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I shot a 25/06 once.

Then Dike says you can't kill or shoot well. Just ask her.

I got your back on this one, Dike.

Like BGG got your back?

He brought enough gun.........



and fur.




Don't be a hater.

Your confusing accuracy differences with shooting ability.

If one owns a 223 and a 300 mag that are equal in accuracy they should shoot them both the same.

If they shoot shoot the 223 better it's only because of what's between their ears.

Dink

I have no doubt you spend a lot of your time behind guys.

I am good though. Please stay to the front.

Dink

Nope. You're 100% wrong there. This is exactly why competitors in many different events gravitate to smaller rounds. Less recoil and noise makes a rifle easier to shoot better.

Sure.
Blow me?

Oh boy...

So you have a 223 that you shoot better than a 300 and both of are equal accuracy?


Dink

Just go back to truck stop. Did you get banned from there again?

Dink

You wanted me in front.


You're smart.
Move to Oregon.
It gets better.

I don't have a use for a 300 Mag, as I don't hunt T-Rex.

Why have 1000 yard shooters gone from 30 caliber magnums to smaller rounds?

I was doing a homeowner concrete job. Big guy and he started talking hunting. Seems he was drawn for elk here in az and heard he needed a 338 over his 3006. He sighted it in and it hurt him. He hunted it and wounded an elk. Went home for the 3006 and killed an elk.

Wanted to know if I wanted a 338 for part of the work.

I said I'd add some extra for it. He agreed... cost me 80 bucks in extra material and not much extra labor.

Almost new ruger 77 tang.

I had no problem shooting it and I'm a small guy... but no one else I knew could. So I braked it and it killed elk by family and friends. 7 different people have killed with it.

Problem is it's heavy and hard to carry... and the worst rodeos I've had were caused by it's difficulty for the average shooter to shoot when on an animal.

Secondly it didn't kill any better even on good hits than my 06 with barnes... or my 270 with NPs, or my 7X57 with barnes, or my 308 with GMX... or my 708 with 120 nbt. Bad hits were just a big mess.

The vast majority of folks can't shoot a 338. But many hear the BS on hunting sites and try. My policy now is to have a hunter shoot all my guns and decide which one they like. I've been successful and no messes for the last 10 years.

My nephew used the 338 last year, started reloading and it's a good gun for him.

Kent

I don't like the big guns, have a tendency to flinch. Sure wish someone would tell my wife I need to practice more, she thinks I spend too much on those 8 lbers of powder and big stocks of bullets.

Agreed.


Dike don't flinch. Ever.

I never said you needed a 300 mag for anything.

Again we are not talking 1000 yard games. Even though there are still a lot of 1000 yard shooters using 30 caliber or even 33 magnum.

Dink

Alright, then show me an example of where more recoil is better, and where shooters would be better off with a larger gun. The 1000 yard competition example I brought up is but one of many, btw.

What I'm getting at is not that one should use a 223. Or that competitive shooting is the same as shooting elk. What I'm saying is that folks don't shoot big guns as well as smaller ones. Will that make a difference on an elk? It does hundreds if not thousands of times every season.

Because you don't have to kill a target.