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gunnut wrote:I hear they taste like chicken!!
Thats a lot of chicken!! LOL!

I have heard that too, but most people tell me it tastes like a cross between chicken and fish with a crab like texture. Either way I have always wanted to try it.

MOUNTIN DU wrote: typically they are "caught" on line & hook; set overnite, and shot at boatside with a .22lr .

To be fair to the animal, I think the .450B would be much more a humane kill than the .22lr....

Here's one on GB: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=186934764

I thought I remembered seeing some show in the outdoor channel where they were using rifles on the. There was a part when they shot one the guy says "you can always tell when you shoot one because after the shot you see the arm above water like it is waving at you...". Do you hunt at dusk ...

They have some really nice FAL's.

I could be wrong here, but I believe in the beginning the sst had a more ridged nose. This bullet was used in the sabots for muzzle loaders. The harder point was changed to the flexible tip, hence FXT. As far as my memory serves me you are correct sir. I remember reading and seeing a video with tha...

Can they be taken with a modern rifle? Looks like they would be good fodder for the .450b. That first pic is amazing! Save me a skull and I'll pay the shipping.

Clipity wrote:Yes that is exactly the info I was looking for thank you, but now I have to wait for midway to get the stripped lower I want back in stock.

Which one?

Clipity wrote:Loving the thread jacking going on here.

Sorry, won't happen again. As far as the feed ramps go, if you are modding your own extension you will need to grind down the lower part of the extension where the feed ramps are and make it into a larger single feed ramp. Hope that helps.

A friend of mine got two since they were backordered. He only wanted one so he unloaded the other on me for the sale price. I have a couple AR's but I just stepped into this one. I need to get out to the range and I'll let you know what I think about the Thumper. Welcome aboard! :D Can't wait to he...