Yeah, we had an amazing mast season up I. Northern WI where our property is. Heaviest in the 10 years we've been there. Lots of deer activity in the woods and driveway thanks to a layer of acorns.
I was given a 7400 that wasn't operating reliably. Took it apart gave it a deep clean and repaired a cracked gas port nipple(?).
Been functioning great since. Have not had a single malfunction or jam since. Pretty accurate and harvests deer.
I also feed it moderate handloads. Figure no...
Was fortunate to get one in the freezer 4 days into archery/crossbow season. Came in right before sundown. Was a really exciting ground hunt. Hunting our super thick cedar wetlands. She came in to less than 5 yards. Crazy fun evening.
Good luck and Safe hunting all!
Seen two does with twins on our place in Egg Harbor. Good number of singletons too. DNR giving 4 bonus antleress tags thus season and extend antleressbow season to January 31st in this zone. That said 3.5 days into bow season without a deer sighting. LOL!!!!
Yeah, my heavily used (4,000 + round diet of standard loads) $379 Bulldog Pug, Shelton Ct mfr, doesn't know it's supposed to shake itself loose or otherwise fall apart. Has proven to be a super reliable everyday CCW/SD tool.
I've gotten 3-4 reloads on my neck sized 303 brass before experiencing some tightness on extraction at which time I run them through a full sizing die. My deer loads are less than max loads, between mid & max range. Which may also help extend case life. But I load them there cause that's what...
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