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    Ken, when I said:



    Well, if you wanna' patronize me, ya' gotta' call my secretary and make an appointment just like the rest of my clients do.

    Will you be needing driving directions?
    WHAT EVER!!!
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    2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.

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    [quote=klkak;170240]
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    WHAT EVER!!!
    Well, when you drive here, don't forget to bring the gun. We may as well save a few bucks on shipping.
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    Ken, Why are you lobbying to have "2dumb2kwit" banned? I've only been here on the forums for a few days but he seems a likable soul.
    1. If it's in your kit and you don't know how to use it....It's useless.
    2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.

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    If the trigger guard should happen to break on the m-6 scout, it would allow the gun to fold up flat into itself and tuck nicely into a bag..its the only mod I've made to mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camp10 View Post
    If the trigger guard should happen to break on the m-6 scout, it would allow the gun to fold up flat into itself and tuck nicely into a bag..its the only mod I've made to mine.
    I took the trigger guard off of mine and reshaped it to better fit my hand with gloves on. Then re-installed it.
    1. If it's in your kit and you don't know how to use it....It's useless.
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    while this is not really a mod to a common item, i thought i'd throw it in here

    was at the dollar store and saw some measuring spoons Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.
    and i said, maybe i can use the big one for a handhold on a firebow

    and then i got home and while i was putting around the kitchen opening a can
    i looked at the top i had just peeled off and thought about the measuring spoons i just bought
    so i got my snips, and made a cut in the can top to the center

    and then shaped it into a cone Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum. for another possible firebow handhold

    the top of the firestick will be sharpened to a sharp point for less friction

    i'll try both this weekend
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    CG - a shot glass works very well (cover the outside with duct tape first).
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    Quote Originally Posted by klkak View Post
    These are some mods I made to my M-6 Scout rifle. Starting with pic-1

    Storage for more shotgun shells

    Front sling swivel

    550 and 1000lb para cord on the barrel

    Rear sling swivel

    Small utility knife
    Have you fired the weapon since wrapping the barrel? The reason I ask is that wrapping anything around the barrel changes the harmonics of the barrel and can affect accuracy. You might want to go shoot the weapon and see if your target acquisition has changed much. Check out the US Army Sniper Field Manual for more info on this and more.

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    He took a good sized deer with it last season (22 hornet).
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    Quote Originally Posted by dezertdude View Post
    Have you fired the weapon since wrapping the barrel? The reason I ask is that wrapping anything around the barrel changes the harmonics of the barrel and can affect accuracy. You might want to go shoot the weapon and see if your target acquisition has changed much. Check out the US Army Sniper Field Manual for more info on this and more.
    Thank you for the reference. However.

    I bought this gun brand new when Springfield reintroduced them. As soon as I got home I started the modifications.

    Over the years I've taken several deer, a couple fox and several hare with the little gun. It works really well.

    It's not a sniper or target rifle and I don't shoot dimes with it. This gun is used for trapping, hunting and survival.

    I can hit standard clay pigeons at 100 yrds with every shot. Thats good enough for the type of weapon it is.

    It's small, light and easy to carry and I have complete confidence that I can (if I have to) Kill anything here in Alaska.

    I love my M-6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crash
    CG - a shot glass works very well (cover the outside with duct tape first).
    But, uh...how do you keep from spilling your drink?
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    Silly boy - drink it first of course.
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    here's one.. a junked swingset slide. plastic kind

    cut the top end off, drill a few holes for rope, like shoelaces. add rope.

    makes a nice deer drag. we made one of these yesterday and tested it on a buck I harvested.
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    Quote Originally Posted by your_comforting_company View Post
    here's one.. a junked swingset slide. plastic kind

    cut the top end off, drill a few holes for rope, like shoelaces. add rope.

    makes a nice deer drag. we made one of these yesterday and tested it on a buck I harvested.
    Now instead of a slide the kids call it a fall! That sounds like a great idea, there is an old swingset in my yard that was left by the last owners. Congrats on the buck. How big was the deer?

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    I take 2nd generation glow in the dark powder (buy on internet), mix it with clear epoxy, and put it on my flashlight lens on the outside edge where the light will recharge it. Now every time I use the flashlight, it charges up the GID powder. The glow lasts 8 hrs so I can find it when I need to use the outhouse while camping.

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    Very bright idea. Get it? Bright?
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    It gets glowing recommendations...

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    That is pretty dang clever. That would be pretty handy on your tent, too. I've been out at night and had to pull out the dang GPS to find my way back to camp a time or two. You can be right on top your tent before you find it if you don't have glow in the dark tabs on it. Fortunately, mine does and it makes finding camp at night a LOT easier.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    That is pretty dang clever. That would be pretty handy on your tent, too. I've been out at night and had to pull out the dang GPS to find my way back to camp a time or two. You can be right on top your tent before you find it if you don't have glow in the dark tabs on it. Fortunately, mine does and it makes finding camp at night a LOT easier.
    *Writes note to self.

    "Make sure to cover all of Rick's glow in the dark tent tabs with black duct tape."
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    Since you're QC why not start by trying some of that black tape OVER YOUR MOUTH?
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