I had to finally look it up, what's "ROOK" rifle?

WB
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Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:02 (55 days ago)

I knew it was a smaller and elegant rifle, usually a single shot. Sort of a precursor to the .22 LR farm gun.

"As indicated by its name, the rook rifle's intended quarry was small game including rooks and rabbits.

The rook tends to live in colonies known as rookeries, which over time grow and become nuisances in country areas. In rural Britain it was previously the practice to hold rook shoots where the juvenile birds, known as branchers, were shot before they were able to fly. These events, traditionally held on 12th May, were both very social and a source of food (the rook becomes inedible once mature) as the rook and rabbit pie was considered a great delicacy.

Whilst usually limited to smaller game, the larger calibre cartridges are very capable for hunting larger game such as roe deer, smaller antelope and similar sized game."

I guess my little .310 Martini, rechambered for a heeled .32-20 with .323 bullet, is as close to what I have for a Rook gun.

Not much going on at work today?

IC
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Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:57 (55 days ago) @ WB

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Had a very big week, looking toward the weekend

WB
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Friday, February 20, 2026, 13:02 (55 days ago) @ IC

I'm going to abscond off to Wooster for some R&R. May do some things I'd otherwise get called out. I guess I'm getting frisky in anticipation.

It's going to cool up some, but be nice otherwise. How is Mississippi?

Turned off cold in Texas

Jim Taylor
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Friday, February 20, 2026, 14:45 (55 days ago) @ WB

Barely 65 today!

83 today and 81 tomorrow. Then it will cool down to 60.

IC
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Friday, February 20, 2026, 14:53 (55 days ago) @ WB

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25 below zero this morning. 20 below Thursday

Gary Reeder
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Saturday, February 21, 2026, 14:31 (54 days ago) @ IC

morning.

Got a lady friend huh? Getting frisky in your

Gary Reeder
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Saturday, February 21, 2026, 14:16 (54 days ago) @ WB

old age?

Quite the opposite! A nice getaway with the valid

WB
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Sunday, February 22, 2026, 15:08 (53 days ago) @ WB

Excuse of checking on things. I have video cameras there to watch the property. But I like to go there once or twice a week to have a presence there. Let folks see someone come and go. It was my mother’s place I inherited. Fun little cottage on 15 acres just outside Conway. Just 6 miles off 40 headed east toward HHC, before Little Rock. Might make you a good place to rest the night on a trip! I have a deck and BBQ grill.

It’s about 50 miles from Searcy, a solid hour. After work it’s best to just stay the night. Soon it will be yard mowing season (4 hrs.), with bugs and snakes.

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