All About Pocket Knives

I’m finding there is quite a following of CZ owners and how well made they are, this is good news to me.
I have seen so many people who have taken a perfectly good gun and added so many upgrades it is no longer a CZ or Ruger etc...
Why not by a fully tricked - out gun ?
Well to each their own I guess.
I shoot a 1940’s Mossberg T-bolt with peep sights and it out performed many upgraded rifles on our range.
I just enjoy shooting 22’s and will continue this as long as I can.

Camillus

The Mossberg's could shoot Camillus. I had a Model 46b that was amazing. You can still find them for not much money. Usually a heavy rifle would be the only knock on them. Certainly not fancy either but accuracy is fancy.

Of course that's when he shows up Philip.... They know....I swear they know and they stick their tongues out at us too!!

Had a great day processing wood with the boys yesterday!!

TripleF wrote:Of course that's when he shows up Philip.... They know....I swear they know and they stick their tongues out at us too!!

Had a great day processing wood with the boys yesterday!!

Scott you are doing things for those boys they will remember when they are old. I admire you for that.

Scott, I always enjoy seeing the youth working confidently with knives, saws, etc. Good stuff.

Thanks fellas! Much appreciated.


Next.....I'm bantering in my brain an idea to have a hand tools challenge for the boys....ya know, with hand tools like
hammer, saw, wrench, pliers, nails, screwdrivers, etc.

TripleF wrote:Thanks fellas! Much appreciated.


Next.....I'm bantering in my brain an idea to have a hand tools challenge for the boys....ya know, with hand tools like
hammer, saw, wrench, pliers, nails, screwdrivers, etc.

Winner gets to choose what you teach 'em to cook over the camp fire!

Steve Warden wrote:

TripleF wrote:Thanks fellas! Much appreciated.


Next.....I'm bantering in my brain an idea to have a hand tools challenge for the boys....ya know, with hand tools like
hammer, saw, wrench, pliers, nails, screwdrivers, etc.

Winner gets to choose what you teach 'em to cook over the camp fire!

ROFL.....Ilike it, I'm actually trying to rustle up some prizes from my stuff that they'd like or just order some Mora Knives as prizes in different colors!!

When I took Wood Shop my senior year of high school, our first project was hand tools only. It was a simple three piece book rack. The end upright pieces were required to be planed with a bevel from bottom to top and were set in tenons on the base. Those were cut with a handsaw and chiseled out.

I suspect your boys could handle a project like that using a soft wood like Poplar.

I still have mine, fifty-three years later.

Charlie

RobesonsRme.com wrote:When I took Wood Shop my senior year of high school, our first project was hand tools only. It was a simple three piece book rack. The end upright pieces were required to be planed with a bevel from bottom to top and were set in tenons on the base. Those were cut with a handsaw and chiseled out.
I suspect your boys could handle a project like that using a soft wood like Poplar.
I still have mine, fifty-three years later.
Charlie

I'm sure they could.....I just need to introduce themn to tools first.....LOL....seriously!!

Today I picked up my new CZ 455 Varmint Rifle from Cabela’s and mounted a BSA Sweet 22 scope 3x9x40 to it.
Now I’ll take it to the range on Saturday to see how well it groups.

Camillus

Camillus - beautiful wood on that rifle!

Scott - I think a kind of traditional first project for boys is a birdhouse. That does not use much material and gives a good intro into measuring and sawing pieces to fit. Since you are doing the stuff at the park maybe you could put up some birdhouses there.

RobesonsRme.com wrote:When I took Wood Shop my senior year of high school, our first project was hand tools only. It was a simple three piece book rack. The end upright pieces were required to be planed with a bevel from bottom to top and were set in tenons on the base. Those were cut with a handsaw and chiseled out.

I suspect your boys could handle a project like that using a soft wood like Poplar.

I still have mine, fifty-three years later.

Charlie

Reminds me of something Charlie...

My Wood Shop teacher had 3 fingers gone on one hand below second joint from a band saw. Even at my young Junior High age, I was skeptical when he was trying to teach us how to use a band saw. After all, not the best instructor in my opinion after he had a tragic accident like that. Accidents happen, I get that but just made me a bit leary.

Jerry

Camillus wrote:Today I picked up my new CZ 455 Varmint Rifle from Cabela’s and mounted a BSA Sweet 22 scope 3x9x40 to it.
Now I’ll take it to the range on Saturday to see how well it groups.

Camillus

Nice rifle Camillus. Please give us a range report.

Jerry

Scott - have your mission buddies ever made silver turtles? If not, here's a step by step plan:

Things You’ll Need:
12 inch by 18 inch heavy duty aluminum foil
Meat (hamburger, chicken or pork)
Knife
Vegetables (onions, potatoes, carrots, others)
Seasoning (salt, pepper, onion soup mix, butter, worcestershire sauce)
Cooking source (campfire, oven, grill)

Step 1
Slice vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions) 1/2 inch thick. Add other favorite vegetables such as squash.

Step 2
Spray area of foil touching food with cooking spray. Lay meat on 18 inch piece of heavy duty aluminum foil. Cover meat with vegetables.

Step 3
Add seasonings (Worcestershire sauce, butter, onion soup mix, salt, pepper). Add other seasonings of your choice such as Ms. Dash or garlic powder.

Step 4
Fold foil to tightly seal and enclose food in pouch.

Step 5
Place over a bed of hot campfire coals, gas grill rack or BBQ grill charcoals. An oven will work at home, too. Cook for 35 - 45 minutes. Turn once halfway through.

Step 6
Unwrap or cut open foil.

Enjoy!

Camillus, that looks like it would be fun! It's refreshing to see a wooden stock and even more to see a wooden stock, a bull barrel with a good scope mounted on top! Like Jerry said, give us a range report.
Treefarmer

Tom, when I was a Boy Scout many years ago we made those foil-wrapped dinners at most camp outs. Only we just called them "scout dinners".

I remember one time we used the tailgate of the scoutmaster's station wagon (a 1960 Ford IIRC) as a surface to prepare the dinners. It was covered with newspapers. Scouts took turns cutting vegetables, making hamburger patties, putting it all into foil and folding them up, then taking them over to the hot campfire coals. After dinner the newspapers from the tailgate, with food scraps were wadded up and burned in the campfire.

Then the scoutmaster asked for volunteers. He often did this and you never knew what you were volunteering for - usually it was something fun but sometimes it was some chore that needed doing. Well this time he gathered the volunteers and told us to sit on the tailgate while he explained what we were to do. When we were all seated he told us to scoot farther back. Then he told us to scoot to one side. Then he said "thanks for your help, that will be all. You did a good job"

Only then did we realize we had just cleaned off the tailgate!

Ken

We have Tom.....I call them hobo meals. The boys love them!

Precious story Ken, our SM had an old Chrysler station wagon that burned more oil than gas but left me with tons of memories.

Good to hear Scott, have you done any Dutch oven cooking?

I forget his name and it was slightly before my time, but the gentleman that taught shop at Robinson Elementary School in Birmingham was demonstrating use of a table saw and talking to the class when he sawed two fingers off his hand.

He wrapped a rag around his hand and ran from the room.

Five minutes later he came back in, still clutching his hand and blood soaked rag, reached down and turned off the saw, looked at the class and said, 'Boys, never leave a piece of power equipment running and unattended."

He then picked up his fingers, started for the door, stopped, turned and said, "Sorry" and left the room.

It was a story that was repeated for many years.

I don't know why he picked up his fingers, as it was many years prior to any successful attempt at re-implantation.

Charlie Noyes

bestgear wrote:Precious story Ken, our SM had an old Chrysler station wagon that burned more oil than gas but left me with tons of memories.

Good to hear Scott, have you done any Dutch oven cooking?

Yes sir. Had the boys help making Mountain Man breakfast and was wondering what was wrong when there eyes started watering......oooops, sorry boys, Poppy forgot to tell you......onions make you cry. I'm sooooooo sorry. We'll never for get that one!

Opening of the fishing season

Eustace,those are some nice photos,especially the one with the mountains in the background.

Good stuff Eustace!!!

Had 2 boys that weren't grandsons today.

Well guys here is the update on my CZ 455 Varmint
I zeroed in at 25 yards using Eley 40 gr. Target ammo
The action is short and smooth
The trigger is at 2lbs. and crisp
Shooting at Silhouette Animals without a miss
This gun is a great addition to my collection
Very pleased with the performance and looks of this Rifle.
I decided to replace the scope with a NIKON 3x9x40 Rimfire
Fantastic optics