Gee Whiz Knowledge.... Anyone have any?

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animalloverbutalsohunter

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When it comes to firearms and accessories, anyone have any special tricks they use.. like items to help clean your rifles that you wouldnt normally think of using.. and so on...




My Gee Whiz Knowledge...
if you have an old scope that doesnt hold zero or just crappy, before you throw it away, take off the glass pieces... They make AMAZING magnifying glasses!! If you put both of them together (with no tube in between) They are even better!!! I use them a lot to get splinters out of my hands and work on tiny things!! I know i am not the first one to think of this, but i know a lot of people would not normally think of it!!

What else do you got?

Andrew
 
"if you have an old scope that doesnt hold zero or just crappy, before you throw it away, take off the glass pieces... They make AMAZING magnifying glasses!!"

I've done the same with old Telephoto Lenses from cameras..Great for reading map details and 'fine print'..

Item...

To get chambers and shotgun barrels really clean and smooth, wrap a patch saturated with "RemOil" around the bore brush, chuck it into a a cordless drill with a section (or whole) of cleaning rod and use it for polishing the interior...Normally about 30 seconds, longer for the full shotgun barrel...Then clean/polish with dry clean patches to remove any residue..

Comes out looking like a mirror and cuts down on the probability of fired cases hanging up on extraction.....And less distortion of pattern with buckshot...
 
If you shoot Black Powder stop using water. Use alcohol instead The alcohol cleans much better than water then evaporates. A light coat of oil then you are ready to hunt.
 
If you like alchol for cleaning Black Powder, try this. Equal parts of alchol, murphy's furniture soap and hyd. peroxide. It will cut the b.p. out of your barrel and make it squeaky clean. No B.S. Swab in between shots while sighting in and it will help with accuracy.Also for a good B.P. lube in the old round ball and patch, use go-jo hand cleaner for a patch lube. Really improves accuracy.NOTE: Use only for target shooting or range work. It dries out to fast for hunting.Also, use the kind with no grit. I learned this from an old B.P. shooter that thinks center-fire rifles are worthless. He hunts everything from deer to squirels with a flinter.

Pysco-dog
 
On the subject of picking splinters...

Being a carpenter all of my life, I've had my share.

Before actually performing microscopic surgery with your fancy magnifying glass, try using a drop of Ambesol or Ora Gel on the sliver. In my old and sensitive age, makes digging them out a little easier to handle.

Jon
 
I keep clear fingernail polish on hand when mounting a scope. A tiny drop on the threads of the screws will keep them from loosening yet still let you remove them when you are ready for a scope swap down the road. Plus I use it on just about any small screw that I dont want to be coming loose on me. A 1 oz bottle should last you for many many years.
 
If you shoot with Home made shooting stix, and you shoot from a surface too hard for the nails to get a bite, cut a piece of heavy string and tie a knot at each end, slip them over the nails. This will keep the stix adjusted so they dont slide out from under the Rifle.
 
Ok this has been viewed over 300 times and only 6 people have responded!! Its okay to share a little secret or two to help people out! There might be someone out there having a horrible time trying to do something and afraid to ask cuz it makes them sound dumb!! But your little trade secret might be the reason they dont go insane!! I know with some of the older fellows, you have seen and been through a lot with this habit (guns) of ours!! And i know there are some adventurous ones that have said to themselves..." I wonder if this will work.... oh wow it really does"!!!!! This would also be a good post for the younger guys to read and learn early!

Andrew
 
OK, Let's see if this is worthy of your request.

Early on I found the Bipods are great for targets, sighting in and prairie dogs and anything else where you know where the "target" is going to be. But they really suck in wooded areas where you need fisheye eyeballs cause they are coming from almost any angle. It is difficult to easily change the angle of your shot without picking up the gun and bipod and perhaps snagging it on grass or something. If you were to leave the bipod on the ground and try to swing the gun it would take a lot of movement on your part to make any changes due to the pivot being in the front.

What I ended up doing for the AR was getting a hand held monopod and placing it as far back as I could right in front of the magazine. This location allows for a more mid or central pivot point yet still support the gun. So now for every inch I need to move to barrel I only have to move the stock an inch instead of the 2:1 ratio with the support at the end of the stock.

Also I find the hand held monopod give more freedom of movement over a fixed bipod for the same reasons.
 
See that could help someone from making an animal spook easily! I am mainly talking about anything that would help a shooter, reloader, hunter or fisherman!!! Just little tricks and tips!
I know there are more!!

Andrew
 
well for reloading i took a 2x4 and drilled 40 holes down in about 3/4 inch and use it as a shell holder
i know they make em but i figured this is free pluss when i am at the range i can use it also so they dont roll off table and i can keep the emptys out of the sand,
 
for deer season befor i hunt i usually will go pick some crab apples, acorns and some pine needles and or cones
put them in the blender with a few drops estrous scent and then put the mash in a zip lock when i get to my stand i will drip it around and smear it to a few trees around

 
I have one of those inertia bullet pullets that comes with a chinksy plastic collet that is suppose to grap the rim of the cartridge. I threw the plastic collet away. The RCBS shell holders work great in its place.

I buy those presto fire place logs and use them to start campfires during the wet seasons. It saves me from having to haul several gallons of kerosene on a camping trip. I now get away with taking a quart of charcoal starting fluid for a weeks worth of camping. The logs are bulker, but it is a whole lot safer to haul them than a flamable liquid.

For easy shade while camping take two 12 by 12 easy ups and set them up side by side. Before you extend the legs to raise them up(once you have one of these little gems you'll know what I mean), take a 15x30 plastic tarp and strech it over both of them. Now raise the legs, tie everything up and you have a quickie 12x24 shade building without the crack in the middle that wil let rain in.

Think about this before you buy that super huge fifth wheel trailer. I like to camp remotely away from the crowds. A small 22 foot trailer while lacking the comforts of the big trailer, is a whole lot easier to manuver in the forest than a house on wheels. I thought of this last week while camping in the whilte mountains after noticing that the big trailers are always camping out in the middle of big meadows. I've always wanted a big trailer, but now have second thoughts on the subject.
 
For drying a re-finished stock or spraying a barrel/action assembly with Aluma-Hyde I use a large free standing cardboard box.

Cut holes in two opposite sides at the top large enough to insert an old broom handle. Bend an old coat hanger to hang the project from the handle and clip a clamp style shop lamp to the top edge for sufficient lighting.

If you work indoors, be sure the bottom flaps are extended or use something to cover the floor.

When finished, disassemble, fold up and place it behind a cabinet in the washroom or under a staircase, etc.
 
Cleaning primer pockets: If you work in construction, there's usually copper wire scraps just laying around. Cut little 1 1/2" pieces, strip about 1/4" off on each end, chuck into a drill, clean your pockets. If it gets wore out, just flip it over. Pretty easy, and cheap too. Hope this helps.

I forgot to mention, the wire should be stranded wire, not solid, this is what makes it a brush of sorts.
 
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You Die Hard reloaders know that most factories use a sealer over their primers to prevent oil contamination. If you read the ingredients off the commercially available sealers, you will see that it is essentially fingernail polish. All my prime hunting loads have sealer over the primers. I prefer white or red because it is easy to see.


Bore sighting a Rifle

I have never found a Bore Sighting tool that works as good as the manual method. One way is to put a towel in a vise and clamp your rifle lightly in the vice. Then sight in looking down the inside the barrel at an object at 100'. Then just move your cross hair to the same object. Another way is to go to the range and look down the inside of the barrel and sight in on an object at 100yds and have a Buddy dial your scope to the center of the object. Much quicker and more accurate than those Bore sighting tools.
 
I wish I had some shooting related tricks but I don't. But if any of you guys are golfers I have a trick for replacing grips. Instead of using double sided tape and grip solvent to install new grips use double sided tape and brake fluid. The grips go on just as easy and can be hit in 10 minutes. This was a trick a guy taught me in the tour van when I played golf for a living.

Chupa
 
Have a rust spot on your pet firearm?

Put a few drops of penetrating oil or light gun oil on the rusty spot and let sit a few minutes, then wet again w/more oil. Next take a round bladed screw driver, such as a phillips blade and rub the side of the blade across the rust spot while pressing down firmly. Watch the rust float away in the oil and the round blade will not scratch the blue as does steel wool or other abrasive.

Regards,
hm
 


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