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the 7 wsm does have some impressive ballistics, I do love my 270 wsm with 140 Accubonds though!

I hate having to wait to reply to PMs!

I love my AR for coyote hunting, but I will stick to the bolt gun for deer. Carry a side arm (12+1 .40 S&W) for the two legged critters.

Jason, I tend to think that quite a few people will do things atleast half way right.. or maybe a little less. They will take the time to develop a load, get a good scope with turrets etc, put all the numbers into a ballistics calculator convert inches, clicks etc etc, make a drop chart... Then call it good. That is a real good start, but actually testing the drop that the calculator says, and how your scope/set up tracks etc is the real test. When I first got into this with my .270 wsm I cant even tell you how much time I spend shooting to test all of these. The results were actually quite impressive. From a prone rest, with just a bipod my rifle held 1/2 MOA out to 600 yards... 3 inches at 600 yards, I was dang impressed! My 257 wby is not nearly as impressive, but does the same in the long run. The .257 shoots .75 MOA out too 600. I used it on my longest shot last year at 571. I needed about 3 more inches for the wind to be doped perfectly, but since I spent as much time shooting my reloads and testing at long ranges, I knew where the bullet would hit. I dont know what others have seen from the ballistics calculators, but the calculator I used for both my 270 wsm and 257 wby (same one) was within one click out to 700 yards.

nothing wrong at all with the two you guys got! congrats!

+1 on that. My buddy sent me a pic of the nice coues he had just shot... Said he shot it at 920 yards. About made me puke, because he has never ever shot that far. He had never even shot the gun he was using. Make me kind of sick actually.

While I have not had nearly the time to practice with my 257 wby this year as I did last year (new career, and I bought a house a month ago) I still know I am ready for a 600 yard shot. Jason, I have Sunday, Monday and Tuesday off. I will PM ya right now and let ya know where we are camping if you want to camp with us.

I have puddle jumped a time or two, but thats about it.

what a stud buck!

I wore out a brand new pair of Asics in about 5-6 weeks in the academy. I have New Balance that I finished out the academy with, and wear about 3-4 days a week with them and they are still awesome.

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Congrats dude! Shoulda thrown 'seed' in for scale!

That is a awesome buck! good pictures too!

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What I have for sale here is a Kimber, 84M Varmint 22-250. I bought this gun about 4 or 5 years ago, and RedRabbit and I broker her in, and I developed a load. Load development was easy, as I stopped when the gun shot these groups with the same load (and has done so several times since). The load is right around 36 grains of Varget, 50 NBT, F210 This gun has been hunted, and shot so it does show a few handling marks. None of them are too serious, and most if not all would come out with a good refinish job if desired. Unfortunately, most of them are safe handling marks. I have done my best to show them in the following pix (This one is the worst one on the gun) The gun comes with Leupold bases. I would say this gun has less than 500 rounds, probably more about 300-350. It likes to kill coyotes and jack rabbits (best shot is a jack rabbit, on film from 435 yards). The gun has been properly taken care of. Cleaned with a bore guide, and a teflon coated rod. I dont want to say I have babied the gun, but it has been well taken care of and I love it. Plus, it is proven I would like to get $800, OBO plus actual shipping, and buyer buys hard case for rifle. Thanks for looking. Casey

Nice friggin buck!

Somebody needs to text me a pic because I cant see them from the computers here at work!!!

That thing is awesome, but we need more pix!

Any idea what started this fire? I know there hasnt been any rain, or lightning lately...

Nicely done! That is a very respectable buck, I think he is more of a Coues than oyu give credit. Look slike a solid, 80" buck to me!

The one bullet is incase you cant kill your game with the knife, so you can put yourself out of your misery?

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Are my eyes playing tricks, or does that firs buck have double droppers?

Awesome buck! I read you think that buck was only 2.5 years old?! Good lord, if he was only 2.5 and was already 106, that thing was going to be even more of a monster than he already was! Congrats!

that is one big ole bruin for sure!