Your thoughts please
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: va USA
Posts: 580
RE: Your thoughts please
I agree with RedAllison on the 257 Weatherby. In fact, considering your budget I would suggest picking up a matching pair of Weatherby's. Get one in 257 and the other in 340 or if you want a serious big bore then get a 460 Weatherby and a good recoil shoulder pad.
#13
RE: Your thoughts please
I guess I'll put my 2 cents worth in on the 25-06 round. I started my hunting years ago in Georgia with only my grandpa's old 257 Roberts right handed bolt action (I'm a Southpaw) and I dropped many a deer with this round. Being left handed, I have become partial to companies that will go out of their way to accommodate us and I like the Ruger company. Later in my life, I came across a great deal on a left handed Ruger in 25-06 from some poor soul going through a nasty divorce who was trying to pay off his "EX" so he could keep his log cabin in the woods. I have shot everything from varmits to a black bear with it and have no complaints on the caliber or the range of it. I'm not a big bore fan as I do not like the punishment that comes with them but I do own a Ruger #1 in 45/70 that I inherited from my grandfather who by the way was 278 pounds buck naked. He loved the big bores and I think he left me the Ruger as a joke although other family members aren't laughing about it. So I have to agree with mossy33oak on his recommending the Ruger #1 as they are excellent rifles as is the Ruger line in general.
#14
RE: Your thoughts please
ORIGINAL: popeye
or if you want a serious big bore then get a 460 Weatherby and a good recoil shoulder pad.
or if you want a serious big bore then get a 460 Weatherby and a good recoil shoulder pad.
#16
RE: Your thoughts please
ORIGINAL: popeye
Mossy33oak,
I'm not a big fan of recoil either but the original post asked for a big bore suggestion. It just doesn't get much bigger than a 460Wby
Mossy33oak,
I'm not a big fan of recoil either but the original post asked for a big bore suggestion. It just doesn't get much bigger than a 460Wby
#17
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 30
RE: Your thoughts please
Wow...thanks for all the suggestions guys!!! I think I'm a going to stay in the 340 Weatherby or less category. That's plenty of kick for me and it'll do anything I want to go after. Not planning any African Safaris quite yet. Still looking for anyone with 338 ultra experience.
Another question.....Did Remington stop producing the grey laminate guns? Thanks again. -Griller
Another question.....Did Remington stop producing the grey laminate guns? Thanks again. -Griller
#18
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Posts: 815
RE: Your thoughts please
I have to agree w/ the guys who recommended the Ruger#1. Dakota arms builds a copy of the #1, its the dakota #10 ,and what a copy it is!! The browning high/low walls are beauties to. With the ruger or brownings you'll have to shop around to get one w/ premium wood, w/ the dakota they're all premium. I dont have experience w/ the 338 Ultra, but I am considering it also. If its all its cracked up to be, what a gun!!!