I simply choose to not care what others think for the most part, especially those with panties waded up into their cracks on an internet forum. I shoot turtles.

Exactly. When I'm on my place I do as I please. Some people take the THF too seriously. Or maybe they just need real friends. Anyway, I too am a turtle shooter.

Was out shooting turtles this evening and my model 60 flew apart lol. Before anyone asks, the turtles are living in a process pond at work and have to go, they cant live there, I volunteered to exterminate them, not just out randomly killing turtles. But anyway about an hour into the fun the gun flew apart. After I put it back together and left out the mag tube (no allen keys with me to tighten on sight) I proceeded to shoot the last hour operating as a single shot/straight pull bolt gun single loading rounds into the chamber. Went great. My question is , do I lock tight and super tighten the set screw, or drill a dimple for it to set in? Any thoughts?

This is todays turtle popper, I brought the model 60 for back up, but want to put it on paper since I had the front sight off

I had the 7mm-08, loaded with 162 A-Maxes. I hit a turtle so square it launched in the air about 10', like a prairie dog.

This one isnt little, pretty sure it's the biggest of the mark II series they made. It's a 10" target model

One afternoon of shooting turtles years ago with handguns at an Uncles pond I shot at one that was only about 2.5 inches across and nicked his shell. He skipped like a rock almost to th other bank and started swimming in circles. ent around to that side and finished him off.

FiremansJG the 7mm-08 will do one in for sure, shot an otter in the pond (they are hell on a catfish pond population) on my place years ago with mine and actually mossed went right below it and it flipped about 2 feet out of the water and died from the concussion. Got $80 for its hide, no holes

Nicely done! Did you tell them you planned it that way?

Last summer Chad was at the zero line of the rifle range, which is to my 2 o'clock from the shop, and 200 yards away. To my 10 o'clock is my pond, 330 yards away. I had the 7mm-08, loaded with 162 A-Maxes, and suppressor set up on the welding table. I hit a turtle so square it launched in the air about 10', like a prairie dog.

I could hear Chad laughing from the shop...

I shot a turtle with my 375 Chey Tac at 1 mile....head shot....just sank

Comming in at steep enough angle when the bullet went through and into the water the vaccum just scuked the turtle down, for the turtle

Haven’t tried a 7-08 on them but a 52 grain Berger HP out of a 22-250 at 3700 FPS is very satisfying.