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<blockquote data-quote="Don A Parsons" data-source="post: 1630448" data-attributes="member: 97414"><p>Yuppers,,, my 2 favorite cartridges over the years are the 308 & 30/06,,, of course I enjoyed my magnums when I had them on the go,,, but I scaled back to the simple for my shooting & hunting needs...</p><p></p><p>Every shooting range across the Americas offers free brass,,, odals of boolitz to choose from,,, the 08 is easy on powder,,, and my shoulder dosen't get pound-ed that hard now that I use a extra think Gel pad...</p><p></p><p>I just rapped up the Rocky Mountain Eastern Slope shoot this weekend with the Ought-6 & Oh-8,,, 200 ish medium/ hot loads with 180gr boolitz... I launched 40 hot 30/06 boolitz down range to remember what its like to feel the kick,,, Yuppers... I won't be doing that again. Ha...</p><p></p><p>All of my hunting needs are with in distance these days,,, 40 feet to 150 ish meters,,, sometimes 220,,, rarely anything past the 350/ 400 mark on the thick skins... Loaded hot will reach out there further then that...</p><p></p><p>The trick is to load hot for cold temps so long as you find a accurate load for your rifle,,, that way the distance thing is covered,,, Punch-Junk sure helps slow down the critter tracking thing,,, Ha... Kinda nice to see the critter hunch up from a well placed shot...</p><p></p><p>That's another thing that most of us like about the medium size cartridges,,, the lesser of recoil allows us to incress our odds of staying on target along with follow up shots if needed,,, and no MB for me since I'm not keen on loud sound feed back when I'm hunting...</p><p></p><p>Ain't no way I'm wearing ear plugs when hunting...</p><p></p><p>Off season shooting sports is a added bouns since we build lots of pet loads for the kids and the Gal so they can join in...</p><p></p><p>125's / 130's with a powder drop,,, and they can join in on some of the deer hunts along with predator control,,, the close range stuff fore sure...</p><p></p><p>There are lots of folks that can't stand either of those cartradges, nothing wrong with that since they get to pick what works for them...</p><p></p><p>Like the old guy said... """The old school cartridges have bagged more game over the years then most,,, some with greater success,,, not so much at times if the shooter isn't paying attention to the well placed take down...</p><p></p><p>Forward of center mass always put them down. Ha...</p><p></p><p>Kind of mess gutting them out,,, but its still a Grin from ear to ear knowing the freezer will be topped off for the loooooong winter...</p><p></p><p>That's what its all about isn't it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Don A Parsons, post: 1630448, member: 97414"] Yuppers,,, my 2 favorite cartridges over the years are the 308 & 30/06,,, of course I enjoyed my magnums when I had them on the go,,, but I scaled back to the simple for my shooting & hunting needs... Every shooting range across the Americas offers free brass,,, odals of boolitz to choose from,,, the 08 is easy on powder,,, and my shoulder dosen't get pound-ed that hard now that I use a extra think Gel pad... I just rapped up the Rocky Mountain Eastern Slope shoot this weekend with the Ought-6 & Oh-8,,, 200 ish medium/ hot loads with 180gr boolitz... I launched 40 hot 30/06 boolitz down range to remember what its like to feel the kick,,, Yuppers... I won't be doing that again. Ha... All of my hunting needs are with in distance these days,,, 40 feet to 150 ish meters,,, sometimes 220,,, rarely anything past the 350/ 400 mark on the thick skins... Loaded hot will reach out there further then that... The trick is to load hot for cold temps so long as you find a accurate load for your rifle,,, that way the distance thing is covered,,, Punch-Junk sure helps slow down the critter tracking thing,,, Ha... Kinda nice to see the critter hunch up from a well placed shot... That's another thing that most of us like about the medium size cartridges,,, the lesser of recoil allows us to incress our odds of staying on target along with follow up shots if needed,,, and no MB for me since I'm not keen on loud sound feed back when I'm hunting... Ain't no way I'm wearing ear plugs when hunting... Off season shooting sports is a added bouns since we build lots of pet loads for the kids and the Gal so they can join in... 125's / 130's with a powder drop,,, and they can join in on some of the deer hunts along with predator control,,, the close range stuff fore sure... There are lots of folks that can't stand either of those cartradges, nothing wrong with that since they get to pick what works for them... Like the old guy said... """The old school cartridges have bagged more game over the years then most,,, some with greater success,,, not so much at times if the shooter isn't paying attention to the well placed take down... Forward of center mass always put them down. Ha... Kind of mess gutting them out,,, but its still a Grin from ear to ear knowing the freezer will be topped off for the loooooong winter... That's what its all about isn't it. [/QUOTE]
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