TN Hillbilly Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Hey Runner, I should have asked this the other day in the CC thread, but do you have any experience or opinion on either the Ruger Security 9 or the Ruger America, also in 9mm? Thinkin of a carry-in-the-truck gun, but still want to stay smaller than a 1911, in case I want to carry. Would like to have 15 or more capacity. My cc gun holds 6+. I see you like the bulls, but my LE friend, who is also a firearms instructor, does not like the bulls. He like-a the clocks. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 1 hour ago, TN Hillbilly said: Hey Runner, I should have asked this the other day in the CC thread, but do you have any experience or opinion on either the Ruger Security 9 or the Ruger America, also in 9mm? Thinkin of a carry-in-the-truck gun, but still want to stay smaller than a 1911, in case I want to carry. Would like to have 15 or more capacity. My cc gun holds 6+. I see you like the bulls, but my LE friend, who is also a firearms instructor, does not like the bulls. He like-a the clocks. Thanks. I'm not a huge fan of the american. Nothing to do with reliability or anything like that. Mainly just don't like the massive beaver tail. I like the security 9 a lot more. But. The ol hammer fired trigger isn't my favorite. For my money I prefer the security 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 The beautiful lepomis macrochrius. Boojillian headed feech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Not this sheit again. These brown water danger noodles are the bane of my existence ficchin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Choot em, choot em, choot em. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, MarkG said: Choot em, choot em, choot em. Swung a 400$ baitcast combo at it instead. Total girly panic mode 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, IHRunner said: Swung a 400$ baitcast combo at it instead. Total girly panic mode Pics or it didn’t happen....? you need a Snake Charmer or a Judge for that problem... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I had a snakey encounter while fly fishing last week. Didn’t know they could make it in 50° water but this guy was healthy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I still managed a good haul the last day when water was down and it wasn’t pouring. Limit is 7. Got 6 browns (native) and one rainbow (some stocked and some native) Decent size for where we were. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said: I still managed a good haul the last day when water was down and it wasn’t pouring. Limit is 7. Got 6 browns (native) and one rainbow (some stocked and some native) Decent size for where we were. The creek I was fishing has walleye in it. Forgot about it and was wondering why I kept breaking off. Is that mainly a trout stream you feech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, IHRunner said: The creek I was fishing has walleye in it. Forgot about it and was wondering why I kept breaking off. Is that mainly a trout stream you feech? This is a tail water off of a hydroelectric dam. Rock bottom, crystal clear, 50° all year. Several miles down stream I have seen other species of fish where the water warms up but never in this area. Saw this deerfish though. I figured it might give the 9’ 5wt rod a little workout so I opted out... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Never have tried to land a deerficch. Looks kinda big. On that note I threw a crank bait at a beaver one day and almost lost a really nice ficchy pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, IHRunner said: Never have tried to land a deerficch. Looks kinda big. On that note I threw a crank bait at a beaver one day and almost lost a really nice ficchy pole. I saw a buddy lay a crankbait across the back of a Canada goose once. Holy flying fish Batman! Things went kinda western from that point. Lines cut into people’s hands, goose fell from sky, ??♂️??♂️??♂️ I think if we could have got the line tied off to a cleat on the boat we could have worn it down..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Sledgehammer said: I saw a buddy lay a crankbait across the back of a Canada goose once. Holy flying fish Batman! Things went kinda western from that point. Lines cut into people’s hands, goose fell from sky, ??♂️??♂️??♂️ I think if we could have got the line tied off to a cleat on the boat we could have worn it down..... That would have made a nice trolling motor lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Working on loads and testing today. Yes...I spray painted a scope and bipod. 103° today. That's why El Vincente and myself rigged up some extra shade. Monstrum 6-24 scope. Going in the trash. On Nikko sterling rings. Going in trash. On the savage axis precision. Not going in the trash. On a Harris 25s bipod. Might be going in the trash. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hanging out with the smith and wesson 1911 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 What don’t you like about the Harris? I’ve always felt they were some of the better bipods. Just curious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Sledgehammer said: What don’t you like about the Harris? I’ve always felt they were some of the better bipods. Just curious Wrong model for that setup. Its the 25s. Even at its shortest its too tall for benchtop. I had my atlas accushot i was gonna put on it. Well 4 days ago i had a minor hip operation. Stumbled. And broke the atlas. So i tossed on the harris. But wait. You have to buy the harris pic rail adapter. So i did. So we get out to the hill. And i forgot. That one only has the locks on the thicker legs. So i was relying on thw skinner legs to support a 12lb gun. Normally im like you. I love harris bipods. I have 3 i think. But that one doesnt go with that gun. Not even close. Shooting sticks would have served me better. My hip was killing me. It was 100°. The scope is crap. And by the time i couldnt get the bipod set where i wanted i was just frustrated. At 100 yards sitting i couldnt get 1moa. I should have just gone prone or got on the table and bagged up the front end. But i really wanted to shoot that gun in the configuration i made. Lesson learned. The bipod is fine. Just not on that setup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, IHRunner said: Wrong model for that setup. Its the 25s. Even at its shortest its too tall for benchtop. I had my atlas accushot i was gonna put on it. Well 4 days ago i had a minor hip operation. Stumbled. And broke the atlas. So i tossed on the harris. But wait. You have to buy the harris pic rail adapter. So i did. So we get out to the hill. And i forgot. That one only has the locks on the thicker legs. So i was relying on thw skinner legs to support a 12lb gun. Normally im like you. I love harris bipods. I have 3 i think. But that one doesnt go with that gun. Not even close. Shooting sticks would have served me better. My hip was killing me. It was 100°. The scope is crap. And by the time i couldnt get the bipod set where i wanted i was just frustrated. At 100 yards sitting i couldnt get 1moa. I should have just gone prone or got on the table and bagged up the front end. But i really wanted to shoot that gun in the configuration i made. Lesson learned. The bipod is fine. Just not on that setup. That makes sense. The first one I ever got was for my birthday when I was probably 15 years old. It’s a tall one and only works sitting or kneeling which stinks for most target shooting. I use my other two bench top sized models a lot more. I haven’t had the tall one on a gun in years. Not since I made my own shooting sticks anyhow. Wouldn’t use the sticks for sighting in but for hunting purposes they will run circles around a bipod in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 58 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said: That makes sense. The first one I ever got was for my birthday when I was probably 15 years old. It’s a tall one and only works sitting or kneeling which stinks for most target shooting. I use my other two bench top sized models a lot more. I haven’t had the tall one on a gun in years. Not since I made my own shooting sticks anyhow. Wouldn’t use the sticks for sighting in but for hunting purposes they will run circles around a bipod in my opinion. They're faster for sure. But on a chassis rifle its just too heavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 58 minutes ago, IHRunner said: They're faster for sure. But on a chassis rifle its just too heavy Unless you are purely bench rest shooting for distance I would agree. I’m not too experienced long range but the times I’ve shot at long distance we used bipods on the front and bags in the rear to stay steady. That is how I was taught but there are obviously more ways of staying steady. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 16 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said: Unless you are purely bench rest shooting for distance I would agree. I’m not too experienced long range but the times I’ve shot at long distance we used bipods on the front and bags in the rear to stay steady. That is how I was taught but there are obviously more ways of staying steady. For chure. The desert always has a way of exposing our gears weaknesses. My hill broke a sig x5 legion. You just learn out here what works and what doesnt. Im always learning when i bring a new bag or scope or gun out to the hill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Man. Im only gonna post one picture of this. Then lets move onto the next page. I was asked to create a gun based off the new Call of Duty skins. And i did. And im proud. But also ashamed lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHRunner Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Spyderco's least expensive fixed blade. The ol Bow River. Beautiful little knife. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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