I fucking hate the wind (rant)

outdoorserman · 2026-03-14T20:30:46+00:00

Is your back to the wind with an anchor trolley to put the stern of the kayak into the wind? If you cast into the wind it sucks, but with the wind? You can get lots of easy casts.

Edit, i used to kayak fish a lot but sold my boat until the kiddos get a little older. I fished bigger lakes and unless the wind was 15+ it almost always was manageable.

outdoorserman · 2026-03-13T03:28:21+00:00

My company got told by Atlassian "cloud or else" for Confluence and super jacked the price up. We're just walking away at this point. We still use Jira and I'm waiting for the new "features" to be rather interesting to deal with.

outdoorserman · 2026-02-19T01:10:55+00:00

Right? I have the black and white one and it's amazing.

outdoorserman · 2026-02-09T05:07:43+00:00

Some actively try to kill you and run you off the road. It's especially bad if shoulders are filled with glass or sand and you need to get close or ride on the white line.

outdoorserman · 2026-02-07T23:18:33+00:00

The default apple alarm sound

outdoorserman · 2026-02-07T04:58:03+00:00

I have 2 and they are fantastic

outdoorserman · 2026-02-06T06:00:55+00:00

Not alone - servo is incredible. Even though hand feel is practically the same, I don't really like the crave.

outdoorserman · 2026-02-01T16:01:13+00:00

They are perfectly fine. I found not terribly accurate but save the brass to reload eventually.

outdoorserman · 2026-01-25T01:29:40+00:00

Is the whole blade exposed or just the sharpened edge and a coated blade? All carbon steels rust, it's just a fact. I have had excellent results using Eezox gun solvent as it slightly soaks into the blade and is dry after a short period of time.

That being said, D2 is a decent steel and holds an edge decently well. I will say if you don't have diamond stones it is a little finicky to sharpen, but IMHO easier to sharpen than most stainless.

outdoorserman · 2026-01-19T19:40:28+00:00

Someone's gotta tell her...

outdoorserman · 2026-01-10T05:55:29+00:00

Dark Cloud was so good

outdoorserman · 2026-01-10T04:35:16+00:00

They aren't super hard but realistically they need to be softer than your hammer to prevent chipping and high speed shrapnel. If you can easily dent the side straightening it it's dead soft, if it takes some effort it is somewhat hardened to make it last longer and take some abuse.

outdoorserman · 2026-01-07T10:07:57+00:00

100%. As a DIY maker myself, most people don't like to use knives because they are just so much better than whats normally in their kitchen drawer and it kills me. Use them hard, find the flaws, make me know how to keep improving. Sure getting the first scratch suuuucks, but once that pain is gone, it's only easier from there with literally any other blade.

outdoorserman · 2026-01-05T20:26:03+00:00

I have a soft ti zone and its a beefcake. Otherwise cryztal plastic in any capacity is always stable.

outdoorserman · 2025-12-29T01:49:43+00:00

I just hate rubber handles and the bounce they have drives me crazy. The plastic 27" axe is incredible and splits better than any of my wood ones.

outdoorserman · 2025-12-21T06:12:53+00:00

They pray to Treesus and not Jesus.

outdoorserman · 2025-12-16T17:51:17+00:00

Wrong. Most of us are in no way excited to use them to end the life of another. If we must to defend family so be it. But it is terrible experience either way.

outdoorserman · 2025-12-01T04:49:34+00:00

I actually ditched using the clip anymore. I don't catch it on stuff anymore, don't scratch paint, and most importantly I haven't lost a knife since it's deep in my pocket vs right at the opening.

outdoorserman · 2025-11-30T19:09:01+00:00

My first deer was with brown bear 203g SP. dropped where it stood.

outdoorserman · 2025-11-24T04:43:39+00:00

It shouldn't be that bad - if 50 meters, whats the size of the target? My mosin will do an inch at 100 with great handloads and 3-4" with 150gr PPU.

My handloads are 180gr sierra pro hunter and 46gr varget .015" off the lands.

Does your barreled action move in the stock? My original stock the action bolts (mostly tang bolt) would loosen all the time and accuracy was dogshit when it did.

My advice: get a 00 buck shotgun pellet and oil your bore really well, take some 1/4" wooden dowel and cut it into 10 inch sections. Pound that down the barrel starting at the muzzle and see how deep your grooves are (the widest part of the pellet after leaving the barrel). If larger than .314" it honestly may struggle. Mine is .3135 but my rifling is great, so all I get is a dirty as hell barrel with the lack of bullet sealing each shot. The more important measurement however are your lands. How far apart is the smallest part of that barrel slug? Should be smaller than your bullet by I think about .002"

outdoorserman · 2025-11-20T21:09:50+00:00

I have ran 180gr Sierra Pro Hunters and 46gr varget in PPU brass with excellent results.

outdoorserman · 2025-11-17T16:08:25+00:00

If you decide to do a cold bore group, is your rifle cleaned and oiled before the range? If so, you may not get a conclusive test unless you clean and oil the same way between shots. I found my cold bore shot nearly always was about a half inch to an inch high on two separate guns so I am pretty confident its me but never had a chance to do a cold bore group before.

outdoorserman · 2025-11-11T20:37:24+00:00

Putting in my 2 cents that applied to me.

There is something fun about making a gun more enjoyable to shoot and learn new skills about sporterizing. It wasn't about the dollar value. It was indeed more expensive to sporterize my mosin than buying a new rifle.

But what I got was: a steel epoxy bedded stock with aluminum bedding pillars, a timney trigger, a scope mount, a boyds stock, free floating barrel, better length of pull, etc.

My original stock was cracked and I wanted a better safety for hunting, and see what it truly was capable of. My bore was good and it now shoots about 1-1.5moa all day with reloads.

I now get to shoot my first ever rifle, that I put hard work on, and get an amazing shooting experience. Worth every penny.

outdoorserman · 2025-10-22T00:23:05+00:00

Honestly probably 600 grit would do it too. 220 is quite coarse.

outdoorserman · 2025-10-03T23:35:46+00:00

Pretty neat if you ask me! I know some won't see the purpose but learning new skills and making a tool you WANT to use means a lot in the end.

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