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All:
Hunting season is upon us. What rifle are you planning to use, or have used this year?
For me there are three, in no order.
99EG in 358
99C in 284
1895 in 30-30
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
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NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it)
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
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Old faithful: 1957 99F in 300 Sav w/ Leupold M8 6x
Next up: early Mod 1920 with Lyman 54
Backup: Savage 99RS in 300 sav with Redfield 70LH
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Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival
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Taking my 99F .303 with bullets I learned to cast this year. If that is successful, I’ll take out the Contender pistol with the .375 Win barrel.
Last edited by KeithNyst; 09/29/18.
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Pre war "R" in 300sav 4X Redfield scope Lightfoot mount, and or 250 Savage 99 barrel Band, with a 6X Leupold Alaskan scope! Bow season starts on Monday! Happy hunting All!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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My Big Three -
Benneli SBE
S&W 629 .44 mag in 6.5”
aaaand for my first ever savage hunt, 99 DL in 308. Cant wait to use it where it belongs, in the woods.
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The 358 Brush Gun always gets sighted in but may or may not get used. There's an early muzzleloader season in 2 weeks. And a couple of bolt guns will most likely see some woods time.
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This space for rent
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30-30 barrel band if we finally get decent weather for opener.
Maybe finally try 1 of the 303s as back up.
Put 5 pointer in freezer 10 days ago with bow so no pressure for venison in freezer so good year to have some fun with old savages!
Bruce
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My wife is using her 243 compact Ruger
I am using my 257 Roberts vastly improved "6mm rem"
The spare gun is a 7/08 700 rem.
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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CVA Steghorn. 50 during muzzleloader season. AR-15 .450bushmaster for deer gun. 12ga sabot as backup.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Pre-64 M70 .30-06 and/or Winchester M54 .30-30. Hey, you asked.
"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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Opening day will be my 303G. If i have no luck there will be a 30-30 short rifle and the 358EG in the lineup next.
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Winchester - boo, boo and boo. Just kidding but if it were me I’d be hangin’ with the 54. You don’t see too many of them in that chamber.
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." John Stapp - "Stapp's Law"
"Klaatu barada nikto"
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25/06 and our blacktail season opened today. Saw the big boy I was after going away at 250 after the doe busted me he bolted. I got set up just as he ducked under some tree branches and was ready but he never came out. Disappeared on a *mostly* open grassy hillside. Slippery bastards. He's a good 20"+ blacktail. Last year I saw him at 600 yards and I was carrying a 22/250, hence the 25/06. Thought it was all over right at daylight. Oh well, that's hunting. Passed on two 3x3's, including a really nice one that's here in this photo somewhere! LOL 15 yards. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/HKnJWjH.jpg)
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You guys just saw this. I'm banking on this one for the long shot on Mr. Big. Was having some trouble keeping the 99F 284 sighted in probably due to the Leupold scope, and haven't replaced it yet. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/pZYD4FY.jpg)
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I’m taking a savage 170 in 30-30,always wanted to try it. After that the 99E in 308
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700 Titanium 308,Kimber AAA French 257 Roberts,and AAA French 308.
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I will probably take out an 1899 in 38/55 a time or two depending on what stand I use. It will have to share time with either a Remington Model 8 or 81 or a Standard Arms Model G all in 35 Rem.
Other stands will probably see one of the Walmart special Vanguards in 308 or a pre-64 Winchester M-70 in the same chambering.
Bad weather will see a stainless/synthetic Savage 10 I rebarreled to 358 Win.
In the slug zone it will be a 12 ga Mossberg 930 slug gun or an H&R Ultra Slug Gun in 20 ga.
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I will be taking my 284 model F to montana for elk and deer and will be using either 250 model G or my 243 model F in my home state of North Dakota for deer. November will be busy.
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I'm laying down the 99 this year and using my sporterized M1917 30-06. It is the 100th year anniversary of the end of WW1, and my gun was built in Jan.or Feb. of 1918. I am going to carry it to honor my Grandfather who fought in, and was severely wounded in, the Meuse-Argonne Battle of 1918. I'd love to kill a big buck with it this year.
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