What do i NEED... :P

the hornet has alot of history to me, mostly my grandfather. made in 1949, grand father came to aus in 1950 and 1951 bought this gun.... after a few years it went mia, at his 80th birthday , i asked last known lender and bugger me, i got it back 50/60 odd years later. its a keeper for life.

Im feeling the 1/4 bore comment!
 
Boomer said:
I think I'd recommend two, a long barrel .300 magnum and a big case .375. A .30 caliber rifle that will drive a 200 gr bullet 3000 fps is infinitely useful, if you can manage it. Once you've shot game with a proper .375, you can decide whether or not a big bore rifle is necessary or desirable.
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hi boomer, i certainly wont own another 300 magnum of any sorts , and have no warrant for a full cased 375 :)

i only hunt Deer, Sambar deer, on par to elk sized, so a 270 is all i need,really need ;)
 
WhelanLad said:
the hornet has alot of history to me, mostly my grandfather. made in 1949, grand father came to aus in 1950 and 1951 bought this gun.... after a few years it went mia, at his 80th birthday , i asked last known lender and bugger me, i got it back 50/60 odd years later. its a keeper for life.

Im feeling the 1/4 bore comment!
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Fair enough. I’ve always wanted a ruger 77 ultralight 250-3000. Be a neat kids rifle too!
 
WhelanLad said:
hi boomer, i certainly wont own another 300 magnum of any sorts , and have no warrant for a full cased 375 :)

i only hunt Deer, Sambar deer, on par to elk sized, so a 270 is all i need,really need ;)
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Then for sure you need a .375, or better yet a .378 Weatherby, after an afternoon with one of those, a little .300 Winchester feels like a .243; just remember that plenty of eye relief is your friend.:)

Aus has bigger buffalo than Africa does, which is reason enough to own a big case .375, and I thought you were trying to set up a hunt in BC; a .300 is a good all around performer out that way.
 
If I had to really thin the herd, I guess I'd keep my 1895 45-70, my 700 in 308, my Girsan 12 gauge, my Savage 220 slug gun (we're in a shotgun only area) and my Savage MkII .22, oh, and my CVA Accura front stuffer. But, the other all the other toys are just icing on the cake.
 
Boomer said:
Then for sure you need a .375, or better yet a .378 Weatherby, after an afternoon with one of those, a little .300 Winchester feels like a .243; just remember that plenty of eye relief is your friend.:)

Aus has bigger buffalo than Africa does, which is reason enough to own a big case .375, and I thought you were trying to set up a hunt in BC; a .300 is a good all around performer out that way.
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ha ha, i bet thats how to tame a flinch ! :D
Our Buff are nice and Big, our Rangers use a 308 Ruger scout on em :D :p
Yeah but remembering i took our big Buffalo with a 35 Whelen ha ha, i admit the 375 is better for them on body shots and with a bit of distance on flood plain but our friend from there is over in Alaska at the moment travellingwith his Wife , they seem to be leaving the Top end sooner than laetr so i dont think il ever hunt them again!


Oh and BC, im sure theres plenty of rifles to loan over there if i hook up with a resident host , the short mag might get a go hey, being a short fat 3006 :D :D
 
WhelanLad said:
:p

22LR Voere
22 Hornet BRNO
222 Sako A1
7mm-08 Kimber 84
303 Ruger No 1
35 Whelen Ruger m77
375w Model 94
12 G S x S
.410g Single.


Go On............

:D
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Hmmmmm...
Gotta keep the ones starting with 22, history and a son starting to shoot.
Keep the shotguns if you are into small game/birding
375 ? Heirloom or new? If passed to you, keep it.

For the game you take, the 7 MM-08 takes care of it.
If you have reason to keep the .303 and 35, do so.

In other words, keep them all and justify getting a bigger boomstick for buff. :)
 
NL-Hunter said:
Hmmmmm...
Gotta keep the ones starting with 22, history and a son starting to shoot.
Keep the shotguns if you are into small game/birding
375 ? Heirloom or new? If passed to you, keep it.

For the game you take, the 7 MM-08 takes care of it.
If you have reason to keep the .303 and 35, do so.

In other words, keep them all and justify getting a bigger boomstick for buff. :)
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I can agree with all of that.
but you guys might of missed the part where i have hunted buff an wont be doing so again, when i did i used the 35 :D

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What happened to the mossburg, 270win, you had in NZ, ?
If there a gape to fill, I be looking in the 6mm, .25, 6.5 area, your 7-08, can cover most of that, if it shoots light bullets.
book a fishing trip, take your son for barramundi, or go to NZ for kingfish, snapper, look up Epic charters, Corramandle.
 
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