First .450 GNR assemblage. Not really feeling it
WB
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Thursday, October 18, 2018, 18:13 (2880 days ago)
The short scope base and this BIG scope are not the best combination. I'm going to swap bases to a longer "rifle" type. I think the .429 Pirate barrel would benefit from the short base. We have so many it's easy to jockey parts to get the ideal combination. I got the ring/sights cheap and think they are somewhat useful. A solution hunting an application.
The short rubber forend also looks a bit off here but ideal on the 9" Pirate barrel.
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So. When you plan to hunt something
John W
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 02:37 (2879 days ago) @ WB
dangerous with that rig ?
That is begging to go after a raging interior grizzly in the Great Land.
looks good-lets plan Kodiak bear hunt ;)
Lynn
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 07:14 (2879 days ago) @ John W
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THIS, is more like it! Searching for the perfect fit.
WB
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 09:35 (2879 days ago) @ Lynn
You can see the difference in the "rifle" type base with different spacing on the rings for longer scopes compared to the "handgun" type. Swapped around they are a better match. Really satisfying if only in my mind.
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Also you can clearly see here where the 5-min. epoxy simply fills gaps and can greatly keep things from shifting, plus moisture is kept out from attacking screws hidden under there.
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Looks nice, one quick question though,
Grover Sr
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 13:39 (2879 days ago) @ WB
Do you have to abrade or sand off the bluing on the base and batrel for the epoxy to adhere?
no. Any good 2 part epoxy will do fine. Just keep it away
Gary Reeder
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 14:04 (2879 days ago) @ Grover Sr
from the screw holes and the screws.
Thanks Gary
Grover Sr
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 14:12 (2879 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
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I just removed the work I did a couple days ago...
WB
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 14:25 (2879 days ago) @ Grover Sr
Just scraped it off with my finger nail. You can purposely add a little lite oil to the barrel and add the epoxy to the underside of the base, a very small amount. That's if you are worried about cleaning it off later. I may show pics of how I do it for at least some reference. Really not that much as pressure spreads it out. You do want to immediately wipe any excess off flush with the base/barrel interface for a clean appearance.
You are just filling voids between the barrel and mount, tiny as they are, so there is no flexing or movement. Think of it, you have about a pound of weight held on with four teeny #8 screws with only 4-6 turns of thread each. You could very well use alcohol to clean both surfaces for a little better adherence if you wanted it. It would still come off pretty easy. The "blue" Lock-tite keeps screws held firm without causing problems removing them later.
Gary is the expert, I'm only validating the application as hillbilly proof and easily doable for anyone.
I am seriously thinking about a Grizzly/Brown bear hunt
Gary Reeder
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 14:02 (2879 days ago) @ WB
next year in Alaska and more than likely (at least for now) I would be carrying the same 450 GNR I used on the Cape Buffalo and my 510 GNR revolver on my hip. I talked to friend and guide George Faerber this morning about it and he said the Grizzlys are getting bigger and less and less afraid of man. He said the way to call them in was to shoot up in the air and sit back and wait. They hear the shot and think a hunter has taken an animal and the bear comes running to take it away from the hunter. He said he has taken a couple of big Grizzlys out of the same ground blind I sat in a couple of years back when I ended up dancing with Herman the dancing bear. That was a big Black Bear that I shot at kissing distance.
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He said the Grizzlys are so abundant and a strong danger to humans in Alaska that they changed the law from one Grizzly every 4 years to one a year.
A big Cape Buffalo was one of 2 animals on my bucket list. I got the Cape this past spring
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and a big Grizzly or brown bear with a handgun is the other on my bucket list. I took the Cape with the 450 GNR Encore and would like to take the grizzly with a revolver. The grizzly or Brown are tuff animals to put down with a revolver or any handgun but it can be done. Here is a Grizzly that Anthony Ransom took with a revolver a while back.
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Anthony on the left and Shawn Deremer on the right with Anthony's Grizzly.
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Both Anthony and Shawn will be on our next Africa Hunt next April.
Right now I am just talking to George, nothing firm yet. He has had some health problems with cancer so he is thinking of retiring but may do one more Grizzly hunt. We will see. George is a good friend and a handgun hunter and I would not want to hunt a Grizzly or brown with anyone else.
This is George with a Scimitar Horned Oryx and a Spanish Goat at the Celebrity Handgun Hunt a few years back.
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My 2018 Brown Bear
Coloradoyaler
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 16:23 (2879 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
The weapons of my 8'10" brown bear
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We brought him out whole.
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He was shot at 50yds with a 416 Ruger and a 300gr TSX at 2650fps. Hit him just off center of spine (did not hit spine)and got both lungs. He ran from the shot so fast a second shot was almost impossible!
that is a helluva bear. Congrats on it and thanks for
Gary Reeder
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 17:08 (2879 days ago) @ Coloradoyaler
posting a pic of him. With a handgun I would be happy with one a bit smaller than that.
Grizzly tag
AKRay
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 16:42 (2879 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
Alaska residents don't even need to buy a $25 tag for grizzly bears anymore. You do need to get tags for your 3 black bears per year however. ADF&G is trying to gather data on black bears. This is a recent development.
On the bucket list. The idea of a grizz hunt is very
John W
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 16:49 (2879 days ago) @ Lynn
appealing to me. KInd of a feel the fire and smell the smoke experience.
Those rings are great!!
Coloradoyaler
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Friday, October 19, 2018, 05:45 (2879 days ago) @ WB
WB
I like the rings! My pachmyr forend bent the front screw with 5 shots and came loose. I had to put the shorter lighter one on and have had no problem with the last 30 shots.
Mark