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    Favorite 338?

    I own 2 338 win mags. A Sako AV and a New Haven classic model 70. While I despise the belted case, the cartridge performance is tremendous. Bullets in 338 caliber seem to be designed for win mag performance levels (maybe they are?) as every bullet I’ve shot game with has been outstanding with...
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    Favorite 25 Cal?

    My granddad’s old Win 94 was a hand-me-down to him. It’s not chambered in a high performance cartridge, it’s chambered in a heritage cartridge. Consequently, 25-35 gets my vote.
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    6.5 creedmoor for deer

    I suppose what has not changed is that if you’re at range, every moose at 1000 yards is in serious trouble!
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    nice doe

    Everything looks different after dark and I’ve walked in circles around a dead animal in broad daylight without seeing it. Great work! Looks tasty
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    6.5 creedmoor for deer

    I wound up with a 6.5 CM not because I wanted that chambering but because I wanted a new rifle. I was shopping for a lighter weight deer rifle because I’m getting too old to lug around my heavier M 70 through the brush. I found a stainless Tikka T3x superlight at Sportsman’s that checked the...
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    Lets get this party started!

    I appreciate your optimism and I will!
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    Lets get this party started!

    General Western Oregon deer season ended 1st Friday of November. Tag soup for me. However, my rifle cow elk season starts December 1st. I’m feeling hopeful. Good luck to you all!
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    Thinkin about a new bolt rifle, want it skinny in the withers

    I lug my Tikka about under the belly frequently. I notice the mag protruding but it doesn’t bother me. However, it is a factor for someone to consider. My nephew’s X Bolt is more comfortable in my hand but “feels” wider through the withers. Can’t confirm as I haven’t measured them. It’s hard to...
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    The little .308 Steyr Scout puts yet another elk in the pot.

    The real old timers out here seemed to prefer a Winchester model 94 chambered in 25-35. Somehow meat kept getting hung up and plates kept getting filled. Weird
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    The little .308 Steyr Scout puts yet another elk in the pot.

    We’re pretty simple folks. I prefer thick steaks, coat them in olive oil (elk tends to be mighty lean), and grill them on the bbq as rare as your palate allows (my wife and kids prefer still cool in the middle: blue). I don’t mess with the gristle/connective tissue as it’s tough, chewy and...
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    One Rifle Hunter

    Like many of you, I started with one but continued to find reasons to change. The first hunting rifle I bought was a beautiful Sako AV chambered in 338 WM. It killed deer and elk as well as anyone could want and I still have it. But the weather is too soggy to not go with stainless steel out on...
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    Where you hunt pictures!

    My neck of the woods
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    Anyone else have the “itch”

    Just settled on the bullet/powder/charge weight I’m gonna use this season, early apples are ripening and dropping in the orchard, and dad is getting 100+ pics per night on the game cam (showing at least 4 different bucks (which is a lot for our neck of the woods). My elk rifle is printing...
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    Slowly getting better,,,

    Anyone seeing large rifle primers showing up?
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    Browning customer service

    Sounds like a bit of a mixed bag. When I called CS their first response was to ship to the rifle to them without me suggesting it so I hope that’s a sign they’re interested in making sure things are right
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    Browning customer service

    Anyone have experience with Browning CS? I’m shipping off a recently purchased but troublesome X Bolt.
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    Shipping tips/suggestions please

    My nephew recently bought an X Bolt stainless stalker that we’re going to ship back to Browning with a couple issues for them to look at. Their packing instructions say to put the rifle in a cardboard box and send it with their package label. No gun case. My intent is to find a box as close...
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    Favorite Rifle Cartridge Just Because…

    Mine is more of a haunting from a rifle I walked away from at a local gun shop and never saw again. It was an old Sako L61R with a barrel stamp that said “300 MAG” from a time when that meant only one thing. I told myself there was no reason to have it and now I wake up pining for a 300 H&H for...
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    A-BOLT .270

    Here’s a link to an article that touches on some of the design differences between the A bolt and the X bolt. I found it interesting and informative: https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/the-browning-x-bolt-rifle-10-years-later/
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    The Hunting Rifle Picture Thread

    Sako AV Fiberclass- 338 win mag Model 70 New Haven Classic, HS Precision stock- 338 win mag My nephew with a JC Higgins model 50- 30-06 Newest edition: Tikka T3X Superlite- 6.5 Creedmoor
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