I'm beginning to think this site...
07-29-2005 | 01:14 PM
#101
Nontypical Buck
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The .280 is about as good as it gets in a Mountain rifle,I have always like it and the 160 Noslers it tosses out.I have no clue why it has not caught on.
If I could have 6 guns it would be one of them
1.22-250
2.25-06
3.280 rem
4.300 ultra
5.338 win mag
6.416 rem mag
With that line up I would be happy for probaly a week or so.
BBJ
If I could have 6 guns it would be one of them
1.22-250
2.25-06
3.280 rem
4.300 ultra
5.338 win mag
6.416 rem mag
With that line up I would be happy for probaly a week or so.
BBJ
07-29-2005 | 02:16 PM
#102
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My light weight bolt action rifle also is in 7 express Rem.. (280 Rem.) Anyway, i remember useing it on caribou, deer, and a blk bear or two, and i've mostly shot 145 Speer boat tails out of it. In fact these days that's all i use in it as it's just used on whitetail deer. My rifle really loves this bullet, so i just kept on useing it.
The 145 Speers are decent for a non premium bullet, but a bit soft for bigger animials (or end to end shots) soi'd go to 150 NP's if i was going to shoot "one bullet fits all" in this cartridge.
I really like the 280 and i could live with it for the rest of my life on everything from moose on down. (with the proper bullet and loads of course)
Drilling Man
The 145 Speers are decent for a non premium bullet, but a bit soft for bigger animials (or end to end shots) soi'd go to 150 NP's if i was going to shoot "one bullet fits all" in this cartridge.
I really like the 280 and i could live with it for the rest of my life on everything from moose on down. (with the proper bullet and loads of course)
Drilling Man
07-29-2005 | 02:25 PM
#103
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From: Denver, Colorado
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ORIGINAL: BareBack Jack
Well said Red well said.
I have felt the wrath of the non-magnum shooters,I to was a once true blue 30-06 user andI felt it was the only gun I ever needed.But one day that all changed for me and it was not all that long ago maybe 10 years ago.That is when I saw my trusted 30-06 fail,oh it killed the elk,but it took 4 shots(3 in the heart-lungs and 1 in the neck to finish it),all of them were well placed shots,when gutting the cow she had 3 sluggs up against the ribbs on the far side,yes the 30-06 worked but the shot was only 40 yds.Now if a 30-06 can't punch trough at 40 yds what would it do at 200 or 300.To me it only happened once but that was enough,the gun performed but failed in my eyes.For me it all about entrance and exit,none of this"Well it displaced all its energy in the elk" crap,cause if that was true it would have stopped running and died.
I primarly hunt elk andI hunt them in tough areas and when I shoot I want them down and down now,I want big bullets at high velocity.
I don't realy need the range but it is nice to hace I want KE,and FT/Lbs.
If someone don't wanna shoot no magnums then don',t but if you ask what to use for elk or a North American rifle I'm gonna tell you and to me a MAGNUM fits the bill.
It is what I use and you can't turn me back,I have tasted the dark side young Jedi's
BBJ
Well said Red well said.
I have felt the wrath of the non-magnum shooters,I to was a once true blue 30-06 user andI felt it was the only gun I ever needed.But one day that all changed for me and it was not all that long ago maybe 10 years ago.That is when I saw my trusted 30-06 fail,oh it killed the elk,but it took 4 shots(3 in the heart-lungs and 1 in the neck to finish it),all of them were well placed shots,when gutting the cow she had 3 sluggs up against the ribbs on the far side,yes the 30-06 worked but the shot was only 40 yds.Now if a 30-06 can't punch trough at 40 yds what would it do at 200 or 300.To me it only happened once but that was enough,the gun performed but failed in my eyes.For me it all about entrance and exit,none of this"Well it displaced all its energy in the elk" crap,cause if that was true it would have stopped running and died.
I primarly hunt elk andI hunt them in tough areas and when I shoot I want them down and down now,I want big bullets at high velocity.
I don't realy need the range but it is nice to hace I want KE,and FT/Lbs.
If someone don't wanna shoot no magnums then don',t but if you ask what to use for elk or a North American rifle I'm gonna tell you and to me a MAGNUM fits the bill.
It is what I use and you can't turn me back,I have tasted the dark side young Jedi's
BBJ
07-29-2005 | 03:20 PM
#104
Nontypical Buck
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Becareful Hunter,
You are trashing the 30-06 and that is not alowed by the STANDARED caliber fanatics,us magnum users (according to them)are over gunned and over compensating for well lack of better terms "our mannly hood".This canot be tolerated in the hunting world cause you only need 3 guns for everythin .243,270 and 30-06,or if Zerex was here it would be .243,.243,.243.
BBJ
You are trashing the 30-06 and that is not alowed by the STANDARED caliber fanatics,us magnum users (according to them)are over gunned and over compensating for well lack of better terms "our mannly hood".This canot be tolerated in the hunting world cause you only need 3 guns for everythin .243,270 and 30-06,or if Zerex was here it would be .243,.243,.243.
BBJ
07-29-2005 | 05:09 PM
#106
Nontypical Buck
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compensating for well lack of better terms "our mannly hood".
07-29-2005 | 10:23 PM
#107
Boone & Crockett
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I have two words to say about those who can't kill a deer with a 30-06. But I won't use them here.Yup drag out the 50 BMG boys, its a four point.
Yup drag out the 50 BMG boys, its a four point.
07-30-2005 | 01:32 AM
#109
Nontypical Buck
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From: Pine Hill Alabama USA
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I have two words to say about those who can't kill a deer with a 30-06. But I won't use them here.
07-30-2005 | 04:17 PM
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I have been on a lot of blood trails where the shooter claimed a good hit only to discover when we finally found the deer a half a mile away and often the next morning that the hit was not nearly as good as they thought it was.
Drilling Man