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I love Christmas lights. They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together; half of them don't work, and the ones that do, aren't that bright.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do
not understand, no explanation is possible.
A golf course is a willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
For whitetails-MY ultimate deer rifle is a light 7mm08. Extremely accurate and mild recoiling, it performs all out of proportion to it's size and will kill any deer you can hit at REASONABLE range. Naturally that excludes ridge runner shots but his style of hunting requires extremely specialized equipment, preparation, & skill.
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Sometimes you earthlings REALLY amaze me!
The "ultimate" deer rifle is such a personal thing.
Someone in the thick Eastern woods of the Eastern coast may choose a lever action 30-30 with iron sights or a tang peep sight.
Someone out West in Wyoming where teh wind blows constantly and the shots can be looooongmay prefer your 257 STW.
In other words there is no such thingas one single ultimatedeer rifle.
For me I think would be a Winchester model 70 feather weight chambered in .270 Winchester with a nice 3-9X40 scope sitting on top in Ded Nutz rings.
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"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency........... Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
My ultimate deer rifle,
built in 2006, is a 7mm Allen Mag. Its taken 17 whitetails from 307 to 1,350 yards in those three seasons. 4 of those were taken by 4 different hunters who had never shot over 250 yards before the ranges were 567,575,575,722 yards. wouldn't take anything for the memories and the smiles created by this rifle.
I wouldn't go with a 25 caliber for the ultimate deer rifle, at least not until the wildcat 154 gr bullets are available again. the 6.5 has much better selection of good high BC bullets including the new for '09 140 gr accubonds. the bergers aren't bad either.
RR
Well I got started thinking about this when I saw a Lazz Scramjet for sale over on LRH, and with an upcoming Wyoming mule deer hunt I'm thinking it might be a good time for a new rifle...and as some of you know, I like the "over the top" type of rounds...
RR, as much as I like the 7mm AM, I just won't be set up for LR hunting this trip, about 500 max this time...
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I love Christmas lights. They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together; half of them don't work, and the ones that do, aren't that bright.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do
not understand, no explanation is possible.
A golf course is a willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
Well, just ran the numbers and my .243 AI with 105gr Bergers will do everything that the .257 will do...so...whats next??
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I love Christmas lights. They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together; half of them don't work, and the ones that do, aren't that bright.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do
not understand, no explanation is possible.
A golf course is a willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
try the numbers on a 7mm STW, running a 200 gr wildbat (BC around .8) @ 3100 fps.
RR
WOW! It sure carries its energy a long ways out there! Do you think those wildcats will ever be available again?
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I love Christmas lights. They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together; half of them don't work, and the ones that do, aren't that bright.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do
not understand, no explanation is possible.
A golf course is a willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
Ultimate Deer rifle....
