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 Favorite Texas Game Caliber
#8107534
12/30/20 02:51 AM
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GusWayne
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The Creedmoor thread and the bashing it takes made me think of this
Give me the old skool 22-250(I own and use 2 of these), there’s a close 2nd or 3rd not hating on others here just saying
It’s great for Texas sized whitetail, pigs, yotes and turkey inside 250
I’ve got a pile to prove it
What’s yours?
Texas Game
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 Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107546
12/30/20 02:58 AM
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Ol Thumper
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Texas game? That’s easy 375 H&H or a 30-378 Weatherby
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107550
12/30/20 03:00 AM
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ImTheReasonDovesMourn
Snarky Mark
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6.5 Creedmoor, and I'll be happy to list the reasons.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107551
12/30/20 03:00 AM
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wp75169
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7-08 has been a staple for me for a while.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107554
12/30/20 03:02 AM
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J.G.
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7mm-08, 162 gr
More meat in the freezer at the end of that, than any other. Never disappoints.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107557
12/30/20 03:04 AM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107563
12/30/20 03:11 AM
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Misfire
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"I wanna go fast" -Ricky Bobby
"Mind bottling isn't it?" -Chazz Michael Michaels
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107572
12/30/20 03:14 AM
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TAB
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Everyone knows nothing dies unless you shoot it with a 300 win mag
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107577
12/30/20 03:16 AM
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GusWayne
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An assortment so far!
Which is great, I personally just have a lot of confidence in the 22-250 at my ranges and game
I took at buck at 290 in November that almost took one step. He tried but couldn’t
That’s my furthest
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107580
12/30/20 03:17 AM
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TexFlip
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Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107591
12/30/20 03:22 AM
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Jerry Fisk
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7 mauser and get close enough to try and smell em.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107593
12/30/20 03:23 AM
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Brother in-law
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Toss up between a 22250 I had and 6.5 c
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107602
12/30/20 03:29 AM
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Jgraider
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107611
12/30/20 03:33 AM
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gusick
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107613
12/30/20 03:34 AM
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71Rcode
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NRA Life Member & GOA Member
Always interested in Marlins. Let me know what you have for sale!
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107619
12/30/20 03:35 AM
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Bee'z
The Beedazzler
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The Beedazzler
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7-08 It was just too easy and did such a great job.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107627
12/30/20 03:43 AM
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scottfromdallas
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107630
12/30/20 03:43 AM
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Buzzsaw
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.223 Rem.
64GR Nosler Bonded
SPACE FOR RENT
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#8107647
12/30/20 03:58 AM
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scottfromdallas
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.223 Rem.
64GR Nosler Bonded Not bad. I also like the 75 grain Gold Dots.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107655
12/30/20 04:09 AM
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DStroud
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I have killed more total game with the 6x45mm although probably close behind would be 22Creedmoor.
Now if it was just predators it might be the 221Fireball because for a few years that was all I used at night and I killed literally hundreds coyotes /bobcats /Raccoons /fox
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: DStroud]
#8107657
12/30/20 04:11 AM
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ImTheReasonDovesMourn
Snarky Mark
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I have killed more total game with the 6x45mm although probably close behind would be 22Creedmoor.
Now if it was just predators it might be the 221Fireball because for a few years that was all I used at night and I killed literally hundreds coyotes /bobcats /Raccoons /fox I though you'd say 6.5 PRC.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107658
12/30/20 04:12 AM
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glocker17
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107662
12/30/20 04:14 AM
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StraitShot
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107672
12/30/20 04:22 AM
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txtrophy85
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I've shot alot of deer with my .22-250 and my .270 but if I had to pick just one caliber it would be my .257 wby mag....in large part because of the rifle its chambered in.
I do love my .270 however
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Favorite Texas Game Caliber
[Re: GusWayne]
#8107678
12/30/20 04:24 AM
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Greg
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Easing through the woods with a Win 30-30 is my favorite way to hunt. So that gets my vote.
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