Whatcha gonna use?

Raptortrapper

If you guys are anything like me, during the off season, ya sit around and try to decide what gun you're gonna use on each critter in the upcoming hunting season.  Should I use this, for that, or switch it up and use something else?  I go back and forth several times over the course of the summer till I get it JUUUUUUST RIIIIIGHT.  Then, somehow, I change my mind again the night before the season starts.  Happens all the time.  

So what are ya gonna use this next fall?  So far, I know I have to use the flintlock for my deer tag, and that's the only one set in stone.  It's a muzzleloader tag, and that's the only muzzleloader I have!  But the rest looks like this... for now:

Bull and cow elk  --  .284 XP100
Buck antelope  --  AR in 6.5 Grendel
Bear  --  Springfield TRP in 10mm

See how many times this changes between now and September.    

Zee

Guns that need to be used:
.50 BMG
.480 Ruger SBH Bisley
.358 Win Encore Pistol
.44 Mag Contender Pistol
.44 Mag Ruger SBH 3-Screw
.280 Rem Encore Pistol
.338 WM Rem 700

zorba

knitepoet said:

My new 300BO will be first, then my newly suppressed 223 will be the first two

Did you youtube that video of the 223?

zorba

If you do the muzzie on deer, range report would be appreciated!

snake284

For deer I have several possibilities from .250 Savage up to .9.3x62. But seeing as I just picked up my .new to me 7x57 on a commercial  Mauser action, that's probably going to be first off for this season.

Then who knows? I really love my .250 Savage. While it's no light weight, it's accurate and sweet to shoot and out to as far as I'll shoot at deer, it's plenty deadly with 115 grain bullets. I've already killed several deer with the .257 AI, but only one with the .250.

Then the old .280 could use a walk in the park too. So who knows? There's still more horses in the stable.

zorba

knitepoet said:

zorba said:

Did you youtube that video of the 223?

Only video I'm aware of was me shooting Terminator012's 10/22.
Yes, I youtubed it.
No clue what 223 video you're referencing

'Cause I'm confusing myself. I'm actually attempting to talk about the suppressed rifle you made the video with...

Raptortrapper

snake284 said:

Then the old .280 could use a walk in the park too. So who knows? There's still more horses in the stable.

The .280 is one of my dads favorites.  Someday, when he's done with that rifle, I'll use it myself just for old time's sake. 

Raptortrapper

Zee said:

Guns that need to be used:
.50 BMG
.480 Ruger SBH Bisley
.358 Win Encore Pistol
.44 Mag Contender Pistol
.44 Mag Ruger SBH 3-Screw
.280 Rem Encore Pistol
.338 WM Rem 700

I think you should use them in that order, except move the .338 up to second.

Six-Gun

Zee said:

Guns that need to be used:
.50 BMG
.480 Ruger SBH Bisley
.358 Win Encore Pistol
.44 Mag Contender Pistol
.44 Mag Ruger SBH 3-Screw
.280 Rem Encore Pistol
.338 WM Rem 700

Please tell me that this is a SP.

Zee

Raptortrapper said:

Zee said:

Guns that need to be used:
.50 BMG
.480 Ruger SBH Bisley
.358 Win Encore Pistol
.44 Mag Contender Pistol
.44 Mag Ruger SBH 3-Screw
.280 Rem Encore Pistol
.338 WM Rem 700

I think you should use them in that order, except move the .338 up to second.

I’d like to find a suitable pig for the .338 WM as I’ll be testing the 225gr Speer Deep Curl bullets and I’d like a harder target than a deer. 

Jay

Since I only put in for and drew a deer tag, my selection will be narrowed down to 3 cartridges. First priority is my TC Encore handgun in 454 Casull, 240 grain Hornady XTP Mags. If I need a little more distance, I’m planning to having the 308 Win AR ready to go by then. Load work will happen when I build the gun next month. Last choice will be 243 Win using 105 Amax bullets. I hear they’re for target shooting. But I consider deer targets too and know a guy who’s done pretty well with them. 

bullsi1911

only ones I KNOW I will be taking out is the Ruger American 6.5 Creedmoor and the Henry .45-70

After that, it will probably be a mix of different 'old standards'

Raptortrapper

knitepoet said:

...Though 3 Axis have fallen to my 7mm IHMSA XP.

I'm sure it probably isn't, but that wouldn't be a 7mm Rem Mag by chance, would it???  I know nothing about IHMSA.

Six-Gun

I got my flintlock fix met for a while over the past couple of seasons between my mule deer, turkey and bear in their respective season.  So, the coming deer seasons will probably see me try to blood a few modern guns that need blooding:

.375 H&H custom Rem 700

.300 Win Mag Tikka T3

.30-30 Win Marlin lever rifle

Two of the three and serious overkill for any deer, but they need to get out of the safe and be productive.

Weatherby

44 Mag Ruger SBH 3-Screw

Low on the list..............Epic Fail

JerryBobCo

The only critter I expect to hunt this year is deer.  I decided some time ago that I need to bloody my .358, so it has already got the nod.  I'll probably bring along my 7mag as a back up.

If I get a chance to hunt upland birds, I guess I'll use my Remington Express chambered in 12 gauge.

If I get a chance at hogs, I might try my .223, but don't know that I'll get the opportunity.

NN

No, I do not think about it; I just use what I have with me at the time.

Raptortrapper

Thanks Knitepoet.  I thought IHMSA was some sort of shooting dicipline. HA!!

orchidman

Dont have an off season over here so every day of the year is 'choice' day I guess.

When I choose, its normally a spur of the moment decision based on my mood, the type of deer, the location/terrain, what I had for breakfast, what the weather is doing.......and sometimes I even resort to a coin toss.  

Zee

orchidman said:

Dont have an off season over here so every day of the year is 'choice' day I guess.

When I choose, its normally a spur of the moment decision based on my mood, the type of deer, the location/terrain, what I had for breakfast, what the weather is doing.......and sometimes I even resort to a coin toss.  

Seems that way for me this year as well.

shootbrownelk

After my neck surgery, I'm limited to my Remington 660 in .243 for everything I draw a tag for.

Zee

Biggest elk I’ve ever seen on the hoof was felled with a running shot to the neck with a .243 winchester. 

Put it it in the right place........fill the freezer. 

Six-Gun

^^Yup.

shotgunshooter3

That's easy. I'll be using my Remington 700 in 7mm08 with factory 140gr Fusions for just about anything that may come up, with my Remington 700 .243 as a back up.

I'd also like to nail a deer with my AR, so if I hunt central TX this coming fall that might happen.

HAWKEN

Guns that need to be blooded:

1 Lyman GPR .54 flint
2 Ruger SBH Hunter .44 magnum,  6 1/2"
3 Remington model 600, 6mm Remington
5 Ruger #1, .270

snake284

Six-Gun said:

I got my flintlock fix met for a while over the past couple of seasons between my mule deer, turkey and bear in their respective season.  So, the coming deer seasons will probably see me try to blood a few modern guns that need blooding:

.375 H&H custom Rem 700

.300 Win Mag Tikka T3

.30-30 Win Marlin lever rifle

Two of the three and serious overkill for any deer, but they need to get out of the safe and be productive.

Ain't no such word as ain't and ain't no such thang as over kill. I"ve got a .300 WBY Mag. that's faster than the .300 Win Mag. I've had it for about 6 years and all it's killed is three white tailed deer. Two by my Son In Law out in West Texas and one spike by my oldest grand son. It didn't blow them up and we actually ate them. .300 mags., as a group, all make great deer rifles. Hey, I know one guy here with a buddy of his, killed a small doe with a 4 something. It didn't vaporize it.

And hey, my buddy up until he screwed his shoulder up a few years back used his .375 H&H on deer. He killed more than a few with it and ate every one of them. I ask him,"Why do you use such a cannon on deer?" His answer, "I don't like to see them run away!"

Six-Gun

The thing is, snake, I actually have seen much shorter runs with the smaller cartridges than I have with big ones.  The mule deer and antelope that I hit with my .243 took zero steps after impact.  The bear that I hit with a .62 cal ball actually ran 100+ yards after impact with a MASSIVE hole through both lungs.  It was the same case with a doe hit with a 30-06 a few years back.  She was hit hard and found nearly 100 yards in her after impact.  

In my experience, shot placement trumps caliber every time when it comes to tracking them, and bullet size is no assurance of a short tacking job.  Accordingly, if I can get the job done with a smaller round and not take the beating, most of the time I will.  I make exceptions when I simply want to try a new gun out, but I won't make a habit of it.  All that said, your mileage may vary...

Raptortrapper

I like big bores myself.  My favorite revolvers are a 45 Colt and a 500 JRH.  The 45 Colt isn't exactly a big bore, but it can sure act like one when loaded hot in a Ruger super Blackhawk!

Interesting firearms to be used this fall!  Looking forward to how it all turns out.

snake284

Lately I haven't commented on my 7x57 build, but when I tried to get it into the stock it had serious fit problems. I am slowly taking wood off to get it down into the stock. Right now I'm kinda burned out on it. I feel I'll get reinspired soon. Just needed a rest.

Zee

Six-Gun said:

In my experience, shot placement trumps caliber every time when it comes to tracking them, and bullet size is no assurance of a short tacking job.  Accordingly, if I can get the job done with a smaller round and not take the beating, most of the time I will.  I make exceptions when I simply want to try a new gun out, but I won't make a habit of it.  All that said, your mileage may vary...

THIS!!!!!

Every day of the week and twice on every day of the weekend!!!!

Man speaks truth. 

Six-Gun

snake284 said:

Lately I haven't commented on my 7x57 build, but when I tried to get it into the stock it had serious fit problems. I am slowly taking wood off to get it down into the stock. Right now I'm kinda burned out on it. I feel I'll get reinspired soon. Just needed a rest.

Taking a break is definitely a good move.  I have made plenty of mistakes trying to hurry up and get a project like that done.  In the end, you'll have another excellent chambering on your hands that is more than capable of getting the job done without being punishing.  I don't own a 7x57, but I do own a similar chambering in the 7mm-08, and it's assuredly a great round.