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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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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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Pro Tracker
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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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Posts: 5,920
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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Posts: 1,209
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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