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Is that ram in the left, a Stone Sheep?
It's not a North American sheep. Maybe Argali.
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You really have to stoke the case, but it's still not a 30-06.. Granted. But, you could say the same for any 30 caliber cartridge faster than the 308. I load my 308's the same as you depict with 48.5 gr Varget with 155 Scenar's. I so prefer short action cartridges that I have a 300 WSM & would never consider owning a 30-06. The 30-06 is an ample round, I just don't like it. I have yet to shy away from any game with my 308's.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Nope its a real Dall. They get that way in a certain part of the Chugach. You might have to pay for the video that has a couple of his hunts in it. https://www.amazon.com/HIGH-SPIRITS-Alaska-Sheep-Hunting/dp/B0013QPXESVek would tell you about his sheep. (Jerry Vekved)
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Where exactly would that be? The center ram is great. The one on the left is just outrageous.
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The only problem I'd have with the 308 is it doesn't lend itself to using bullets over 165 grains as well as say...the 30-06. Whether it works as well or not .. probably true, but what matters is it works **well enough**. Though its bread and butter is the 165 grain Accubond, my little Kimber Mountain Ascent really likes the protected point version of the 180 grain partition and 44 grains of RL15 proving to me that it handles 180s fine as well. Beyond 180s, I'm not choosing an '06, either: mine will be a .300 win mag if I'm shooting bullets heavier than that in .30 caliber.
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
Here be dragons ...
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One that they are cropped at 7 to 8 years now but used to be bananas.
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Don’t remember the poster from the valley? that put his wife behind a .308 on a Kodiak bear hunt. One-shot success, so there is that. Yeah, but she is a stunt shooter...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Don’t remember the poster from the valley? that put his wife behind a .308 on a Kodiak bear hunt. One-shot success, so there is that. Yeah, but she is a stunt shooter... Well my wife must be a stunt shooter too,,she's taken quite a few brown bears with a 300 Savage using 165 gr Nosler Partitions @ 2500fps.
I tend to use more than enough gun
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Don’t remember the poster from the valley? that put his wife behind a .308 on a Kodiak bear hunt. One-shot success, so there is that. Yeah, but she is a stunt shooter... Well my wife must be a stunt shooter too,,she's taken quite a few brown bears with a 300 Savage using 165 gr Nosler Partitions @ 2500fps. Can’t happen! 🤣🤣
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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I tend to use more than enough gun
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James has been on many of those twister hunts as well. He had a legendary area and knows how to get them down!
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The 308 is a great cartridge and its obvious that it can get the job done when all goes well. The guides that I have known in Alaska, do not carry .308's as their backup rifles. When I went, I did not take my .308. I think a minimum would be an 06 and even larger if you can shoot it,
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byhttps://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/zz263/tilly358/Diaz_zps6jfxafb3.jpg
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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That is an absolutely beautiful bear, outstanding. Great !!!!
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Thinking you may need to get your hip popped back into joint...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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I liked this old quote, "Bob Hagel, You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong. "...
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When you read about all the of the 223's and 556's that are are used up there on the all critters big and small the deployment of the a 308 sounds appropriate. Not judging since folks up there seem in many instances to have no fear of using small calibers on medium to large critters effectively I might add!
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byhttps://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/zz263/tilly358/Diaz_zps6jfxafb3.jpg One of the great 24Hr photos
I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill
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There's so many cool pics that get posted on this site that I don't usually comment on them, but that one is awesome!
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