No Kill Like Over Kill.
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You made me felt less guilty on a black bear I've shot last year with my 416 Ruger except I don't have a wallet as deep as yours when you can afford the Rigby on whitetail and ground hogs lol.
It wasn't intended. Only brought the rifle to camp for a couple of guys to look at. As I left the hunt camp it was the only rifle I could get to when I saw the spike buck. Everything else was packed away.
I bought the rifles a while back. All were NIB
BRNO 602 375 H&H $650 (first DG rifle I ever bought because as pointed out by the owner of the gunshop I worked at in Ottawa (I didn't have that one!"). I blame him for all the "I don't have that one's later!
CZ 550 416 Rigby $895 (shot one groundhog at 25yds with a 400gr round. Just happened to be shooting into a tree stump as I had just got the 416. Bought a box of ammo ($140/20 rounds), and it popped up. I wheeled and fired. After the surrounding countryside returned to it's upright position I followed the 20yd long trench the bullet had created just to find a red smear and it's bladder stick intact.
CZ 550 450 Rigby $2650 (thanks Clay at Prophet River). Hornady 350gr 45/70 (2750fps) bullet made little hole in. Fist sided hole out at 20ft. Jello'd its internals.
Hornday 375cal 220gr FP's used to vapourize groundhogs out to 300yds.
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I hear you......I use to "plink" with a 303 back in the day LOL
Very nice!
Always love big bores and still have my Zkk602 in 375HH since 1990 and currently has:
CZ550 in 375HH
RSM in 375HH
RSM in 458 Lott
Alaskan in 416 Ruger
A lot of people didn't realized that the meat damage on the big bores is not than bad, shot a whitetail 75 yards broadside with a 375HH the exit wound is not much bigger than an inch and a half while I shot a whitetail with a 300wm at 275 yards the exit hole is about my fist size.
Would love to get my hands on a RSM in 416 Rigby to complete my collection.
Very true and I like the boom effect, the black bear I shot last year didn't move one step (bang flop) no tracking lol.
Some of us here can well-remember when the rifles were $19, and the soft-point hunting ammo was $4.40 a box.
Ted
I shot some feral cats in Australia with a .458 Win. Results were mixed; its not like they were going to live through it but its not spectacular like a lightly constructed deer bullet at mag velocity, or a varmint bullet. Big heavy hard bullets need some resistance to flex their muscles; otherwise its like punching a balloon.
In situations like this the correct gun for the job is whatever one you have accessible the fastest. If your 7mm RM is what was available at the time then I would say there was nothing overkill about it. Job done. Mission accomplished. That's all that matters.
Oh btw, congrats on taking out that little chicken killer.
Like what has been stated: When I see a coyote, whatever I am carrying at the time becomes my coyote gun.
Was headed out to a favorite Elk area, when in a field I spotted a coyote digging a hole after something. I stopped
and shot him in the rear end with a 30-06. There was nothing left but hide from the diaphragm forward, lol. D.
Was headed out to a favorite Elk area, when in a field I spotted a coyote digging a hole after something. I stopped
and shot him in the rear end with a 30-06. There was nothing left but hide from the diaphragm forward, lol. D.
All done while deer hunting:
1. exploded a grouse by shooting from the hip, expecting the 150g 30-06 at very close range to just punch a hole and leave me dinner, nope.
2. hit an inverted black squirrel up on a tree trunk that wouldn't shut up after ruining my painstakingly quiet stillhunt. Hit it under the chin with a 30-30 blowing half his head away leaving half a jaw intact
3. hit a grouse that scared the crap out of me and perched itself in a low branch when I intentionally slid down a small slope. Hit it in the neck with a .444 leaving the head dangling by a thread of skin. That one made it into the pot for dinner, mmmm.
1. exploded a grouse by shooting from the hip, expecting the 150g 30-06 at very close range to just punch a hole and leave me dinner, nope.
2. hit an inverted black squirrel up on a tree trunk that wouldn't shut up after ruining my painstakingly quiet stillhunt. Hit it under the chin with a 30-30 blowing half his head away leaving half a jaw intact
3. hit a grouse that scared the crap out of me and perched itself in a low branch when I intentionally slid down a small slope. Hit it in the neck with a .444 leaving the head dangling by a thread of skin. That one made it into the pot for dinner, mmmm.
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- West Quebec
LOL True
