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376 Steyr - Jeff Cooper. Shot it 3 times and sold it
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When I was a kid, I wanted a.264 Win Mag because they “..made a helluva noise and packed a helluva wallop…” I outgrew the urge long before they became no more than a glorified.270.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a.264 Win Mag because they “..made a helluva noise and packed a helluva wallop…” I outgrew the urge long before they became no more than a glorified.270. i don't like magnum cartridges. altho i shot several magnums, i never owned one. BUT when i was young kid, my dream rifle was a Winchester pre70 in 264 Win Mag. as i got older (17yo), my dad's friend and i were sitting in homemade tree stand (had walls, roof, windows, 3 folding chairs, coffee percolator, electric heater and lights. he put electricity in to the tree stand by taking a wire from his electric box to his stand about 150 feet away.) when a doe comes out. he takes his Rem m721 in 270 Win out and gives it to me. he says "the doe is about 365 yards, aim at nose and then you'll have her." i, not knowing the wind would make the shot drift, think to myself, the nose? what for? oh well, i'll do it and miss my chance to get a doe. so i aimed at the nose, pulled the trigger and.........the bullet went behind the shoulder and the doe dropped. the 365+/- yards was measured by my dad's friend's eye. he knew the deer was a little over his locust fence pole (350 yards to his tree). so he added another 15 yards. there was no such thing as a laser range finder back then. just an eye and the size of the deer.
"Russia sucks." ---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
Russian Admiral said, after the Moskva sank, "we have the world's worst navy but we aren't as bad as our army".
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Layne Simpson's writings (and sketchy loading data) made the STW something of legendary proportions.
If you use Simpson data to load...........it kinda IS. Our son just took his first elk yesterday morning with that round. DRT.
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When I was a kid it would fall under the heard category 30-06 and 30-30 Seemed every bodies dream gun was a 700 BDL in 06 Or Marlin or Winchester in 30-30 with the edge given to the Marlin 6MM Had a solid following and 7 MM mag was gaining popularity I only knew one fellow hunting with the 7 back then , but his passion for it was so great with it , it stuck in my mind The see through rings were big then too , guess it carried over from the earlier years of optics failing Cheek weld ? You say ? What the hell is that? Hunting sure has progressed over the years , thank god Kenneth
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270 Winchester, 375 H&H 500 Jeffery.
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Jeff Cooper - 10mm Auto Finn Aagaard - .338-06 Rick Jamison - .300 WSM (I never did get one, though) JD Jones - .300 Whisper (I never did get a Whisper, either, but I do have a couple of Blackouts)
24hr Campfire - .223AI, .22-250AI, 22 Creedmoor, .25-284, .280 AI
I don't remember who authored the articles, but I picked up a .400 Cor-bon and a .357 Sig based on articles written about them. I don't have either one, anymore, though.
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25/06 Bob Milek, John Wooters. 270 O’Connor But would have to go through the other 50 or more rifles to try remember where the influence came from.
I ended up with three 351 win SL and one 401 win SL from some interest in obsolete calibres.
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Not many will probably be familiar with the name Jim Kjelgaard. He wrote fiction geared toward boys. His most famous work was Big Red. Anyway I was in love with his books as a kid and the main characters in his books almost always used 30-30 rifles. Even though I grew up in a 30-06 family his books are responsible for my lifelong love affair with the 30-30. And he wasn't even a gunwriter. I spent many an afternoon reading his books. Truth be told did it as a kid and as an adult escaping back to simpler times! Stormy is probably my favourite!
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.257 Ackley, a short action .25-06, according to the clerk at the gun shop I frequented in my 20’s. Built one on a VZ24 action. Shot it a while, it was OK, sold it, because of minimal gains over a standard Roberts. Guy I sold it to pushed to make it a .25-06 and blew it up.
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260Rem. Remember reading an article in Field & Stream about it some 30 years ago and thought it sounded a great cartridge. Never did get one and have since had a couple of the improved version - 6.5CM.
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Not many will probably be familiar with the name Jim Kjelgaard. He wrote fiction geared toward boys. His most famous work was Big Red. Anyway I was in love with his books as a kid and the main characters in his books almost always used 30-30 rifles. Even though I grew up in a 30-06 family his books are responsible for my lifelong love affair with the 30-30. And he wasn't even a gunwriter. I spent many an afternoon reading his books. Truth be told did it as a kid and as an adult escaping back to simpler times! Stormy is probably my favourite! 👍
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In no particular order but somewhat chronologically: 243 Winchester- Warren Page 6.5x54 & 7x57-W.D.M. Bell 256 & 30 Newton- Charles Newton, the father of high velocity 7x61 Sharpe & Hart, 308 Norma mag-because I like Shultz & Larsen rifles! 220 Swift- reading "Alaska's Wolf Man 223-every American needs at least 1 30-06- for the same reason 300 & 338 RCM's-because I like the rifle 338 Winchester Mag.-Keith and Hagel 6.5x55-Aagarrd and my Scandinavian spouse 35 Whelen-Keith & Whelen
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I'm building a 6mm ARC...I need another upper like I need a hole in my head!!!!
Browning X-Bolt .30-06 Leupold VX-3i 4.5-14x50 CDS Tikka T3x Lite 308 win Leupold VX-3i 4.5-14x50 CDS
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my best friend's grandfather (RIP) had a Winchester 1892 in 25-20 as a farm/tractor gun. he shot a lot of deer with that rifle. after he died, his son in law didn't want it and he asked me to buy it from him. being a green dummkopf and didn't handload at the time, i said no, even tho he only wanted $100 for the lever. i was 16 or 17yo and now regret giving him the $100, real smart, dummkopf, real smart.
"Russia sucks." ---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
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I read an article about the 7mm RM when I was around 18 or 19 in the early 90’s. I believe John Kronfeld was the author. I bought a Savage 110 shortly after. I hated that rifle and traded it along with some cash for a M70 FW Classic in 270 a few years later. I still have that one.
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I read a book by Jack O’Conner from the school library in 65. It took mea year to save $105.00 and bought a 700 BDL in 270. It wore a K4 Weaver in Redfield mounts. My son has it now.
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257 Roberts, Mule Deer and Ed Matunas
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257 weatherby. Because of Uncle Bill Moyer , he had several boxes of brass someone ordered but didn't pick up at his shop. So he made me a deal on the brass if he built me a rifle. I told him go ahead. Man I miss talking with him.
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