Arcadia
my local gun shop owner (old guy been around awhile) pointed me there for muzzleloader supplies.
i call them and guy in sporting goods said they have lots of blackpowder goodies there..
of course when i'm saying blackpowder i mean its probably the hodgdon or paradox powders not real black powder..
i'll let you know how it is after i'm back
what are you joining "the panthers"? gonna get you some black POWER? lol.
I have a Remmy 700 CDL in .243 and shoot 95 Grain Winchester Silver tips out of her (Wife and my stepsons primary gun). Have her topped with a Leupold VX-II 3-9x40 scope. Last hunt I used her on was in 2008 in Kentucky, and fired 5 round killing a fork horn buck and two does at around 70 yards. All three deer fell within 20 yards of being shot. A .243 can do the job.
Why is a man of your stature shooting 5 times and only killing three deer?????
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Yeah right... Stature... The only thing I've been killing is Doves. Our little guy has been keeping me busy at 5 months old...
Either caliber will suffice for hunting around here. A bigger/faster bullet does not compensate for poor shooting. Regardless of what you shoot....you have to be able to hit what you want. I'll take a well placed .243 shot over a marginal .270 shot any day. Many like the .243 as you are less likely to develop a flinch if you are a new shooter.
As far as the rifle goes, stay clear of the 770. Someone else mentioned Weatherby, and I have a Vanguard in .300 WBY, and it is a .5" gun at 100 yards. They cost $429 brand new, which is a bit more than the 770, but they are great rifles and offer a 1.5" guarantee at 100 yards, come with a 3-shot target from the factory to prove it. I wouldn't hesitate for one second to buy another one of these in another caliber, had the the desire for anything else. But, it all honesty, when I hunt, I take my lever .44 or semi .44 carbine. Don't worry about the distance arguments...they are pretty much irrelevant, as Iluv2hunt said.
** I forgot to mention that my rifle shoots that well with ammunition built up and loaded for this rifle...haven't shot factory loads through it.
