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A Savage 99 chambered in either cartridge would do the job quite handily. It would also add a touch of nostalgia and class to any hunt camp.

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The guys I hunt with use the 30-06 in Northwestern Ontario. I do too from time to time, but this year my 303 will be the go to with the 7x57 being #2. Actually the moose still come in close to the call around here during the rut. Even slashes are only 300 yds or 400 yds and the 303 is up to the task if distances are known.

Patience is a benefit when calling or when stalking. The only places I have shot game over two hundred yds is in Africa. Here in NW Ontario it has been a long time since I have shot over 100, usually closer to 50.

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That Savage commercial reminds me of my dad. He bought a 300 Savage in 1956. Fresh out of the service in Utica NY. He payed 110 bucks for it. Still has it. Has not used it in 20 years though.


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My Dad's 300 Sav 99 was a Christmas gift to him from Mom in 1927. It came with three shells that took three deer. He shot his last buck with it in 1986 and then on December 10 he took a trip to Heaven from where he has not returned.

Your post makes me wonder what Mom paid for it.

Whatever it was, the ole 300 fed our family many a year. Fact is there is some V in the freezer left over from last year the ole 300 provided.

It appears to be plenty adiquate for fellow hunters South of your border and the 303 Brit has more whomp than it.

Any of you fellas hunted with the 303 Sav?

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Randy,

The last four moose our camp has taken were shot at 378 yards, 455 yards, 475 yards and 250/275 yards. The rifles respectively were 30/378, .338 WM, 300 WM and 300 WSM (all lasered). The short range kill could have been made with an 06 but instead a 300 WSM was used. It put the bull down where it stood instead of allowing it to possibly travel the 60 or 70 feet it was from the water.

This is not to say we will never get another close range shot but in case the range is long we have the equipment which allows us to take the shot. Personally I prefer 50 yard shots at standing moose but we don't always get what we want.

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Originally Posted by medicman
"When technology brought the US into our living rooms in the 1960s, our way of life changed for good here."


I assume by saying "changed for good here" you mean changed permanently. It sure can not be described as a change for the positive. I know your affection for the old workhorse, this is just to clarrify for those under 40 who did not have the benefit of living pre USA influence.

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Jim that is some long range moose shooting for sure. I doubt I would be up to the task. Obviously you and your crew are.

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I figure anyone who can smoke a gemsbok at 500 facing away should be able to hook up a moose at those meagre distances. wink Remember my first one at 400yards with open sights???


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Originally Posted by Rug3

Any of you fellas hunted with the 303 Sav?

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Yep, was my "go to" rifle when luck was down in deer season was a .303s featherweight for yrs. Never missed a deer with that old girl & a tang site. Maybe I should blow the dust of her again this year.

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You know what I think?


150 gr bullet.

I should have to get a lot older and more forgetful before that moose leaves my memory. JC Higgens with course open irons. We were both pretty young then. Where you 16 yet?

It was nice talking with you the other day. The furnace pump went on the frazzle the other day and am hoping to have it fixed by tomorrow.

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Randy,

We have been very fortunate in our group. Often all we see is one moose in a week and in the last 5 years only once have we seen one we didn't get. The one we didn't get was because a legal shot wasn't possible so we didn't shoot at it.

I was at our club range this morning and ran into someone shooting a 30/378 who I had never seen before. His only shooting at the club was at the 300 yard marker. When asked he said he liked the cartridge very much.

The majority of the moose I have taken were in the early days with a standard .270. I find that cartridge very comfortable to shoot and prefer it to my .338. I have to admit, however, the .338 has been proven to have more punch and put the moose down more quickly than the .270.

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150 gr bullet.

I should have to get a lot older and more forgetful before that moose leaves my memory. JC Higgens with course open irons. We were both pretty young then. Where you 16 yet?

It was nice talking with you the other day. The furnace pump went on the frazzle the other day and am hoping to have it fixed by tomorrow.

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I was 15, Randy, and it was my first year to hunt legally with my own licence. Wish I still had that old loose bolt Higgins -- remember Dad traded it for the Savage you now have. Here'sthe only pic I have of that moose. I remember Dad defending me against Uncle Bill saying it was a lucky shot, and Dad said "Well, he must have had it pointed in the right general direction, cause the proof is in the back of the truck. grin Good old Dad.

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Hope you get that heat thing worked out before you freeze up.

And you're right. . . . . . . . I think it musta been a 150, but in hose days, who knew? blush


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The heat is fixed and I watched 3 does in he field for an hour. I winked at them for a bit through the #1 303, but decided to leave them for buck bait. There is a 10 point and 14 pt still coming in after dark, but the does are there in daylight so once the rut starts the bucks likely will be as well.

I hope so.

Enjoy the grandsons and kids company.

Randy

Boy we are kids! that is a fine bull. Bill and you were at each other all the time so it is no wonder he gave you a hard time. No 400 yd shot (6" above perfect placement by textbook) that kills it stone dead is lucky. Dad did have a way of understating the obvious. I really miss him a lot this time of year. He would have loved your grandkids as much as he did our daughters. You got some big boots to fill my son! My feet are too small to fill his shoes.


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doesn't it have to be metric?

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Originally Posted by JBGQUICK
doesn't it have to be metric?


Back then it was Imperial not metric. So it was 400 yds uphill both ways. smile


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Originally Posted by JBGQUICK
doesn't it have to be metric?



Nope. Shooting has always been standard for me. I don't see a football field in metres, I see it in yards, and that is how I guage a shot. Measuring te 400 yards of that first bull was done by a 15 year old that was 10 feet tall and stepping off "full-sized" yards, each about 5' long. grin

Randy,

Your feet are bigger than you think. Try on a pair of those Paris boots, and you'll see. Feet and ears never quit growing. I usually take a size 10, but 11's fit me so well, I bought 12's -- remember?


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I don't know if those boots would allow me to lift my feet anymore. They were fine boots made in Paris Ontario and bilt for working for sure.

I agree however my view of a football field was typically only a yard at a time. Once in a while I got to see a bit further and maybe that is why I don't shoot much at distance.

I did make a good hit on that gemsbok, but won't tell anyone I am a 500 yd shooter, not even myself. You however are a different story entirely.

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Boots made in Paris?I've been trying to figure out who made them and I can't think of a shoe maker in Paris.Fill me in please.

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I think my little brother may be mistaken. They were made by a boot company "Pierre Paris and Sons." No idea where they came from, but they were heavy duty boots about 45 years ago.


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I used Google and found this. It was a western Canadian company.

http://www.parisorthotics.com/hcp_company/index.html


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