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Not to get morbid, in fact it's an upper when you've done it. I'd ask him if there was any hunt he always wished he'd made with it but never managed. If so, it would mean a lot to him if you could do it yourself with the gun. The hunt and the gun will mean even more to you once he's gone.
A few years back I helped a friend through his last painful year before he moved on into the great beyond. I'm looking now at his "elk" rifle, which I got out of his estate. He never managed to take it on a hunt, but dreamed of it often. Sitting next to it now is the recovered bullet and picture of the elk I took with it in his name. Priceless.
His son is a dipstick beyond redemption, but I've got my eye on his young grandson. If he measures up to his granddad, someday I'll give him the rifle to keep in the family and tell him it's time for him to recover his own bullet and take a picture. If he doesn't measure up, I got a grandkid of my own that will need to learn about the tradition. Like I said, priceless.
A few years back I helped a friend through his last painful year before he moved on into the great beyond. I'm looking now at his "elk" rifle, which I got out of his estate. He never managed to take it on a hunt, but dreamed of it often. Sitting next to it now is the recovered bullet and picture of the elk I took with it in his name. Priceless.
His son is a dipstick beyond redemption, but I've got my eye on his young grandson. If he measures up to his granddad, someday I'll give him the rifle to keep in the family and tell him it's time for him to recover his own bullet and take a picture. If he doesn't measure up, I got a grandkid of my own that will need to learn about the tradition. Like I said, priceless.
WOW....It was dead on at 13 yards with my first shot dead center. At 100 yards I was grouped in about a 10"circle (3 shot group). I was using Pioneer FFFG powder, 60 grains, .020 cabelas prelubed patch which took ALL my strength to seat at the muzzle and was too tight to ram home with a plastic ram rod. It was like a noodle! I went to DIXONS in PA and got a wood replacement rod for 8 bucks. I also picked up Triple seven in FFG. I am now going to try that powder to see if my groups improve. I doubt it because I think the group is ME. Its hard to see at 100 Yards! The smallest deviation will throw the group. My son did about the same with his Cabelas Hawken same load,.018 patches,1 in 48 twist. His group was 3 in a 12 inch circle at 100 yards!
