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 Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 02:42 AM
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A Montana Rifle Company 308 with a NF 2.5-10x42 Barnes TTSX 130's will be in my hands opening morning as it just works so well and is so pleasant to shoot.
What are others using?
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 02:47 AM
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 02:52 AM
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 02:55 AM
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Tikka T3 Lite Stainless .243
Vortex Razor HD LH 3-15x42
Hornady 100gr Interlocks
An XXL stock pack with 3 XL stock packs inside that, and 3 Med stock packs inside each one of those stock packs
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 03:01 AM
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Browning A-bot 7mm rem mag.
'It's Only Treason if You Lose."
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 03:10 AM
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I’m leaning towards an open-sighted Winchester Model 94 that’s a good match for the wooded area I plan to hunt Saturday morning. Any shot taken will be no more than 50 or so yards.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 03:11 AM
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I'll be holding a video camera, my sons will be packing a 6.5CM 143ELDX and .224 Valkyrie 73ELD. I'll have a .284 win for back up. The older one hunts by himself.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 03:13 AM
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T3 Hunter 6.5x55 with VX-6HD 3-18. Not my typical hunting rifle I’m usually hard on hunting rifles so wood and blue are going to make me take a bit more care of it.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 03:52 AM
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Ruger Stretch blackhawk in 357 Max with a 2X Swift handgun scope, that is if I even hunt with the eye surgeries
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 03:58 AM
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Ruger Stretch blackhawk in 357 Max with a 2X Swift handgun scope, that is if I even hunt with the eye surgeries Hope you can make it out, even if it is just with video camera and a cup of coffee. Good luck to you Kevin. 
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 04:26 AM
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 04:31 AM
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Tikka CTR, 6.5CM with Bushnell LRHSi 4.5-18 and custom reloads of Dallas specials. Will be moving to the 6.5 Speedmoor or HV soon though.
Would love to use my wife's grandfathers Winchester model 94 30-30 before he dies but my son will be with me and that gun warrants a closer hunt than a 7 yr old is capable of, well, my 7 yr old at least.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 04:57 AM
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Savage 99 lever action 243 with a Weaver scope.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 05:35 AM
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Sako 85 Hunter Walnut stock 270. Just dialed it in
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 11:51 AM
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APR .22 Creedmoor/ 80 gr. ELD-M.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 11:58 AM
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not hunting opening day , i'll be out Sunday afternoon, Monday and Tuesday, back for election returns. oh yeah, 6.5 creed , 143 ELDX, CORE Solutions rifle hope you can get out Kevin 
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 12:46 PM
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T3 Hunter 6.5x55 with VX-6HD 3-18. Not my typical hunting rifle I’m usually hard on hunting rifles so wood and blue are going to make me take a bit more care of it. how you liking that VX-6?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 01:00 PM
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T3 Hunter 6.5x55 with VX-6HD 3-18. Not my typical hunting rifle I’m usually hard on hunting rifles so wood and blue are going to make me take a bit more care of it. how you liking that VX-6? I love it so far but I will know more next week after some low light hunting. Optically it’s the best scope I’ve owned. I’ve had it out in low light and was very impressed but sitting in the stand in less than perfect conditions will tell the story. Dialing seem to be spot on. The zero stop works well but seems to be of questionable strength. The built in anti cant seems gimmicky. We shall see.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 01:13 PM
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I'll be after a doe or two, so either my APR 270 win with 130 gr Accubonds or maybe my Savage Predator 22-250 with 60 gr Partitions.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 01:34 PM
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Ruger Hawkeye 338 Federal, Trijicon AccuPower 3-9X40, 200 grain Speer Hot Cor.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 01:51 PM
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T3 Hunter 6.5x55 with VX-6HD 3-18. Not my typical hunting rifle I’m usually hard on hunting rifles so wood and blue are going to make me take a bit more care of it. how you liking that VX-6? I love it so far but I will know more next week after some low light hunting. Optically it’s the best scope I’ve owned. I’ve had it out in low light and was very impressed but sitting in the stand in less than perfect conditions will tell the story. Dialing seem to be spot on. The zero stop works well but seems to be of questionable strength. The built in anti cant seems gimmicky. We shall see. I have the same scope. In low light it will outperform your eyesight. I can see to shoot with it long after I can see with my eyes or binoculars
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 01:54 PM
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Tikka 270 with Leupold VX-6 or Tikka CTR 260 with Burris scope.
God bless John Wayne!
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 01:55 PM
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I won't be out opening day, but on MY opening day I'll be carrying one of the three, depending on where I decide to hunt:
Bergara B-14 in 6.5 CM
Marlin 1895 guide gun 45/70 or Rossi '92 in .357 mag
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Re: Which Gun for Opening Day?
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10/29/18 04:42 PM
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