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Angus Cattle Shower

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Northern Rancher said:
Next time you are in Saskatoon check out the Tikka T3's in .270 or .308 at Wholesale Sports-Savage makes a pretty reasonably priced gun too that shoot good. If you get lucky and can find one a used Remington 788 in .308 is a real accurate gun too. Those single shot NEF Handirifles are pretty sweet guns too.

We went to the city, and took a look, and the T-3 is a very nice gun. We are now looking for one in a .308 caliber, they only had a .270, and a .300 short mag. there.

Thanks again.

P.S.
Dad's gun is a Remington 7888 in a .308 caliber.
 

Northern Rancher

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Well I'd start working on Dad to give you his gun and buy himself a new one. Aren't those T3's sweet to handle-I shoot an old Browning bolt in .270 but it's made a few deer expire lol.
 

Angus Cattle Shower

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I tried to get Dad's, but his Grandfather gave it to him when he turned 16, so he won't give it up, because his Grandfather died the year after, right after the whitetail season closed.

I like them. Thanks for suggesting them to me. I have enough now, because I got a good deal on my show heifer. I do have the $ but now all we have to do is get them to order a .308 in.
 

fedup2

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ACS ["I have enough now, because I got a good deal on my show heifer. I do have the $ but now all we have to do is get them to order a .308 in."]

Why not reinvest that money into more cattle and borrow one of your dad’s rifles for hunting? I read a book a couple of years ago called ‘Rich dad, Poor dad’. It is kind of long winded and could have made the main point in 1/3 of the pages, but it made an excellent point. I will make an attempt to get that point across in a lot less words. I apologize if I fail to do this.

This kid spent so much time at his friend’s house that he started referring to his friends dad as his second father. His own dad worked hard and bought a bigger house with his money. Then he had to work longer and harder to pay for it. When he got extra money he bought a boat, then a snowmobile, & more toys. Of course, he never had a chance to enjoy them because he was working all the time to pay for them.

His second dad also worked hard but he reinvested all of his money into rental property, land, etc. Things that gained in value & made money. While his real dads assets/toys were devaluating, his second dads were constantly bringing in more income. While in his early 40’s, his second dad could start slowing down and buying things with the money/profit from his investments, while he kept investing his main income. While in his late 40’s, he was able to retire with a nice savings, steady income from his investments, and enjoy himself. The first dad had to keep working to pay for all the things he had and seldom got to use. He had to work well into his 60’s as he had no other income until 65 when his retirement kicked in.
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Another example is, 4 years ago I was looking for a new boat. (I am retired) I heard of a new superwalmart being built in a local city. I looked around the area and found that 5 lots were abandoned during the oil boom here and the city had them for sale for back taxes. I bought one of those lots, then bought a nice used boat instead of a new one. That walmart is now built and my lot across the street is worth exactly 7 times what I paid for it. I sometimes wish that I would have bought the other 4 but I realize I had a lot of enjoyment out of that used boat also.

Take a % of your ‘Profits’ & put it away for your toys, reinvest the main portion along with the added % of profits and start building the foundation for your future. You can still enjoy life and retire & enjoy it a heck of a lot earlier. Sorry for the long winded post but I sure wish I had followed this advise a lot earlier in life.
Best of luck to you.
 

Angus Cattle Shower

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No, I have my own bank account, I raise my own animlas, pay for the feed, and I sell them. I can't use Dad's gun, because I want to hunt with him. My little brother is almost old enough to hold his own gun. And I have my show steer to sell in the summer.
 

Angus Cattle Shower

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Yeah, It's just the way that I put my priorities I guess. Thanks, fedup2.

How much would it cost me to get a goo dscope and mount, sling and all of that stuff with it?
 

RoperAB

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About scopes for hard kicking guns.
Buy nothing but a Leopold! Leopold has the longest eye relief and they stand up to horses and hard kicking recoil.
About caliber
Buy the biggest gun you can shoot accurately. For most sportsmen this seems to be a 30/06.
If you are a dedicated rifleman the 300 mags do work well but most two box a year sportsmen cant handle it.
You know a guns power has more to do with actual bullet performance than the caliber.
I cant brag up those Barnes X bullets enough! They are by far the best that I have used. If properly handloaded they are also very accurate.
I have never had a bullet failure yet with those Barns X bullets.
In my 300 Win Mag they expand at extreme long range and they hold together at close range.
Barns X bullets are the best thing since sliced bread!
 

Northern Rancher

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Yeah Leupold are good scopes for sure-heck i've never had a bullet failure yet with Federal shells I buy off the shelf. Those new Federal Fusion look like a good new bullet-expired some yotes with them in .243 this winter. Heard lots of good reports on those Barnes bullets too.Most guys are overgunned and under practiced that I see.
 

RoperAB

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With my 300WM in my Ruger M77 the magazine length limits the weight of the bullets I can reload. Example if I have to seat the bullets into the powder reseivior the accuracy goes.
I am really limited to 130 grain X bullets which are giving me 1/2 minute of angle accuracy. This bullet is going over 3500fps!
So far I have taken three Elk, two mule deer, one white tail, one antelope and countless coyottes with this load at various ranges.
One of the Elk I finished off at PBR by shooting him from above down through his withers. This 130g X bullet held up! I actually recovered the bullet after it went almost completely through him!
Now on the long range connections if I told you the ranges I would get called a liar but believe me this bullet expands well at extreme long range.
All game taken so far has been basically a one shot kill.
 

Northern Rancher

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I dunno how fast they are going or how accurate I am at the range all I know is I've killed alot of game with my old Browning .270-a few moose-probably 100 deer and a book black bear-it's not what you shoot but how you shoot it. The funniest thing was when my boss was taking out a hunter during moose season-on way to the deer stand they saw a bull moose about 200 yards away across a coulee-well the hunter asked my boss if he wanted to borrow his cannon-boss said no and dropped it with one shot from his open sight 30/30. The worse overgunning I saw was some NEW YAWKERSSS who showed up with .338/378's-one guy neckshot his buck and almost removed it's head. Elk are extra tough so some extra gun probably warranted on them-nothing is more heartless than a moose. Those really big whitetail bucks can soak up lead if not shot right-I've had some long tracking jobs over the years for guys.
 

Angus Breeder

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I am a little late checking in on this post, however I have had great luck with my 7 mag. It is big enough to bring anything down and fairly comfratable to shoot. I am only 5' 8" and weigh 155, yet the gun does not affect the smoothness of the trigger pull.
Hey NR I may have the opportunity to get a crack at a combo moose/bear hunt in 06/07, was wandering do you think that a great shot with a 7 mag @150 yds on a bull moose will do the job quickly? How far would you expect him to go? What about a 50 yd shot at a bear?
 

Northern Rancher

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You'd have to ask the moose lol. More moose and bear have been killed with 30-30's and .303's than all the other calibres combined. A 7mm will work fine on both of them-moose are pretty faint hearted you pop him one in the boiler room he won't go very far. Bear on the other hand can vacuum up lead if not hit right-my boy dropped on saturday at 150 yards or so with a .270. I assume if it's a 50 yard shot you'll be hunting over a bait-you shouldn't have much trouble. Bears will almost die faster from a well placed broadhead than they will a rifle shot.
 

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