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It’s open here but won’t hunt til the last week. It’ll be a 50 some year old 700 in 6.5-06

Smith and Wesson 629 .44 mag.

WS

I will most likely take the 700 classic 250 Savage, slim chance that I may take the 25-06 mountain rifle.

If I feel really ambitious and go to my far blind I may pack the Sendero 25-06

My wife will be using the 700 classic 257 Roberts that she laid claim to when she killed her first deer with it 6-7 years ago

Stainless Model 70 Classic with the Tupperware stock and BOSS. Topped with an old Vari-X 3 in 2.5-8. Cartridge is 30-06. I’ll probably be hunting where both elk and grizzlies are possible so 180 grain Partitions over 58 grains of Hunter will likely be my choice. If I get back to Eastern Montana for deer, I’ll probably use 150 grain SST’s over 58 grains of Reloader 17. I used that load last Wednesday on a pronghorn outside of Broadus with excellent results.

This years stand will be close with plenty of brush.

CZ 550 American 9.3x62, 286gr Partition/65 gr BigGame

What scope is on it?..mb

HA,
It’s a $60 BSA Catseye 1.5-4.5x32 with illuminated Reticle.

Slapped this thing on when the rifle was new cuz it was the only lose one I had available at the time.

Works great and have found no reason to get rid of it.

Still shoots one hole at one hundred.

Plenty of eye relief for this thumper as well.

I will use my Ruger American compact in .243 WIn. It is a very compact gun and easy to shoot. I just bought it this spring.

Season will have been open for about a month before I head afield.

Lilja 1:8 270Win Kimber 84L shooting 140gn Badlands Super BullDozer topped by a 2.5-10x42 NXS w/IHR reticle.

Or,

Lilja 1:10 257Wby M70SS classic in a M70 Classic pattern Edge McMillan shooting 95Gn Badlands BullDozer II topped with a Nightforce SHV 3-10x42 w/IHR Reticle.

Kimber 84L Montana 30-06 shooting Barnes 130 ttsx

Thanks to Slum and Rene spreading the news, I purchased three of the clearance Vanguards (wood) in 243 from Walmart a few years ago, and three of the Leupold VX-2 3-9x40. Then I found a VX-3 3.5-10 and a VX-2 4-12x40 AO on clearance online.

I put two of the 3-9 scopes on two of the Vanguards in Talley LW ringmounts. Sold one to a hunting partner for the $500 I had in it, and traded the second to my Dentist for a crown.

Anyway, there is one Vanguard 243 left in the safe, glass bedded and free floated. It has the aforementioned VX-2 4-12 on top.

It went out with a grandson looking for does yesterday but did not get fired. He was carrying handloads with the 95 gr SST had he seen game.

If we pull a second rifle out of the safe, it will be a Rem 700 I put together. It was originally an ADL synthetic in 243. But I purchased a raw BDL stock, finished it with about twenty coats of tru-oil, sanded out the barrel channel to free float, and bedded in Acra-glas. Then added a SS 7-08 barrel purchased from 'Fire classifieds, and BDL bottom metal from a 5R in 260. The 5R got AICS bottom metal.

Win 70 XTR Featherweight 257 R🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

That’s like my 6.5x55

32-40 165 Hornady

6.5x55 Win 70 XTR FWT is another sweetheart just like the 257.

I wish I had this rifle when I was stationed in ND. My 243 BLR worked fine but this XTR FWT just feels right at home when deer hunting.

.308 with 155gr scenars.

Used my ruger predator in 6.5 grendel, 100g handload, suppressed dropped buck on the spot, neck shot 75 yds.

Rem 700 .30 Gibbs in a KS stock. 180 NAB

Thinking of bringing the 38-55 and the 7x57 for the opener.

After that who knows maybe the 45-70 and the 41 Mag.

Just will depend how i feel at the time.