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Post by MuzzleLoader on Oct 1, 2017 9:33:49 GMT -5
Got the muzzleloader and 243 adjusted and sighted in this morning. Nice and cool perfect for checking zero.
Saw a nice buck and doe in the field while shooting. Some how they just know they are safe.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Oct 1, 2017 16:26:07 GMT -5
Most of mine are dialed in. My .30/06 is shooting Minute-of-paint can at 300 yards.
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Post by deadeer on Oct 2, 2017 1:08:55 GMT -5
I am all sighted in. Just need a confirmation shot in colder weather. Got pretty much all hunting areas covered with hpr, public land rifles, and smokeless mz's. Shooting and reloading are my hobbies all year long, so I have an abundance of favorites to choose from. Still got shotguns and mz's of yesteryear that will likely never see anymore use.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 8:27:24 GMT -5
Sighted in and ready to go.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 2, 2017 9:13:21 GMT -5
Will do the muzzleloader this week, and finally run some rounds through my new Bersa Firestorm .380. The Marlin 512 and the 358 Hoosier are set.
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Post by deadeer on Oct 16, 2017 9:31:06 GMT -5
I put this together for the park hunts since the recent gun rule change. Its a TC Encore in 308 with a Burris 3x9. I used pistols almost exclusively for about 10 seasons, then got bored of their effectiveness. Will be nice to switch it up again.  |
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Post by bill9068 on Oct 16, 2017 12:55:09 GMT -5
Dadeer, your opinion of the 300wm barrel for encore rifle? I bought one 10 years ago but have only shot maybe 15 rounds down it. Thought about getting it out and zeroing it in. Whats if any is a good deer round that wont blast a hole big enough to ruin a lot of meat?
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 16, 2017 13:06:31 GMT -5
You didn't ask for my advice, but it's worth about what you've paid.
Being a 30 caliber, there probably are factory loads made to work on deer sized game at ranges you intend to shoot. You want a bullet to expand a bit, but you don't want anything over the top. Be careful of loads meant for bigger game. They'll just whistle on through and be on their way. The deer may not give much indication of a hit, and blood trails can be sparse.
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Post by deadeer on Oct 16, 2017 16:47:54 GMT -5
I have a 300wm rifle barrel. It was a handful to shoot, until I had a member buddy here thread it and make me a brake. Now its a breeze to shoot.
I handload Barnes 130 ttsx at 3600fps. It blew the crap out of 2 does last year at 180yd. The trajectory is dead on at 100yd, 2" high at 200yd, -1" at 300yd, and 8" low at 400yd. Shoots like a laser!!!
They do make managed recoil loads and "deer" loads that are toned down some. Anything 125-180gr loaded to correct speed for the bullet will be fine.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Oct 16, 2017 17:30:37 GMT -5
I use reduced recoil loads in my /06 for anything deer sized and smaller. I'd do the same in a 300 Win Mag, assuming they shoot well.
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Post by bill9068 on Oct 16, 2017 21:23:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies guys. I might look into a brake like you did. Is that expensive? I usually just use a shotgun to hunt with but I'd like to try the 300wm.
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 17, 2017 6:34:04 GMT -5
Not yet - we really need to check zero's soon!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 17, 2017 7:31:27 GMT -5
Not yet - we really need to check zero's soon! Same here. Still have to get ammo for the shotgun I picked up in the spring. |
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Post by parson on Oct 17, 2017 7:31:30 GMT -5
Got the private land rifles sighted in. Hope to burn some powder in the muzzleloaders this week.
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Post by esshup on Oct 19, 2017 18:39:09 GMT -5
Next week when it's cooler and I'm not stocking fish.....
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Oct 19, 2017 20:40:55 GMT -5
I do have to shoot my Hawken before next weekend's Big Oaks hunt, just to make sure it's good to go. I'll probably do that sometime this weekend.
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Post by sakorifle on Oct 21, 2017 16:00:12 GMT -5
greetings
Oh yes the tikka 308 is on song i zeroed it bang on at a hundred yards for the annual skills test but it is back where it lives two inches high at a hundred yards, ready for the doe season starting on 1st november.
And we have finally found a non toxic bullet that dumps them roe on the spot, it is a rws 132grn.
very impressed after the drama i had earlier, it got to the stage where i would not shoot over a 150 yds,or if it was last light, or if the deer was standing next to impenetrable thicket stage sitka.
Be trying for a hundred does again have to wait and see how thing pan out.
regards
Billy.
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Post by squirrelhunter on Oct 22, 2017 20:25:12 GMT -5
I put this together for the park hunts since the recent gun rule change. Its a TC Encore in 308 with a Burris 3x9. I used pistols almost exclusively for about 10 seasons, then got bored of their effectiveness. Will be nice to switch it up again. I've killed most of my deer with handguns,the T/C G2 Contender included,I always got odd comments and looks when I'd check them in before the online deal came out  . Here the last few years I've been using the Contender in rifle form or using other rifles though. Which reminds me,I need to check the zero on the Mossberg 30-06. |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Oct 22, 2017 20:35:38 GMT -5
I checked the Hawken tonight, still goes bang and is shooting Minute-of-stump at 30 yards so should be good.
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Post by (Not Ronald) Reagan on Oct 23, 2017 13:16:25 GMT -5
Got the savage .270 and Remington 700 ML ready to roll for some doe patrol/yotes!
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. Here the last few years I've been using the Contender in rifle form or using other rifles though. Which reminds me,I need to check the zero on the Mossberg 30-06.