Interesting posts. I have enjoyed shooting and hunting with about anything, old and new.
My general habit is to buy something of interest, get dies and enough factory ammo to play with and then have once fired brass to handload, shoot a deer or two, then decide if that rifle/pistol/bow will be sold to help fund the next weapon of interest, or kept in the back of the safe.
Additionally a lifetime of also bow hunting has me focused on how close I can get to deer and coyotes, as well as taking them at what I consider ‘long range’. Longest range for me is 186 yards with a 308 from the prone position using a tree stump as a fine rest. Second longest deer range was 165 yards with a 250 Savage Ackley Improved. The rest of the 60 some deer were taken at an average of 36 yards with everything from a 22 Hornet to a 458 Win.
I guess the ‘oldest’ would be the 45/70.
No regrets, and I enjoyed them all.
Last edited by Alaninga; 05/21/23.
