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The Swedish M94 & M96s are beautifully machined rifles. I’ve never been able to get used to their cock-on-closing bolt throw, though.

It is. It was a small ring military Kar 98 mauser shortened by the late Cadillac, MI Gunshith Roy Stroh. I did the rest. The trigger is a timney, but it got complicated because I reduced the height of the magazine by over 1/2”, so I had to shorten the trigger housing, redrill the trigger pin...

Thank you! 4 pounds 12 ounces with the scope in skeletonized steel mounts. Wanted to see how trim I could make it…

My still hunting rifle. A .250 Savage on a shortened small ring M98 Mauser.

You might give Chinkapin oak a try. It is supposed to do best on soils of limestone origin. And it is reputed to have the sweetest acorns of all of our Midwest native oak, highly preferred by wildlife.

Chip, I planted bur oak acorns and had some of those trees produce in 15 years. And that is without any protection or attention, just planted the acorns in the fall and let nature take it's course. I would expect with weed control, mulch & fertilizer that you could do a couple years better...

BoneCrusher You might consider emailing Ryan at Blue Hill Nursery and asking him for his recommendation for late dropping pears for your hardiness zone. Apparently he is adding new trees to his inventory as they come to his attention, and he has been very quick to respond to the questions that...

BoneCrusher I took a chance this spring and planted a couple of Danville Kiefers from Blue Hill, and I am in Zone 3b - 4a. Beautiful trees BTW! I planted them on top of a ridge with 120 feet of vertical air drainage, so I have my fingers crossed. And some of the info. I found on-line...

letemgrow, I can prune you off some Ralph Shay in a couple of weeks, 1" to 1 1/8" deep red fruit that does not drop until spring. Great winter wildlife food, but unfortunately not much help for deer hunting.

Do these cut stump treatments work up North the in winter, when temps are well below freezing?

And apparently you are happy with it... Thank you

Pinetag, I cannot make out the brand of your brush cutter. Can you give us the make & the model? Thanks

I have English oak acorns picked from the trees this afternoon in Northern lower Michigan (Zone 4b). I believe that these trees are probably descendants of the famed English oak on the MSU campus. I would love to have a few Concordia oak acorns!

Can anyone suggest a good way to differentiate between these two hybrid oak? I planted both varieties 11 years ago and one of them has acorns for the first time this fall, but the aluminum tag is gone. I've looked at my tagged trees for a match, but there is enough variability between...

I did not see Mt. Everest Crab on the NWC website list...