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I just praise the good Lord that my very worse, trumps your very best.



Travis

He was supposed to tie one to a tree.

I kinda feel like I got screwed after all that driving...



Travis

Quite right ol boy. Cheerio.

Seriously though, glad you got out and took the boy, sounds like a good hunt when you see all them critters.

Not sure what you mean.



Travis

Fire forming your 7-08 out of 22-250 now days huh? You retard...GFY. I bet that boy will have a tale that no one at school will believe...I mean w/his father's reputation and all as a big game hunter. powdr

Things could always be worse. My Saturday could have consisted of sitting in a deer blind in south Texas.

UBER depressing.



Travis

Whoa.......easy there Big Boy. Schrap will never go that far.

You gotta pull your end at least a little.

MM

Yeah but at least sittin there you'd been able to reach in your pocket and pull out that 250W cartridge and say, Oh [bleep]! powdr

Yep, brain fart. I was thinking misfire, rolling that around in my brain, and spaced that you had the wrong ammo. It must have been real dark or you were super excited!

That's a tough story.

I'm guessing you didn't have any 7-08 ammo at all along?

Did you try to find some 7-08 ammo in Bozeman?

I don't know what to say, other than belted mag ammo boxes are taller...
Was there a big "GFY" sticker on the ammo box? That's where I'd start checking things out.....

Congrats on the elk!

Oh well, at least shrap didn't have to turn on the radio on the ride back.....

His "first elk"? Can you really call it that if he struck out. Can we just call him a 50 year old virgin instead?? .. Oh, by the way, GFY travis....You should have taken shrappy up on his 300 wby offer. You probably wouldn't have even felt the recoil. Better luck next time..

The point is that he still has it.

It needs to go where its appreciated, not housed up with a bastard stainless single action.

You saw that pistol case full of Smiths. They were all happy...

Bummer..

Also a 257 Roberts wont chamber in a 6.5x55,I tested that one out a few years ago

That's actually what I thought when it first went click. I thought maybe my never cleaning anything was catching up to me and that the -19 temp froze something up.

But no. The gun was fine.



Travis

I had plenty of 7-08. It was in my pocket.



Travis

I'm thinking of selling all of them anyway. I can find the right ammo.



Travis

You should stick to measuring groups.

Humor is not your forte.



Travis

Grin...

If anybody is wondering how this could happen, my theory is that I left a 22-250 round in the shellholder that is sewn into the breast pocket of my jacket.

About the only two guns I use during deer season are the 22-250 and the 7.

Even though I am certain that I cleaned out the shellholder and replaced them all with 7's before leaving for Bozeman, I am guessing I missed one and Murphy made sure it was number three when I was pulling them from the shellholder.



Travis