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Re: Pick 2 gunner500 #11706018 01/02/17 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,297 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,297 Northeast USA Originally Posted by gunner500 300 and 338 Win mags for the win. Gunner, were men outta the same mold! Semper Fi

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11706061 01/02/17 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky 7x57 .300 H&H "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11706108 01/02/17 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 11,342 Phoenix, Az....now Iowa W warpig602 OP Campfire Outfitter OP warpig602 Campfire Outfitter W Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 11,342 Phoenix, Az....now Iowa How bad is 300WM going to smash my face with one of these: http://www.sako.fi/rifles/sako-85/85-carbonlight

Re: Pick 2 Calvin #11706114 01/02/17 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,265 Brad Campfire 'Bwana Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,265 Originally Posted by Calvin Sell them all, and start over. I'd be looking at a 6.5 Creed for 90% of your hunting, and a 300wsm for the rest should the need arise. That's actually pretty good advice. Both use the same powders too. The 300 WSM is really just a big Creedmoor. “Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: Pick 2 alpinecrick #11706116 01/02/17 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,265 Brad Campfire 'Bwana Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,265 Originally Posted by alpinecrick 270 and 270 You're consistent Casey “Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11706166 01/03/17 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,297 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,297 Northeast USA Originally Posted by warpig602 How bad is 300WM going to smash my face with one of these: http://www.sako.fi/rifles/sako-85/85-carbonlight It says 6.16 lbs if I did the math correct. By the time you get a scope and mounts on it along with a sling and some ammo your looking at 8lbs or more. I wouldn't be a bit scared of that if the stock was didn't pound my face. Semper Fi

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11706219 01/03/17 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,352 Denver 30338 Campfire Outfitter 30338 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,352 Denver 7mm Remington with heavies.

Re: Pick 2 beretzs #11706264 01/03/17 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma Originally Posted by beretzs Originally Posted by gunner500 300 and 338 Win mags for the win. Gunner, were men outta the same mold! You bet beretz, I know my 300 like no other center fire, sometimes I think it knows me too. Trump Won!

Re: Pick 2 ingwe #11706267 01/03/17 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma Originally Posted by ingwe 7x57 .300 H&H "Put the lotion in the basket" We must select crayons from the box presented, and color inside the lines please. Trump Won!

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11706281 01/03/17 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska Why thin... But 243 and 338... would do just about anything with the 243 though... and if I really wanted for the biggest US stuff, I"d go 375 or 416 something insteda of 338... We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11706356 01/03/17 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,022 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,022 Colorado Yep. Next 338 I get will be the '06 variety. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Pick 2 gunner500 #11706358 01/03/17 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by gunner500 Originally Posted by ingwe 7x57 .300 H&H "Put the lotion in the basket" We must select crayons from the box presented, and color inside the lines please. This is the 24HCF! There is no need WHATSOEVER to relate your reply to the original post. Are you new here? Smart Ass. GFY. ( Smiley face icon, in case you actually read this...) Last edited by ingwe; 01/03/17. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Pick 2 ingwe #11706382 01/03/17 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma BWAHAHAHA, that was great Poobs. Trump Won!

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11706651 01/03/17 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,471 O Oldquailhunter Campfire Tracker Oldquailhunter Campfire Tracker O Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,471 Originally Posted by warpig602 How bad is 300WM going to smash my face with one of these: http://www.sako.fi/rifles/sako-85/85-carbonlight I have a standard 85 finnlight in 300 win and it's not bad even with 200 grain partitions. I wouldn't want it much lighter though and sometimes wish I'd just bought it 30-06. Dink

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11715232 01/06/17 Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,594 Central Mo H Hugh Campfire Regular Hugh Campfire Regular H Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,594 Central Mo .243 & 06

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11716069 01/06/17 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,776 Good Life Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,776 Good Life 30.06 and 338 Win Mag

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11716140 01/06/17 Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains mtnsnake Campfire Ranger mtnsnake Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains .243AI Win and .300 Wby Mag. Last edited by mtnsnake; 01/06/17.

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11716201 01/06/17 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,728 North Carolina C colodog Campfire Tracker colodog Campfire Tracker C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,728 North Carolina The Swede and the 300Win. "Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11716217 01/06/17 Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 23,453 4ager Campfire Ranger 4ager Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 23,453 Originally Posted by warpig602 Want to thin things out a bit, pick 2 calibers for everything in NA, Deer and larger. .243 6.5x55 7mm Rem 30-06 300wm 338WM .30-06. Done. Originally Posted by Mannlicher America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.

Re: Pick 2 warpig602 #11716252 01/06/17 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,731 Alabama 4 444Matt Campfire Outfitter 444Matt Campfire Outfitter 4 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,731 Alabama 243 and 30-06 but I'm easily pleased