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I kind of miss my 308-cal BLR.....
Just saw one of the steel receiver BLRs in 308 at a gunshop in Port Angeles, WA today. Might have to circle back for it. One of my first guns was a 308 BLR, can't recall why I ever let it go.
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John Stark.
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This one, although I do want to replace the scope with a compact 2-7 x. ![[Linked Image]](http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy6/taylorsofoxdrift/IMG_0699.jpg) Pre-mil Savage Model 99C in .308. 60 years of hunting history right there. Paul. Pre-mil 99C, 60 years of hunting? You are new to 99's.
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I kind of miss my 308-cal BLR.....
Just saw one of the steel receiver BLRs in 308 at a gunshop in Port Angeles, WA today. Might have to circle back for it. One of my first guns was a 308 BLR, can't recall why I ever let it go. I bought that exact rifle for my son when he was a tyke. I used it shamelessly until he took it away 2 years ago.  I gotta find me another as well. Thinking about one in .358 Win. JM
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I hunt with a several different guns, but I have a soft spot, believe it or not for my Encore 209x50 muzzle loader. I have had it for years, and regardless of what I hunt with during the general firarms season, I know the 209x50 is going with me during black powder season. I have A LOT of confidence in that rifle, and a 300gr Hornady XTP on top of 90 grains of 777.  Nothing has EVER limped away!
"Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." Genesis 9:3
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One of my first guns was a 308 BLR, can't recall why I ever let it go.
Momentary lapse of reason.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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Have to say my Ruger 280. It has been shelved in lieu of my new Sako 85 SM Finnlight in 300 WSM. What will the WSM do that the 280 won't, Nothing !! But, I wanted it. Hopefully I will come to appreciate the Sako as I have the Ruger.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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my marlin 336. it was the first gun I purchased myself after turning 18. with it I have taken 2 elk, several mule deer and whitetails, coyotes, antelope even a turkey (head shot). it rode countless miles in my ranch truck and has always been ol reliable. sometimes I wonder why I ever bought another rifle. but then I remember I have an addiction  its one rifle that I will never sell. its been used so much that it probably wouldn't be worth much anyway.
Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young.
Calm seas don't make sailors.
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The rifle I have enjoyed shooting deer with the most?
That would be the Ruger M77 in 220 Swift.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke 1795
"Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry 1775
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Sporterized 03-A3 with a Fajen stock I inletted and finished to fit me perfectly. It was heavy but came to my eye like a kiss in the moonlight and shot 165 Sierras into 5/8" all day long. I shoulda never sold it.
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Ruger #1 RSI, 30-06. Carries like a bird gun and hits like a sledge hammer.
Keep your powder dry and stay frosty my friends.
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Hand-me-downs and gifts. Currently a 1903 Springfield in .280 Rem. It's almost cheating.My Uncle had it built in 1974 for shooting silhouette.
Broncos are officially the worst team in the nation this year.
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264 WM since 1963 from brush, timber and sage flats at ranges from 6 inches (bedded down white tail buck) to 450yrds Running Muley buck.
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Six inches!  I thought I had some kind of a record by shooting one with a .22-250 at 12 feet!  It was my first kill with that then new rifle, so I was pretty confident that it shot flat out to that distance.....   Ingwe
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This one,I never killed anything with it but I was hunting with my grandfather whenever I used it. ![[Linked Image]](http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad302/Rocketcoach/savageandflag.jpg)
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One more step and I would have steped on him. He was looking away from me and didnt know I was there. The silense of wool britches and a breeze in your face sure helps when going through brush. Thats the second time that has happened to me but I didn't see the first one and he almost hit me when he jumped up from his bed, scared me so bad I missed and boy was I shaking That was in 1962 when I was 17.
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Had a doe that was bedded behind a rock ahead of me jump up at about 10-12' away. She was as startled as I and just stood there staring. After about 10 seconds she blew, jumped and did a 180 in the air and was gone. Funny now, but at the time I was concerned I might need to return to camp and change my skivies! My favorite rifle since 1991 has always been my 336 Marlin but I may carry my recently acquired 1946 Model 99EG .300 Savage this fall.
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No rifles allowed where i hunt so it is my Beretta 390 12 ga. It fits me perfect, shoots fantastic to 150 yards with a Hastings barrel and just plain gets the job done. Funny how it doesnt matter what gun it is, if it is your baby, you have soooooo much confidence in it. It is also funny how you can grow to have feelings for an inanimate object. Take these away from us and you will here some big time wailing and gnashing of teeth!
What you do today is important, you are trading a day in the rest of your life for it.
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Your right there they tend to be a living part of you especially if you have been shooting the same rifle since 1963.
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No question but that my best deer have been taken with this 1945 Savage 99EG in 300 Savage. And, even better, it's been fired 14 times at 14 deer and every one of them went down and into the freezer. ![[Linked Image]](http://savagela.org/CalhounsGuns/RorysBuck/99EG_300Sav_5x5a.JPG) And my 14 year old used it for his first hunt this last fall, and there ain't any picture that I like more than this one. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.savagefest.net/my_99s/2009_Hunt/Rhys_Buck1.JPG) 14 shots and 14 deer.What ammo are you useing?
"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." -Theodore Roosevelt
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