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What happened to the good old hunting rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="COBrad" data-source="post: 2149305" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>When I was a kid most of the guys around the small western Colorado towns I still live in used model 94 30-30's and savage 99's in 300 savage. Those old boys killed a lot of game. They were hunters and shooters when long range was 200 yards. So I learned to hunt elk, up close and personal with my open sighted 30-06 that kicked way too much at the time. After several decades of magnumitis and newer and better I bought a Browning 1886 45-70. With a peep sight it made a 300 yard gun which is about double the range of the 60 some elk I've taken so far. Now I'm hunting with a ultralight .284 but that rifle has shot well out to 800 yards for me. I still prefer to get out in the woods and hunt, but for those cross canyon bulls above the ranch that I can't get close to in the brush an almost completed custom .300 WSM will suffice for those 800 to over 1200 yard shots. And after I'm gone my grandsons will get granddads "old school" rifles. My brother still has dad's old 303 enfield. If that was the only rifle we had we would kill just as many elk as ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBrad, post: 2149305, member: 1940"] When I was a kid most of the guys around the small western Colorado towns I still live in used model 94 30-30’s and savage 99’s in 300 savage. Those old boys killed a lot of game. They were hunters and shooters when long range was 200 yards. So I learned to hunt elk, up close and personal with my open sighted 30-06 that kicked way too much at the time. After several decades of magnumitis and newer and better I bought a Browning 1886 45-70. With a peep sight it made a 300 yard gun which is about double the range of the 60 some elk I’ve taken so far. Now I’m hunting with a ultralight .284 but that rifle has shot well out to 800 yards for me. I still prefer to get out in the woods and hunt, but for those cross canyon bulls above the ranch that I can’t get close to in the brush an almost completed custom .300 WSM will suffice for those 800 to over 1200 yard shots. And after I’m gone my grandsons will get granddads “old school” rifles. My brother still has dad’s old 303 enfield. If that was the only rifle we had we would kill just as many elk as ever. [/QUOTE]
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