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Awesome picture. I think it deserves a story. Or At least a little info on your Husky rifle...

It was an old Simpsons import 146 I bought from a friend who runs a little gun service out of his muffler shop. ( insert canned laughter now). I was looking for a rifle with a minty bore (9.3 x 57) for this x 62 project I had in mind.

Ordered a chamber reamer and on a slow day in the shop coworker and I jerked the Barrel off and got to it. Came out pretty good.

2010 went up to family ranch in unit 18 in Colorado. Was hunting one end of the hay meadow. Had a herd of 104 elk come out about 1/2 mile up the meadow from across the river. They traversed up the next mountain. I watched em til almost dark and headed back to the house.

On way to house I walked up on a cow and a calf. And from the corner of my eye I caught movement of this bull. He kinda ambled on into a sort of thicket. I didn't pressure him (pretty dark by now) but trusted he might bed and be in the area the next morning.

Started raining that night. At about 7 next morning it turned to snow. About 9:30ish I mentioned to son I was going up that hollow behind the house where I saw that bull. We started out. Hadnt really walked 3 or 4 hundred yards from the back of the house. (It's back in the woods kinda) and spotted this old brute laying in the snow with about 4 cows behind him. Snowing so hard all I could see was his brow times. Dropped on one knee, rested rifle on my walking cane and the rest is history as they say. About 90 yards. And yes I didn't let him get up! Shot him where he lay. According to taxidermist who did my euro mount he scored 351 and 7/8.

When the Husky spoke,

Yeah I got a story about my husky. I bought it in Klamath falls Oregon. Had the guy bring it to the feedlot I was working so the wife didn't see me buying it. Took it to my buddy's house to have him get her tuned up under the radar. The gunsmith we both use ended up with it to mount some new bases, he knew it wasn't my buddy's as my buddy only bought Rugers. They both call me Doc. He told my buddy.......this is the best rifle doc has. I wish I could post the nice whitetail it got this year behind the barn but my wife......yep the same one.....I gotta hide my purchase from.....don't allow photobucket.

Nice rifles Kaywoodie and excellent elk story.

What bullet in the 9.3 was used for the elk.

Yeah I got a story about my husky. I bought it in Klamath falls Oregon. Had the guy bring it to the feedlot I was working so the wife didn't see me buying it. Took it to my buddy's house to have him get her tuned up under the radar. The gunsmith we both use ended up with it to mount some new bases, he knew it wasn't my buddy's as my buddy only bought Rugers. They both call me Doc. He told my buddy.......this is the best rifle doc has. I wish I could post the nice whitetail it got this year behind the barn but my wife......yep the same one.....I gotta hide my purchase from.....don't allow photobucket.

Cheap Selliers and Belloit factory ammo I bought on the clearance isle at Gander Mountain in Witchia Ks when daughter lived up there. 286 grain SP. One shot and he rolled over.

I used 286gr. nosler partitions in mine. The one I shot through the cow a couple years ago is still going somewhere. Never recovered that one.... Penetrating sob though...