Search results for query: 223 for antelope

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  1. GoWyo!

    Any Remington 788 fans here?

    I have two 6mm’s and a .223. All are very accurate. My niece used one 6mm for several years and took 3 cow elk and 3-4 whitetail with it. I ttok it back for my son to use. He’s taken a few antelope and whitetail with it.
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    Small Bullets (.224) and BIG game

    Right, I'm with you. You said there are very few people that should use a 22 cal centerfire for big game and I'm just curious what the difference is between using a .243 and say a 22-250, 22 creed, 220 swift or even a 223. I'm not saying they're the best choice for elk but antelope, deer, and...
  3. MTLabrador

    Small Bullets (.224) and BIG game

    I might pack my .223 for bears this spring, it’s short and light and barely noticeable when strapped to a pack. Would be a great rifle to pack around while looking for elk antlers if nothing else. Especially for black bears I think there’s a ton of merit to the small caliber explosive bullets...
  4. C

    Small Bullets (.224) and BIG game

    I have two Howa Minis, one 20" 6ARC and a 22" 223AI, love them both. Neither have the dreaded heavy trigger if cycling the bolt fast and both are very accurate. Just finished up fire-forming Lapua brass in the AI with 50gr Barnes VG that shot into .5". Have a load worked up with the 35HH in...
  5. M

    Small Bullets (.224) and BIG game

    It's not the cartridge it's the shooter. How many new hunters gather this info and take off with it? My point is not that a small cartridge won't work. Done it. The size of the bullet does not matter if you can put where it needs to be. Magnum or otherwise. mtmuley
  6. M

    What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?

    How did you get three bighorn ram tags. Long Ago?
  7. buffybr

    What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?

    I was a 5th generation Coloradoan and my Dad and Grandfathers liked the mountains where we camped and fished, but my Dad didn't hunt, so I didn't start hunting until I was in College in Ft Collins. My second year, two of my roommates were from Craig in NW Colorado, and one of them took me on my...
  8. W

    What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?

    Glad to hear of someone else who became a lifelong committed hunter after growing up with non hunting parents. Your right about the magnums. Have the same model rifle chambered in both 270 win and 300 win mag. Despite having the same receiver and stock, the extra thickness of the 2" longer...
  9. M

    What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?

    Over 60 years During my big gun era I had two 35 Whelen's, a Model 700 and a Custom Mauser. Both Sold. During my long range big gun era I had two 338 Win mags. a Sako and a Belgium Safari, Sold Both. During my 300 Mag era I Had two, A stainless model 70 in 300 WM and a pre WW2 300 H and H...
  10. S

    building or having a rifle built

    So I have been collecting parts kits and gun projects for awhile and really need to do something with them. Calibers we have already 17 remington 223 6x45 22-250 243 6mm remington 300 savage 300 blackout 30-06 7mm rem mag First up a 1903A3 springfield drill rifle. I have removed the...
  11. T

    building or having a rifle built

    For Springfield get 6.5x55 or .35 Whelen. For son, Mauser .358 Win will be a good option.
  12. P

    Doe Antelope Caliber

    Intook mine with a 7mm mag. I took mine with a 7mag. Just stay behind the shoulders. Use a bullet that will stay together so it dose not blow up and destroy everything your food.
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    Need suggestions on rifle post cervical fusion

    Thanks for the encouragement. Hope you have healed well.
  14. R

    Need suggestions on rifle post cervical fusion

    I want to encourage you Sir! In October of 2000 I had a neck Fusion, plate/4 screws/cadaver bone. I had an antlerless Mule Deer tag for the Deseret Ranch out here near Evanston WY. I was supposed to go in November but was only able to go later in December. Dr tells me (in front of my wife) I...
  15. M

    7mm-08?

    To Mt. Labrador, Here is the data relative to our discussion about the 7mm-08 and Barnes 160 grain all copper bullets. The maximum velocity I found for these bullets in a 7mm-08 was just under 2,700/sec. I have been having great accuracy and velocity results in my 308 with Barnes bullets...
  16. M

    30-06 and the 150

    What hunting tons of Huge Black Wild boar taught me about bullets and calibers. For twenty years, two overlapping hunting experiences were mine to have 12 months a year. One was in the Arizona Strip where genuiune mean Russian Wild Boar had escaped into and were creating a reign of...
  17. MTLabrador

    7mm-08?

    Hopefully you don’t take this as me picking on you or being an ass, because I’m not trying to be. But there’s a lot of bad information about bullets out there and I’d hate for unexperienced hunters to take it at face value and lose animals because of it. Heavy conventional monos (TSX, E-Tip...
  18. buffybr

    Elk Rifle

    Like others have posted, its hard to beat a .30-06. I bought my first centerfire rifle when I still lived in Colorado back in 1967, and it was a .30-06. For about 10 years I didn't have any problem keeping my freezer full of deer, elk, and antelope meat. Back then I loaded it with 150 gr...
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    Gaps in coverage

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    Gaps in coverage

    Most here I assume are thinking about their next caliber addition to their rifle cabinet, I am definitely in that mode lately as I am regularly thinking about some of my rifles leaving someday soon with 4 growing kids. Two of my kids (16 yr old girl and 12 yr old boy) are already hunting and...

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