roninflag

Big lake- i have a couple of .243s that look good, and i have a couple others that shoot REAL GOOD. Bring whatever you have that is better than a .243 along with some money . GRIN. roninflag

Richard- i count myself among the lucky ones. my wife and i have matching camo and she will hunt bears with me. not so lucky as to see an 6'8" er though. very envious. nice. roninflag

rifle ?caliber?

6.5-284 krieger barrel

fired brass sold. rest is for sale 130$. ftf

50 unfir win brass, 100 r-m nik unfir brass, 121 once fired win brass, 75- 115gr. balistic tip, 34- 87gr berger, 17 - 115 berger, 17-115 berger moly, 100- 100gr sierra btsp, 26 - 117 sierra. 165$ ftf. ron

ammo is sold

2 boxes of horn 139 lt mag, 3 boxes of fed 140 balistic tip , one box ( 18) of win 140 balistic silver tip. 150$ ftf. ron

the horn lt mag are sold.

23s is open??

sako mannlicher 30-06.

pm sent

sent pm to both of you. ron

what calibers are you thinking or loading??

second choice- zombies hunt 666. april fool

i have an rcbs rockchucker i have had since 1970. there is a free phamplet from rcbs on reloading basics. also the front part of the hornady reloading manual.

WALLY- my experience - you see more deer faster with 10X42s. you see deer with the 15x56s and a tripod you would not see. and can usually tell bucks from does. also, I B elieve you and your wife do not need to lug two average rifles up the mtn. one good rifle and one good scope with good ammo. capable of keeping shots from 317 yd to 617 yd in a 7 inch circle. make that an 8 inch circle if your as good in the field as from a bench. few rifles can do this. some rifleman say they can and can't. a 25-06, or 264 sendero, a 257 accumark with a good/great scope and either cdc or a kenton knobb. add a good range finder too. to me any coues buck is a trophy.

there are stats on azgfd, not many are shot in spring. mostly down south i believe.

I've not done my research as to which area I want to hunt in this year. I would like to balance two things. I'd like to get a tag in an area where there are lots of deer, but I also want to be realistic as to what area I put in for so that I actually have a chance of getting drawn. Wally- research is good. there are left over permits in units with lots of deer. if you have not seen some coues before the season. the first year could be hard. i saw eleven bucks by 9 am with a left over tag.

AZ- My brother had two. they had a 9 twist . he did best with 130 berger and 123 scenar. h4350 and mrp-2.

Bigfat- welcome. get out and see some coues way ( right now) before the season. get the book from amanda. start running 5 miles a day uphill. if you put in for a late dec tag be prepared to wait 5-10 years or more depending. your post doesn't say where you are. there are tags you can get each year in unint with a lot of deer.

my experience is similar. light weight AND long range ?? i have couple rifles that are under 6 pounds without the scope. nice light weight. they do not shoot like the heavier ones. AZ shooter- it is the Rilfe not the caliber ( depending on what you call Long Range). the Rifle has to be capable of shooting good groups to that distance. what is your goal?? 6 inch groups at 600 yards? . a weatherby accumark, remington sendero , winchester laredo. better though to get a remington/ krieger

Car- bagging an elk with my garand is something i think would be neat. pm sent. ron

Car- i have shot several elk with a 30-06, including the last two. i have not shot one with either of my Garands. - factory ammo is not made for a Garand. Except for some special match stuff hornady loads. You need to reload hunting ammo. . It has a long op rod. the pressure curve on factory ammo is too high. - i loaded and shot over 2500 rounds from mine one year. the regs Used to require a 5 round magazine. they are available, i have some. because of the top eject; the garand does not lend itself to scope mounting, even though both of mine have a scope mounts on them. they can be very accurate. i have one that shoots less than .75 inch 5 shot groups at 100 yards. sorry i can't type. i can shoot . ps: the griffin and hough scope mounts are expensive . i have a B/s mount . the gun i carried for bighorn was heavier than my garand. roninflag

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