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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1539703" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p><em><u>"It loved the H4831 surplus Paper Bag 75 cents a lb. + shipping powder of the era</u></em>". Wow were you in WW II???<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> I too remember the 4831 in the waxed paper bags for $.75 along with BLC for the same prices in the waxed bag. And.......4831 went into everything<em><u> that would shoot. Dropping powder and keeping it in the funnel so that it </u></em>could be tamped down into the 30-06 case until you could get the powder level below the top of the case. And.......I had one of those "barrel burning" Rem 600s with the laminated stock, then the real hot 6.5 came out with the Rem 660 with the slightly longer barrel and the laminated stock and Remington removed the ridiculous raised rib on the new design. Both of these rifles made great deer rifles, light, accurate and handy. Not too many people had chronographs, if any, and we had to take what the manufactured listed the ballistics at. I am one of those who likes to hang onto the old calibers, because when I do they bring back great memories of great moments in the field. And....I do not believe that hanging onto those memories and those calibers is anymore close minded than the folks who are promoting the newer calibers. From where I am sitting 100-200fps really does not make that much difference to me. If we look at all the hype that is going on with the new and faster calibers, the .270 Winchester is still a contender in the shooting world. And for the critics, I am not a .270 fanatic! The "real" rifle <em>"back in the days</em>" for me was the Remington 742 Woodmaster in 30-06; and "back in the days the "06" carried a lot of weight for almost any kind of hunting. When the .264 Winchester came out in the model 70, we came upon a hunter that had just shot a deer at about 10 feet while he was eating his lunch and listening to his small portable radio; true story the deer had a death wish. We were about five miles back, on a tote road in Greenville, Maine near Moosehead Lake. I remember my father saying, <em>"A .264 magnum"</em>, and my response back was, <em>"Yeah but they're not very accurate", and who needs a .264 magnum anyway." </em>We both were carrying our bad *** Rem742 Woodmaster "06s". If I remeber correctly there was a problem with accuracy when the .264's came out, maybe twist was the problem. I wouldn't hesitate to build or own one today. So......maybe some of the resistance to the new, hot calibers of the modern shooting world is not so much going to a new caliber, but giving up the nostalgic memories that come back to us when we see threads about the older ones. I was asked by my significant other the other day about why I spend so much time on this forum. My response was,<em> "Because it is like going to a gun shop and talking guns, or sitting around a campfire at an outfitters camp and talking guns and hunting."</em> And I am done with this dissertation. Happy and <u>Healthy</u> New Year to all of the readers in this forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1539703, member: 69192"] [I][U]"It loved the H4831 surplus Paper Bag 75 cents a lb. + shipping powder of the era[/U][/I]". Wow were you in WW II???:):):rolleyes: I too remember the 4831 in the waxed paper bags for $.75 along with BLC for the same prices in the waxed bag. And.......4831 went into everything[I][U] that would shoot. Dropping powder and keeping it in the funnel so that it [/U][/I]could be tamped down into the 30-06 case until you could get the powder level below the top of the case. And.......I had one of those "barrel burning" Rem 600s with the laminated stock, then the real hot 6.5 came out with the Rem 660 with the slightly longer barrel and the laminated stock and Remington removed the ridiculous raised rib on the new design. Both of these rifles made great deer rifles, light, accurate and handy. Not too many people had chronographs, if any, and we had to take what the manufactured listed the ballistics at. I am one of those who likes to hang onto the old calibers, because when I do they bring back great memories of great moments in the field. And....I do not believe that hanging onto those memories and those calibers is anymore close minded than the folks who are promoting the newer calibers. From where I am sitting 100-200fps really does not make that much difference to me. If we look at all the hype that is going on with the new and faster calibers, the .270 Winchester is still a contender in the shooting world. And for the critics, I am not a .270 fanatic! The "real" rifle [I]"back in the days[/I]" for me was the Remington 742 Woodmaster in 30-06; and "back in the days the "06" carried a lot of weight for almost any kind of hunting. When the .264 Winchester came out in the model 70, we came upon a hunter that had just shot a deer at about 10 feet while he was eating his lunch and listening to his small portable radio; true story the deer had a death wish. We were about five miles back, on a tote road in Greenville, Maine near Moosehead Lake. I remember my father saying, [I]"A .264 magnum"[/I], and my response back was, [I]"Yeah but they're not very accurate", and who needs a .264 magnum anyway." [/I]We both were carrying our bad *** Rem742 Woodmaster "06s". If I remeber correctly there was a problem with accuracy when the .264's came out, maybe twist was the problem. I wouldn't hesitate to build or own one today. So......maybe some of the resistance to the new, hot calibers of the modern shooting world is not so much going to a new caliber, but giving up the nostalgic memories that come back to us when we see threads about the older ones. I was asked by my significant other the other day about why I spend so much time on this forum. My response was,[I] "Because it is like going to a gun shop and talking guns, or sitting around a campfire at an outfitters camp and talking guns and hunting."[/I] And I am done with this dissertation. Happy and [U]Healthy[/U] New Year to all of the readers in this forum. [/QUOTE]
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