Let's settle this caliber thing once and for all

[Wildfire]

My take on wild cats.

Hey there.
I know I am late in the game here. But may veiw of the guy that uses a wild cat round is . If he has one, He likely knows how to use it. Average joe don't own one.
Wildcaters can be a different breed. They will try things that should have would have or could have.
Most of the time they are very good at what they do.
Ideas are a dime a dozen. But the guys that will run with are not.

GO FOR IT ..............

 

[hangtime]

rifle? We don't need no stinking rifle!

We just wait up in a tree with a rope and lasso Bambi as he walks undernearth us. You drop down outta the tree on his back and ride him 'til he settles down a bit, then you just ride him home. Much easier than packing all that meat home from the woods and you don't get all those antler scratches on the hood of the truck.

 

[Shawnee]

One of my neighbors in Texas was a wildcatter. His "all-around gun" was a .30-ought-10ga.
He loaded a 10ga. hull to the brim with powder, crimped it and put it in the chamber. Then he poured the barrel full to the top with 180-gr. .30 caliber bullets and sealed them in with duct tape over the muzzle.
I haven't seen him since last hunting season though.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

One of my neighbors in Texas was a wildcatter. His "all-around gun" was a .30-ought-10ga.
He loaded a 10ga. hull to the brim with powder, crimped it and put it in the chamber. Then he poured the barrel full to the top with 180-gr. .30 caliber bullets and sealed them in with duct tape over the muzzle.
I haven't seen him since last hunting season though.

Bwaaahahahaaa! - that's awesome - belly laugh=good.

Dang, I got up at 6:30 and started to load up for the range, and then I notice that the gun club newsletter says that today is a "workday" and all ranges shut down until noon or 1pm - bah.

 

[moojpg2]

darn, that 30-06 wasted a lot of meat eh

that's why i use my knife, i just drop out of the tree on their back and cut the throat

 

[azhunter122]

30-06 is the best caliber! Period!

 

[jasonguerard]

Shawnee One of my neighbors in Texas was a wildcatter. His "all-around gun" was a .30-ought-10ga.
He loaded a 10ga. hull to the brim with powder, crimped it and put it in the chamber. Then he poured the barrel full to the top with 180-gr. .30 caliber bullets and sealed them in with duct tape over the muzzle.
I haven't seen him since last hunting season though.

You owe me a new keyboard ! OMG
waay too funny

 

[308win]

I guess I fit the second category since only shotguns and muzzle loaders .36 caliber or larger are allowed in Ohio (ignoring handguns in this post) and I use a 12ga - approximately .7+ Caliber isn't it?

 

[gregormeister]

Never had one run from my 30-06 but I've had em' run off with my first gun...243......So I'll accept the fact I have a small gun and a huge rifle...haha

 

[WyoCowboy]

If you are a good enough shot and know where your rifle shoots at all yardages, then it does not matter what the caliber is. If you can put a .25-06 in a 2 inch circle at 500 yards and a .458 Lott in a 4 inch circle at 200 yards, does it really matter as long as you bring home your meat? DEAD IS DEAD!!!! If you have tack driving accuracy with anything you shoot, then shoot what is the most comfortable and fun to shoot.

 

[MinnMooney]

I guess I just don't fit those two catagories!

Last time I got a deer was when I snuck to within 5 feet of a tirdy-pt'r by digging underground with a large spoon. I then gently poked my head above ground to find him bedded down sorta lookin' at me. Before he had a chance to bolt, I hypnotized him, commanded him to "stay" and then lunged at him with my Bowie knife...... except that I forgot it back in my Tacti-cool bivwac.... so I stripped off my belt while he was coming out of his trance and hung on like in a rodeo while I broke a 1"x12" Ironwood branch and sharpened it on the pavement while the buck ran across a blacktop road. Pretty basic stuff, really. I had venison for several days until the buck main squeeze figured out what happened and killed me in the middle of the night while I slept.

From that moment, I promised myself to use the biggest M.F. caliber that I could lift to my shoulder. I'm fairly small and weak so that turned out to be a Ruger .32ACP (which, of course, I don't have to lift all the way to my shoulder). Needless to say, I don't eat much Griz meat.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

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Now that's funny stuff, right there -I don't care who you are!!

 

[MountainWalk]

What was the whole point of the original posting? The meaning was lost to me.

 

[41magsnub]

What was the whole point of the original posting? The meaning was lost to me.

Humor, mocking the folks that get really worked up over the valid rifle caliber other people use hunting.