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Old 02-07-2005 | 10:45 AM
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I agree with using a .22 LR caliber version of your favorite hunting rifle or with an insert setup. This is a very effective training tool for centerfire rifles.

However, I think it would very difficult to impossible to find a .22LR version of you favorite muzzleloader.
Unless you were going custom.
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Old 02-07-2005 | 05:18 PM
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I actually suspect what I was meaning was get a heavy full size bolt action and put on either iron sights or a scope that you might use and away you go. NOt the 10-22 stuff. After all a scope is a scope, and irons are irons.

A few years back I had zero'd my buddies 338 in March. In that same year in September I killed a caribou with it at over 800 yards on the first shot. Only thing I'd shot in between was an iron sighted AR15.

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Old 02-07-2005 | 05:25 PM
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ORIGINAL: rost495

I actually suspect what I was meaning was get a heavy full size bolt action and put on either iron sights or a scope that you might use and away you go. NOt the 10-22 stuff. After all a scope is a scope, and irons are irons.

A few years back I had zero'd my buddies 338 in March. In that same year in September I killed a caribou with it at over 800 yards on the first shot. Only thing I'd shot in between was an iron sighted AR15.

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Did you mean to say that you took a shot at a caribou at "over 800 yards", or was that a typo and did you mean over 300 yards?
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Old 02-07-2005 | 05:32 PM
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No typo. 2 shots and hit it both times at 802 yards. But you must understand I'm a competitive rifle shooter and it was a fairly easy prone scoped straightforward shot. No question of not killing.

What it was meant to show is that practice is all relative. Its sight alignment and trigger control. There are other factors but in the end put the sight where it belongs and make sure it surprises you when it goes off and its good.

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Old 02-08-2005 | 07:11 AM
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All practice is relative, I'll certainly buy that.

800+ yard shot = Impressive.
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Old 02-08-2005 | 10:58 AM
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Still pretty shakey. I don't have a lot of confidence over 50 yards. I try to always stop at a prop when hunting.
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