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I see you figured my name out, too! Amazon!!?? Why would I go to South America just to get a book...must be a good one. Thanks for the help!
I saw a movie where only the military and the police had guns. It was called Schindler's List.
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Bulletbut I am being dead serious now, and this is telling a tale on myself- I looked at your post quickly, and the messup in regards to your name was an actual mistake. I don't believe I have ever engaged in name calling on here, and hiopefully never will. That I was that careless does not speak well of me, and your dignified response DOES speak well of you. I apologize for the unintentioned name calling. You are a good sport.
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The "I" stands for "Ironmongery", an archaic term meaning arms from small arms to cannon and bombs. It indicates that a certain powder is very versatile. Thanks.
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It is a killer!!! I shoot 100 gr hornady spire points and it has never let me down. a really great little cartridge and easy for anyone to shoot.
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Bulletbut I am being dead serious now, and this is telling a tale on myself- I looked at your post quickly, and the messup in regards to your name was an actual mistake. I don't believe I have ever engaged in name calling on here, and hiopefully never will. That I was that careless does not speak well of me, and your dignified response DOES speak well of you. I apologize for the unintentioned name calling. You are a good sport.
Fred Well, thank you for the compliment! Actually, I think your corruption of Bulletbutt to Bubblebut is pretty funny. If we can't laugh at ourselves, there's no way we should ever tease others. I'm glad we found some humor, even if it was unintentional on your part. Now, on to more serious things...what exactly is IMR?
I saw a movie where only the military and the police had guns. It was called Schindler's List.
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boomdown:
In 2005, I sent the following as part of an answer to an inquiry about the 6mm-06, the wildcat ballistic equivalent of the .240 Weatherby.
Ted "is a 6mm-06 enthusiast. His favorite centerfire rifle is now on its third or fourth barrel, each one chambered for the 6mm-06. The action is a VZ-24 that he had heat treated. He uses a 28.5 inch barrel. He uses chrome-moly match grade, hand lapped Shilen barrels with a 12 inch twist. He uses CCI 200 primers and IMR 4831 to shoot Hornady 87 grain boat-tail hollow points or Sierra 87 grain Game Kings 3750 ft/sec at whatever he wants to kill, whether that be a woodchuck, coyote, deer, pronghorn, etc. Ted told me that he gets about 1200 rounds per barrel and that he seldom shoots paper once he has zeroed his rifle. Ted said that he doesn't do any rapid fire shooting with that rifle, just one careful shot at a time. My guess is that he'd crank off a fast second shot at a deer if he believed a second shot was needed. But Ted says that everything that he has shot, including deer, has gone down very quickly.
I have no personal knowledge about Ted's shooting or hunting. All I know is what Ted has told me."
My own guess is that a .240 Weatherby will work well on deer. Well directed 100 grain soft points from a .243 Winchester have worked well for me.
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Now, on to more serious things...what exactly is IMR? The IMR series of powders is pretty wide and they have something for just about every caliber hence..... IMR= Invest in More Rifles
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boomdown, Re: Is a 240 Weatherby considered a deer caliber? Only by the informed.
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I have use one for about 10yrs now, you can see other reports on how well the 243 works on deer and other animals, well the 240wby is a 243 on steriods and it works like! I love mine it's the Wby ultra lite S/S with fluted barrel less than 6 lbs.
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I'd say it's a great deer caliber.
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Thats what my good friend gives me when we hunt together on his ranch in Sonora Mexico. He feels like he's giving me his best rifle kept at the ranch, and he has plenty to choose from. Can't count the number of big mulies that rifle has killed. dan
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How does the 240 Weatherby compare to the 270 win or 25-06 win?
With the new 270 win 85 gr. TSX loads, it should do just as well, no?
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how does the the 270win or the 25-06REM compare to the 280 and 30-06?
While we're on the subject, how long is a rope?
To the OP, they are great deer guns, mine was in 6/06, the 240 is just its belted twin.
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Im not a big fan of 6mm caliber rifles but Ive used a 6mm rem in the past and its always killed every deer I shot so I can,t see where you could go wrong if you use a quality bullet I used mostly SPEER grand slam 100 grain and they worked just fine. I have used a 257 wby on several white tail and a couple mule deer with 100-117 grain bullets , thats not much different, and both the 6mm and 25 cal rifles are accurate. low recoil and effective
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Of course it is. It will do a good job on stuff bigger than that as well. It is poor design in my book. Brass is very expensive and the belt serves no purpose. I will not own another for that reason. E
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Likely the finest of the 24 calibers. By all means, yes.
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Hell yes. An elk camp hunting member has taken over 30 elk with his too. Never lost one. It's a great round, and deer don't know the difference between .243 inches and .308 inches in my experience.
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+2 The dang things flat out rock!
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