tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152190136083296097.post3276267345232768450..comments2024-03-07T23:48:08.824-08:00Comments on The Gourmet Sportsman: Ballistolgourmetsportsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870049540784906047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152190136083296097.post-75852740529840776642013-02-06T22:16:51.664-08:002013-02-06T22:16:51.664-08:00Thanks for your comments Vincent. I'm glad yo...Thanks for your comments Vincent. I'm glad you were able to escape CA, I hope to do the same someday. Even though you escaped you still can't escape DiFi can you? She's at it again and won't stop. <br /><br />I'm glad you enjoy the blog and I'll have to check out Rimfirecentral as I do love my 22s, although they have been much neglected of late. Keep in touch and enjoy "Free America" while I'll dream of doing the same here in "Occupied America."<br />gourmetsportsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870049540784906047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152190136083296097.post-19190511184583709302013-02-06T21:27:55.969-08:002013-02-06T21:27:55.969-08:00i stumbled on your blog while trying to find a pic...i stumbled on your blog while trying to find a picture of a Merkel 8. I am a Moderator on Rimfirecentral.com the largest rimfire forum on the net. Now living in TN I saw pictures of my beloved Mojave Desert, Sierras, Owens Valley, Chukars and Ballistol. My kind of guy I thought.<br /><br /> I moved to China Lake in 1962 @ 10 years old and started my shooting a year later. I saw your mention of Closed desert and suspect it it was near Last Chance Canyon Randsburg where Diane Fienstien had her way with stinking "Desert Protection Act" and closed my favorite camping spots of 40 years in Last Chance Canyon. We had 30-50 chukars at a time walk right past our camp many times...out of season. Now you can not even ride a horse into that huge chunk of desert. In on and opff 50 years of desert camping and living I NEVER, NEVER saw anyone back pack into the desert. You just can not carry enough water but it kept people from shooting and riding and having FUN so it made her happy. some of those trails are hundreds of years older than our country is but she had to protect them from me. <br /><br />Other times I wore out good boots and my legs climbing thew rock there and off of Trona Road and in the Tehacapis South of Red Rock Canyon.<br /><br />Ballistol: Amazing stuff. Heard of it for years but pre net could never find it. Now I rarely use anything else except when copper removal is important in Varmint rifles. I have even used it on roses to rid them of aphids as suggested in some of there old information!!!<br /><br />Last thing. There is an old saying about chukar. "The first time you hunt them is for sport. Every time thereafter is for revenge".<br /><br />My last Chukar hunting this life was with my best fried who died shortly after of a massive heart attack. In a spot off of Trona Road where we have had the run right through camp many times we chased a bunch to the highest nastiest rocks in the canyon only to have them jump off and glide all the way to the bottom! Then you hear that "gathering call" ha,ha,ha,ha,:-( That is the revenge part.<br /><br />Stop by Rimfirecentral if you get a chance, I am "Vincent". Love your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com