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These are two of my favorites. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving Jim.
Craig
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.505 Gibbs. No doubt 'bout it.
She must have been beautiful,
the best of the lot, perhaps
more gorgeous than The Kraut herself
to force him to lift up
his elephant gun, his short, ugly,
shockingly big-bored .505 Gibbs,
straight out of the pages of "The Short,
Happy Life of Francis Macomber,"
and blow that parakeet to smithereens.
Aim small, miss small.
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Sold my Ruger No.1 458 an while back, just have to make do with my 375 H&H. I really like this rifle. ![[Linked Image]](http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p262/DocFoster49/375.jpg) Doc that is a very nice rig, tell us a bit about it. I love that open grip. Thx Dober
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Biggest I need? 30-06; Biggest I want? 9.3 X 62!
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Biggest I'll "NEED", hmmm... doubting I ever go out west and figuring I'll hunt the Southeast the remainder of my life, I'm dead sure I can get by with just a weak 'ole 6.5x55SE...
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Sold my Ruger No.1 458 an while back, just have to make do with my 375 H&H. I really like this rifle. Doc that is a very nice rig, tell us a bit about it. I love that open grip. Thx Dober Left-handed model 70 of course, this rifle was put together by Bob West of Eugene Oregon. 23 inch Lilja barrel, Biesen bottom metal, Bastogne wood, rosewood grip cap, decelerator pad. one of the last Leupold Vari-x 11 3x9's. weighs 9.5 pounds and shoots very well. It's my only custom made rifle made by someone other than myself and is one of my favorites. I'm afraid that it will be a very long time before we see any more left-handed Model 70's. Doc
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Since 99% of my hunting is for Kentucky White Tails,I could be quite content spending the rest of my days with my Remington Custom Shop Model 7 Mannlicher in .257 Roberts. The one percent of the time I am hunting elk I believe I could make do with a 115gr. Nosler Partition or TSX at 2800fps.
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My 308 would more than suffice here in Pennsylvania!!!
But what fun is that, so I bought a 338 Federal and a 325 WSM!!!
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These are two of my favorites. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving Jim.
Craig __________________________ Sambubba, Always in a spirit of thankfulness..:)Best to you and yours also. Went to the 'big feast' at my daughter's this year and between the gals, they made so many different wonderful dishes I couldn't even sample them all!Jim
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About 3 years ago they modified "primitive weapons" season here in Mississippi. You can now use metallic cartridges during this season, BUT there are a few catches. 1. Must be over .38 caliber
2. Must be a pre-1900 firearm or replica of.
3. Must have an exposed hammer.
4. Must be a single shot.
5. Must breach load
Come to find out a NEF Handi rifle is a replca of a single shot break action rifle that was first invented in 1878. It qualifies! That said a .45-70 loaded with the new ballistic tip 325gr Hornady .45-70 Lever-Revolution is about as good as anything else out to about 250yds. For that reason alone I NEED  a .45-70 and that's about as big as I have. I never liked muzzle loaders. The only reason I ever owned one was to extend my season. Terry I went with 38-55 H&R BC but it is b***h to reload for. I'm thinking of rebarreling it to a 45-70. But other than "primitive weapons" season I haven't used any thing larger than a .270 Win in 10 years. In the last 3 years I have moved to the .25 calibers.
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I've been hunting deer with my .375 H&H for the last two years just to get some time on the rifle and just for the fun of it. What I have discovered is that it makes an excellent deer rifle. The 260 Accubond tears up less meat than most smaller calibers and puts them down right now. The extra weight of the rifle seems little bother even in hilly terrain and really settles down when it is time to shoot. I'm about to decide I've got a very practical deer rifle on my hands.
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25mm chain gun, HE tipped... Now if it just for the 'lower 48' I suppose I could make do with a 20mm. 
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Someone here MUST have a 460 Roy, no?
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sorry! 416's & 470's are about my limit. 
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Hey, Lefty... Did the original poster say they had to be shoulder fired??
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I like big guns, but I must say all you need is a 375 or a 9.3x62. I would hunt anything that walks with either one.
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In reality, my largest caliber at this time is the 9.3X62.
I would love to try it out on something big and nasty at some point.
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Hey, Lefty... Did the original poster say they had to be shoulder fired?? Tim- I simply cannot believe you don't own a 460......Pu$$y.
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I DID have a 378wby and a 416Rigby, so do I get a pass, SKane??
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I've heard bad things about the 378 --s'posed to be worse than the 460  the rigby is very shootable, but expensive!
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