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Your most intelligent post to date!
"Those that think they know everything are annoying those of us that have Google." - Dr. D. Edward Wilkinson
Note to self: Never ask an old Fogey how he is doing today.
Revised note to self: Keep it short when someone asks how I am doing.
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Yeah
I have a friend who's dad simply uses a .177 Crossman 760 but he does pump it 22 times for Elk been hunting elk that way for 52 years says that the 2 extra pumps does the trick...
Totally True Story :p
Obviously a bullsh*t story. You don't have any friends.
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Were you a detective, in pretend life, by chance? Great job, Columbo! You do remind me more of McMillan (& wife). Yeah
I have a friend who's dad simply uses a .177 Crossman 760 but he does pump it 22 times for Elk been hunting elk that way for 52 years says that the 2 extra pumps does the trick...
Totally True Story :p
Obviously a bullsh*t story. You don't have any friends.
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No one else is stupid or poor enough.... In typical Fire fashion, the guys doing the most bloviating also have the least experience with the subject at hand.
"Those that think they know everything are annoying those of us that have Google." - Dr. D. Edward Wilkinson
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In the hands of an expert!!! 
These threads about how small of a caliber you can use always tell only half of it. They leave out the part about "I got an elk with my 22 Hornet and I only wounded 2 before 1 went down."
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Some paupers cannot afford anything else. Think prairie_goat. But going after elk with a .224 rifle is more of a stunt than anything else.
Sherwood
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If you're out of brown shoe polish again, you're fired. Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail.
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Do you have a gofundme? Have been in on seven elk kills with a 223, firing the 75 grain Amax at 2750 fps. Yardages were from 30 to 450ish yards. No drama, just dead elk. A good bullet placed into the breathy/bleedy region garners good results.
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Obviously a bullsh*t story.
You don't have any friends.
Awwwwww ain't that cute, your feelers are still hurt LOL
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Why would you limit yourself and possibly wound an elk. Considering all the time and effort required, use a better caliber. We have an obligation to honor the elk with a quick clean kill and should do everything we can to obtain this. When I was outfitting in Northern Idaho .270 was the smallest we allowed. Thick dense country and hard to find a wounded animal. Just my professional opinion.
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Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail. Also, if you’re shooting through glass, like a windshield or side window, you have to take into account the deflection and reduction in velocity the bullet will sustain. I always recommend running chrono numbers on glass. But, I’m a purist. 🤪🦫
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Through glass? SLM always rolls the window down, before the shot. Ethical...... Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail. Also, if you’re shooting through glass, like a windshield or side window, you have to take into account the deflection and reduction in velocity the bullet will sustain. I always recommend running chrono numbers on glass. But, I’m a purist. 🤪🦫
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Satire aside, I have culled a few big red deer hinds and stags with a suppressed .222 single shot and 50 grain soft points. High neck or head shots at under 100 yards in a large high fence area. Not the same thing as the question asked but a meager bullet well aimed will drop most in their tracks.
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Through glass? SLM always rolls the window down, before the shot. Ethical...... Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail. Also, if you’re shooting through glass, like a windshield or side window, you have to take into account the deflection and reduction in velocity the bullet will sustain. I always recommend running chrono numbers on glass. But, I’m a purist. 🤪🦫 SLM, shoots off a horse while holding a hot, blonde prairie vixen in his arms. Tinman does the same, except it’s a small Latino dude he likes to hold. LOL 🦫
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I wish you would have shared your wisdom much earlier. Don’t ever clean your windows right before a hard core elk hunt. Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail. Also, if you’re shooting through glass, like a windshield or side window, you have to take into account the deflection and reduction in velocity the bullet will sustain. I always recommend running chrono numbers on glass. But, I’m a purist. 🤪🦫
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And double hearing protection. Gets louder than a SOB. Through glass? SLM always rolls the window down, before the shot. Ethical...... Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail. Also, if you’re shooting through glass, like a windshield or side window, you have to take into account the deflection and reduction in velocity the bullet will sustain. I always recommend running chrono numbers on glass. But, I’m a purist. 🤪🦫
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Next time the wife goes to buy some pumps I’ll have her pick some up. The men’s boot store doesn’t cary “gloss brown”. If you're out of brown shoe polish again, you're fired. Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail.
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During a January late doe season........a .35 Whelen just totally shredded the left side of the shooting window in 'my' ground blind. Just mentioned, the guy may want to avoid road hunting.......and then got out some Red Green duct tape. I hate giving un-asked-for advice. And double hearing protection. Gets louder than a SOB. Through glass? SLM always rolls the window down, before the shot. Ethical...... Up to 99 yards you are good to go. 100.5 yards and it’s a guaranteed fail. Also, if you’re shooting through glass, like a windshield or side window, you have to take into account the deflection and reduction in velocity the bullet will sustain. I always recommend running chrono numbers on glass. But, I’m a purist. 🤪🦫
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Why go clear up to .22? Why not .20 or better yet .17???
I prefer classic.
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I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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Do you miss this, bugger? Reality, man! gssixgun, Thanks for showing back up again, and mentioning some reality. But as you've noticed over the years, not many here are interested in reality. Yeah
I have a friend who's dad simply uses a .177 Crossman 760 but he does pump it 22 times for Elk been hunting elk that way for 52 years says that the 2 extra pumps does the trick...
Totally True Story :p
"Those that think they know everything are annoying those of us that have Google." - Dr. D. Edward Wilkinson
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