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does it count "if I could" would be a .303 CD 16578

Finally got a lineup.

Savage 99EG Salesman Sample in 303 Savage. Stith with Weaver scope.

Savage 16 in 308 Win with Leupold VX3 2.5-8.

Ruger 44 Mag pistol with red dot.

Nice.

Maybe my ER Shaw in 35Rem,700 Mountain 280Rem,700Ti 300SAUM Model 70XTR sporter 6.5 Swede or........

Yesterday I shot couple candidates. Salesman Sample in 300 Savage with Weaver J2.5 which is my most recent acquisition. At 50 yards very deer ready but scope with fine, fine crosshairs could be issue in low light. Second is Savage 170 in 30-30 I bought years ago as a deer gun but never took out. Also deer ready with more modern scope. So if weather nice the 300 and if weather marginal the 30-30.
Or another 1899 that catches my eye in next 18 days...

I'll be heading out from Florida in about 2 weeks for a month at deer camp in the Catskills. I'll be bringing a '59 99F in .250 and a '55 99F in .300, both with factory irons.

I'll have one of the Montanas along too, in case the weather gets wet.

I lied. The Winchester pre 64 M70 308 never even saw the light of day.

The workhorse is my collection of arms is a lowly Knight Wolverine LK - 93 with a 209 conversion topped off with a vintage Weaver K-3 scope. It filled the tag 15 minutes after I got on stand late this afternoon. Boring to some, but to a man awaiting surgery on both knees plus micro fracturing on the worst of the two, bearing with cortisone shots in both knees and one hip an easy peasy hunt 250 yards from the truck in heavy cover is a blessing.

Cheers!



PS. Now young grouser can concentrate on taking a trophy buck as the old man has already put venison in the freezer.

Olgrouser,

I have two LK-93s and both have the conversion kit. They are inexpensive but handy little killers!! Each one of mine gets 100 gr of pyrodex and a 245 gr Powerbelt aerotip (green).

Tony Knight changed the game for modern MZ hunting.

We shoot 110 gr Blackhorn 209 touched off by CCI magnum primers and Barnes 250gr MZs or TMZs as the point of impact. The rifles produce MOA accuracy if we do our part and the results downrange are simply devastating on thin skinned game in heavy cover.

I use Kleanbore primers so I don’t get the crud ring.