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Schrap..
Nice mulie..You look like you just ran him down in that pic..:)
BTW- WTF is up with the RUGER AMERICAN your boy is toting?
You have said they weren't worth hunting with ..:() ?
Your son seems to have a lot of common sense when it comes to gear. He must have gotten that from his mom...:) I don't know how to photoshop or I would have changed that gun to a Sako...
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Beautiful all the way around.
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Schrap..
Nice mulie..You look like you just ran him down in that pic..:)
BTW- WTF is up with the RUGER AMERICAN your boy is toting?
You have said they weren't worth hunting with ..:() ?
Your son seems to have a lot of common sense when it comes to gear. He must have gotten that from his mom...:) I don't know how to photoshop or I would have changed that gun to a Sako... Lol..Computer skills man ,Computer skills.. Once again, congrats to you and your son enjoying such a grand day afield together.
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Those are beautiful deer but I'm more of a purist. Don't have much use for the fancy newer stuff. ![[Linked Image]](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4531/37616704384_ef8b0430c8.jpg) Travis Cool isn't even close with that relic. This is cool... ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/LAtf34D.jpg)
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Nice bucks.
What do you mean “pre-Creedmoor”?
When you u said you went mule deer hunting I was expecting a pic of JB...
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Color me lame but is the carbine different from the featherweight? I've honestly never heard of a M70 Carbine.
Great gear and great mule deers!
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Nice bucks.
What do you mean “pre-Creedmoor”?
When you u said you went mule deer hunting I was expecting a pic of JB... Old guns are interesting, and I guess this is a pleasant way of "Dissing" the 6.5 Creedmoor which can't outperform this 270 that has been killing deer for almost a century...
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Looks like a hell of a good day, congrats.
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Color me lame but is the carbine different from the featherweight? I've honestly never heard of a M70 Carbine.
Great gear and great mule deers! Carbine is what they have been called although they were originally considered a short rifle, which is still different from the Featherweight.
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Color me lame but is the carbine different from the featherweight? I've honestly never heard of a M70 Carbine.
Great gear and great mule deers! The carbines pre-date the featherweights. They are basically the same as rifles except the barrel is 20" instead of 24". They have the same barrel profile also as full size rifles. The featherweights introduced in I think '53 have a smaller barrel profile and are 22". the stocks are also lighter and have two holes drilled through the butt to help lighten. also the bottom metal is aluminum as was the butt plate till they switched to plastic in about '58 to '59.
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Shrap, great pair of bucks! I love those prairie/breaks mule deer. I used to hunt them north of you, up in Alberta in the similar habitat found along the Red Deer and S. Saskatchewan.
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Color me lame but is the carbine different from the featherweight? I've honestly never heard of a M70 Carbine.
Great gear and great mule deers! The carbines pre-date the featherweights. They are basically the same as rifles except the barrel is 20" instead of 24". They have the same barrel profile also as full size rifles. The featherweights introduced in I think '53 have a smaller barrel profile and are 22". the stocks are also lighter and have two holes drilled through the butt to help lighten. also the bottom metal is aluminum as was the butt plate till they switched to plastic in about '58 to '59. Excellent info. I was semi-aware but you have cleared up the question nicely.
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