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Yeah but it has that damn belt......makes it impossible to reload...

270 Win. Followed by 300 Win mag. But I love 'em all.

I hunt for deer and black bear in U. P. woods where shots are typically close. I've tried and liked a lot of things, but the 8x57 is still my favorite.

Someone learned me a long time ago that my 280 AI would not defy the laws of physics though he had to repeat it numerous times.

Now I'm a fan of the 270 and the older..... but not to old gentleman that had to learn me.

Shod

Need 5.

.257 for caliber, .250-3000 for cartridge.

300 Savage

308 Win.

Same - 308win. I have tried to stray, but there is always one hanging around!

358 Win followed by 9.3x62. If I had to pick a #3, it would be my 300 Win Mag.

Wicked and no holdover out to 350 yds (velocities confirmed in three separate chrono sessions):

340 WEATHERBY � COR-BON 225 GRAIN BARNES TTSX � BC-0.514 (270-yd zero)
Rng / Vel. / Impact / KE / 10mph Drift
000 / 3160 / -1.75 / 4989 / 0.00
050 / 3057 / 0.79 / 4669 / 0.57
100 / 2962 / 2.39 / 4383 / 0.97
150 / 2869 / 3.00 / 4113 / 1.65
200 / 2778 / 2.55 / 3856 / 2.61
250 / 2688 / 0.97 / 3610 / 3.88
300 / 2601 / -1.82 / 3380 / 5.45
350 / 2515 / -5.9 / 3160 / 7.35
400 / 2432 / -11.36 / 2955 / 9.6
450 / 2350 / -18.29 / 2759 / 12.2
500 / 2270 / -26.8 / 2575 / 15.17

My favorite chambering of All Time is the 223AI. Never could warm up to blued/walnut slow twisted Goat [bleep],nor Haybale & Crockett "Adventures" like the Paper Hat Brigade. Laffin'!

Only have (13) of 'em currently and prolly have barrel length,contour and twist rates covered. 18.5" is as slight as length goes,sub #1's as svelte as contours go and twists run 7,8,9,10,12 and 14". I hear good thangs about Light Done Right in a 21" 1-8". Hint.

Would punch some Tags with 'em,but The Paper Hat Brigade has concluded it'd be "unfair".

Laffin'!

Kiss,find pressure and rock on...with 75's at 3100fps+.

Hint.

22lr, very handy for getting rid of unwanted pests.

JSTUART;
Good morning to you sir, I hope this finds you and yours well even though I think you must be either up late or early if I've got the time zones right.

I'll put in another vote for the .22lr as my favorite.

We certainly have more firearms chambered in that round than any other at our house and shoot them more often too.

If you can source them in your part of the world, I've had 4 one shot kills on local coyotes with CCI Velocitor ammo and I should mention that I've found coyotes to be quite tough to kill sometimes.

We use Stingers for smaller yard or pest work and then whatever match ammo we can find for hunting grouse in the fall.

Anyway sir hopefully your day proves to be an acceptable one.

Dwayne

You 308 guys are almost dead on. You just need to neck down to .284. (Grin)

Good morning Dwayne, it is 1.23 am and I am up as I have been driving B-doubles down to Melbourne and it has stuffed my sleep patterns.

I tend to use Winchester subsonics in my 22lr, I have got a brick of CCI longs with the 40 grain solid projectile, but have cheated as I purchased a die set to add a hollow point to them, a very nice fellow in the States sent it over to me a couple of years ago.

They are very quiet.

'STUART,

THE Grail was found,when I slipped my 54 Repeater into the Annie T-Hole Sillywet. It soooooooo loves this ammo,which is the definition of [bleep] surprising. The only way to sweeten the pot,would be to replace the 25MOA 1913 rail,for a 50+ MOA version,as I can only reach the 600yd line as configured,with the erector dumped and reticle maxed.




50yd hasty cluster.



I'm hearin' good thangs about a Marvel Unit 1 Conversion too. The dot makes 'er a TRUE Sleeper.(grin)



Cain't wait for the Annie spout to puke,so I can rebarrel to S/S and make 'er even more versatile.









'round,

I hear good thangs.

Though I like my schit under the radar and stealthy.(grin)

JSTUART;
Thanks for the reply, it does my heart good to know I sort of figured out the time zone thing - practice for family traveling and all that you know.

Once upon a time, more than 3 decades ago now I see, I ran over the road a wee bit with a B-train on the flat lands. I then got a Class 1 Air Endorsement when we moved here but hadn't driven with anything over a 5 ton since the early '80's.

I tried earlier this month with 40,000lb of concrete blocks to run an 18 Speed on some local twisting and icy roads, but decided that perhaps all concerned would be much, MUCH safer if I don't do that again......

On the sleep patterns issue, my goodness do I ever get that and then some.

Quiet is one of the big reasons why the little .22's get use in the more populated areas here, as even though it's legal to shoot, it's sometimes much simpler not to advertise.

Thanks again for the reply sir and here's hoping you get some rest before climbing back onto the air seat.

Dwayne

Hi Stick, the 22lr is just plain fun, and those 54's do generally shoot well.

What have you been up to lately?

I am supposed to be heading out again on sunday, probably some to the market and pick up at Metcash (groceries) for the local stores...I am not keen on backing the damn thing into the docks so am breaking it up and putting the B trailer on first then hooking up the A trailer.

I am meeting some very interesting people though.