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Great question - I've spent many hours reading about the ongoing discussion about whether barrel "break-in" is really important. I've also read numerous ideas on how/when/if to really clean your gun. As for barrel break-in, the common approach is to fire a round, clean the bore, fire two or three more rounds, clean the bore, step up to 5 then 10 rounds. The idea is "conditioning the bore" kind of the way you soak oil into a cast iron skillet or wood stove. The contrary argument is that unless this routine somehow changes the molecular structure of the barrel, you are doing nothing besides burning a lot of powder, accomplishing nothing. Similarly, there are different thoughts about how to clean the bore. On one side you have one school of thought that it’s imperative to clean out all copper fouling. The other side contends that copper fouling is actually a good thing, in that it fills the imperfections of the rifling process. I used to scrub out my rifles based on the words of a retired Marine sniper. My own conclusions lead me to believe a little copper fouling is a good thing. A super clean barrel shot differently than the second and third shot. I’d love to hear 308 Nut chime in on this. He’s a true expert on these matters.

I've still got a few sets of binoculars, and a video camera, free for the taking. The Pentax binos are spoken for, assuming they are picked up.

I've got a pair of Nikon Sportstar 8x20, Pentax Gameseeker 10x42, Pentax DCF WP 8x32, a pair of crap wally-world 20MM, and a pair of Pentax 12x50 PCF with a tripod adapter. YoungHuntr has asked for the Pentax 12x50 and tripod adapter. I've also got a Sony HandyCam - I think it uses 8mm tapes - also free to the first person who wants it and can pick it up. It has batteries, charger, etc. Whoever shows up first can have them, but again, I ask that they go to youth hunters.

I hope I've replied to all PMs. First come, first served.

Awesome. Go get 'em Gramps!

This is the same person who cherished her right to concealed carry and the ability to defend herself.... http://www.mrctv.org/videos/feinstein-1995-her-concealed-carry-permit-i-know-urge-arm-yourself-because-thats-what-i-did But that is OK for her, not OK for her serfs, you and I.

Nice! Good shooting. I liked the video.

Nice pix! Ready to get my 2013 archery tag. You got my blood pumping!

Thanks guys. I'll give that a try.

What a great year. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to hunt this amazing state with friends and family. Here's the year in pictures... It started off Jan 1, with my oldest son Matt and I on an archery Javi hunt (my tag)... Next is the youth Javi hunt. We have my 3 sons, Matt, Nick and Josh, My frieind, Mark's daughter Alana, and my other friend Bryan's daughter Monica to find pigs for. First is Matt... then Alana... then Nick... ... and within minutes, Monica... My youngest son Josh gets a chance just after completing his AZ Hunter's ed course, but he's spent a lot of time shooting and learning from his older brothers. His first Javi... Now it's turkey time. Josh gets "first dibs" since he just turned 10. Then Nick, the next day... Now it's baseball, football time, fast-forward to the fall. Time for deer and elk. We have Deer tags in 27 and cow elk tags in unit 1. Matt draws first blood... Nick gets an elk... Matt gets an elk... The Jones Boys Meat Pole... Dad gets to hunt the strip... You just can't ask for a better year of hunting in Arizona.

Perkele! I am already counting the days when that toddler becomes your favorite side-kick. God bless you and you had better show us all some pictures of that boy following his father's footsteps!

Whoever you hired - what they did fixed the problem. Nicely done, and thank you.

Amanda, I commend you on your diligence. Looks like it's getting cleared up.

Still Hacked. Sorry Amanda, I'm still getting the redirects. I love this site, but every time I come here now my computer goes nuts. I've installed the malware software you recommended, but it fails to address the problem. Even typing is slow. I hit the site from my iPad and had to reset my routers. Even as I type this, I see the worm redirecting - I want to come back on to the forum, but I can't expose my computers to whatever is happening.

I hope it was a great one.

Nice buck - great job.

In Firefox, you can see the activity in the lower left portion of the screen, it flashes about redirecting and sending info to a number of ad "bot" sites. Ad Yieldmanager, adnx, many others too fast to catch them all. Bummer, It's now crashing IE and Firefox.

Huge Congrats to your wife and all of you for getting it done. That's a GREAT looking buck!!!

Well said Perkele! You're welcome in my camp any day.

PMags usually sell for $12-$17. Right now, people are asking $40 - $70 each. Glad I have a bunch stored up. There are two ways this thing is going to go - either ARs, AKs, hi-cap mags are going to be banned, or the current ban push will fail, and prices will go back to where they were. With all the emotions on one side, the facts on the other - who knows how this will play out.

I'm interested in the new one, Will PM you.

FWIW, I hit the site with Chrome and could tell it was trying to download something. So far, Firefox has been the best at rejecting the malicious code.

Can't wait to see it!!!

Yep, I get redirected to a random page on my first visit, and when I do get here, my browser (IE 9) locks up when viewing posts. I switched over to Firefox to see if the issues continue.

Thanks TJ, and Merry Christmas to you and your family.