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I would take a real man to carry that rifle below. Any shmuck can show his buddies a wood & walnut M70 doily gun in 7mm Mauser and be a hit at the deer camp. I found one of those 7x57s necked down to .277�
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Yeah, but you'd look damn good doing it! You have a point. Kinda like roaming the bush veld with a skookum .303 You could of course get one in the proper American .30-40, and not have to deal with funky bore sizes.
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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Mine WAS funky! Shot .308 diameter bullets just great!
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I would take a real man to carry that rifle below. Any shmuck can show his buddies a wood & walnut M70 doily gun in 7mm Mauser and be a hit at the deer camp. I found one of those 7x57s necked down to .277� I don't see me showing up at my deer camp with something that looks like that... DF
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You gotta be secure in your masculinity �..
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You gotta be secure in your masculinity �.. Yeah... Not sure I'm THAT secure in anything... I'd hate to have to quote Benjamin Disraeli, Jewish Prime Minister of Britain in the early 1870's. He was known to like the phrase, "I never complain, I never explain"...Henry Ford II used it when reporters with camera crew confronted him, coming out of a hotel with a good looking young lady on his arm. After quoted Disraeli, he got in his waiting lemo with his babe and they drove away... DF
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You gotta be secure in your masculinity �.. That was my point.
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Yeah, but you'd look damn good doing it! You have a point. Just don't have leopard print thongs on.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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I like them�. What was the scope/ring combo? Ruger rings? Did you have to do anything to it to make it shoot? I had a .22-250 varmint that was very accurate until I found out they weren't supposed to be.
"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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Look at the paws on that dude. One swipe and your groceries are at your feet.
Kids are for people that can't have dogs
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He was very docile when I petted him at Ingwe's house
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I like them�. What was the scope/ring combo? Ruger rings? Did you have to do anything to it to make it shoot? I had a .22-250 varmint that was very accurate until I found out they weren't supposed to be. Yep. Ruger rings. Leupold fixed 2.5x and it was finicky about shooting. It liked the old Nosler Solid Base 160s...
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Does an HVA FN 06' rebrld' to 7x57 "get no respect" here?-Muddy
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I like them�. Was that bear killed with a "real" caliber first? Then you just laid your 7x57 on it? I read elsewhere that you can't kill anything with a 7x57....
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I like them�. Was that bear killed with a "real" caliber first? Then you just laid your 7x57 on it? I read elsewhere that you can't kill anything with a 7x57.... Sir, in my prayers tonight I shall be asking that your chooks turn into emu's and kick your toilet down. Ps, for those of you not blessed by being Australian (and thus instantly superior), "feeding the chooks" is locally used to describe having a tug.
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Does an HVA FN 06' rebrld' to 7x57 "get no respect" here?-Muddy Let's take a look.
"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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I like them�. What was the scope/ring combo? Ruger rings? Did you have to do anything to it to make it shoot? I had a .22-250 varmint that was very accurate until I found out they weren't supposed to be. Yep. Ruger rings. Leupold fixed 2.5x and it was finicky about shooting. It liked the old Nosler Solid Base 160s... I remember those,used them in a 7mm Rem Mag. Except they was 162 grs. My favorite bullet. Wished Nosler still made them.
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True dat, they WERE 162s! Crap�I hate getting old�.
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True dat, they WERE 162s! Crap�I hate getting old�. I took a seminary course in "Senior/Elder" ministry. "Seniors/Elders" was defined as anyone over 50. 50! Talk about offensive!
"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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Yes, but we are white, male and productive members of society. We are not allowed to be offended�...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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