I have never seen a gun too beautiful to hunt with, but then I am a hunter and life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun.
You got that right, Bud!!
I have never seen a gun too beautiful to hunt with, but then I am a hunter and life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun.
That's how it always ends up. If it has breast or tires it will get you in trouble. Nice shot on a real nice trophy.The poor victim was called in by a few females in a feeding area.
I hunted with my dad’s 336C a little bit this season. I’m not really a lever action fan, but I wanted to take a piece of my dad back to the woods with me this year.View attachment 1134431
I took this bongo antelope quite a few years ago in what is now known as the Southern Sudan. Bongo have a well deserved reputation as one of the thoughest to hunt of all Arfican, with a single digit hunter success ratio. Which makes it one of, if not the most, desirable African trophys. I'm told that hunting licenses are still being issued in some places but very expensive. The rifle is a .280 Rem. built around a Pre-64 Win M-70 action with metal and woodwork by Clayton Nelson. Compare the young chap in pic with the gray-haired guy in post #415 in this thread, are they one and the same? Or do you simply see the aftereffects of too many years and too many hard hunts? The rifle has survived somewhat better despite some hard hunts in bad places.View attachment 1154564 View attachment 1154565 View attachment 1154566 View attachment 1154567
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View attachment 1130210[ My Rem 700 BDL Stainless .270 Win, fluted, fully-floated barrel...glass-bedded action in the after-market stock. This rifle has harvested several Maine deer and a nice moose at about 270 yards, as it walked across a narrow woods road to meet some girlfriends.
Trigger is very smooth and it shoots half-minute groups at 100 yards.
Basically bedding the chamber of the barrel works well.The glass bedding extends about 3 inches up the barrel channel...floated from their forward.