I was stationed at NAS Whidbey WA and in 92 bought a used Win Model 70 Super Grade in .338 Win mag (one of the 1991 built on the P64 tools) from Kesselrings for $700. Spent the summer playing with bullets and loads and ended up liking the 225 Gr original Barnes X.

I hunted Bethel Ridge with another Aviator out of a rented Scamp camper from the base MWR and apparently everyone else did too! There was actually a guy shot on the ridge and killed but it came out it was a paid hit from his wife the next year. eek

I bailed out of that zoo and hunted further south blackpowder towards Yakima the next couple times with a .50 Hawken I built from a Cabelas Kit. I did see some Elk but it was a spike only area and never saw one.

I've lived and learned and for my 2016 hunt I'm taking a 1949 Win Model 70 Super Grade in .300 H&H. I figure I'll never need anything more for any hunting the rest of my life.

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