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I mostly hunt big game with scoped rifles but had a hankering to fill a tag last year with my open sighted .35 Whelen. I had my son with me and he called in this muley doe for me to about 70 yards. Good times. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/9EF6VPg.jpg)
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OK I have pics now, but I can't get them to load so I can post. Who can recommend a "photo place" on-line other then Photo Bucket or Fl ickr.
We all know about the screw job photobucket attempted, (so I quit them and will never go back) but now flic kr is not letting me log in and up-load anything new. Something wrong with my password, but when I try to change it (as per their instructions) the system will not allow it.
Anyway.....what are you folks using?
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Love seeing those classic shootin’ irons getting used!
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Handle me with Care...
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Very cool! Great picture!
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Thanks Beretz.
Semper Fi back to ya.
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My Model 71 does quite well with both 200 and 250gr loads. Groups are at 100.. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/nF1pnSS.jpg) Offhand or benchrest? Shooting sticks
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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I love shooting iron sights, that’s how I grew up and how I shot my M16 for years.
Downside is Texas has serious antler restrictions, so unless you’re really good at judging them with your eyes or binos, I use a scoped rifle for anything beyond 100 yards.
Drink and be merry for soldiers die for your freedoms.
Semper Fidelis!
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my binos have the same magnification as my scope so figured i could glass and blast lol
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Hey Guys,
had some fun yesterday at the range banging steel with my hunting rifle after sighting in my backup iron sights to a new load. I also shot some groups and to my surprise, i can shoot these things pretty good...into 4 inches anyways to 200 yards or so.
Am i crazy for considering using irons for this years hunting season facing shots on whitetail up to and including 100 yards or perhaps 125? I know low light in woods conditions would be challenging...but I'm thinking I wouldn't be overly handicapped it might be a whole new level of fun. What do you guys think...am I nuts? Not crazy, at least not all the way. I frequently take a .22 to the range and shoot it with irons, the target being clay pigeons on the berm at 100. About half my centerfire hunting rifles have irons and I like to use them at the range as well.
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.
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