Gilligan wrote:
I'm not familiar with the G-1 but I have a stainless Mini-14.

My understanding is that the G-1 is the same as the Mini-14 chambered
for W.308, and possibly made in a couple of other 7mm rounds. Never seen
one though.



.... The (Mini-14's) chamber is
oversized so it can fire that cheap steel cased Russian ammo no problem. My
Contender won't chamber the Russian ammo, probably because of the laquered
cases.

I would think that an oversized chamber would have accuracy issues, as
well as problems with feeding and erosion. Steel cased ammo sounds like
bad news, isn't it a problem for the ejector as well?

T/C makes some great weapons. If one shot will do the job, the Contender
is probably the best.


... Make sure along with guns you also have cigars and whiskey (single
malt).

Whiskey, check. I like to carry a variety including some single malt.
But cigars? Why?


... The FN is a fine weapon. .308 ammo is expensive nowadays.

Less so if you handload. It's almost necessary, also a major time sink,
but you can put together a much wider range of loads and tailor the
propellant. At one time I was very fond of boat-tail rounds which are
impossible to find in commercial loads.


How's your trawler doing? Have you gone on any long cruises? Do you tow a
small daysailer behind?

Right now the trawler is CASREP'ed with a bad exhaust injection elbow...
expected at around 2,000 hours which is right about where we are. I'll
replace it with a stainless one, which should outlast everything else.
The hardest part of the job is getting the exhaust hose off the outlet
barb. Should be running fine by next weekend! When are you coming by?

So far we've cruised from St Augustine up to NC, to the Chesapeake, to
Charleston SC... that included a side trip up the Waccamaw R to Conway
SC, which was very cool. We've also double or triple covered the Neuse,
Trent, Pamlico, & Pungo Rivers, locally. Lots of cool places around,
mostly very isolated & remote.

Nyet on the small daysailer, so far. We pack a canoe, though. Here is
the hull design for the sailing dinghy I'm building

http://community.webshots.com/album/82561569ZSrzNA

What do you think of the lines? The plan is to put an oversized cat rig
on it, using the leftover old mainsail from the Hunter 19, or maybe one
of my old Lightning mains. Should be fun!

Regards
Doug King