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A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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Jersey
You got 2 months and good choices to make.
Jerry
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No trouble deciding......same rifle since 1990! My wife has a similar dilemma.....same rifle since 1996! memtb
Sounds Simple. Good hunting. Jerry
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45-70 ? How big are your deer ? Lol
Jerry
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Howa Mini Grendel, until it draws blood. After that, who knows? Hopefully it’ll be quick !! Jerry
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Kimber Montana 7mm-08
Pre 64 30-30
Ruger Flattop 44 spl
That’s the line up multi state deer elk and bear.
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No trouble deciding for me.....so far just the 6.5X284 has had the fun with sheep and bear plus 1 (unsucessful) caribou day hunt.
My .375 H&H hasn't got the same mojo it seems. Been out 5-6 times for moose without a legal animal spotted. Still got a few days to get it done though.
Once I hit Idaho for deer and elk next month it'll be .223 Rem and 6.5X284 time again.
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1918 winchester 94 in 38-55
1940 winchester 64 in 30-30
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Good luck with 375. Sounds like the rest is good.
Smallfry,
been a long time since I 6gunned one.
That was fun too.
rockchucker
Let the “old times roll “. grin
Jerry
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Well I have slimmed down my "deer rifle" battery over the last few years so it is a little easier to decide what to take now.
If the weather is bad (rain, snow) I will be using my MRC 1999 synthetic stainless .260 remington (this is the Campfire Special from a few years ago)
In good weather it will be either my JC Higgins model 50 30-06, or a JC Higgins model 51 30-06 depending on how I feel on that day.
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My Deer Seasons begin about a month away. For some reason I’m having a hard time deciding which rifles I want to hunt ???  I normally use 2 rifles during deer seasons. I guess my dilemma is because I like what I have and they are dead dependable.  ***Don’t say time to get something else. There is nothing radically different. *that interests me*. In one way or another I have all the bases covered. At most, I’ll have to load a few rounds for whichever I choose. I guess it’s a NICE predicament!!  I think I’ll figure which rifle or cartridge I’ve used the least or been the longest since I used it/them. Anyone else having trouble deciding ? Jerry That IS a problem to have, even if there sure are worse ones! Like the way you decided to solve it though! Not too much trouble deciding this year, but only cause the safe has been in decline. Hoping for one deer with a 1960 Winchester 70 Fwt in 308 with a 130gr TTSX over 3031 and one deer with a Yugo M59/66 SKS shooting a Barnes 123gr TSX over RL7.
But I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier,
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The 25-284 and 25 BR AI get the work this year.
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![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/nxn5pvP.png) At this time I'm thinking this R93 Stutzen in 9.3 x 62 will be my main hunting rifle this season. ya! GWB
A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.
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Winchester EW/SS chambered in .270 WCF and 150 gr. Speer GS for the open, and a Ruger 77/357 w/ 158 gr. JSP for the thickets.
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Alexander Arms 6.5 Grendel Highlander Pistol. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/zqZNaXLl.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/ljJHay5l.jpg)
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45-70 ? How big are your deer ? Lol
Jerry I'm over 6' ![[Linked Image from u.cubeupload.com]](https://u.cubeupload.com/Weldedwondersmn/FBIMG1536787343349.jpg) But a handgun worked.... 🤣
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I've been using mainly smaller caliber rifles for the last several years, but some bigger boys have followed me home over the last few months, so I plan to switch gears this season.
Going to try out the custom Mauser 30-06, Ruger No 1 300 H&H, and Interarms 375 H&H.
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if it gets here ,its a bolt action upper for a LR10 in 708
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I'll probably switch it up a lot this year.
.308 Montana in the mountains
7 SAUM Montana in the fields
Pair of .243s, one Mountain Rifle and one BDL will be carried by both me and my wife
6mm AI if I get it finished and running
6mm Predator AR/.270 BAR for something different
More often than not, I end up carrying one of my .243s though, every year, even though I plan to carry others.
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No trouble deciding......same rifle since 1990! My wife has a similar dilemma.....same rifle since 1996! memtb
Sounds Simple. Good hunting. Jerry Thanks jwall! It’s a proven system! 😁 memtb
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." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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