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<blockquote data-quote="Gcan" data-source="post: 1526522" data-attributes="member: 102867"><p>"He who dies with the most toys wins." I'm probably a contender. I agree with your take. The point I was kinda making was that when we hunt we generally have a specific quary and known geo-parameters in mind. While you had a rifle capable of a 1600 yard shot on that trip, I'm betting you might have been hard pressed to make an off hand 100 yard passing shot on that same elk running at 30 mph. I cannot imagine shouldering my Allen mag. Known quarry and conditions are particularly true in the US. However, in Africa for example, where you may have 20 species on license from a 15 lb fox to 2000 lb Eland or Buffalo and shots ranging from 10 to 500 yards you select your gun before you get on the plane. And while you might even pack two, there is always a better situational tool back home in the vault. Generally we have to dance with the partner we brought. Case in point, I had Dave Tooley build me a 375 H&H on a Bat Repeater for an Africa trip. Without question the finest hunting rifle I own, right in front of the 458 lott he built for me, in case anyone wonders bout Dave's ability to build a hunting rifle to his bench standards. Not a one trick pony. </p><p>I knew I needed a gun for all occasions. On that trip I shot a jackle at 25 yards of hand and heart shot a Burchells Zebra at 323 yards off the sticks, snuck a bullet thru a 4" V in a branch uphill at 200 yards to neck shoot an Nyala using two separate sets of sticks, fore and aft. But what made it "the" gun was a full 40-mph running away head shot on a bucket list hartebeest at 147 yards off my knee. Yes, I have the photo. Again, the point is that while it fun to consider a perfect set of hypothetical circumstances, and notwithstanding a shot you simply cannot ethically take, we don't really usually enjoy the luxury of choosing our weapon after the shot presents itself. So I like to think of these querries based on the practical realities gleened from 64 years of Murphy's damned sense of humor. And for me to even say "Christiansen" may be the quintessential Murphy moment. But they flat a-s shoot. </p><p>G</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gcan, post: 1526522, member: 102867"] “He who dies with the most toys wins.” I’m probably a contender. I agree with your take. The point I was kinda making was that when we hunt we generally have a specific quary and known geo-parameters in mind. While you had a rifle capable of a 1600 yard shot on that trip, I’m betting you might have been hard pressed to make an off hand 100 yard passing shot on that same elk running at 30 mph. I cannot imagine shouldering my Allen mag. Known quarry and conditions are particularly true in the US. However, in Africa for example, where you may have 20 species on license from a 15 lb fox to 2000 lb Eland or Buffalo and shots ranging from 10 to 500 yards you select your gun before you get on the plane. And while you might even pack two, there is always a better situational tool back home in the vault. Generally we have to dance with the partner we brought. Case in point, I had Dave Tooley build me a 375 H&H on a Bat Repeater for an Africa trip. Without question the finest hunting rifle I own, right in front of the 458 lott he built for me, in case anyone wonders bout Dave’s ability to build a hunting rifle to his bench standards. Not a one trick pony. I knew I needed a gun for all occasions. On that trip I shot a jackle at 25 yards of hand and heart shot a Burchells Zebra at 323 yards off the sticks, snuck a bullet thru a 4” V in a branch uphill at 200 yards to neck shoot an Nyala using two separate sets of sticks, fore and aft. But what made it “the” gun was a full 40-mph running away head shot on a bucket list hartebeest at 147 yards off my knee. Yes, I have the photo. Again, the point is that while it fun to consider a perfect set of hypothetical circumstances, and notwithstanding a shot you simply cannot ethically take, we don’t really usually enjoy the luxury of choosing our weapon after the shot presents itself. So I like to think of these querries based on the practical realities gleened from 64 years of Murphy’s damned sense of humor. And for me to even say “Christiansen” may be the quintessential Murphy moment. But they flat a-s shoot. G [/QUOTE]
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