One rifle, one cartridge, one load for everything

[Buckmastr]

3250 thereabouts with RL22 and a 24” barrel

 

[Slimbo]

Hard to beat that for a one and done western hunting rifle, that’s for sure. That 700 ti of yours threatens to turn me into a Remington fan.

 

[Buckmastr]

I thought it was the ultimate 700 7 mag until I found that KS mountain rifle. A bit heavier but that’s not a bad thing.

 

[Slimbo]

Is it another blued one, or did you find a stainless ks? Always wanted one of those in 270 or 280

 

[bWONGER]

30-06

 

[Gatehouse]

The KING

375 Ruger.

I've killed grouse to moose with it, and it's more than capable on things even bigger, like bison.

 

[Buckmastr]

Is it another blued one, or did you find a stainless ks? Always wanted one of those in 270 or 280

No the blued one. The stock has paint missing, it was full of pine needles but cleaned up great and shot even better. It stands as one of my best deals at 400$.

I put together a fake KS mountain rifle in 270 recently. A silver nitrided chromoly steel 700 ADL in a Mitch Kendall painted up Brown stock. It shoots not quite as well as the real thing but could easily be a one gun trick with 130 TTSX at 3100fps.

 

[pathfinder76]

That is nice! Who did the silver nitride?

 

[Buckmastr]

No idea, it was done that way when I bought it.

 

[Ardent]

The KING

375 Ruger.

I've killed grouse to moose with it, and it's more than capable on things even bigger, like bison.

I started a finger tally of species I’ve hunted with a .375 bullet, had to do the hands twice it’s around 20 species. Not in one of those did I find a shortcoming in a .375 270gr load here, or Africa. I used 300gr on Cape buffalo as per tradition but a 270 TSX would have been just as good.

 

[marty06]

30-06 150 grain TTXS, 59 grains H4350 FPS. Works good on moose and deer.

 

[starvin]

I’ve got a model 70 7rm that shoots 175 ablr fast and tight with rl26. I’ve read that they’re a soft bullet, might make an everything gun with a B&C reticle if I stay off the shoulder.

 

[bearhunter]

There was a time .... when nearly every trapper in the Boreal forest had a Winchester 94 in 30-30 .... and that was his only gun all winter long ... and to keep his pantry stocked ... and till spring arrived and which allowed for the journey to resupply from one of the trading posts.

If the 30-30 worked for so many trappers and bushwhacker in the past .... what is wrong with it today?

Depending on what the trapper was catching in his traps, a lot of his/her meat came from what was caught.

I've known a lot of trappers in my time and most of them carried a 22rf of some sort, along with a club for dispatch. Even the 30-30 was extra weight on a long trap line back when snowmobiles weren't available.

 

[geologist]

The Ontario trappers I worked with in the 80s carried .22LR revolvers.

 

[0faustus0]

Folks, I was talking about a time .... way before you were born ....

 

[medvedqc]

A CRF bolt action 30-06 with good iron sights and a 1-8X illuminated BDC reticle scope in low QD rings. 180 grain soft points that it feeds well and is accurate with.

1907 sling.

a crf what for?

 

[pathfinder76]

a crf what for?

Why not?

 

[geologist]

a crf what for?

Less chance of a double feed when shooting creatures that can fight back.

 

[bearhunter]

Folks, I was talking about a time .... way before you were born ....

Not before me and the 22rf was a standard standby long before the 30-30 was invented.

 

[Ardent]

No trapper was using the .30-30 to dispatch on the line, they were using it to feed themselves something other than swamp brisket. Whether we ever need to use it or not we all sleep better when a hundred kilometers from another human you know with a .30-30 too.