Simple modifications to common items

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Originally Posted by klkak

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? :)

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WHAT EVER!!!

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Originally Posted by Ken

WHAT EVER!!!

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Well, when you drive here, don't forget to bring the gun. We may as well save a few bucks on shipping. :innocent:

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.

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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Originally Posted by Camp10

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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I took the trigger guard off of mine and reshaped it to better fit my hand with gloves on. Then re-installed it.

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 http://www.recipetips.com/images/glo...ing_spoons.jpg
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 http://www.thepartypeople.com.au/pro...mages/3321.jpg 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

CG - a shot glass works very well (cover the outside with duct tape first).

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Originally Posted by klkak

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

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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.

He took a good sized deer with it last season (22 hornet).

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Originally Posted by dezertdude

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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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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Originally Posted by Crash

CG - a shot glass works very well (cover the outside with duct tape first).

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But, uh...how do you keep from spilling your drink?

Silly boy - drink it first of course.

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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Originally Posted by your_comforting_company

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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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?

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.

Very bright idea. Get it? Bright?

It gets glowing recommendations...

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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Originally Posted by Rick

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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*Writes note to self.

"Make sure to cover all of Rick's glow in the dark tent tabs with black duct tape." :innocent:

Since you're QC why not start by trying some of that black tape OVER YOUR MOUTH?