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The week before last we had. a new toilet installed. Great new throne. . . but the plumber found that we had some dry rot in the wooden sub-floor of the bathroom. Most of our home has ceramic tile floors. I purchased a couple of boxes of these tiles when this place was being build 16 years ago...

Jim, as you've read above, I've been where you are now. I can certainly empathize. Fortunately, at least in some ways, our house was built in 1982, so no abestos.We were it's first owners and residents. I watched it being built from the slab up. Fortunately for us, this was before the days of...

Not just yet. I ordered Sportsmatch Rings from AoA, but they were out of the ones I wanted until last Friday. They are now in and they have shipped. Should get them on the TX200 later this week. Then . . . ttime to get shooting. Orv.

In 1984 a tornado came through our neighborhood in Lexington, KY. I gathered my 3 children and made for our safe room under the stairs. We too had State Farm homeowners insurance. It took 11 months for them to rebuild our house, and another year to fix what wasn't fixed the first time. We...

I know that you're right and that, all in all, I'lll have a smoother shot cycle should I do that, well OK. then, I 'll decied bon which spring to order and vget 'rt done. Orv

1) if the pin can easily be removed, I use my reverse drill bits to remove it. Unfortunately, my skills are such that the pins are often damaged or or broken off in the ring. My first pin snapped off in the scope rail and my drill was unable to be extracted. 2) the first pin ovaled the pin...

I'm not sure how this application with my scope riding over the back of the rail and the safety release being right there as well. I guess that I'm just not quite seeing the picture here. Orv.

Dan . . . as a retired old man, I have a bit more time to enjoy time on the range shooting than a young working guy like you. I'm really most fortunate to have a well designed Bench Rest/Field Target range in our seniors resort just five minutes away by golf cart. To answer your question, I...

I really appreciate your answer. Your comment about the Hawke mounts using a set screw intrigues me. Do you think that the Hawke system is superior to that of Sportsmatch? Sportsmatch has a great reputation and is what Pyramyd and AoA has recommended in the past, so I've simply gone along. The...

Tell me how this works, please, Orv.

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, my Hawke scope work as its a 30mm tube. I have a one piece scope mount that I've tried, but it wasn't able to fit. Thanks again, Orv.

Tony: my TX200, .22 cal., with it's Vortek PG4 tune hits in the area of 15 fpe., varied a bit by which pellet is being shot at the time over the chronograph. By the way, I'd sure enjoy watching you and your favorite blonde competiting one day over there in the desert. Might even try getting...

First of all Dan, I'm using the pins included with my Sportsmatch Rings. These are a premium brand as far as I know. They are high rings because the Hawke scope I'm using is 30mm and relatively long. I could go into my ritual of tightening everything down before shooting but I'll refrain in...

As much as I love my TX200, It broke again this afternoon. Well, not the rifle itself exactly, but the scope stop pin sheared off. I use Sportsmatch scope rings with the pre-installed stop pin (from AoA). This is the 2nd time in the 6 years I've been shooting my TX200 that its severed this pin...

I too joined the ASA using my orvhazelton@gmail.com email address. I didn't realize that this would cause more difficulty for you, Steve. I apologize. I would appreciate recieving the benefit of those HAM points. I wonder how many of us, such as myself, would probably not have elected to...