What springer did you shoot today?

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Windmill01 said:
Alfred will hit the coast early on Saturday (that’s tomorrow our time)morning as a category 2 cyclone, however the system is unusually expansive and will affect about 4.5 million people. We live about 15 minutes from Rainbow beach and we are about 2 minutes as the crow flys from the bay and Great Sandy Straight.
Im pretty sure we won’t be affected as much as the communities further south and in Brisbane the Gold Coast and northern NSW. Lots of power outages but we have a generator and tank water.
Ive just come out of hospital from having more cancer cut off the back of my tongue. Bloody painful and I can expect so I’m told about two weeks of pain. Can’t even have a beer or rum. Lucky i went in on Monday as they have cancelled all elective surgery.
I think I would rather put up with a cyclone than a tornado. Seen too many tornado movies.👍
Gary
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Gary my heart goes out to you. My best wishes for your safety and recovery. You've given me some real perspective.

Thank you
Ron
 
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Windmill01 said:
Alfred will hit the coast early on Saturday (that’s tomorrow our time)morning as a category 2 cyclone, however the system is unusually expansive and will affect about 4.5 million people. We live about 15 minutes from Rainbow beach and we are about 2 minutes as the crow flys from the bay and Great Sandy Straight.
Im pretty sure we won’t be affected as much as the communities further south and in Brisbane the Gold Coast and northern NSW. Lots of power outages but we have a generator and tank water.
Ive just come out of hospital from having more cancer cut off the back of my tongue. Bloody painful and I can expect so I’m told about two weeks of pain. Can’t even have a beer or rum. Lucky i went in on Monday as they have cancelled all elective surgery.
I think I would rather put up with a cyclone than a tornado. Seen too many tornado movies.👍
Gary
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Hey Gary. I hope your recovery is swift and painless. No tornados. Stay safe. Want to hear that 77 shooting soon. Crow
 
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Getting old ain't for pussies. One of my beloved neighbors shared that with me a year ago while walking with my Buddy.
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Thanks guys for your words of encouragement. As of 6.15am this morning Alfred is 65 kilometres off the coast and has been down graded to a tropical low. So far over 239000 properties have lost power and a lot more is expected. Wind gusts are in the 60 to 100k’s an hour. Many many people have and are being evacuated .
The main concern now is flooding with over 300 mils expected in areas today and coming days as Alfred makes his way inland. Some communities have had over 700mls. We have been lucky, we put everything away or tied things down so no damage as yet. Fingers crossed. 👍
Gary
 
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@Windmill01 As a South Floridian, I literally have felt your pain. Multiple hurricanes, the eye of Andrew went over my house. Have had lots of windstorm damage but nothing catastrophic. I wish you the best of luck. But knowing the Aussie mindset, you will probably have a "cyclone" party. I've had my share of Hurricane parties :). Cheers!
 
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I shot the HW30s and it was shooting Crazy high and right? The rear scope ring had come off the rail while front ring walked back. It was pretty dark and I didn't spot it right away. I was attempting to dial it out Lol.
Maybe I neglected coming back on it with the torque wrench?
It was loose!
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This was a crazy shoot at 30 yards.
I started with the 55 Sheridan. I shot through the Crazy Eights with a 9/12. H/S. I shot the mouse, but could not hit Stan's spinners. Turned out that the gun had started leaking and was shooting low.

So I replaced it with the 72 Sheridan, that one leaked too.

Replaced it with the HW30. The scope fell off! Lol

Replaced it with the Daisy Avanti, cleared most of the shot shells and bottle caps, and wound up with a jammed pellet. It was to dark to see the pellet orientation.

Four gun failures lol 👍
 
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.20calguy said:
I shot the HW30s and it was shooting Crazy high and right? The rear scope ring had come off the rail while front ring walked back. It was pretty dark and I didn't spot it right away. I was attempting to dial it out Lol.
Maybe I neglected coming back on it with the torque wrench?
It was loose!
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This was a crazy shoot at 30 yards.
I started with the 55 Sheridan. I shot through the Crazy Eights with a 9/12. H/S. I shot the mouse, but could not hit Stan's spinners. Turned out that the gun had started leaking and was shooting low.

So I replaced it with the 72 Sheridan, that one leaked too.

Replaced it with the HW30. The scope fell off! Lol

Replaced it with the Daisy Avanti, cleared most of the shot shells and bottle caps, and wound up with a jammed pellet. It was to dark to see the pellet orientation.

Four gun failures lol 👍
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Time to call it a day…things will be better in the morning. John
 
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.20calguy said:
I shot the HW30s and it was shooting Crazy high and right? The rear scope ring had come off the rail while front ring walked back. It was pretty dark and I didn't spot it right away. I was attempting to dial it out Lol.
Maybe I neglected coming back on it with the torque wrench?
It was loose!
View attachment 545241
This was a crazy shoot at 30 yards.
I started with the 55 Sheridan. I shot through the Crazy Eights with a 9/12. H/S. I shot the mouse, but could not hit Stan's spinners. Turned out that the gun had started leaking and was shooting low.

So I replaced it with the 72 Sheridan, that one leaked too.

Replaced it with the HW30. The scope fell off! Lol

Replaced it with the Daisy Avanti, cleared most of the shot shells and bottle caps, and wound up with a jammed pellet. It was to dark to see the pellet orientation.

Four gun failures lol 👍
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Sometimes I forget to check stock and scope screws. Last week my stock screws were finger tight. Crow
 
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.20calguy said:
I shot the HW30s and it was shooting Crazy high and right? The rear scope ring had come off the rail while front ring walked back. It was pretty dark and I didn't spot it right away. I was attempting to dial it out Lol.
Maybe I neglected coming back on it with the torque wrench?
It was loose!
View attachment 545241
This was a crazy shoot at 30 yards.
I started with the 55 Sheridan. I shot through the Crazy Eights with a 9/12. H/S. I shot the mouse, but could not hit Stan's spinners. Turned out that the gun had started leaking and was shooting low.

So I replaced it with the 72 Sheridan, that one leaked too.

Replaced it with the HW30. The scope fell off! Lol

Replaced it with the Daisy Avanti, cleared most of the shot shells and bottle caps, and wound up with a jammed pellet. It was to dark to see the pellet orientation.

Four gun failures lol 👍
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Wow! 🤦🏼
 
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Time to call it a day…things will be better in the morning. John
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I couldn't do it.
Its like having your last shot of the day be a miss!
I broke out the flash light, and finished off the tin in the dark.
I bet I can shoot asprin at 30y with it now. 🎯

I also got a 177 push rod out and cleared the Avanti.
That gun is a pain to shoot, by reason of trying to orient the pellets in front of the bolt, with a scope in the way. It's a straight shooter though. 👍
 
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