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When it comes to spending money on equipment, instead of buying another rifle, upgrade to a better set of binos. And boots.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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Boots get you there!
Boots cost damn near as much as binos.
Still slumming 7 or 8 year old Nikon 10x42's, I love those things.....grin
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Soon as I get a Tikka T3 rebarreled to 6.5 SAUM and top it with a 3-9x42 SWFA, I'll have it.
You gonna rebarrel the 7RM? I wonder if you could change bolts and re-chamber a 6.5x55? When money allows I'll just get a T3 WSM and rebarrel. I think it's the cheapest and easiest route. 6.5 WSM might be a good option too. More brass and what not. Cool thread, Sammo! Tanner
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Well I don't know when it will be, but when I do finally get to go after Elk and Mulies I'll take 2, my .300 Win Mag or for just Mulies, my CZ550 270 wcf Leupy 6x42(LRD).
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Old school.. Pre-War Model 70. .30-06 ![[Linked Image]](http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/Whitebird_43/DSC_0039_zps27d1b8f6.jpg)
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If I had more $$ it'd probably be a kimber montana in 7mm-08. Consider yourself fortunate....and keep what you have. 7/08's rock. Oh, I do. I like the 7/08 thus far. Mine's a X7. The Kimbers I've handled are top notch. Really I'd only be gaining in looks and a little in weight as my X7 is quite accurate. That Vaguard Back Country is also looking sweet!
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I'd run either a Seven XCR or a 700 MR with Brown Precision handles in 243.
Right now it'd be 85 Interbond, but 95BT or 105Amax would work anytime needed.
6x36/42 Leupie, standard duplex, hold the turrets (since I can range just fine on deer with the crosshairs, and do it faster).
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That's why it's best to already have the barrel out the window.
And let someone else hold the wheel while you shoot... A guy that can steer from the passenger seat and not spill any beer is a true friend.
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Soon as I get a Tikka T3 rebarreled to 6.5 SAUM and top it with a 3-9x42 SWFA, I'll have it.
Tanner, I was thinking the same treatment for a Sako 85 which is currently a 300 WSM. McEdged of course. Will the SAUM cartridge jive with a staggered WSM magazine? Blame Rancho for this idea. I think some guys are building the T3 SAUMs over on Snipershide. I can't imagine the case wouldn't work in a WSM box. Rancho's SAUMs are about perfect in my mind. Tanner What's the muzzle velocity for a 130gr bullet?
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Didn't draw a mule deer tag this year so I went coastal for blacktail. First kill for this rifle which was bought this past summer. Two loads: 120gr NBT at 3100 fps, 120gr TTSX at 3000 fps. I can shoot both loads without changing zero to 500y with dotz (TTSX prints higher at 100y), or just use M1. Jason ![[Linked Image]](http://imageshack.us/a/img10/5097/1w61.jpg)
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A little more old school. Pair of 1894's .25-35 ![[Linked Image]](http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/Whitebird_43/DSC_0065_zpse3580a6f.jpg)
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The only mule deer I have ever shot was at 27 yards...with a 7wsm.
He died and was so dead I think I may have over-deaded him.
Not sure I know what the perfect rifle is for deer so I keep building rifles almost yearly trying to figure it out.
Gonna try another 300WSM when McM ships my stock. The rest of the parts are foundering in the safe.
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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Nice pics all!
4th Point, sweet blacktail!
Ingwe Dog in top form Poobs.
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What I currently use - a Ruger M77 .260 Remington set in a Boyd's thumbhole stock, bedded and floated. 2.5-10x40 Nikon Monarch, 129 gr. Hornady Interlock propelled by 44 gr. of IMR 4350, started up with a Rem. 9 1/2 primer in Remington brass. Have a string of 8 one-shot kills, zero blood trailing, unless chunks of lung in the path count.
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter 
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Jeez, dude, take some Midol and let it go... Get used to it. You may as well.
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Selmer, that is a good string of success.
Nice shooting.
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I'm pretty fond of my tang safety 6mm Rem and the 100 grain Speer BTSP, though its a bit heavy for hiking all day up and down ridges.
No complaints with my .25-06 or .270 Win either.
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7-8lbs all up for general walking around seems to be a good weight.
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