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Re: What are you shooting with??
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12/18/14 02:19 PM
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Guess I am becoming an "equal opportunity" hunter. It just depends on which rifle I focused on tweaking that year. Two years ago it was the 270 with 130 Fed Premiums (long spike, DRT). Last year it was the 6.5x55 with 120 grain Barnes TTSX (120 pound sow,DRT). This year it's the 7mm 08 with 120 grain Barnes TTSX (2 bucks, both DRT). Next year I'll probably dust off the 6mm or the 308.
No prayer in school....What's next, no thinking in church? It's not just about pie in the sky when you die. It's also about steak on your plate while you wait!
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/18/14 02:28 PM
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booger
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300 RUM with 180gr hand load or 25-06 with 120 gr hand load. It really depends on where I am hunting.
I agree with another post.... Never to dead!!
Big ones line-up, little ones bunch-up
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
#5485337
12/18/14 02:47 PM
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Perfect 8
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I used a 6 MM Rem Mag for years for deer with well over 20 one-shot kills. Five years ago I shot a medium-sized boar and he shrugged a bit and went back to eating corn before I put one in his ear. I now rotate between two different .300s. My favorite is my .300 win mag because I can shoot one-inch groups between the Remington Managed Recoil 150g and the Hornady Superformance 180g SST (I tried the Superformance 165 GMX but they rifle didn't "like" them). I keep it loaded with the 150s for deer, but it a pig steps out a quick change of the clip and I am shooting the 180s!! I also have a .300 AAC Blackout that is awaiting its suppressor and it will probably become the favorite deer/pig slayer.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/18/14 03:07 PM
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fencewire
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/18/14 04:15 PM
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JDMore
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I have been using a Mauser 7mm mag with Win Super X 150grain Power Point.
Have been hunting mainly around Comanche County, now hunting more in East Texas and thinking I should get a 30-30 for the Piney Woods.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
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12/18/14 04:40 PM
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White Clover
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Lets see, 30-06 165 No.BT, 6.5 x55, 7x 57, 7.65 x 53, 243 win, 12 ga. slug, but my favorite gun in a custom 280 rem on a 09 arg. action scoped with 6x fixed IOR Valdada scope, Hogue over mold rubber stock, stuffed with 150 gr. swift scirroco II, best combination I have every used.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/18/14 04:52 PM
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aggie-01
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Woodsman
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Remington 722 .257 Roberts 100-117gr Winchester pre-64 Model 70 .270 130gr Marlin 30-30 open sight 150gr corlok for the short distant bow stands
Mitch
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/18/14 04:54 PM
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Booner1
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Weatherby Vanguard SII .257 Weatherby Magnum and PSE X-Force.
Born to hunt and fish.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/18/14 05:05 PM
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bp3
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Old J.C.Higgins with Husky Swedish action in 270 with 130 grain hand loaded Hornady Partition. 130 grain groups better than 150 grain.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/19/14 12:48 AM
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BradyBuck
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Remington 700 BDL 270 Remington 700 CDL SF 257 Weatherby Browning Silver 12 Browning A5 12
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HRCH Washita's Kimber Locked N Loaded GRHRCH Firefly's Rally The Troops MH
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Re: What are you shooting with??
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12/19/14 02:14 AM
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ScottA
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Woodsman
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Old J.C.Higgins with Husky Swedish action in 270 with 130 grain hand loaded Hornady Partition. 130 grain groups better than 150 grain. The Partition is a Nosler product.
If you want something done, tell a Texan its impossible
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/19/14 03:16 AM
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07FJ
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Woodsman
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6.8 here Iif it's inside about 400, farther than that I drag out the bolt gun in .308.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/19/14 06:04 AM
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sobellamc
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Woodsman
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Ruger 270 w/ hornandy 130gr superperformance
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/19/14 06:34 AM
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BunnyBlaster
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Woodsman
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bushmaster 223 with 55 gr cheap soft points
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
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12/19/14 08:07 AM
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Hirogen
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Depends on my mood and the weather. This year it was mostly my Nosler 35 Whelen shooting 250 grain partitions: If it is really wet out I switch to my Sako .270 (top) or my X-bolt 7-08 (bottom) shooting 150 grain partitions or 140 grain accubonds respectively: I prefer the 35 Whelen as bear season is open at the same time as deer so I always have a bear tag when deer hunting and the 35 is good bear medicine.
Last edited by Hirogen; 12/19/14 08:11 AM.
Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the pursuit of evil.
-The Iron Code of Druss the Legend
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Re: What are you shooting with??
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12/19/14 04:52 PM
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Get'n Jiggy
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I have a Remington .700 in 30.06. While a popular round, I wonder sometimes if is to much for whitetail. What are you using and what are your thoughts....30.06 too much gun? If you're recoil sensitive, then the 30.06 is too much gun for you (not the whitetail). I own a 7mag, .270 and a .308. The caliber that I will use will depend on the distance from my stand to the feeder. 100 yards or less, I will use the .308. Going beyond 100 yards, I will use the .270 or the 7mag. Not so fast... I'm extremely recoil sensitive and my "daily driver" rifle is a .300WM TC Pro Hunter It's a custom from Mr Brown with a JP Howitzer brake and the gun feels like shooting a .22 at the range, I warn guys to my left and right that my gun is loud and may hurt ya. Most look at me crazy and laugh and say WHATEVER dude. My first shot normally has them grabbing their chest then ears. The old timers say ok then once I pull it out they smile and back off or go down a few spots. It will clear out a busy range in .005sec
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
#5487553
12/19/14 05:04 PM
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splash556
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Been shooting Rem 700 in .308 the last couple of years. Grew up shooting a Win model 70 in 30.06. Used a browning .270 for a cupel of years as well.
None of them really sexy but all were good shooting, put the meat on the table guns.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
#5488593
12/20/14 03:56 AM
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firestick
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Woodsman
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Howa 308, 30.06 remmy second choice.
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Re: What are you shooting with??
[Re: Axis308]
#5489653
12/20/14 10:54 PM
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Hunt n Fish
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What am I shooting? What day is it?
I've got an old Savage 99CD in .308 that says "take me, take me" every time I open the safe, but the .06 is always around. Most used the last few years was a Marlin in 35 rem.....
HnF
"Prayer is when you talk to the Lord, Meditation is when you listen to what he says"
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