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    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...
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    7mm-08?

    I emailed one of ballisticians at Barnes. They near always get back to me in a few days. And the better 160 grain bullet would be TTSXBT. The extra "T" stands for Plastic tipped which facilitates full expansion at lower velocity, plus the BT means boattail which increases BC and helps maintain...
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    7mm-08?

    One of the topics I have discussed at length with the ballisticians at Barnes are the velocities required for excellent bullet expansion. I will call them soon and get back to you about this bullet at the velocity of 2650, which is just under max. The Barnes MAX Range X bullet with a BC of .439...
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    7mm-08?

    I understand where you are coming from, and your point has merit. Here is where I will end. The heaviest Barnes hunting bullet for the Creed, is 127 grain/about 2,800'/sec = 2,200 ft pounds The heaviest Barnes hunting bullet for the 7mm-08 is 160 grain/about 2,600'/sec = 2,500 ft pounds What...
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    7mm-08?

    OIh good heavens yes, 7mm bullets like Lapua all copper Naturalis 156 gran (140 gr max naturails for 6.5) then 7mm 175 grain Hornady interlocks (160 max for 6.5) Barnes originals for 7mm were 190 or 195 grain. I forget. There were many years when I guided for big wild boar. The difference...
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    Solo Traditional Muzzleloader Deer hunt in the Mountain West this December.

    I will be close to 79 years old when this hunt happens and am the last one still hunting from my group of old hunting friends. I did get Covid, had two meniscus knee surgeries, then one full knee replacement two years ago and a second one coming up next August. My life long hunting commitment...
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    7mm-08?

    What Make and Model Rifle is your 7mm08 in. I am glad you qualified your post as "Only for Deer" and will respond from multiple viewpoints. First, I have had for a quarter century a Model 70 CRF Winchester Featherweight in 6.5x55 Swede. Handloaded it equals the 6.5 Creed. Both have taken...
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    Will white tail bucks come to a rattle in early December

    And a question to all of you. Should I go to my sweet spot pre-season at the height of rut for practice or stay away from my sweet spot. My rifle BTW can hold a sub 3"-inch group out to 100 yards. Have you guys rattled from tree stands?
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    Will white tail bucks come to a rattle in early December

    So what distance to keep from scrapes and trails. I have never done this before.
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    Will white tail bucks come to a rattle in early December

    Spooking them would be my concern too.
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    Will white tail bucks come to a rattle in early December

    When did your season end and where were you.
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    Will white tail bucks come to a rattle in early December

    I just drew a muzzleloader white tail buck tag. Season is 12-1 through 12-15. I never rattled before and i know their rut is strong thru November but peters out by late November. I have read that there is second rut when WT bucks can be rattled in early December. Does anyone have personal...
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    Thoughts on the best 1911 / 2011 in 10mm

    Just make sure you get a newer model. I bought a Delta Elite in 10mm when they first came out and found out that there was a potential for a "battered frame syndrome" when using lots of in spec full loads. I had a gunsmith do the required work before I had used even two boxes of full loads...
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    "Modern" hunting rifles, hunts with Dad, and today's realities

    Two hunting seasons ago I was out chasing grouse and ran into a father and daughter pair afield with only one rifle and only one bull elk tag. The rifle was his, his only ever rifle. It was an early 1950's production standard weight Winchester model 70 in 270. The final desperate run of pre-64's...
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    Desert Bighorn Ram hunt,,

    Where in Nevada was your DBH hunt? Mine was in the Southernmost Mojave Desert, very remote, vast area of dedicated wildness. Mid-December. Days mid to high 80's, nights mid 20's. Crystal clear nights, blue-black sky just brilliant with stars. Was North of Joshua Tree National Monument, 24...
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    7mm-08?

    You did not mention if your Model 70/270 was a pre-64, better yet a deep pre-64, The last several years of pre-64's Winchesters quality slumped with their WW2 era machinery wearing out and their great gunsmiths and machinists both retiring out. In those final pre-64 years Winchester was losing...
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    Desert Bighorn Ram hunt,,

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    Desert Bighorn Ram hunt,,

    Would love to share that later, it was a "True once in a many lifetimes hunt". I applied for a desert Big Horn tag for the first time in my life at 54. I was thinking,,,,, "Why Bother?" I put in for the roughest, toughest, driest, biggest, deepest true wilderness hunt zone. Only one tag was...
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    7mm-08?

    About 5 years ago I bought a Kimber Hunter 24" barrel, SS ever so light. First three shots I could put in a small postage stamp at 100 yards off a bench. The load I worked up was just 35'/sec shy of a 7mm, Remington Mag. Then one day I looked at my pre 64 model 70/270 in my gun safe and missed...
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    Desert Bighorn Ram hunt,,

    I would trade any and all hunts for the rest of my life to have another chance to hunt a desert ram. Just wondering if any of you have taken one, or if any one you are applying for a tag, and what would make a desert ram hunt so special for you
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