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Pete53,
I used to be a real 99 loony, even owned an 1895 in .30-30, along with take-downs in .22 HP, .250-3000, .300 and .303. But eventually realized the only one I wanted to hunt with was the mid-1950s 99F in .358 Winchester I inherited from one of my hunting mentors, so sold the rest.... I still have my .358W. Haven’t hunted with it for years. That changes in spring bear.
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How about owning an elephant rifle, yet you never plan to hunt elephants..... is that loony? It's a matter of semantics. If you have a "squirrel rifle" but shoot other things with it, is it only a squirrel rifle? Case in point is my truck gun. We have few elephants in the neighborhood, but many trucks. It will stop a truck, large lizards, buffalo and even foreign hatchbacks, no question about that. Trucks are "Big Game". I used to shoot gophers here on Gopher Broke Farm with my 416 Rigby with 350 gr Speer varmint bullets, but as I got older and more recoil conscious I sold the Rigby and scaled back to my FN/Sako 375 Wby and 270gr gopher/coyote pills. That's virtually perfectly hand basket weave checkering, not everyone's cup of tea, but up close look and it becomes pretty nice. It has a VX III 2.5-8 on it now and one standing/one folding. I no longer have a use for it, but the Loony in me won't let go.
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Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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That woven checkering is fantastic!
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No jackrabbits where you live?
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
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and already has ammo for rifles he may eventually own.
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Yeh, I got a box of .25-35 Win. and a couple of 8 Mouser. Tick-tock-tick-tock....
I am..........disturbed.
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I have always looked for a Remington Pump Rifle in 35 Whelen with the basketweave checkering. It would just seem right. I think I saw one when I was about 12 or 13 and always have kept that one the que as a possible rifle.
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I would say the two 5mm's deserve some serious bonus points. GD I have 1. Rem 541 (?) in very good condition & accurate. I had forgotten I have it. Jerry 541 ?? Or 591 ?? 541 is a .22 LR. 591 is a 5mm Rem Rim Mag (as well as the 592) I have a 541 if that's the single shot! My favorite squirrel rifle, Mike 580 for me dug it out of the safe and plan on tuning up a few squirrels next weekend Mike
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No jackrabbits where you live? Too big here. They're like shooting the neighbor's cattle...no challenge.
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Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Damn I just realized! I’m down to 9 flintlocks!!!
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What a great thread!!
I cannot hold a candle to what has been shared here, but do like to hunt with early '50's firearms. I often hunt deer with a pair of 722 Remingtons in .300 Savage along with a pre-64 M70 .270 featherweight and a FN custom in .257 Roberts. I have passed my first rifle, a Remington 760 in .300 Savage as well as my Dad's 99, also in .300 Savage, to my son. He also has several FN's from the '50's as does his sister. As far as shotguns, I do my hunting with four 16 gauge 870 Wingmasters. Two are first year production with serial numbered barrels matching the receiver numbers, one full choke and the other a modified. The other two shotguns have IC barrels. My son has my Dad's 870 he bought new in '53 as well as another IC deluxe the same age.
I built a pair of 1-8" twist .220 Swifts on M70 short actions to compliment the Ruger No. 1 in .220 Swift I have. All three are excellent shooting rifles.
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What a great thread!!
I cannot hold a candle to what has been shared here, but do like to hunt with early '50's firearms. I often hunt deer with a pair of 722 Remingtons in .300 Savage along with a pre-64 M70 .270 featherweight and a FN custom in .257 Roberts. I have passed my first rifle, a Remington 760 in .300 Savage as well as my Dad's 99, also in .300 Savage, to my son. He also has several FN's from the '50's as does his sister. As far as shotguns, I do my hunting with four 16 gauge 870 Wingmasters. Two are first year production with serial numbered barrels matching the receiver numbers, one full choke and the other a modified. The other two shotguns have IC barrels. My son has my Dad's 870 he bought new in '53 as well as another IC deluxe the same age.
I built a pair of 1-8" twist .220 Swifts on M70 short actions to compliment the Ruger No. 1 in .220 Swift I have. All three are excellent shooting rifles. Are you complaining or bragging? That's a nice bunch of rifles.
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Damn I just realized! I’m down to 9 flintlocks!!! What happened? You trade a couple for a wheel lock?
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Matchlock. That or a petard for the big bang.
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Damn I just realized! I’m down to 9 flintlocks!!! What happened? You trade a couple for a wheel lock? No I think they converted themselves to percussion! 🤣
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"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."
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Well, percussion ain't all that bad.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Well there are two pill locks out in the shop. No tellin’ what they do in the dark.
Very nice Dan!
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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."
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Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Pete53,
I used to be a real 99 loony, even owned an 1895 in .30-30, along with take-downs in .22 HP, .250-3000, .300 and .303. But eventually realized the only one I wanted to hunt with was the mid-1950s 99F in .358 Winchester I inherited from one of my hunting mentors, so sold the rest.... > SO YOU BORED WITH THAT 99 358 Win ?
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Pete53,
I used to be a real 99 loony, even owned an 1895 in .30-30, along with take-downs in .22 HP, .250-3000, .300 and .303. But eventually realized the only one I wanted to hunt with was the mid-1950s 99F in .358 Winchester I inherited from one of my hunting mentors, so sold the rest.... > SO YOU BORED WITH THAT 99 358 Win ? You wanna sell that 99 F ?? My 358F needs a partner!! temporary picture sharing
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