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No I'm a hunter, obviously.....
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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16, you try waaaaay too hard, hint... buy a 30/06,come out west and kill some stuff... re hint...
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I've done way too much with a 22 LR.
From livestock, wild animals, to steel at 200 yards with a wheelgun....
But if pressed, a 44 or 45 caliber handgun with simple cast bullets north of 200 grains probably has covered more ground if the shooter can apply it.
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a 17 Hornet is pretty damn thrifty. 3650 with 20 grainers and 700+ rounds per pound of powder.....
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It's fairly funny, this day and an age somebody would want more for less.....
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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22 magnum with it's great bc' s is a giant killer
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I had a 25-06 for a while and it seemed to put deer down impressively with not much recoil.
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Oh yea Bore... das da ticket a .260Ack 8"twist loaded UBER !!! ScottyO.
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243 Winchester 6.5 Creedmore 260 Remington Think these three get you the most for least. 7-08 is in there also.
Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.
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16B, How fast can you push those 108's in a 260? We know a 105 can get close to 3000 fps from a 243 for comparison. The HPBT has a .530 G1; the Hybrid is 0.547. A 105 Hybrid at 3000 fps seems like a lot for little if you can bear a Burger Jason Don't know about the 108, but the 6.5/123 Skinner has the BC to match the 6mm/105 Hyb (both around .540)... and most 22"+ barreled .260's will clock 2900-3000 with 123s. Em's CTR is running them at 2850 in a 20" barrel with only 39 grains of 4064... that's pretty efficient. Dope for my 23" .260 running 123 Amax was almost identical in both drop and drift with dope from the 24" .243 running 105 Amax. But, there's a definitely a difference on impact... the 6.5 123 hits noticeably harder and flings goo further. I can see how PRS type guys gravitate toward the 6mm's... as it's simply about making hits, and a lot of them, over the course of a day or two. They don't have to knock anything down... or chase a plate for miles after a close "miss". Steel ain't tough to kill...
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
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Most for least? Definitely anything based on the Hornet case. Anything from cast lead plinker/small game loads to full snot varmint scratchers, they can be loaded for a ridiculously small percentage of anything else. If deer-size game were thrown into the mix, then a .223 would get the nod. Again with a crazy selection of bullets from cast bullet plinkers up to heavy weight game killers- what's not to like? Moving up to heavier game, then the arguments really get interesting.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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Looking forward to your thoughts on that RAR 17 and Super Bird combo. If it can fill the gap between 22lr and 223 beyond 200-300y I'd have to get one. 223 is going to wear out my reloading gear Are you going elevated rail? Humdinger...
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Looks good 16B. That rail is strange looking though. Is it hanging off the back and can you spread the rings, or no?
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Daisy red rider and a cartridge of copper looking critters I think it was 500? The vackum would have a better count.
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Looks good 16B. That rail is strange looking though. Is it hanging off the back and can you spread the rings, or no? Almost looks like the rail is backwards, and as a result the rings have to be super tight together. Not ideal.
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Looks good 16B. That rail is strange looking though. Is it hanging off the back and can you spread the rings, or no? Too funny, there is a 10/22 25moa rail sitting on the shelf behind it. Rings are as far apart as they can go. I'll see how it goes as is. Should be plenty of reach with the dial and dots though.
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That explains! Looking forward to your shooting report. Hopefully you can stretch its legs a little.
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Hah, the optical illusion got me, too! I'm betting the rig shoots, despite the ring spacing
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