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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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07/28/18 02:39 AM
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Very nice looking rifle TT.
Glad to see the brake on it, as a lightweight 300 Win Mag sounded like a handful.
What bullet are you thinking of using?
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
[Re: txtrophy85]
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07/28/18 04:32 AM
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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07/28/18 05:54 AM
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Mr. txtrophy85, you have good taste in rifles if only you didn't shoot it backwards. Pray to Allah and he will cure you of that disease.
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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07/28/18 01:40 PM
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I like the way you set it up. I would to hunt with that in a heartbeat! If you take the time to learn and understand your new scope, I think you will really like it. As you stated, you don't need to dial to take animals out to 300. If you decide to try your hand beyond 300, if you know the range and wind, and learn the corresponding drop and drift, you might amaze yourself with what it will do. Congrats on the new rig. It is sweet. i'll shoot to around 400 yards on big game. never taken a 400 yarder on a coyote but I have gotten out to 370 yards
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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07/28/18 01:40 PM
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Very nice looking rifle TT.
Glad to see the brake on it, as a lightweight 300 Win Mag sounded like a handful.
What bullet are you thinking of using? im leaning towards the 180 grain accubond although the 165 grain TTSX is intriguing me
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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07/28/18 02:02 PM
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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07/28/18 03:28 PM
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Very nice looking rifle TT.
Glad to see the brake on it, as a lightweight 300 Win Mag sounded like a handful.
What bullet are you thinking of using? im leaning towards the 180 grain accubond although the 165 grain TTSX is intriguing me I settled on the 165 TTSX at 3080 for my 300 Win Mag. The TTSX’s have worked well for me in the field in a few rifles. They are accurate, produce reliable terminal effects, and do not tear up too much meat even with high shoulder shots. The TTSX needs about 2000 fps at impact to open reliably, which is true for most hunting bullets. I now use TTSX’s for most of my hunting and find they work well. My comments are specific to the TTSX, and definitely not the TSX. Just for consideration with your new scope, here is a table for the 165 TTSX out to 500 yards, which still is above the 2,000 fps desired impact velocity. If your rifle is zeroed at 100, then just turn the elevation turret to match the drop in MOA, easy to do. The same table can be run for a 200 yard zero if preferred. Inches are included because you mention them, but for the purpose of adjusting the scope, ignore the inch column and adjust the turret according to the MOA column. The basic concept really is that simple. There are other variables that can come into play, but just trying to help with the fundamental concept since you asked. Hope this helps.
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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07/29/18 05:38 PM
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Here she is.... That is a good looking rig. And do send your info to Leupold and have the CDL turrets made. They make it easy.
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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08/05/18 04:48 PM
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Get an APR in .264 Win Mag
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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08/06/18 12:59 AM
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Made the decision to consolidate my safe and cull some of the rifles I'm ambivilant about.
I am keeping a .22-250 for lighter work, a ruger M77 in .270 for a "deer rifle" and my .257 wby accumark.
My domestic whitetail hunting has evolved to guiding my kids or wife, on the occasions I do go by myself I ambowhunting.
I'm looking to find a rifle they will suit my needs to the western style back country hunting I'm doing more and more. I love a good wood stock but I am hard on my rifles and feel another synthetic stock gun will be the best option for what I'm using it for.
Here is what I'm looking for and why:
Something lighter weight. Not an ultra light per say, but lighter than the 11 lb accumark I've been lugging around. This season it got heavy and after an afternoon of carrying my wife's Camilla up the same mountains I am convinced that maybe an accumark isn't a walking gun after all
Stainless steel/cerakote synthetic stock rifle. My adventures would best up a woodstocked gun. This isn't a heirloom gun it's a tool to make things fall down across a wide range of conditions.
Something in a magnum caliber, unless someone can convince me otherwise. I would like something with a bit more "pop" than my .257 wby mag. As good a caliber as it is, and I love it, after shooting a handful of animals with it I'm not entirely convinced it kills any better than my .270. Looking at a 7mm R.E.M., .300 wsm, .300 win or maybe a .26 nosler/6.5-.300 wby for this chambering.
Now for the rub......I'm left handed and I want a left handed action.
I'm a Weatherby fanatic but the only chamberings they offer in the mark V ultralight are .257, 6.5-.300 & .300 wby. Recoil is concerning me on the last two.
I've looked into Montana rifle company and they offer a nice rifle in a lefty For a reasonable price. Cooper does not have a lefty in the synthetic models from what I can find and Dakota makes one but I can't find any info on them.
If anyone has any other options or avenues I'm all ears.
Basically I'm looking for a gun I can use for elk, mule deer, mountain goat, moose, black bear and sheep.
Budget around the $2k mark or under Browning X Bolt in 7mm Rem Mag.
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
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08/06/18 05:12 PM
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Made the decision to consolidate my safe and cull some of the rifles I'm ambivilant about.
I am keeping a .22-250 for lighter work, a ruger M77 in .270 for a "deer rifle" and my .257 wby accumark.
My domestic whitetail hunting has evolved to guiding my kids or wife, on the occasions I do go by myself I ambowhunting.
I'm looking to find a rifle they will suit my needs to the western style back country hunting I'm doing more and more. I love a good wood stock but I am hard on my rifles and feel another synthetic stock gun will be the best option for what I'm using it for.
Here is what I'm looking for and why:
Something lighter weight. Not an ultra light per say, but lighter than the 11 lb accumark I've been lugging around. This season it got heavy and after an afternoon of carrying my wife's Camilla up the same mountains I am convinced that maybe an accumark isn't a walking gun after all
Stainless steel/cerakote synthetic stock rifle. My adventures would best up a woodstocked gun. This isn't a heirloom gun it's a tool to make things fall down across a wide range of conditions.
Something in a magnum caliber, unless someone can convince me otherwise. I would like something with a bit more "pop" than my .257 wby mag. As good a caliber as it is, and I love it, after shooting a handful of animals with it I'm not entirely convinced it kills any better than my .270. Looking at a 7mm R.E.M., .300 wsm, .300 win or maybe a .26 nosler/6.5-.300 wby for this chambering.
Now for the rub......I'm left handed and I want a left handed action.
I'm a Weatherby fanatic but the only chamberings they offer in the mark V ultralight are .257, 6.5-.300 & .300 wby. Recoil is concerning me on the last two.
I've looked into Montana rifle company and they offer a nice rifle in a lefty For a reasonable price. Cooper does not have a lefty in the synthetic models from what I can find and Dakota makes one but I can't find any info on them.
If anyone has any other options or avenues I'm all ears.
Basically I'm looking for a gun I can use for elk, mule deer, mountain goat, moose, black bear and sheep.
Budget around the $2k mark or under Browning X Bolt in 7mm Rem Mag. if Browning made a Hells Canyon Speed in a left handed action I would have been all over it. but lately browning has been chincy with their left handed offerings
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Help me decided on the last hunting rifle I may ever purchase
[Re: jeffbird]
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12/25/18 04:02 AM
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