A Proper Sheep Rifle

[Nick87]

Haiku-ish

Read that as hawk-tuah at first.

 

[6mm Remington]

How about this for a proper sheep rifle!! Ruger 1B in 6mm Remington with a 6x42mm Leupold scope on it. Killed lots of coyotes, antelope, deer, and a couple elk with it. It's a 1976 year build in the 200th anniversary of the good old USA.

 

[noharleyyet]

25-06 w/6x42 FX3 Gloss in offset rings…this one’s birthday suit was a nice chunk of walnut

https://flic.kr/p/2pzE4uX

 

[6mm Remington]

25-06 w/6x42 FX3 Gloss in offset rings…this one’s birthday suit was a nice chunk of walnut

https://flic.kr/p/2pzE4uX

Gorgeous rifle and fantastic cartridge that 25-06.

 

[Ringbill27]

Never hunted sheep and probably never will but I’ve always thought a Tikka in 6.5PRC with 127LRXs at Mach Jesus sounds right to me.

 

[6mm Remington]

Here's a friend of mine many years ago with his Montana bighorn ram that he killed with his Ruger 1B in 6mm Remington. One shot at about 150 yards. His ram did make B&C 181 2/8". Tried to find a picture of him with the rifle and the ram but no luck.

Here is me loaded up and headed out with a good share of the ram. We took it all in one trip.

 

[MS 9x56]

270 tried an

Never hunted sheep and probably never will but I’ve always thought a Tikka in 6.5PRC with 127LRXs at Mach Jesus sounds right to me.

d proven for over 50 years.

 

[MS 9x56]

270 tried an

d proven for over 50 years.

270 tried and proven for over 50 years . Damn fat fingers and bad eyes.

 

[mtmuley]

270 tried and proven for over 50 years . Damn fat fingers and bad eyes.

Twice that time frame. I have one. mtmuley

 

[Irrelevant]

Up here in the north we don’t shoot light rifles or light bullets.
Maybe overkill to some but a 110 grain bullet will not do it.
Mountains are bare and the wind is wicked.
But again it is always personal.
I did use on most of my hunts a 7 RUM.
180 grain.

calling snowy... where's snowy?!

 

[MS 9x56]

Twice that time frame. I have one. mtmuley

Pretty close but not proven until annointed by Sir Jack O’Connor.

 

[Robert N]

My Goat and Sitka and (*one day hopefully sheep!) Remington Custom Shop AWR (Alaskan Wilderness Rifle) in 7mm SAUM. Currently topped with a Swarovski Z5 2.5-12x50 with an elevation turret. I shoot a 140 gr. AB at 3000 fps and figure that will do the job. I can step up to a 160 AB and get a comfortable 2850 fps.








It's a heck of a tool!

 

[Salmonchaser]

I’ve only killed one, very boring. 06/150 partitions 200 yards. Dad loved sheep hunting, used a 264wm mdl 70 he bought in 59 or 60 when we were in Fairbanks. I think a pre 64 mdl 70 in 270 is pretty much a perfect setup

 

[MattShults_11]

How’s that Henry shoot? Iv been considering getting a 44 mag lever gun for weapon restriction areas

I have a Henry Big Bog model X in 44 mag and can't recommend it enough. It is such a great rifle and so fun to shoot.

 

[Mustangs Rule]

I’ve only killed one, very boring. 06/150 partitions 200 yards. Dad loved sheep hunting, used a 264wm mdl 70 he bought in 59 or 60 when we were in Fairbanks. I think a pre 64 mdl 70 in 270 is pretty much a perfect setup

I've only killed one, Browning Safari grade 30-06 Hornady 150 grain Spire Point at 125 yards, very exciting, it came to me. To do it again I would use my pre-64 model 70 in .270.

 

[BAKPAKR]

@6mm Remington / @noharleyyet, I would have loved to have used a pretty No. 1 on my sheep, but I think that wood would have taken a beating. It wasn’t easy getting from where I shot from to where the ram was. I kind of felt like I was in a wilderness version of a John Candy/Steve Martin movie..

 

[kiwi hunter]

@6mm Remington / @noharleyyet, I would have loved to have used a pretty No. 1 on my sheep, but I think that wood would have taken a beating. It wasn’t easy getting from where I shot from to where the ram was. I kind of felt like I was in a wilderness version of a John Candy/Steve Martin movie..

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Nice ram, the rain cleaned him for the pose nicely. Such a pity that they broom.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Nice ram, the rain cleaned him for the pose nicely. Such a pity that they broom.

The other side wasn’t - at least, not much!

 

[Salmonchaser]

@6mm Remington / @noharleyyet, I would have loved to have used a pretty No. 1 on my sheep, but I think that wood would have taken a beating. It wasn’t easy getting from where I shot from to where the ram was. I kind of felt like I was in a wilderness version of a John Candy/Steve Martin movie..

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That is a great pic

 

[Mustangs Rule]

@6mm Remington / @noharleyyet, I would have loved to have used a pretty No. 1 on my sheep, but I think that wood would have taken a beating. It wasn’t easy getting from where I shot from to where the ram was. I kind of felt like I was in a wilderness version of a John Candy/Steve Martin movie..

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Beautiful ram!

I imagine you have twist that allows your 6mm Rem. to use heavier bullets.

That said, when I drew my bighorn tag, and chose a guide, his minimum caliber was 6.5mm. and he much preferred a .270 or 7mm like the 7mm-08, but highly respected an accurate the 30-06.

He was neither for nor against magnums, but wanted a caliber that could, "anchor" a ram with a well-placed shot.

He was very demanding about field shooting skills. He had a 100% success rate for sheep and wanted to keep it.

Months before our hunt he asked me to come out for a field shooting test, I came out with my Browning Safari 30-06 that I then had for 33 years, that was 20 years ago. He took me out to place to shoot that had mirage heat waves and wind. He gave me one shot only at 300 yards, which was the range he guaranteed he would get me within.

I passed his test with flying colors. I took my Ram at 120 yards.

My Ram had broomed horns too.