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Hog huntin Harry
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Did you have a sling for it ?
Have you ever wished you had "more gun"
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I once wished for less gun...
Rodents in the compost pile. If only I had the pellet gun instead of a 9mm...
You know how something you don't expect is absolutely terrifying in the dark? Mice aren't normally scary.
Rodents in the compost pile. If only I had the pellet gun instead of a 9mm...
You know how something you don't expect is absolutely terrifying in the dark? Mice aren't normally scary.
Choctaw
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Man, I want one of those!
WrongHanded
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Yes. But it was a Turner Saddlery synthetic version of the GI shooting sling. I actually found it more comfortable to hold it horizontally across my chest, cradled in my arms, wrap my hands over the receiver and pull down slightly. That locked it in pretty well. Didn't make it any lighter though. And that slings kinda heavy too. Plus the cleaning kit in the buttstock.
Loyalist Dave
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Speaking of "more gun" my young son, out of the blue, has an interest in .358 Winchester, which is a similar idea as .35 Whelen. The .358 Winchester, for those such as myself who are not familiar with the cartridge, is a .308 Winchester expanded to take .358 bullets; a similar idea to taking a .30-06 and expanding it to take .35 caliber bullets and calling that cartridge the .35 Whelen. The .358 Winchester is not a belted cartridge, either. It's an odd round to find as a factory cartridge, but resizing .308 brass apparently is pretty simple. My son is a hand-loader, so it will give him something to do. Browning still makes a lever action rifle in it, but I think my son will get a custom barrel on a bolt-action.
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entropy
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While never gaining the popularity .35 Whelen did in it's day, the .358 is a good round, particularly for the handloader.
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Seems there is a renewed interest in the .358 lately. Just one of those calibers that got lost in the crowd or got negative early feedback from gun rag writers. Like any caliber, it has a lot going for it and some drawbacks. Here's a really good synopsis.......https://www.chuckhawks.com/358Win_mystery.htm
1942bull
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Never! But I avoid getting in situations where I would be under armed.
Loyalist Dave
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YES, apparently the Ruger 77 Hawkeye in .358 Win is one of the reasons that folks have started to look at the cartridge again after all these years. Browning offers the BLR in the round, and there is a fellow on YouTube who fell in love with the cartridge and does videos on his hunts with it, which have also helped to resurrect it from obscurity.
It was introduced in 1955, and I thought I was rather "well versed" in the old-school cartridges..., well apparently I have some more reading to do.
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When I was a single man and about 25 years old I visited Yellowstone Park. I had never see a black bear up close but had seen people taking pictures of them. As I drove along the bank of Yellowstone Lake I saw a really big bear in the trees sitting on his rear and I decided to take a picture of him. I walked up to the bear to a distance less than 10 yards, focused my 35 MM Canon camera, and said "hey buddy, sit still for a second." In an instant the dang thing was running toward me and I ran for my truck. I was going so fast that I couldn't stop to get in and my next thought was to jump in the lake. Good to say he stopped short of the water. I still have the picture and when I see the picture with the bear's ears pointed in a intense position it makes me nervous.
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When in my early 20's, I once hunted deer with a .22-250 bolt-action because I could only afford one rifle and had recently sold my '06 to buy a rifle in that chambering because I hunted more varmints and competed in informal shooting competitions.
I shot several deer with the .22-250, but after a few years, encountered a doe in mature woods that had been hit in the right leg, so it was hobbling along. I decide it would be best to shoot it in the head or high neck to preserve as much meat as possible, but every time I shot, the deer limped and I missed. Emptied 5 shots at it about 50 yards away an never touched it, so loaded one round in the action and shot it in the lungs...game over! I really felt under-gunned that time because of trying to hit it in the head and being so concerned about not hitting small trees/brush and damaging too much meat with the light-fast bullet. I got a.270 Win and didn't have problems after that, not that the .22-250 wouldn't kill deer out to 200 yards, but I had just lost confidence in it.
I shot several deer with the .22-250, but after a few years, encountered a doe in mature woods that had been hit in the right leg, so it was hobbling along. I decide it would be best to shoot it in the head or high neck to preserve as much meat as possible, but every time I shot, the deer limped and I missed. Emptied 5 shots at it about 50 yards away an never touched it, so loaded one round in the action and shot it in the lungs...game over! I really felt under-gunned that time because of trying to hit it in the head and being so concerned about not hitting small trees/brush and damaging too much meat with the light-fast bullet. I got a.270 Win and didn't have problems after that, not that the .22-250 wouldn't kill deer out to 200 yards, but I had just lost confidence in it.
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Sneakshot92
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I use a bit of a custom touch on my bullets for 357 magnum when deer are concerned. I bore a small hole in the tip of a round nosed 158gr cowboy action type bullet and then my cousin powder coats them for me. Loaded to run approx 1250fps out of my 6" revolver they work well inside of 25yds. I'd guess finished bullet weight to be about 145grs.
Btw this is a handgun only load. Jacketed bullets are a must for 357 out of a carbine/rifle. 140gr XTP's do the chore inside of 100yds.
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