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<blockquote data-quote="meathead" data-source="post: 53787" data-attributes="member: 613"><p>Mr. H-Bar,</p><p> Like yer handle! What you stated is so true. Years ago my passion was "Buffalo Rifles". We shot them at all sorts of ranges and the ole' Sharps and Remington Black Powder Cartridge rifles are unbelivable. But there was alot of BS floating around about their true effectiveness. Doing research about the history of Buffalo Hunting in the 1870's and 1880's, I found truth about what was really being done. The hunters were taking shots from 150 to 300 yds! One and a great while a 600 yard kill was made, but it was a very rare thing. Even the famous 1570 yard kill on a Comache(sic)brave in 1874 at Adobe Walls with a 50-90 Sharps was called a "scratch shot" by the shooter,Billy Dixon.</p><p>The same holds true with Big Game Hunting with a Long Range Rifle. I would take a guess that most of the clean kills made by Long Range Hunters are much farther than your classic 300 yard shot, but the 1,000 yard shot is a rare thing indeed. But I have watched some riflemen shoot who are capable of such feats, and the gentlemen who do have my total respect <img src="http://images/icons/cool.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I am not in such a class, but I am working hard to get there!</p><p></p><p>Mr. Faw 67,</p><p> Howdy! your Rem. BDL 30-06 is and excellent rifle to get started in this wonderful sport of Long Range Hunting! Good luck to your entry into a very interesting activity <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meathead, post: 53787, member: 613"] Mr. H-Bar, Like yer handle! What you stated is so true. Years ago my passion was "Buffalo Rifles". We shot them at all sorts of ranges and the ole' Sharps and Remington Black Powder Cartridge rifles are unbelivable. But there was alot of BS floating around about their true effectiveness. Doing research about the history of Buffalo Hunting in the 1870's and 1880's, I found truth about what was really being done. The hunters were taking shots from 150 to 300 yds! One and a great while a 600 yard kill was made, but it was a very rare thing. Even the famous 1570 yard kill on a Comache(sic)brave in 1874 at Adobe Walls with a 50-90 Sharps was called a "scratch shot" by the shooter,Billy Dixon. The same holds true with Big Game Hunting with a Long Range Rifle. I would take a guess that most of the clean kills made by Long Range Hunters are much farther than your classic 300 yard shot, but the 1,000 yard shot is a rare thing indeed. But I have watched some riflemen shoot who are capable of such feats, and the gentlemen who do have my total respect [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] I am not in such a class, but I am working hard to get there! Mr. Faw 67, Howdy! your Rem. BDL 30-06 is and excellent rifle to get started in this wonderful sport of Long Range Hunting! Good luck to your entry into a very interesting activity [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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