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elks quit fibben you hit it with your car

LOL! What a deal.

Guy

Dang, that's a purty piece of wood on the rabbit gun!

Guy

It's all about proper shot placement for a quick kill. Which also eliminates the possibility of having to stop a charge. And that does have a super nice chunk of wood on it.

Hey ! Johnny's ALIVE !!




Jerry

I would listen to Dan !!


Jerry

Ken, you messed up the 'front' shoulder !


Jerry

Why would you use a 223 when you could use a 22 CB cap?

Or a 12 oz ball-pein hammer?


Oh................ if you no longer need them................can I have your guns?

chlinstructor,

PITY that I've "caught you IN" at least a few "mistakes of fact" OR more likely in KNOWING LIES. = Tell everyone what your excuse will be when I next go to Mother's home, make a Xerox of the letter that MAJ (He was then a 2LT, USAR.) Murphy wrote from a hospital in USAREUR to my mother at Christmas 1944, when he was recovering from a bullet wound to the hip. = The letter is 5 handwritten pages long & mentions mother teaching him English.
(Mother never taught 5th Grade or any other elementary grade.)
My guess is that MAJ Murphy actually took 8th grade English before going to the TXARNG.

NOTE: MAJ Murphy was evidently born in the hamlet of ONIONVILLE, Hunt County, TX, spent his early boyhood there & after his father deserted the family, he lived in at least 6 different towns before joining the TXARNG. = Mrs. Murphy, Audie & his sisters all did farm "stoop labor" to keep eating regularly & followed the "picking season", wherever they could get work.
His mother also was sometimes employed as a housemaid for various people.
(Life was always difficult for the family, until Audie went onto AD & started sending money home.)

When I copy/post that letter to the forum, we can all have a big HORSE LAUGH at your expense, "Mr. Knowitall".

yours, tex

Personally for buffalo I prefer a quality expensive British side by side rifle in 22 LR regulated for 74 yard shots. I have read that a bullets effectiveness on buffalo increases by x ❌ pi raised to the tenth power where x represents the price of the rifle. Folks only willing to fork over enough money for a 10-22 to hunt buffalo will most likely be stompled to death by wounded buffalos.

We will all be holding our breaths awaiting your “post”

Heres a little help so you can get your “story” straight.

The problem with most liars is not being able to remember what they said in the first place.

Yup.

The old blue 40 grain XLC is the bullet of choice for those who know ...

At some distance, a 223 Rem is nothing more than a 22 Hornet. And at some distance, the 22 Hornet is less powerful than a 22 LR.

So, just get close with your 22 LR. Probably would use a high-velocity copper-plated solid bullet ( not HP) to ensure deep penetration to the vitals. It goes without saying, but, shot placement is everything.

In that regard, the 223 may be Overkill. You can't kill them deader than dead. Don't get me going on the 223 AI or 6.5 Creedmore.

Maybe you guide can use them for back-up rifles.

Give me a buffalo and some Barnes 62 TTSX and I'll go for it!

Don't be wastin' those fancy bullets, 5.56 ball will do the trick.

better have at least two tags...