SFsc616171
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Bolt guys and gals are gonna hate me!
And here's why:
The calibers most suggested in a recent thread, "Best Hunting Rifle":
Not in any order ---
.30-06
.308
.270.
.30-06 and .308, being 'military rounds', might end up on some doggone Bureaucrat's (should be called Politburo member's) bad firearm list for being a military ammunition round, and only bolt-action folks that reload could finger their noses.
Let's back up the caliber chart, and action type, as a Plan B, ok?
Good Ol' American Lever action rifles, in the following calibers:
.30-30, for up to, and including larger Eastern Whitetail Deer, in either 150-grain, 170-grain, or 180-grain loads (bullet types usually suggested for tube magazines).
.35 Remington, for the same list, and can handle Eastern Black Bear.
.45-70, (yes, it is an older military round - but cannot be loaded in any Politburo-designated bolt-action or assault rifle), and add to the game list: elk (wapiti), moose, and most Alaskan-size bears, including those not invited to your 'hunting party'.
I listed only the most common lever action rifle calibers. I did not list the older, tried and true calibers, cursed to ammo scarcity/high price, or pistol caliber rifles, because most write-ups on pistol caliber rifles end at 80 yards.
There are many good brand names of lever action rifles that are acquirable in these calibers, both new in the box, and those that have picked up 'character' in the field, and still affordable for those strapped, in this present economy.
Now,there are those that do attach a scope to their lever actions, for various reasons, but I am of those who employed the older hunting methods, i.e., you did not shoot farther than you could see with the naked eye. You got closer to the intended game animal. I have heard, on handgun boards, of the 600-yard shot made by the late Elmer Keith. Yet, there can be only so many 'Elmer Keiths' in the world, and I am confident, that I am not one of them. So, in my confidence at the ranges that I know I can perform, consistently, I exercise my markmanship, and game acquisition.
I wish you all the confidence in your markmanship abilities, the knowledge to know where that limit exists, the opportunity to shoot a lever-action rifle and experience that sound peculiar to them, and the 'knowledge of the woods', to acquire that intended game, in the best manner, and with respect for that animal that you claimed, as yours.
Folks, whatcha think?
And here's why:
The calibers most suggested in a recent thread, "Best Hunting Rifle":
Not in any order ---
.30-06
.308
.270.
.30-06 and .308, being 'military rounds', might end up on some doggone Bureaucrat's (should be called Politburo member's) bad firearm list for being a military ammunition round, and only bolt-action folks that reload could finger their noses.
Let's back up the caliber chart, and action type, as a Plan B, ok?
Good Ol' American Lever action rifles, in the following calibers:
.30-30, for up to, and including larger Eastern Whitetail Deer, in either 150-grain, 170-grain, or 180-grain loads (bullet types usually suggested for tube magazines).
.35 Remington, for the same list, and can handle Eastern Black Bear.
.45-70, (yes, it is an older military round - but cannot be loaded in any Politburo-designated bolt-action or assault rifle), and add to the game list: elk (wapiti), moose, and most Alaskan-size bears, including those not invited to your 'hunting party'.
I listed only the most common lever action rifle calibers. I did not list the older, tried and true calibers, cursed to ammo scarcity/high price, or pistol caliber rifles, because most write-ups on pistol caliber rifles end at 80 yards.
There are many good brand names of lever action rifles that are acquirable in these calibers, both new in the box, and those that have picked up 'character' in the field, and still affordable for those strapped, in this present economy.
Now,there are those that do attach a scope to their lever actions, for various reasons, but I am of those who employed the older hunting methods, i.e., you did not shoot farther than you could see with the naked eye. You got closer to the intended game animal. I have heard, on handgun boards, of the 600-yard shot made by the late Elmer Keith. Yet, there can be only so many 'Elmer Keiths' in the world, and I am confident, that I am not one of them. So, in my confidence at the ranges that I know I can perform, consistently, I exercise my markmanship, and game acquisition.
I wish you all the confidence in your markmanship abilities, the knowledge to know where that limit exists, the opportunity to shoot a lever-action rifle and experience that sound peculiar to them, and the 'knowledge of the woods', to acquire that intended game, in the best manner, and with respect for that animal that you claimed, as yours.
Folks, whatcha think?
