Hi from sunny DRY California
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Strictly Attitude
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Welcome aboard!!!
yes we look forward to questions pictures and any tech details you might care to add to the data on the site
philly
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right on, welcome to the site! look around theres plenty to learn and the more you learn the more questions you end up having... this "rabbit hole" phenomenon as we call it here will lead to you on the site soaking up knowledge untill your eyes bleed... or atleast thats how it works for me n rick :shock:
what part of california are you from? i was stationed up in the high desert at fort irwin for a few years... california is a nice place with alot of hidden gems.
what part of california are you from? i was stationed up in the high desert at fort irwin for a few years... california is a nice place with alot of hidden gems.
for several years in the 1970s I traveled out to the area north of redding CAL. near LIKELY too hunt the Warner wilderness to hunt mule deer so Im familiar with the areas near Sacramento and north at least to drive thru
the first time I went out of state to hunt (california)
I bought a decent rifle case,
to make it easy to find in case there were several hunters with similar cases
I painted mine in
ALTERNATING
HOT PINK
SKY BLUE
BLOOD RED
ELECTRIC GREEN
PASSION PURPLE
AND
HAZARD ORANGE
3" wide STRIPES
needless to say it stood out from the other luggage cases
as the case was 57 inches long there were about three of each color stripe
while I waiting to board the plane I see the guys loading luggage on the plane DELIBERATELY drop several rifle cases off the conveyor belt, by pushing them off the edge with their feet , then picking them up and throwing them back on the conveyor belt, where most fell off a second or third time before they go loaded in the planes cargo section, I was REALLY PISSED and complained immediately and was told they would look into that..with a stupid smile from the boarding girl I complained too!
I never heard a word from the air lines about this later, it was the LAST time I flew with firearms
(btw the case was dented and heavily scratched but the rifle inside was fine) so it pays to buy a good quality case.
Ive mentioned this several times in the past and Ive heard from several others witnessing similar airline firearms cargo treatments
I left my rifle out their with a trusted friend for the next few years, so I would not need the rifle to go through the repeated abuse
after a couple years hunting California with that friend, we drove out from Florida to Colorado, almost every year for the next 35 years,,my CALIFORNIA friend drove out to Colorado, met and hunted with us that year and several other years, its a 40-46 hour trip one way depending on weather and traffic, driving strait through swapping drivers about every 4-5 hours
the first time I went out of state to hunt (california)
I bought a decent rifle case,
to make it easy to find in case there were several hunters with similar cases
I painted mine in
ALTERNATING
HOT PINK
SKY BLUE
BLOOD RED
ELECTRIC GREEN
PASSION PURPLE
AND
HAZARD ORANGE
3" wide STRIPES
needless to say it stood out from the other luggage cases
as the case was 57 inches long there were about three of each color stripe
while I waiting to board the plane I see the guys loading luggage on the plane DELIBERATELY drop several rifle cases off the conveyor belt, by pushing them off the edge with their feet , then picking them up and throwing them back on the conveyor belt, where most fell off a second or third time before they go loaded in the planes cargo section, I was REALLY PISSED and complained immediately and was told they would look into that..with a stupid smile from the boarding girl I complained too!
I never heard a word from the air lines about this later, it was the LAST time I flew with firearms
(btw the case was dented and heavily scratched but the rifle inside was fine) so it pays to buy a good quality case.
Ive mentioned this several times in the past and Ive heard from several others witnessing similar airline firearms cargo treatments
I left my rifle out their with a trusted friend for the next few years, so I would not need the rifle to go through the repeated abuse
after a couple years hunting California with that friend, we drove out from Florida to Colorado, almost every year for the next 35 years,,my CALIFORNIA friend drove out to Colorado, met and hunted with us that year and several other years, its a 40-46 hour trip one way depending on weather and traffic, driving strait through swapping drivers about every 4-5 hours
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