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H4198 has been my go to powder with the 265 Hornady's and the 300 grain XTP's. My loads are in an XLR. I also shot some Beartooth Bullets 290 cast with gas check. They also shot well with the H4198.

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Nice pictures. The San Miguel brings back memories. Drank it by the gallons when we were in the P.I. It seemed like good beer, but right about then any beer was good beer! I remember eating some kind of meat on a stick over there. It was deep fried and we always joked that it was monkey on a stick. ...

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Nice pistol and good choice in calibers. I love my 32 Mag in a single six w/birdhead grips and 4 5/8" barrel. It's a great little gun to pack every where on the ranch and on pack trips, etc. I use mine a lot to control the porcupine population so I don't spend all spring pulling quills out of m...

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It's pretty hard to tell from that picture. Very interesting.

Deerwhacker444, your avatar is hilarious! Every time I look at that thing I bust a gut!

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Guess I didn't catch that one in time to read your deleted post. As the father of three daughters and one son, I will tell all of them to stay out of the cat houses (unless it's the kind shown in the pic)! I think this really isn't that offensive personally, maybe I've got a thicker hide than some.

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I shot a 340 Wby Mag once that was pretty nasty. I'm with Malamute on the 86 w/crescent butt plate. I have numbed my arm several times when it it a nerve in my shoulder. I liked the rifle but I don't shoot it much any more.
Ray N., you guys who shoot 8 bores have balls of steel in my book.

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Very nice bunch of Brownings. I like my two BLR's very much.

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All you can say to that is 'WOW!'. I'd sure like to have met that man.

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I really like my 358. It's a straight grip, newer BLR. I bought it from a fellow on this forum and he'd had the trigger worked over. Very nice rifle. I've only shot one elk with it, but it lived up to it's reputation for the caliber. My rifle will shoot an inch without too much trouble. Good little ...

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Don't know how to get a picture of her on here but I always thought that the gal who was on the movie 'The Searchers' with John Wayne was a real beauty. Don't remember her name. My top pick all time is still Maureen O'Hara. I fell for her when I was a kid and watched her in 'The Quiet Man'.

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I've butchered a lot of beef with a 30-30. Works great. I have found one or two in the neck a little ways, but usually a 150 gr rn will stop and not mess up any meat. We used 22's a lot and every once in a while you just ran into a beef that was bullet proof. Another great butcher gun was 22 Hornet,...

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I've bought two rifles in the last 3 years. 444XLR and a standard 336 CS in 35 Rem. They are both at least the equal of the older Marlins I've owned. The wood to metal fit is excellent on the XLR and very good on the 336. The XLR is the smoothest rifle of all of my Marlins, the 35 Rem is probably th...

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In my experience its been:
Marlins, BLR, 99 Savage, 88 Winchester all the same, very reliable.
Had a few issues with my 94 Winchesters over the years, but not from cold, and usually the newer ones.
I think the 22's are equal.

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I was wondering why you would want to do this? Seems like you'll be cutting the range and energy down. My favorite load for the 300 Savage in my M99's is 43 grains of RL15 over the 165 grain Hornady Spire point. Shoots great in both guns and will shoot 3/4" in the 1951 model. This is with Winch...

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When you push cows for 25 miles you rode darn near 50 doing it! It's a lot of back and forth riding keeping the stragglers pushed up. I ride pretty much daily except in the winter and even then I have horses or mules hooked to bobsleds or wagons. It's surpising how much ground you can cover in a day...

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I see your point about this subject Joe. The thing is you HAD to point it out to me. I (and probably 99.99% of WY/MT residents) never think twice about seeing guns in anyones house or gunrack in their trucks. It is a given that they have them and many of us even display them out in the front rooms. ...

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They don't all work the same in every gun that's for sure. RL15 has given me some little tiny groups with quite a few rifles. 22-250 to 35 Whelen. You never know.

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You're right. I've done the same thing before. Just because you have the tag doesn't mean you HAVE to kill something. Good to see someone with self discipline.

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I've had a couple and like them quite a little. The one I still have is just like Mr. Quinn's. A new 358 with the aluminum frame. It had some trigger work on it and is a very good shooter. The 358 is a good little elk cartrige if you don't have to shoot too far. My action is very, very smooth. Good ...

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That is outstanding! The Color Guard we had during our boot camp graduation was just as outstanding. They were trained to a tee. Not too bad for a bunch of 'Squids'!

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Thanks to you all for your kindness. The funeral was huge and a real tear jerker. He'll leave a big hole in the community. When you say someone is a good guy it gets taken for granted. Steve was truly a 'good' person.

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A friend of mine will be burried today. He was a passenger in a pickup that rolled off the road on some ice. Broke his neck and he was paralyzed from his chin down. His family made the decision to let him pass away (which I think was right and took incredible strength) and not prolong his suffering....

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I'd say it's a good buy and you're going to like that rifle. I have a Belgian made BLR in 308. My wife's boss was moving and decided to sell his rifles. One of which was this BLR with a 3x9 Weaver scope. He had bought it, mounted the scope, and never fired it even to sight it in. His wife wouldn't l...

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I have a bunch of them running around the place down here in Wyoming too. Most of them step over the fences but plenty will just run through the top two wires :evil:. Moose hair stuck in them all the time. They also scare the hell out of my mule teams. Makes for adventure some days just getting feed...

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Good one firefuzz :lol:. I have a couple 92 guns and like them a lot. One 44-40 and a 218 Bee. Great rifles. But i do still like Marlins as well. I guess the straight wall thing would be nice with a carbide sizer. Never thought of that. What kind of performance would you be talking here out of a 20&...

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I have to ask why you think Marlin should offer one? They are already making the 35 Rem. Just curious as to what the advantage would be

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Huge bear. Just think how much he'd weigh in normal flesh. Takes a fairly thin bear to show ribs like that.
He'd of been in a world of hurt with less gun or no gun. Whew!

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Before I had a hand made saddle, I roped on a Circle Y roper. It stood up very well to lots of heavy roping. I thought it was a pretty good 'off the rack' saddle. $500 bucks was what they were going for in the previous century so I'd say it was a good deal if it's in good shape and has seen some oil...

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Snow in Sacramento!

Wow, now that is odd. I hadn't heard any news for quite a while. This must be quite a weather event.

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My thermometer is broke, but I can tell you that chopping waterholes in the creek was tougher today. My wife went to town at 1:30 this afternoon and the car thermometer said -2. Not very darn warm. Fed cows with the team and bobsled today. Not so bad until I had to turn for home the last mile or so ...

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I have 3 M99's. Two in 300 Savage and one in 250-3000. I really like these rifles. I may never get my 250 back from my son who shot his first deer with it. Great little rifle and cartrige. Mine is a 22" barrel with a pistol grip. Shoots very well. My oldest daughter claimed my older 300 that wa...

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My dad gave me a nice 270 when I was old enough to hunt. The first three or four deer I shot with it dropped like they'd been head shot. All of them were shot tight up against the shoulder blade and not through the shoulders, but right through the lungs over the heart. I thought everything would dro...

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I just love my 99's and use them a bunch too. When I take one of the 300 Sav's after elk I use the 180 Rem (mostly because I have a thousand or so on hand). One bullet that shot well for me and I used a lot was the 165 grain Hornady Interlock. With RL15 the 165's shot great with 43 and 44 grains. RL...

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My short list rifle is a M99 my neighbor has in 308. It's in really, really, good shape. It has an older Leupold 4x on it. He wants $300 for it. Christmas/birthday, doesn't matter to me as they're only two days apart. Then again I thought I might upgrade scopes on the rifles I have. I could use a Le...

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Of course I want to repeat that the dogs killed were caught in the act and it wasn't a first offense for either. They and the owners were given more than one chance. The dogs are surrounded by sheep and cattle who are owned by myself (full time rancher) and my neighbors who are full time ranchers. A...

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I didn't intend for this to sound like the wanton Wyoming dog massacre. Sorry. By the way Wyoming is a 'fence out' state with open range laws as was stated by my Montana neighbor here. I talked to one of the owners of the now deceased dogs. He wanted to know if I'd seen his dog. Told him the how and...

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Holy cow that's a big pooch! As far as the law around here, if the dog is on your property, he's fair game. You won't be prosecuted for it. People have tried. As far as cows making a bigger target. People have done that, and did get prosecuted. I do think it's a different world east of the Mississip...

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Smoked a prime rib off a beef I raised and fed. Rubbed the outside with a secret mix of seasonings and went to the creek by the house and cut a chunk of alder from a tree, shaved some chips with a drawknife and put her all in the smoker for about 4-5 hours. It was so good. My motherinlaw insists on ...

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Sounds good. How many cows will it run?

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44shooter, I don't think you understand what I meant by 'winter'. Deer, elk, and antelope around here winter at 6-8000' elevation. Right now I've been chopping waterholes for livestock for a couple weeks. You can drive a Polaris Ranger across my stock ponds. Cattle will be on feed soon and I won't q...

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Looks like a blast! I like that country around Napa. Lots of hogs in that neck of the woods. I lived near there for a couple years and quite liked it. I'd like to go pig hunting for a mid winter break from Wyoming some day.

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The difference between dogs running deer (illegal in Wyoming) and chasing sheep or cattle is slight in my book. One thing to point out to our eastern friends is that at certain times of year stressing out mule deer, antelope, and elk will result in more winter kill. A lot of the time they need every...

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I also have to add that my elderly neighbor lost 3 lambs and a ewe right before he shipped his lambs. He wasn't a good enough shot to get that big black and white ***. Have also seen these and other dogs running deer. A few years ago a dogowner showed up on my doorstep all fired up about the dog I'd...

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With the subdivisions popping up around the ranch country here we've had more and more run ins with dogs and dog owners the last few years. This summer while irrigating I had 4 different dogs down in my place running cattle around. I followed them home and had some discussion about it with the owner...

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I have to trap them out of my irrigation ditches quite a little (the four legged ones for you dirty old men). As a kid I had a trap line and we made a little money trapping beaver, muskrats, and mink. Lot's of fun for sure. We did eat beaver tail and some meat...once. I thought it was nasty myself a...

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I used to use Hornady SX bullets. They usually wouldn't penetrate clear through. I tried FMJ's one time. Even with a 22-250 coyotes would sometimes shrug them off and go a long way before you'd find them if you ever did. The 40 Vmax will work fine in your 223. I've run them all the way up to 3900 fp...

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Can't you take your 30-30 or your 38-55 and sneak closer?

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You guys did a great job packing from what I could see. Yes I have packed quite a little. Used to pack and guide elk hunters some and still do hire out to pack meat for those not fortunate enough to own any mules or equipment. I couldn't agree more with your statement about the work part, but you di...

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I'm with most of the other guys who tried balut. Nasty! I was born and raised on a ranch and have a pretty strong stomach but that was purty dang gross. It didn't help that I'd already drank quite a little of that poison concoction they served as a punch at the bar/cathouses over there (PI). To this...

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With 6 people and all that gear and tents, that WAS a lot of packing with just 5 head of pack animals (if I understand correctly). Even at that, it's still the best way to hunt. I do this every year too. Every yard sale I go to I dig through all the stuff looking to build up more pack outfits. Right...

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