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That sheep is a California Big Horn that came from the Upper Owyhee River section of SE Oregon. It's a once-in-a-lifetime tag and tough to draw. I was very fortunate to draw one. It's wild, beautiful, desolate country. Way different than what most would think of as being part of Oregon. Rattlesnake Canyon Looking up from the bottom of Antelope Creek -- Where I shot the Sheep
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What would be a good barrel contour for the 240 or 6-06? No. 2, No. 3? My 6MM-06 has a 24" #2 contour Douglas barrel. Again, my rifle is set-up as a hunting gun -- not a target rifle. It's a Rem 700 Left Hand with a Brown Precision stock. It weighs right @ 7.5 lbs. ready to hunt with a Leupold 2.5X8.
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My wifes LH Mark V in 240 is a shooter, even with the #1 24" barrel...95 Nosler BT over IMR 4831 will put the first three in .75"...not much good after that! But alas, its hunting rifle, not a Pdog gun...If one is patient brass can be found reasonable. I stocked up when I caught brass on clearance from Midway I think? I bought 200 pieces...only load a couple of boxes at a time. Still using the first 40 pieces several years later.
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Larry, Just Googled pics of "Upper Owyhee River", beautiful place that I am sure made that trophy even more special. Congrats!
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How bad do you need one?? Careful now! No need to use the "N" word. I liked the response I want one because I don't have one!!!!
"Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -Thomas Jefferson
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My wifes LH Mark V in 240 is a shooter, even with the #1 24" barrel...95 Nosler BT over IMR 4831 will put the first three in .75"...not much good after that! But alas, its hunting rifle, not a Pdog gun...If one is patient brass can be found reasonable. I stocked up when I caught brass on clearance from Midway I think? I bought 200 pieces...only load a couple of boxes at a time. Still using the first 40 pieces several years later. That sounds like my 240. It also has a #1 barrel and will stick the first 3 inside of .75". After that just go ahead and put it away for the day. But, I've never fired more than 2 shots with it while hunting, so I've never worried about it.
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Ironically, I found a picture of the 2 shots. This was with factory loaded 100 gr Hornady SP's. One made it 25 yards, the other one yard, straight down. Afterall, I couldn't bare the thought of breaking up a family.
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