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The colt Lightning Large frame could be the apex of a pump rifle and hunting big game. Here is a deer shot with the 50 express and an antelope shot with the 40-65...

Very cool!

Yup. This one.

Nice!

I'll be carrying my 7600 carbine in 308 loaded with 180 grain sierra round noses tomorrow bear hunting.

The pump drops another one.

8pt, 17" inside spread. Busted brow tine and G3, had 3 scars on his back and one on his chest from a beating he took. Yesterday afternoon he weighed 199.8 pounds. Shot with Remington 760, 30-06, 150gr Hornady Interlock. He dropped at the shot. Fell backwards and rolled over...done. He was hard quartering to me. Entrance in front of onside shoulder and exit behind other shoulder, lung soup inside.


As he lay


Time to get dirty





Ready for the sled

Hell yeah TZ! Great buck and what a damn horse!

Way to get after them buddy! That’s fantastic!

That is a fine buck!

Yes sir, nice buck!

Thanks guys.

Very nice.

Tom, heck of a buck and ongrats on another one with a 7600! I struck out in WI, saw some small bucks and tons of does/fawns. Heading to KS next week.

Looking forward to the Kansas report!

Congrats on that buck, T. Classic scene, snow, deer down, rifle and cartridge.

Thanks Paul,

We saw a lot of does and fawns. Some guys doing drives had a bit of success but mostly spikes and forks.

Good luck in KS. I cannot wait for the report when you get back.

Thanks RO.

Yeah good buck, congrats sounds like the Minnesota deer herd is a hurting unit. Wolves or just piss poor game management by the game and fish cops?.. mb

A little of everything. Wolves have always been around. I probably put less blame on them than most but they are a factor.

Winter kill is too. Winter came early and left late last year in the north country.

But there are probably less hunters too.

thumbcocker, let us hear about your bear hunt when you get back. Have you found the 180gr RN to be the most effective round for harvesting black bear?

I had a 7600 in 308 come back to me by way of a friend a few years ago who “rented” it for about 15 years and I was glad to have it back. The reason I had that rifle in the 1st place was that Remington loaded their 180gr SPCL, a RN corelokt bullet in 308Win - one of the best woods cartridges ever made. It is their “R308W2” Ammo model number (the W1 being the PSPCL). They still sell it (loaded) but you can’t get the component bullets anymore. In 30-06 they still offer their 220gr. RN I believe.

Y33611, I bought some 180gr RNCL bullets off the classifieds here a few years ago. They're great bullets.