A Proper Sheep Rifle

[Nick87]

Haiku-ish

Read that as hawk-tuah at first.

 

[6mm Remington]

How about this for a proper sheep rifle!! Ruger 1B in 6mm Remington with a 6x42mm Leupold scope on it. Killed lots of coyotes, antelope, deer, and a couple elk with it. It's a 1976 year build in the 200th anniversary of the good old USA.

 

[noharleyyet]

25-06 w/6x42 FX3 Gloss in offset rings…this one’s birthday suit was a nice chunk of walnut

https://flic.kr/p/2pzE4uX

 

[6mm Remington]

25-06 w/6x42 FX3 Gloss in offset rings…this one’s birthday suit was a nice chunk of walnut

https://flic.kr/p/2pzE4uX

Gorgeous rifle and fantastic cartridge that 25-06.

 

[Ringbill27]

Never hunted sheep and probably never will but I’ve always thought a Tikka in 6.5PRC with 127LRXs at Mach Jesus sounds right to me.

 

[6mm Remington]

Here's a friend of mine many years ago with his Montana bighorn ram that he killed with his Ruger 1B in 6mm Remington. One shot at about 150 yards. His ram did make B&C 181 2/8". Tried to find a picture of him with the rifle and the ram but no luck.

Here is me loaded up and headed out with a good share of the ram. We took it all in one trip.

 

[MS 9x56]

270 tried an

Never hunted sheep and probably never will but I’ve always thought a Tikka in 6.5PRC with 127LRXs at Mach Jesus sounds right to me.

d proven for over 50 years.

 

[MS 9x56]

270 tried an

d proven for over 50 years.

270 tried and proven for over 50 years . Damn fat fingers and bad eyes.

 

[mtmuley]

270 tried and proven for over 50 years . Damn fat fingers and bad eyes.

Twice that time frame. I have one. mtmuley

 

[Irrelevant]

Up here in the north we don’t shoot light rifles or light bullets.
Maybe overkill to some but a 110 grain bullet will not do it.
Mountains are bare and the wind is wicked.
But again it is always personal.
I did use on most of my hunts a 7 RUM.
180 grain.

calling snowy... where's snowy?!

 

[MS 9x56]

Twice that time frame. I have one. mtmuley

Pretty close but not proven until annointed by Sir Jack O’Connor.

 

[Robert N]

My Goat and Sitka and (*one day hopefully sheep!) Remington Custom Shop AWR (Alaskan Wilderness Rifle) in 7mm SAUM. Currently topped with a Swarovski Z5 2.5-12x50 with an elevation turret. I shoot a 140 gr. AB at 3000 fps and figure that will do the job. I can step up to a 160 AB and get a comfortable 2850 fps.








It's a heck of a tool!

 

[Salmonchaser]

I’ve only killed one, very boring. 06/150 partitions 200 yards. Dad loved sheep hunting, used a 264wm mdl 70 he bought in 59 or 60 when we were in Fairbanks. I think a pre 64 mdl 70 in 270 is pretty much a perfect setup