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Resurrecting this one. .22hornet on the move at around 100yds (no range finder at the time) Saw it out the window. Little 35gr V-max bullets still work pretty well.

I realize I'm late (or really early) but Happy B-Day Lorenzo!

Fram brought a lot of their filters here when the companies merged years ago. The Fram people were not smart about any of the products or manufacturing. The local business has been here since it was founded locally in the 60's and was sold eventually into the larger conglomerate. The locals despised Fram and the junk they produced. I worked in the lab there for a short time several years ago and we tested everything to failure be it pressure, seals, or filled with graded dirt until it gave up. We blew them apart, cut them up, cooked them in scalding oils, etc.... The Fram people didn't test things properly. The original founders son was the president and would test the filter on his own personal vehicle. Leave the same oil filter on for 30K miles to see what happened. He was a good guy and respectful of employees.

One of those plants, Luber Finer is in my home town. There were a few people put on leave for a couple weeks but almost all employees are still working. No big management from the "group" is housed here. Just worker bees.

I least you have realistic expectations. 😂 It's a very sharp machine. I'm not knocking that in any way.

Exactly!

I have dressed them with a band saw or belt sander when they wear at the corners. Used them more for snow than anything growing up.

Happy Birthday!

Good score for sure. The old aluminum scoops are 10x the quality of the new ones.

Large horn, clip horn, plow makers..... lots of styles.

For vintage, my pick would be Trenton or Hay Budden brand for quality American anvils. You want a flat top and edges that aren't chipped. The edges of a user anvil don't have to be perfect 90° angles. They are supposed to be slightly rounded for different blacksmithing processes. Farrier setups being Mobil are generally slightly lighter than shop use anvils as noted above. A "gift certificate" of sorts is a great idea. Different makes of anvils behave differently. She may find what she likes better that way than you guessing, even with the best intentions.

There are specific farrier pattern anvils both new and old. I see them more from American anvil makers than English anvil makers of the past. A tell tale will be two Pritchell holes (small round holes at the tail)

Very neighborly of you Mac

Those are "Danish tines". Hard to tell from pics but could be original 3pt or home made from a piece of a larger unit possibly.

I've been reading on the Milwaukee one and like the fact that it uses batteries that you can change. It looks as if they put a fair bit of thought into it. I just can't stomach the $300 bare tool cost.

Im sure it's referencing snow plowing 😉

I like the paint scheme. A bit old school.

Lots of white corn grown here. There is a milling facility an hour away. When I last sold any seed in 2011 the white was +$1 over market or so. It's not bad if you take care to store it properly and are setup to haul it when/how they want. Yield is every bit as good as yellow from my experience.

The camel brochure sure is different. Now that would all be AI 😊. Great score on that stuff

Seen both ways. Pics from shows, not mine. I have seen far more 14's with the white cab than the red cab.

Sounds like a tough but good decision Aaron. You look after yourself and your family and you can't go wrong. I've had the pleasure of knowing you for several years now and you have always seemed to have sound judgement. Keep up the good work.

RIX drops a brand new 1280 scope tomorrow. I think they will be in the $7K range. Too much for me but I know a guy going to buy one Monday. The people I know use thermal exclusively. Use a handheld scanner to find and then get on the scope to shoot. Guns are setup on tripods.