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It’s accurate as heck and still hits hard,ever since 1896
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sandpit,
Actually, the .30-40 was designed in 1892, and the 220-grain load accepted by the U.S. Army as the standard cartridge in 1894.
But yeah, it's been taking big game for quite a while....
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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Pre '64 Mod 70 .270 Win. sightless with 150 NP's Oh oh, may have to now consider a 6.5 CM.
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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I drew a cow tag, and that's a start.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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this year I have two elk tags:
in Colorado it will be a customized pre 64 M70 300 H&H/180 TTSX
in Montana it will be a customized pre 64 M70 280 AI/ 150 TTSX
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The plan is a Pedersoli 1874 Sharps Silhouette 45/70. 405 hard cast bullet over 38gr imr 3031. Iron sights
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Ruger 338-06, 200 AB. Timber gun
MRC 1999 308 Norma, 190 Hornady. Open area gun.
There is no way to coexist no matter how many bumper stickers there are on Subaru bumpers!
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Yesterday I pulled the barrel off a pawn shop Sav 111 7mmRM Today I put a Shilen select match 13" twist 5R 308 #3 taper barrel in the lathe and dialed it in. It is going to be a 300 Win Mag. I cut threads. I started drilling, boring, and reaming the chamber 1/2" at a time. The trigger is here. The stock is here. I still need the recoil lug. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/76852.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/76853.jpg)
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Nula
300 win mag
Leupold vx6
190 grain Berger
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Think I’ve settled on a combination of scope and load for this rifle. NF 3-10x42 SHV, 127 LRX with RL16. ![[Linked Image]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VFcsl8NzQPc/W0uYLEeg_II/AAAAAAAAfAo/oOw7q-Bk9VMa5AnEKC5kWocuDRApG2D2QCHMYBhgL/s1024-no/IMG_5021.JPG)
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Yesterday I pulled the barrel off a pawn shop Sav 111 7mmRM Today I put a Shilen select match 13" twist 5R 308 #3 taper barrel in the lathe and dialed it in. It is going to be a 300 Win Mag. I cut threads. I started drilling, boring, and reaming the chamber 1/2" at a time. The trigger is here. The stock is here. I still need the recoil lug. I'd be willing to bet that turns out to be a heck of an accurate rifle. Good luck with it!
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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60# Hoyt Carbon Defiant ......... no rifle elk tag this year.
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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Centershot: Good luck with the bow!
I just drove north through eastern Idaho and saw two large wildfires east and south of DuBois last week.
Smoke is bad here in SW Montana - I hope things clear up by your archery season.
I am hoping my new artificial knee is strong enough for me to be able to help out in our high country hike in Elk archery camp this year!
I missed last years archery Elk season due to knee pain (for the first time in 40+ years!).
There is NO place on earth I would rather be than in the high Rockies during archery Elk season (although the few archery Elk seasons I have spent in "the Breaks" have been awesome as well).
Again good luck to you.
Hold into the wind
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Krag fodder! (Last Wednesday morning). ![[Linked Image]](https://s5.postimg.cc/sriatg8w7/60177_D30-_B6_A2-48_E0-_B9_F7-12_F98383_F6_A5.jpg)
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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IF I get to go this year (doubtful due to the fire @ my house), I'll only have two rifles to choose from and will take them both - Win Mod. 70 w/ a Pac-nor 6.5x55 SE and a Newton 1st Model in 256 Newton. Only two that didn't suffer damage.
Support your local Friends of NRA - supporting Youth Shooting Sports for more than 20 years.
Neither guns nor Liberals have a brain.
Whatever you do, Pay it Forward. - Kids are the future of the hunting and shooting world.
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Bbear: I am hoping your luck will change come this Elk season.
So sorry to hear about your house fire and your damaged guns.
I pray all the family are safe.
Stay strong and get after'em when you can.
Hold into the wind
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I was just wondering about you... how’s everything???
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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Spoke to Cooper yesterday, hope to have my Model 92 in 280 AI by the end of the month so I can get a couple months of practice with it.
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After shooting some 175g Barnes LRX last weekend, I'm thinking my .300WM will be primary again this year. 2-shot scope check @ 300 yards resulted in 1" 'group'. Let the barrel cool and then went to 600, where it smacked a clay pigeon while I was trying to work out the elevation in the scope's BDC reticle.
Barnes TTSX, MRX and TTSX have always provided very good accuracy in my rifles. The LRX seems to be another.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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After shooting some 175g Barnes LRX last weekend, I'm thinking my .300WM will be primary again this year. 2-shot scope check @ 300 yards resulted in 1" 'group'. Let the barrel cool and then went to 600, where it smacked a clay pigeon while I was trying to work out the elevation in the scope's BDC reticle.
Barnes TTSX, MRX and TTSX have always provided very good accuracy in my rifles. The LRX seems to be another. Same here. The 175LRX beat out the 165, 168 Barnes and the 178 and 200 grain ELD-X in my 300 WSM.Off to Wyoming in October.
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