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maxx what's the recoil like on the rifles inc 300 win?

Even with the muzzle brake, it is quite stiff. However as normal, you don't really feel the recoil in the field like you do off the bench. I prefer a 300 when hunting sheep, lots of grizz around where I hunt.

I am right on board with the above. Tough shots and high heart rates mean flyweight rifles need not apply.

This ram was killed with a 9lbs gun.


This was 10 lbs unloaded.


8.5 Lbs


10 lbs unloaded


10 Lbs unloaded

nice sheep John looks like some fun hunts, do your rifles (greybull) use hs stocks?
have a nice 7mag 700 in a h-s stock all up about 9.25 w/26 barrel.

love the picture with u and your buddy in the snow. had some snow days like that in the gros ventre's by shoal falls remember those days for along time.


my sheep gun is about 7.5 lbs which is a nice weight for me , not to light
just about right,eh

John are you an outfitter too?




I'm not a fan of heavies when encroaching upon 10,000 ft ASL.

However, at this rate I'll probably never draw a tag and I sure as schit can't afford a Stone sheep or Dall Sheep Hunt

Your slings are freakin' AWESOME!

Jus' need the lightweight rifle for it ;-)

Since this thread began last April, a new candidate for Perfect Sheep Rifle has surfaced: the Forbes Rifle. Offered in .270 and .30-06 at around $1400, it should be an affordable option to Melvin's NULA. The Forbes will fill all the requirements of light weight and proper balance, and Mel promises it will be a shooter too. And it will wear his unique kevlar stock.

Nuff said.

I have two rifles that I use on sheep and other backpacking hunts. One is a custom Winchester Model 70 Classic in 7mm Rem Mag. It has a 24" featherweight contour barrel, a McMillan EDGE stock and a 3.5-10x40 Leupold Vari-X III scope. It weighs 7.75 pounds loaded.

I also have a M70 Classic that was built from the ground up for Alaskan backpack hunting. It has a 24" stainless Lilja barrel in the factory featherweight contour chambered in 30-06, a McMillan Hunters EDGE stock with blind magazine and a Leupold 3-9 Ultralight in Talley Lightweight rings. The barrel, action and trigger bow are all coated with black Teflon. It weighs 6 pounds 14 ounces loaded.

Chet nice ram!

Maybe...

like your ram chet, were r u headed 4 your next sheep hunt?

Thanks guys. I took that ram on a self-guided backpack hunt when I lived in AK.

I apply in Utah for desert sheep each year and in WY and ID for Rocky Mountain bighorn. I have 15 points for the desert sheep (I am a resident), so, I should draw sometime in the next 50 years.

In the meantime, I will probably do another Dall hunt in AK in the next three years. I have hunted the Chugach and Wrangells, so, I may try the Alaska or Brooks Range next.

Chet

I've only been lucky enough to hunt sheep once and this was what I chose! Knew it wouldnt be hard to get close (getting to where they where at was a totally different story) to them so I wanted to make it fun.

Where did you take that ewe? Looks like it would be a fun place to hunt sheep.

Chet

I love to see the lightweight bolt guns like everyone else and with God's help, I too will see a sheep hunt before I die...but dang that looks like a fun way to hunt them jmgraham!

It was in the Latir Wilderness. About 30 miles north of Taos NM. It was a fun hunt. It was the first time that the state of NM has ever had a ewe hunt.

V/r
Jon