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Another x57 #9138785 08/30/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	This time a 9x57mm. Santa Barbra Mauser action,Paul Marqart (sp?) barrel,Weaver 2.5x Scope and Redfield bases/rings. Taking it bear hunting this fall. Using a 250 gr Hawk bullet,53.0 grs of Var-Get,CCI 200 primer for 2373 fps. Last edited by elkhunternm; 08/30/14. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

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Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9138792 08/30/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9138817 08/30/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Nice! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Another x57 ingwe #9139225 08/30/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan S SSB Campfire Regular
SSB Campfire Regular S Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan	Very Nice Elks....post some feedback on that load please! We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....

Re: Another x57 SSB #9139242 08/30/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan S SSB Campfire Regular
SSB Campfire Regular S Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan	I posses it's great grandpa here....lol We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....

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Re: Another x57 SSB #9139247 08/30/14
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 30 oregon Y youngbill Campfire Greenhorn
youngbill Campfire Greenhorn Y Joined: May 2012 Posts: 30 oregon	Nice What kind of stock is that wearing?

Re: Another x57 youngbill #9139275 08/30/14
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen Campfire Outfitter
mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico	I was privileged to handle that rifle before you absconded with it. Congratulations! I'll bet that it shoots as good as it looks. Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9139757 08/30/14
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 4,844 R RevMike Campfire Tracker
RevMike Campfire Tracker R Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 4,844	Dang Elk. Really?? I'm gonna have to start looking for one!! "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

Re: Another x57 mudhen #9139797 08/30/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Originally Posted by mudhen I was privileged to handle that rifle before you absconded with it. Congratulations! I'll bet that it shoots as good as it looks. A pic with the previous owner and me. That is Ken Howell. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9139885 08/30/14
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,668 Ka., USA O Oheremicus Campfire Regular
Oheremicus Campfire Regular O Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,668 Ka., USA	Had a 9X57R in a german drilling once. Never should have sold it. A fine picture of a classic rifle, a fine old gun writer and a hunter with a taste for same. E

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Re: Another x57 Oheremicus #9139916 08/30/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9139992 08/30/14
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,691 Kentucky C CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger
CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger C Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,691 Kentucky	Surely you count yourself blessed. "The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis

Re: Another x57 CrimsonTide #9139998 08/30/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	YES! Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9140109 08/30/14
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter
geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	Originally Posted by elkhunternm Originally Posted by mudhen I was privileged to handle that rifle before you absconded with it. Congratulations! I'll bet that it shoots as good as it looks. A pic with the previous owner and me. That is Ken Howell. Wow!!!! Color me pea-green with envy. Good score. Great Pix, two treasures right there (and I don't mean you LOL) I'd love to hear the story how you ended up with that rifle. Best, GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Another x57 geedubya #9140160 08/30/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Here is the story: We were visiting friends and doing a little fishing. Saturday morning we stopped by Ken Howell's house to visit with him. When I walked in, he told me to go look at something in the bedroom...So I did and there was the rifle...Ken told me to pick it up...and I did. Now, my wife heard Ken Howell say that the rifle belongs to a Ken in Mesquite, but didn't say anything thinking she heard him wrong. We went back to the living room and visited. Ken told me that is was mine. I put it by the front door and visited with him. Ken kept reminding me that it was by the door and not to forget it. This happened the day before Mother's Day. Last edited by elkhunternm; 08/30/14. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9140220 08/30/14
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter
geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas	Once again, WOW. Fantastic. Superlative, and a bunch of other gak. Best, GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Another x57 geedubya #9140228 08/30/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	I was in shock the whole trip,just couldn't believe it. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9140315 08/30/14
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma	Sweet rifle and story, be buried with that one Ken. Trump Won!

Re: Another x57 gunner500 #9140324 08/30/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	WoW! Good story! I'm waiting for Gunner to do that with his SxS .303�.. Last edited by ingwe; 08/30/14. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9140345 08/30/14
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,991 J Jericho Campfire Outfitter
Jericho Campfire Outfitter J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,991	Very nice rifle sir! I almost bought a 9X57MM from Simpsons a few years ago.

Re: Another x57 ingwe #9140423 08/30/14
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma	[quote=ingwe]WoW! Good story! I'm waiting for Gunner to do that with his SxS .303�.. [/quote ROR Trump Won!

Re: Another x57 gunner500 #9140433 08/30/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Just cause Im older than you doesn't mean you can put it in your will to me�. Then look over your shoulder for the rest of your short life "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9140449 08/30/14
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM S SLM Campfire Ranger
SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,917 NM	Very nice.

Re: Another x57 ingwe #9140458 08/30/14
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma	.............You could do a real bang-up job on some plains game so loaded, or maybe a Tennessee pig this spring, let me know and I'll throw her on the truck. Trump Won!

Re: Another x57 gunner500 #9140469 08/30/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	I smoked up a bunch of plains game with a .303 already�not a skookum double, buttttt� Might be pig hunting with my own rifle this year, jury is still out��but Sheridan tells me your double works! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Another x57 ingwe #9140698 08/30/14
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,605 NE Montana rattler Campfire Ranger
rattler Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,605 NE Montana	i keep looking at the Husky 9.3x57's A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books

Re: Another x57 ingwe #9140971 08/31/14
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma	Trump Won!

Re: Another x57 gunner500 #9140985 08/31/14
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 19,269 Upstate NY EvilTwin Campfire Ranger
EvilTwin Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 19,269 Upstate NY	Geez Gunner, wid all da guys who want that NICE little .303 double, ya best NOT put any of them in yer will or you'd haveta hire a food taster Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!

Re: Another x57 gunner500 #9140989 08/31/14
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,958 SD M Magnum_Man Campfire Regular
Magnum_Man Campfire Regular M Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,958 SD	Elkhunternm, great looking rifle and story, enjoyed it. Allways wondered what he did with the 35 Whelen he loaned to Ken Waters for the Pet Loads article on the 35 Whelen. Better take him some venison this fall. Magnum Man

Re: Another x57 Magnum_Man #9141251 08/31/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9141367 08/31/14
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 17,098 G gitem_12 Campfire Ranger
gitem_12 Campfire Ranger G Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 17,098	Very, very cool Story Ken, and beautiful rifle The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell

Re: Another x57 EvilTwin #9141616 08/31/14
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,605 NE Montana rattler Campfire Ranger
rattler Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,605 NE Montana	Originally Posted by EvilTwin Geez Gunner, wid all da guys who want that NICE little .303 double, ya best NOT put any of them in yer will or you'd haveta hire a food taster soon as i find a midget willing to jump out of a plane that 303 is mine.....already got the monkeys trained to ride greyhounds....just need that damn midget and my plan is complete.....something bout their small size keeps getting them blown off course and after the first one wound up off course and landed in a hog pen and didnt make it ive had a hard time finding volunteers....i got him a nice headstone but noooo.....seems its a small tight nit community and words gotten out A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books

Re: Another x57 gitem_12 #9141838 08/31/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Originally Posted by gitem_12 Very, very cool Story Ken, and beautiful rifle Thanks John. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 rattler #9141960 08/31/14
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,243 Oklahoma	Originally Posted by rattler Originally Posted by EvilTwin Geez Gunner, wid all da guys who want that NICE little .303 double, ya best NOT put any of them in yer will or you'd haveta hire a food taster soon as i find a midget willing to jump out of a plane that 303 is mine.....already got the monkeys trained to ride greyhounds....just need that damn midget and my plan is complete.....something bout their small size keeps getting them blown off course and after the first one wound up off course and landed in a hog pen and didnt make it ive had a hard time finding volunteers....i got him a nice headstone but noooo.....seems its a small tight nit community and words gotten out LOL Gents. Trump Won!

Re: Another x57 elkhunternm #9142801 08/31/14
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,088 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna
DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,088 In the Swamps	Originally Posted by elkhunternm Originally Posted by mudhen I was privileged to handle that rifle before you absconded with it. Congratulations! I'll bet that it shoots as good as it looks. A pic with the previous owner and me. That is Ken Howell. Frame that picture........ Dan 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

Re: Another x57 DigitalDan #9144354 09/01/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan S SSB Campfire Regular
SSB Campfire Regular S Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,451 Saginaw Bay Area Michigan	Ken, amazing story that adds mystique and lore to the rifle and its legacy. Cherish it Bro! Scott We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....

Re: Another x57 SSB #9144720 09/01/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	Good Idea Dan! Scoot,I will. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 Oheremicus #9145405 09/01/14
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 17,098 G gitem_12 Campfire Ranger
gitem_12 Campfire Ranger G Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 17,098	Hell i'd give my right nut jist to Purise Ken's Linrary The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell

Re: Another x57 gitem_12 #9145487 09/01/14
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 7,766 Arizona THOMASMAGNUM Campfire Outfitter
THOMASMAGNUM Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 7,766 Arizona	Beautiful rifle my friend! Cherish that for sure. I will be posting about my special rifle soon as well!

Re: Another x57 THOMASMAGNUM #9145985 09/02/14
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm OP Campfire Oracle
OP elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico	I'll be waiting for your pics and story Thomas. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: Another x57 gitem_12 #9145994 09/02/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,345 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,345 Paradise,Alaska	Originally Posted by gitem_12 Hell i'd give my right nut jist to Purise Ken's Linrary You're a Vagenius. Laughing!.............. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Another x57 ingwe #9146038 09/02/14
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 12,580 Minnesota goalie Campfire Outfitter
goalie Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 12,580 Minnesota	Sweet rifle, even better story!!!

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