Seriously? Me ? I'll try to be polite....I really, Really will, but don't push any Woke Sh!t straight into my face. It will not work well for either of us. I don't care whatever Pronoun you espouse to. I don't walk around beating the crap out of snowflakes because they don't address me as 'Sir'...
Dad was a 30/06 and heavy weight fan. (NO clue why, hunting in PA. Guess it was a Big Bad Bear 150# might charge) Don't know his velocities, but he, and a couple of his buddies, were stuck on IMR-4831 for 200's.
I'll toss in on this one, even though I'm much less experienced at 'Lopes than you guys that live in the West, I'm observant & a fast learner.
'Lopes don't need a magnum anything....They are smaller than most whitetails. More along the stature of Atlantic Coast swamp deer. 100 lbs and less...
I do Mid-night guard duty in a main-frame computer center, which is about as stressful as watching puppies sleep, so I have some time (need) to find something to entertain myself in order to stay awake. U-Tube ! Solitaire, as well as reading on line.
But, back to the Tube.
It dawned on me...
Brent, you are getting close to my gist.Yeah, when I was younger & less experienced I carried a 7 Mag, and even a 338 WM. Did I fill more tags, did I shoot more accurately???? Nah.
It was when I got the Rem 600 308 that my Dad bought for my 16th B'Bay, but didn't give me until I was 30 that I...
Cowboy, does my 50 yrs of AZ, WY, NM, HI, NC, Canada, Fla, + ....bean fields, Grassland, Sage, Volcanic ridges, swamp muck hunting weigh into my assessment before I wrote it? Hmmmm? The Truth is we All can be served very well with a moderate weapon and not ballistic charts.
Case in point. I...
Let me guess on the one. " Go until you see the Blue house, take then next left, but not the one by that big rock, the next one, then keep going until get to the light that has that restaurant sign, don't turn there, go up to that road that has the cute puppy and turn right." Am I right?
Robbie and I were just a few weeks into our dating. I was living in Charleston, SC and she in Charlotte, NC, 3 hr drive, and I did it every weekend at 80 MPH. We had spent the weekend just being us, nothing extraordinary, but I had to get back to SC for work. At the door she wrapped me in a...
Whenever I hear the words "Common Sense" my 5'4" Blonde, 34-23-32 C+ cup sex droid walks over and slaps the F' out of me! Politicians have as much "Common Sense" as I do a thinking I'll ever have a 5'4" Blonde Bimbo!!
I went on a rant about 10 yrs ago about what we, the average Joe's NeedS to punch a tag....no matter where, no matter what. The premise pretty much remains the same.
1) Shot placement, from whatever angle, lung shot.
2) I don't give a hoot what you decide to shoot, but a 7mm/08, or a 308, is...
Here's the truth my Brother. Apnea is a Real Deal, you better take it seriously. I ignored it (even with a family history) and then wound up in the hospital for 3 days because I got to the point I was so tired I could barely even walk into ER!
Low hemoglobin, no oxygen in the blood stream. You...
The joy and benefit of handloading is that you can tweek to your hearts content. I've a skrunk 2"+ groups down to hiding all three under a dime by simply switching primers and seating depth. Match, Mag, Std doesn't directly relate to better. Treat your rifle like the she's the one you want in...
Jump back and look at page 1, then compare to today. DOUBLE. Triple what it was 2 years ago. Next, look in the mirror and remember who you voted for. You'll either walk away with a clean conscience, or swallow a bitter pill.
My 1st thought was a 7-08, but then......the 338 Fed has it's hand up, waving wildly, screaming " Ou, Ou, Ou pick me, pick me". There's a lot of thump in that little monster.
Out of the 40+ big game tags I've filled only 1 was a shoulder shot, and that was more to my adrenaline burst than intention. So, 40+ minus 1 were lung shots....all were recovered.