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<blockquote data-quote="SansSouci" data-source="post: 1245967" data-attributes="member: 84520"><p>YOSEPPY,</p><p></p><p>Best of luck.</p><p></p><p>I oughta be drawn for desert bighorn next season or possibly the one following. Desert bighorn is the most difficult big game tag in North America to draw. I won't screw a up a once-in-a-lifetome hunt by using a rifle the won't do the job. I'll be taking my 43+ year-old Model 700 in 270. It has a factory 22" barrel. With 60 grains of H-4831SC and a 130 grain Sierra GK, it'll shoot less than a half-inch at a hundred yards. Many custom made rifle won't shoot as good as my 43 year-old Model 700.</p><p></p><p>The way I look at it, the sheep Grand Slam is a four shot proposition. I think that wisdom would be found in using an appropriate rifle that you might already have in your battery. I'd use the money I'd save on a custom gun on hiring a guide. Then I'd try to work my Rocky Mountain bighorn bonus point. Dall and stone sheep should be much easier to dial in.</p><p></p><p>Since desert bighorn and, to a lesser extent, Rocky Mountain bighorn are the key unknown variable in a Grand Slam that force hunters to use a rifle that he shoots superbly. An 8 pound rifle would be heaviest I'm consider using. </p><p></p><p>Sheep do not require magnums to kill. A 7x57 would be close to perfect,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SansSouci, post: 1245967, member: 84520"] YOSEPPY, Best of luck. I oughta be drawn for desert bighorn next season or possibly the one following. Desert bighorn is the most difficult big game tag in North America to draw. I won't screw a up a once-in-a-lifetome hunt by using a rifle the won't do the job. I'll be taking my 43+ year-old Model 700 in 270. It has a factory 22" barrel. With 60 grains of H-4831SC and a 130 grain Sierra GK, it'll shoot less than a half-inch at a hundred yards. Many custom made rifle won't shoot as good as my 43 year-old Model 700. The way I look at it, the sheep Grand Slam is a four shot proposition. I think that wisdom would be found in using an appropriate rifle that you might already have in your battery. I'd use the money I'd save on a custom gun on hiring a guide. Then I'd try to work my Rocky Mountain bighorn bonus point. Dall and stone sheep should be much easier to dial in. Since desert bighorn and, to a lesser extent, Rocky Mountain bighorn are the key unknown variable in a Grand Slam that force hunters to use a rifle that he shoots superbly. An 8 pound rifle would be heaviest I'm consider using. Sheep do not require magnums to kill. A 7x57 would be close to perfect, [/QUOTE]
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