TigerOnThe Hill

I've bought 3 knockoff rechargable lithium battery packs from Amazon and was disappointed in all three. Sent one back for exchange. My son-in-law used a Temu solar panel one year and had technical issues and problems getting enough sunshine. After that he went to using a 12 v rechargable lithium battery. I went the rechargable lithium battery route last year and have been happy. The lithium battery last 4-6 months on a charge. Since I have 2 batteries, I've always got one charged and ready. Pretty easy to put together. It'll pay for itself in approx 6 most and is well worth not having to constantly go to the camera to change batteries.
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I bought the following from Amazon:
2 batteries for $50.
10' cable to connect battery to camera (but you'll still need a battery pack in the camera to make the hook up).
A water resistant plastic ammo box (I already had one from Harbor Freight).
Lithium battery charger.

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YouTube “Savage 93R17 magazine fix” this is that fused mine


This video is exactly what mine is doing. I will try this. Thanks

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I didn't do a video search, but I hope that fixes your problem. Savage factory mags are known to largely be a piece of trash. I say that despite owning 3 Savage rimfire bolt guns in 22LR, 17 M2 and 17 HMR. The magazine is the weakest part of Savage bolt actions, excluding the newer model that uses a rotary mag. For 22LR, the best fix is to buy a mag from Csspecs.com. I've got one 15 rounder and it's a lot better than the factory mag. Unfortunately, it looks like they don't make one for the 17 HMR. When I bought my MK II FV-SR, the factory mag did like yours. I squeezed the feed lips a little closer and that fixed it.....for a few years. Eventually it fell apart at the seams.....literally. You might contact Customer Service at Savage. I did and they sent me a new 10 round mag like I requested, instead of the stock 5 round mag. OTOH, they may not help you. I had extractor issues when my MKII was a youngster (a well know problem w/ the Savage bolt rimfires) and CS sent me free of charge an "extractor set" w/ replacement parts. Fast forward 10 years later the extraction problem recurred. I had to request spare parts twice, but CS twice recommended sending the gun back. The second response from CS to send it back was in ALL CAPS. I said, THANK YOU. PLEASE SEND THE PARTS in all caps. Hopefully the parts come in. Nevertheless, the Savage MK II punches well above its weight class when it comes to accuracy. I really like mine. My MKII is my go to gun for hunting coons at night.
My first night hunt w/ my Savage MK II w/ the faulty factory mag.

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China and Japan passed us years ago and its only going to get worse from here.

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I don't doubt that China and Japan have higher math scores than we do. Like many, I've been disappointed in the decline in US education that I perceive. OTOH, one of the many things I learned from Covid is to NOT trust any statistics or information that comes out of China. I wouldn't put it past China to doctor their math scores somehow.

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He told me last night that two trips to Kansas are on the books and it’s going with him.

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What's he gonna hunt in KS?

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Also had the bright idea to steal the Leopold off my wetherby 22

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Ya raised your son w/ good "street smarts". :lol:

I know of 3 coons that died last night from acute lead toxicity.

The foot traps work well.

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LSU is going after Sankey when this dies down. They’ll try and get him fired for cause. The 3 main topics are:

Holding the football teams to 85 when the ncaa allowed 105, giving other conferences like the B1G an unfair advantage.

The TV contract. Poor negotiating allowed CBS to walk and the B1G schools all make at least $7.5MM more than the SEC schools with OSU and Michigan making $14.5MM more.

Going after LSU and singling them out over other schools that did the same thing and then not even knowing the 5 for 5 rule and embarrassing himself and the conference on the witness stand.

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You make some good points. If the ball players from the class of '22 who were loosely referred to as "former NFL players" get favorable rulings, costing the SEC money in legal fees and/or adverse judgments, I think that will be added to the "cause" for his termination.

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I like 1.5-4 x 20mm on mine.

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^This for scope. Traditionally I've like Leupold, but I've been happy w/ Burris, as well. Recently I've found myself shifting to Vortex.
As far as rigs and mount, if available, I only use a Weaver one piece multi-slot base w/ Burris Signature Z rings (the ones w/ the plastic inserts).

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the biggest surprise thru this entire process is probably how much Blake Baker has improved as a coach, under Lane.

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It's amazing how much a good offense will improve the defense, especially when the defense has an agressive DC who has the benefit of a sizable and safe lead. I think the LSU defense only played 48 total snaps. :nana: A lot of our defensive problems last year was a result of our defense being on the field too much. Today's OC's are pretty good. If you give them enough plays, they'll find a weakness to exploit. And we haven't even mentioned the issue of conditioning. After only 48 snaps, the defensive players should still be fresh. As it was, our better defenders played much less than 48 snaps.

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It’s the woke university presidents pushing that douche.

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Or maybe he misled them and told them lies about the whole situation so they felt aggressive actions were appropriate. You'd think university presidents would be above being deceived like this, but I can see Sankey pulling such a stunt. :devil:

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I still don't think he survives this as I think there are a lot of athletic departments scrambling to educate their university presidents as to how much risk he's opened all of them up to.

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