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“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Posted by Brad.
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For what, where and how you hunt what's your favorite cartridge? 270WSM for when I was able to get out to Wyoming for Pronghorn. I know it is more cartridge than I need for antelope but, I like the fast, flat 140 Accubond. Hope to use the same thing on mule deer or whitetails out west. 90 grain Sierria varmint bullets at 3, 700 fps do open up Illinois coyotes. M70 Featherweight. Illinois deer I use a 20 guage H&R Ultra Slug Hunter. Illinois is not a rifle for deer state. For other things : 22 Hornet for most vermin, in a Ruger #1. 223 in a heavy bolt gun or an AR carbine is good for general critter getting. 22 rimfire is never far away. Ernie
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The 7mm-08 is an unsung hero! Here is my baby girl practicing with hers. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/378fan/IMG_20130602_111635_676_zpsf08d94a3.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/378fan/IMG_20130602_135304_599_zps6bc5c65d.jpg) Great shooting. Love those little 7's!
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She is getting better by the day Scott!
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I'd probably feel better if I had a real favorite. Probably .243...85 grain TSX's. Hogs, deer, coyotes, etc.
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Currently,
Elk - .300 Win Mag
Long Range Plains - 6.5-.284 Norma
Whitetail treestand - .260 Rem
Varmint - .223 Rem
Turkey - .22 Mag
Bunnies - .22LR
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Right now 7-08, next week...who knows! Probably going to get back to loving the 22-250 as the rock chucks are coming out.
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7mmRemMag for mule deer and antelope
223 for ground squirrels and prairie dogs
22 CB short for raccoons in traps, tree squirrels in the bird feeder, and rats under the bird feeder.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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She is getting better by the day Scott! She looks natural behind the gun. Hoping she has a successful Fall. Are you taking her out to shoot PD's?
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If I can find a spot yes. My spots got poisoned.
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Deer-7MM STW bear- 338Lapua, backup 30-378 Wby love those Sakos!
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.270 Win.....still after 50 years or so....
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The 7mm-08 is an unsung hero! Here is my baby girl practicing with hers. ] You might want to repair the holes in the wall of that building.
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The 7mm-08 is an unsung hero! Here is my baby girl practicing with hers. Foti, I expected to see a McMillan "Hellenic" stock on one of your rifles - complete with the marble accents and pillars!! Beautiful 7-08 there - I have a Howa lightweight 7-08 in a McSwirley which is very nice to carry - but I have to work up a new load with 120 gr TTSX 's for it. Your daughter is a great shot - (na tin herese!!) Kalo paskha - hristos anesti file. Kostas
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300saum, 243 win is a close second
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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.270 Win.....still after 50 years or so.... Desertrat; Good thing you gave it enough time to see if it worked or not.... 
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The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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All-around? .22LR. I can kill anything that needs killing with that and stay damned well fed in the doing.
Above that, give me the .30-06, .308, 7.62x39, or .303 British, in that order but close enough to flip a coin amongst them, and I'm good to go.
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For what, where and how you hunt what's your favorite cartridge? Same as Ingwe and Elk: .270 Win. 
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"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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