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Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17248963 05/14/22 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,065 Likes: 9 Idaho B Burleyboy Campfire Outfitter Burleyboy Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,065 Likes: 9 Idaho 6.5x300 Weatherby. I'm 264 today but was 300 around Christmas time. I wear a belt now and I'm tall. Bb Last edited by Burleyboy; 05/14/22.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? Savage_Hunter #17248966 05/14/22 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,893 Likes: 12 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,893 Likes: 12 Originally Posted by Savage_Hunter somewhere between a 25-20 and 264. I was closer to a 243 in February, but gained 10+ pounds after a recent surgery My goal is to get back to less than 2x my wife's weight. She's gained up to 124 after averaging about 118 for past 2 years. she must have gained sympathy weight for me. I'm over twice my gal's weight, but she's a 5' 2" ex ballet dancer.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17248971 05/14/22 Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 17,838 Armpit of midwest H hookeye Campfire Ranger hookeye Campfire Ranger H Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 17,838 Armpit of midwest I went by idea, not actual weight or dim. Im 6ft and 190 so just avg. Still a .300 savage in concept. Last edited by hookeye; 05/14/22.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17248981 05/14/22 Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont PintsofCraft Campfire Regular PintsofCraft Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont I’m somewhere between a .17 Fireball & .20/5mm Sheridan pellet.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? Ben_Lurkin #17248994 05/14/22 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,430 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,430 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM Originally Posted by Ben_Lurkin 204 Ruger Me too! I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249003 05/14/22 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,264 Likes: 13 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,264 Likes: 13 south texas-Corpus Christi 220swift. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249010 05/14/22 Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 635 Wyoming 2 280Rem1 Campfire Regular 280Rem1 Campfire Regular 2 Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 635 Wyoming Looks like .218 Bee for me.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249014 05/14/22 Joined: Sep 2017 Posts: 4,382 WI./FL. Windfall Campfire Tracker Windfall Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2017 Posts: 4,382 WI./FL. Probably a .30-06 for me. Old, average, common, available and reliable. Not too big and not too small. My other auto is a .45 The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249021 05/14/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,163 florida 2 257 roberts Campfire Regular 257 roberts Campfire Regular 2 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,163 florida 225 Winchester

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249027 05/14/22 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,551 Pikeville, TN L LeonHitchcox Campfire Tracker LeonHitchcox Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,551 Pikeville, TN Currently I'd be a .256 Newton. Always wanted to rebarrel something into one.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249041 05/14/22 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,351 Columbia, SC G GreggH Campfire Regular GreggH Campfire Regular G Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,351 Columbia, SC 220 Swift. Trying to get to summer weight 204 Ruger. GreggH

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249053 05/14/22 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 15,590 Likes: 8 The Great Southwest CCCC Campfire Ranger CCCC Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 15,590 Likes: 8 The Great Southwest Good thing I like to load and shoot the .17 Remington - 170 has been a goal and I'm about there. Would like to get below that but not a likely prospect - and most favored calibers to load and use are up where you 250 to 280 guys are. NRA Member - Life, Benefactor, Patron

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249059 05/14/22 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 25,545 Likes: 10 Valhalla SE AK & WA A AcesNeights Campfire Ranger AcesNeights Campfire Ranger A Joined: May 2008 Posts: 25,545 Likes: 10 Valhalla SE AK & WA 220 Swift…..One of Frank Glasers favorite caliber for Dall sheep when he was meat hunting for the railroad and road crews. He wasn’t fond of it for Brown bear but thought it about perfect for sheep. �Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr. --------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? slumlord #17249093 05/14/22 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX High_Noon Campfire Outfitter High_Noon Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX Originally Posted by slumlord Originally Posted by 79S Hell yeah 450 nitro express for me.. Lardass Better than a .505 Gibbs or a .700 NE. l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249095 05/14/22 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,948 Likes: 3 SE_WI Mr_TooDogs Campfire Outfitter Mr_TooDogs Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,948 Likes: 3 SE_WI 198TDR <198TeslaDeathRay> GOA

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249102 05/14/22 Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,627 Base of the thumb. O old70 Campfire Regular old70 Campfire Regular O Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,627 Base of the thumb. A while ago you could have called me Mr.Roberts, but thanks to exercise, I’m Savage. Old70

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249106 05/14/22 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 45,037 Likes: 28 Clarksville, TN R renegade50 Campfire 'Bwana renegade50 Campfire 'Bwana R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 45,037 Likes: 28 Clarksville, TN I bounce between 200 and 205 pds. So the useless 204( to me) whatever it is cartridge I geuss. Last edited by renegade50; 05/14/22.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249115 05/14/22 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,435 Central IN H HoosierHawk Campfire Regular HoosierHawk Campfire Regular H Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,435 Central IN .218 Bee, .219 Zipper, or .220 Swift, depending upon when my last meal was.

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249126 05/14/22 Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,431 Likes: 3 Jersey Devil Country J JeffyD Campfire Tracker JeffyD Campfire Tracker J Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,431 Likes: 3 Jersey Devil Country 257 Roberts (unfortunately!) And ironically, yes, I have one. LOL! "No good deed shall go unpunished!"

Re: What if...your weight was your caliber? LeakyWaders #17249127 05/14/22 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,677 Likes: 5 Mi. E efw Campfire Ranger efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,677 Likes: 5 Mi. I’ve always loved the Roberts… Have several!