 2020 22:52:47 GMT -6
Camo looks amazing and the rifle looks like fun!!!  |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on May 8, 2020 7:21:16 GMT -6
They'll be extinct all around your place.
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Post by Dukemaddog on May 8, 2020 12:54:27 GMT -6
205? I'd say you were an ACE many, many times over. Five is Ace status, unless you're German; then it's ten. Nice rifle too!
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Post by JED on May 10, 2020 21:18:09 GMT -6
Nice looking half track,what sort of damage do the PD's do?
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Post by reserve on May 16, 2020 18:48:19 GMT -6
Thank you gents Jed the PD's will turn a grass field into a dirt patch, they dig holes stock and horses break legs in, attract rattlesnakes, and carry bubonic plague amongst other things. Most everyone from elsewhere think they're cute but they are nasty little varmints for sure Vehicles mounted  Didn't care much for the MiniArt supplied iron fence but they had some PE fence at the local railroad shop. Got a bit of grass down in the background and I don't think I had the lampost in the last pictures.  Finish the base and figures will pretty much wrap this one up I am up to 258 PD's now Regards, Mark |
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Post by JCON on May 16, 2020 18:55:34 GMT -6
Looking really good!!!
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Post by ogrejohn on May 17, 2020 3:54:24 GMT -6
That is some dang fine work Mark!
A friend of mine at work goes out west with some others to shoot PDs. The one he likes to use is a Wickliffe 22-250 with a Leupold scope.
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on May 17, 2020 8:22:16 GMT -6
Looking fantastic Mark.
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Post by JED on May 18, 2020 8:47:14 GMT -6
Thank you gents Jed the PD's will turn a grass field into a dirt patch, they dig holes stock and horses break legs in, attract rattlesnakes, and carry bubonic plague amongst other things. Most everyone from elsewhere think they're cute but they are nasty little varmints for sure Vehicles mounted Didn't care much for the MiniArt supplied iron fence but they had some PE fence at the local railroad shop. Got a bit of grass down in the background and I don't think I had the lampost in the last pictures. Finish the base and figures will pretty much wrap this one up I am up to 258 PD's now Regards, Mark Thanks Mark, I have no idea what they did, it sounds a just cause for culling. The dioramas looking good |
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Post by reserve on May 20, 2020 9:27:56 GMT -6
Thanks gents OJ the 22-250 is a great varmint cartridge, very fast and hard hitting. I, however, don't use it; I'd have the barrel shot out in a season given the amount of ammunition I expend on the PD's. Yesterday I was out for three hours, shot 65 rounds and got 45 PD's. Use like this would kill a 22-250 in a hurry so the cartridge would be better suited for rockchucks where the volume of fire is not nearly as high. For me, anyway. Here's a couple shots of a fairly new PD town that's not overly populated. The dirt strip in the swale is what a concentration of PD's will do to the ground. From where the pictures were taken this strip is from 200 to 600 yards away so it's bigger than it appears I am up to 303 PD's now. I'd thought of taking a pic of a PD but they tend to come apart when hit by my tailored ammunition, probably a bit too gruesome for this forum   Started figures   Did a toolbox that still needs a bit of touch up  Figures usually take me awhile Regards, Mark |
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Post by JCON on May 20, 2020 9:31:52 GMT -6
Looking good Mark!!!
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on May 20, 2020 10:54:18 GMT -6
Looking good.  |
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Post by JED on May 20, 2020 13:10:21 GMT -6
Liking the figures and the toolbox is ace
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Post by reserve on May 31, 2020 14:41:26 GMT -6
Cheers gents Up to 517 PD's now Figures slowly coming along, here's four of the seven with the most complex paint jobs. Still have to do faces and some other minor stuff to them  Gotta get more serious about this one, I need to get it off the bench Regards, Mark |
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