Tuesday on the way back from South Carolina we came around a corner to find a mess in the road and police everway.   Apparently a truck like the DumpTruck in the picture had been up-side-down at some point , couse the truck was pointed in the same direction as the upright one but the gravel was dumped to the inside of the turn(right side looking at it) ???  Well the cab was all-bent-up  , and by time I got ready for a picture this transfer truck  was making its was around the debris.   Dave might have a better picture (he had a real camera/ I had cell phone).   It was a eye opener to see such a thing.

This thread has been pulled out of the "sticky" mode...it is now history and played out well.  You can still post questions and comments here.....the thread can continue.  I am going to start a sticky thread for comments about what to do in 2015.....the where and when.

Dave

Nope, it is the prettiest Savage I have ever seen to date.

And it goes as good as it looks ....

I doin't think mine is ready for another "Beauty" contest yet !  

First thing I'm doing is to move my "Tail-Bag" forward about 4cm's so  the front of it is up against the back rest , then put some support braces under my home-made rack.   As long as the T-Bag was empty most of the time it was OK.  The trip showed me where the weak points are.  

But :  Yea then a bath will be in order !  

For those who don't know ... Dave gets up a 5 am , Well Saturday before the Bike rally I got up about 7:30 or so and found Dave cleaning my Sportster (something about his bike not being embarrassed to be around mine).   Hay ! It looked so good I entered it in the Beauty contest at the Bike Rally --- and won the Sportster category !!! --- Can't nobody clean a bike like Dave can !  

Dave , don't forget -- rub some warm Bee's wax into the stitching of the seat some warm sunny day and let the sun melt it into the stitches (works on pottery too).  



 

Target was oriented as per the text.

Target was composed of 3 bullet weights, 120, 130 and 150 grains with the scope adjusted to center the 130 grain weight.

Rifle slings the heavier weight bullets higher, on a right to left diagonal sling pathway.

Most accurate load was the 130 grain, of which I have a bunch made up.

All these theoretical results must take a liberal dose of salt since the scope was moving very slowly in the rings the whole time I was there shooting the gun.

As far as shooting animals would go, all the loads will group on the same piece of paper with the heavier, better BC bullets hitting "high left" about 4 inches up and 4 inches left.

I anticipate it would be a sub-1" rifle with the 130 grain loads it likes the best.   The rest are noted as 2"-3" group size, which isn't varmint grade but would do for a deer very nicely.

Yea some of that stuff was dragon so much it was like "Throwing out an anchor"  it was digging into the pavement so much !   think it was the kick-stand bracket because part of its gone  .

I could put taller shocks on the rear and lift it up a little but the front would still be low , so there no point in lifting the rear !      Anybody ever used the "Progressive" springs ?  or added inches to the front somehow ?  

MMRanch wrote on 07/24/14 at 14:17:21:

Yeah, I need to raise my "Superlow" Sporty, too....
From what I've read,... just getting taller damper rods in the forks will do it... for about $30.00...
...'cept, I have a cartridge fork in mine... (carts are a big mystery to me)... ...