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The 240 Weatherby is becoming my favorite antelope rifle and I have always been a fan of 30 cals. On the left is a 240 WBY with a 75 Barnes X and on the right is a 300 PRC. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/xxfQIcsl.jpg)
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Well, one of them is going to tear up a whole lot more than the other...
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I had a brief affair with a 240 Wby a few years back. Bought a few boxes of the factory ammunition featuring the 80 grain TTSX. I only shot a couple whitetail does with it, but was left feeling less than overwhelmed. Sold the rifle and moved on. It is a very cool looking cartridge, though, and I am glad you like it.
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
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I had a brief affair with a 240 Wby a few years back. Bought a few boxes of the factory ammunition featuring the 80 grain TTSX. I only shot a couple whitetail does with it, but was left feeling less than overwhelmed. Sold the rifle and moved on. It is a very cool looking cartridge, though, and I am glad you like it. Did they run a bunch or just not have a solid effect you were looking for?
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7 STW for sheep, antelope and mule deer. 8 mag for elk if we get lucky in the draw.
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30-06 for deer and elk. I got a doe antelope tag. That will require more gun - my 22-250. It weighs more than the '06 but it'll be much flatter ground.
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I have a new to me Kimber BGR in 280, new to me 99 in 375 Win to try out. I’m gonna dig out a couple of Sako 264’s, make sure they are sighted in, hunt with them some.
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Not sure but probably my Whelen.
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Certainly the 1A 7x57 I recently acquired, probably the.25-06 AI I just took out of mothballs to play with. Maybe the .303 Savage. Depending on how things go regarding travel plans, draw hunts etc. .223, 6.5x55, .45-70 and .308. Also.44 mag and .41 mag revolvers may see some use.
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T/C Compass in 308 Win. Just loaded 100 rounds for it and at the range got a .69 group at 100 yard. I figure that will work.
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Probably my 6.5 Grendel, but really thinking about breaking our my old Swedish Mauser.
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At the beginning of each hunting season, I usually look over my gun safe & select what I plan to hunt with. Over the course of a few years, I eventually get to hunt with them all. Mostly I hunt deer & hogs so I can't make a terrible selection since any centerfire rifle I currently have is capable of killing either. It's often a rifle's iron sights or scope setup that determines which one I bring to a favorite hunting location. If the rest of this year goes as planned, then I'll probably hunt with the following in this order: Small Game:15.89gr JSB Match Diabolo 22 Pellet - Weihrauch HW77 40gr 22LR Solid Point - Browning T-Bolt LH Sporter Deer (MS Primitive Season - Breech loaded single shot):225gr 44 Magnum Hornady LEVERevolution - Browning 1885 Low Wall Modern Gun:140gr 275 Rigby (Hornady SP Interlock) - Ruger #1 RSI 165gr 30-06 Winchester Super-X Power-Point - Sako 85 LH Hunter Waterfowl (Goose):12ga Federal Speed Shok BB - Browning BPS ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/4yTbjMRN/IMG-4797.jpg)
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270win of course, maybe 30-06 central idaho
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For whitetails, it’ll be 120 gr. Ballistic Tips mostly in both my 6.5 Creedmoor and my 7mm-08. I may shoot a few 129 gr. Hornady Interlocks in the Creedmoor and maybe a few 139 gr. Interlocks in 7mm-08.
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Probably my kp1 in 45-70. Maybe my 6 mm Rem!
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T/C Compass in 308 Win. Just loaded 100 rounds for it and at the range got a .69 group at 100 yard. I figure that will work. .
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Whitetails will most likely be taken with 5.56mm & 77gr TMKs.
Not sure what to use for elk. Just pulled my scope off the 300WM for my son to use. Probably my 25-06 or my well worn 338.
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Win m70 SG in 270win for deer here and in Alabama, and elk in November in NM. 130gr for deer and 150gr for elk. Easy Peasy.
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Taking my 416 Rem Model 70 and 300WM Model 70 to Zimbabwe in October for a non-trophy buffalo and whatever plains game i might happen across.
270Win Model 70 and Tikka T3X in 7-08 for some Alabama whitetails.
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