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  1. buffybr

    Any comments on 300 Weatherby Mag?

    After wanting a .300 Weatherby for 40 some years, I finally bought one in 2009. I immediately re-stocked it in a AA Fancy walnut stock that fits me, is pillar and glass bedded, free floated the barrel, and had a KDF muzzle brake installed on it. It shoots a variety of 168 and 180 grain bullets...
  2. Crumb

    What .cal

    I can’t have just one personally, I use .22 or .17 for small varmits, .223 or my favorite .204 for coyotes, 25-06 for antelope and deer out west or 12 gauge with slugs at home for deer(shotgun only in my part of MN) and 300win mag for elk.
  3. M

    .243 manufacturers, any recommendations?

    Thanks for the info. Whats the minimum grain you'd use with a .243 for a big buck?
  4. FAIR CHASE

    smaller caliber gun coyote, javelina, coues deer

    Yep, dozens of deer/antelope have fallen to either a 22-250 or 223 here as well. I know a few others that have done a lot of clean killing with a 22 CF. Out of easily 50+, I lost one very large mule deer buck back in the 80s (high school) that I never did recover. That one still haunts me to...
  5. C

    Favorite Pronghorn round ?

    Im new to this sight. Its awsome! This is my first post (hope i dont screw it up). I hunt south east MT antelope. I have always shot them with my 30-06. Except for the time I shot a buck at 250 yrds with my 223. The trick to antelope hunting is not the round you drop them with, but how you take...
  6. W

    Favorite Pronghorn round ?

    I've used my Browning A bolt in 270 Win. with 140 grain Bergers, another A bolt in 223 WSSM with 64 grain Power Points, and a Weatherby Vanguard in 30/06 with 180 grain Sierra Pro Hunters. They all worked just fine, but of those I don't think you can beat the 270 Winchester with a 140 grain...
  7. VikingsGuy

    .243 manufacturers, any recommendations?

    For recoil sensitive folks the 3006 is not a good choice even with light loads in my opinion. Actual recoil is a simple physics relationship between the mass of the bullet, the velocity of the bullet, the mass of the powder, the velocity of the powder and the weight of the gun. So in fact a 80...
  8. F

    What's a good long range rifle out of the box?

    What you plan to hunt and what your distance limit will be should dictate caliber. For deer and antelope at 700 and in I’d look at a 260, 6.5 creed, or 6.5x55. Only reason I would look at a magnum is if you’re going to chase elk. If you dont want hunt at all with it, I’d look at a .223 with a...
  9. Southern Elk

    What's a good long range rifle out of the box?

    Elk
  10. Focus

    Who uses an AR style rifle for hunting?

    I'm glad someone got around to mentioning the 6.5 Grendel. I don't own one yet but it will be my next AR build whenever funds allow. I don't hunt with one because I got started on bolt guns a long time ago. But if I was one of these new "adult onset" hunters I would start with the AR...
  11. 3855WIN

    youth caliber

    Son killed two WTs at 6 with a single shot .223. At 7, he moved up to a Ruger Compact .308. That year, he killed 9 WTs (DMAP tags). We started with reduced recoil loads. Mid-season, I gave him regular loads and he never noticed. At around 14, he got a 257 WBY Magnum. At 19, he’s killed around...
  12. D

    open, peep, foxed or variable

    I like open sight's but not my choice for a hunting rifle. Beside's that my old eye's just don't work as well as they did in my prime. Using fixed sights you have three focus point's, rear sight, front sight and target, no one's eyes can focus on three point's at the dame time. The cross wires...
  13. Focus

    Powder Recommendations

    OP I'm partial to H4895 in several different cartridges. I have a 22-250 and a 260 Rem that likes it a lot. Also good in 30-30 and 223. Guys above who recommended IMR4350 and 165 grain bullets are spot on. I use the CCI 250 mag primer in my loads and have killed a handful of deer DRT with...
  14. Bambistew

    youth caliber

    I started out with a 243 when I was 11. I shot a bunch of deer and antelope with it along with a couple elk at 12 and 13. I "upgraded" to the 270 for a couple season, then to the 7mag a couple years after along with about a dozen other calibers. The 243 is quite versatile for medium game and...
  15. pointingdogsrule

    Brody's Wyoming Antelope (pic heavy)

    Last fall I asked a client's son if he wanted to go antelope hunting in Wyoming. Brody is 12 years old and lives on a dairy farm. He accepted the invite. The trip would be VERY SHORT. We would hunt a ranch in eastern Wyoming and the season opened on Sept 24th (a Sunday). We would need to be...
  16. D

    youth caliber

    Not picking on this guy but just another my kid did! Lot of people go this way about cartridge's for young people. No doubt there are some kids that can handle more recoil, just like some big kid's can handle more recoil. But I don't think putting more recoil than necessary in a young kids hands...
  17. ImBillT

    Bullet Selection

    I’ve shot Hornady, Sierra, Speer, Nosler, Lapua, Berger, and various custom handmade bullets. For paper punching I settled on Hornady and Berger. Hornaday flat based match bullets generally gave me accuracy as good as Bergers with very rare “flyers”. Sierra was about equal but at a much higher...
  18. handymom

    Question for the Ladies

    My daughter is 4'9, 90lbs, and shoots a .270 Tikka T3 lite with a reduced recoil load. Several ammo makers have reduced recoid loads. Also, make sure you have a good recoil pad like a limbsaver, and good hearing protection. Using a bipod and having the length of pull right for her size is...
  19. R

    Which rifle and round to get next? 270 7mm-08 7mm Rem Mag

    This is my first posting in the forum. I am looking for opinions on which new rifle and caliber to purchase. I can't seem to make my mind up and every few days decide on a different one. So here is my dilemma... The two rifles I am debating are the Winchester XPR Hunter with the Kuiu camo or...
  20. C

    Working up a load for 'lopes

    I don't have a 25-06, however, I recommend you try Federal Fusions. They have shot very well in all the rifles I have tried them in, Plus, they are a bonded core bullet; not necessary for antelope, but it also wouldn't hurt. I have shot them in 223, 243, 7mm-08, 308 and 7mm Remington Magnum...

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