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Garand Buck #18958973 11/26/23
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 946 middle Tennessee B beefan OP Campfire Regular
OP beefan Campfire Regular B Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 946 middle Tennessee	Yesterday morning this buck walked out and stopped at 238 yds. He took a 168 gr. Hornady Amax low in his right shoulder (near the end of the scope in the pic). The bullet came to rest just under the skin low in the opposite shoulder. With both shoulders broken, he managed to cover another 20 to 30 yards. I've enjoyed shooting this combination on the range, working up loads and putting it to work. With due regard for the pressure limitations in Garands, a moderate charge of IMR4895 was pushing the Amax.

GB1

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18958986 11/26/23
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,229 Wet Side, WA P Puddle Campfire Regular
Puddle Campfire Regular P Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,229 Wet Side, WA	Nice! It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18959006 11/26/23
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 14,520 E earlybrd Campfire Outfitter
earlybrd Campfire Outfitter E Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 14,520	I like it👍👍

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18960042 11/26/23
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 507 W Willicd76 Campfire Regular
Willicd76 Campfire Regular W Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 507	I’m glad to see someone hunting with the grand old garand! Good job!

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18960116 11/26/23
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,303 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger
beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,303 Northeast USA	Very cool! Congrats on a great hunt! Semper Fi

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Re: Garand Buck beefan #18960185 11/26/23
Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 80 Oklahoma A AmericanEyes Campfire Greenhorn
AmericanEyes Campfire Greenhorn A Joined: Oct 2018 Posts: 80 Oklahoma	Good shooting with a cool gun! “Only accurate rifles are interesting.” -Townsend Whelen

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18960293 11/26/23
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,371 South Texas F FSJeeper Campfire Regular
FSJeeper Campfire Regular F Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 1,371 South Texas	I love posts like this!

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18960818 11/26/23
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 168 South Carolina, USA T The Happy Kaboomer Campfire Member
The Happy Kaboomer Campfire Member T Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 168 South Carolina, USA	Nice! Could you show a close up of house your scope is mounted? What base & rings.........Long eye relief pistol scope. I'd like to scope mine and shoot a deer with it.

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18960878 11/26/23
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 946 middle Tennessee B beefan OP Campfire Regular
OP beefan Campfire Regular B Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 946 middle Tennessee	It’s the UltiMAK base which has a picatinny rail on top. The base surrounds the barrel just forward of the receiver and replaces the rear hand guard. The rings are some vertical split rings I had in my parts box. The scope is a Burris 2 x 7 pistol scope. This is my first experience with a long eye relief scope and I warmed up to it right away. The UltiMAK website has all the particulars. Although not related to your inquiry, I should add to this thread that while searching for load data for the Garand, I recalled that the Campfire’s John Barsness had worked up the data a few years ago. He was kind enough to share that information with me.

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18960909 11/26/23
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,765 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger
Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,765 West of the Blue Ridge	Pretty slick! You did the work and reaped the reward. That’s how it should work. What fresh Hell is this?

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Re: Garand Buck beefan #18962582 11/27/23
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker
1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas	That's pretty neat using a Garand! Congrats! Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18962657 11/27/23
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 4,022 Utah crittrgittr Campfire Tracker
crittrgittr Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 4,022 Utah	Very cool indeed.

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18962716 11/27/23
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 151 Nellysford VA A ARTY Campfire Member
ARTY Campfire Member A Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 151 Nellysford VA	Nice buck. The Garand is very cool.

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18964267 11/28/23
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,610 Louisiana-U.S.A. J Joe Campfire Tracker
Joe Campfire Tracker J Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,610 Louisiana-U.S.A.	Congratulations, the Garand still works well. Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18964513 11/28/23
Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,082 Willamette Valley S SS336 Campfire Regular
SS336 Campfire Regular S Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,082 Willamette Valley	Too cool. Love the rifle. 👍

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18964645 11/28/23
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 881 Parker, Tx H HTDUCK Campfire Regular
HTDUCK Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 881 Parker, Tx	Nicely done sir ! Love my Garands Your mind is your primary weapon. Never let it get rusty. Endowment Member NRA

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18964724 11/28/23
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,735 Sandy, Utah J Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker
Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,735 Sandy, Utah	Good combo...the Garand...the scope...the Skill to take a fine Game animal.

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18964889 11/28/23
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,729 T TBREW401 Campfire Outfitter
TBREW401 Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,729	Nice Home made cheekpiece on the stock?

Re: Garand Buck beefan #18966529 11/28/23
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 946 middle Tennessee B beefan OP Campfire Regular
OP beefan Campfire Regular B Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 946 middle Tennessee	I cobbled that together with a piece of foam covered with black tape for a temporary fix. A friend is looking for the proper piece of leather to do it up right.

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