Recent content by McFarmer

Our son from Montana swung by this weekend, he thinned the herd here. Oh well, now I’ve got more room in the safe.

Maybe post some sort of a link explaining things ?

Then you’ve probably already gone through the blueing.

Try bronze wool and oil first. You might be surprised.

Does it have a recoil pad now ? If not just add one, or a black spacer if it already does.

The BPS would be a good choice. Of course a neutral O/U would also be good but only two shots for the duck hunting.

Granddaughter and I built an awesome snowman, it was gone by 4pm.

I know next to nothing about the topic but…… I do know that if you mix particle sizes up in a container you get less pore space. Take an extreme: a full cup of BB shot will take on plenty more #8 shot, filling the voids left between the larger shot. Interesting point: a cup full of BBs will...

Yes, and crop prices are no gold mine.

I was maybe 10-11 years old, shooting blackbirds in the grove, mother was watching me from the kitchen window. I am right handed and but I was trying to use my left eye to shoot with. She came out and got me to switch shoulders, she was the same way, right handed but shot left. This was before...

Put an application in for two more parcels, and helped a landlord with one. The gal at the FSA office said the number of new applications and re-enrollments have been “very high”, her words, she has been there a few years. Also an Iowa DNR private lands specialist stopped by today who is...

Not certain but most didn’t come with a pad, was maybe an option.

A farmer around here has done it for years, seems to work for them. I think he has 16 rows corn and 40 feet of soybeans. I don’t know what his herbicide program is.

Yes. Shooting a shotgun is peak hand/eye coordination. You don’t look at the bat when hitting a baseball, you don’t look at the racket, you look at the puck, not the stick, the spots on the lane, not the ball. You look at the target, not the barrel. Even to the point where some folks point...

Yes, but I’ve refinished it.