Your name UBETRUN is apt considering your collection [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

You have rifles fairly suited to Rocky Mountain elk hunting where you gotta reach across canyons sometimes.........what do you do with them in Virginia, long range target matches? Or just making sure deer go dead and stay dead?? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

Elk hunting with the big boom sticks, small game hunting and plinking with everything else. Killed a 5x5 bull in Idaho a few years ago at an honest 400 yards (laser rangefinder). When the bullet hit, it sounded like a sack of cement dropped from a 20 story building, WHOOOMP!. The 300 Rem Ultra Mag will put 5 180gr pills into .7" at 3450fps, it's a shooting SOB. Over the years I've competed in rifle and pistol matches but never seriously, just to learn/develop good skills and keep them from getting dull.


It's funny that you mention shooting VA deer with the thumpers, most of our eastern VA deer only weigh about 125 lbs. I made the mistake of shooting one in the chest with the 300 Wby at 50 yards from a treestand. Before it knew it was dead, it ran 30 yards with its insides on the outside. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

I have a fully automatic rubber band shooter.................somewhere, wish I could find that bad dog. Nuthin to sneeze at ya know, That sucker hurt if you were on the business end of it.

I WANNA RIDE!

 

Too many to list but I'm hunting deer with a Kimber 84M Montana in .308 this year. Wonderful rifle. Still in the process of trying out glass on it. My big objective scopes are just too heavy for it and wreck the feel of the rifle. I'm having a really hard time finding suitable glass for it. Anyone knows a good lightweight illuminated reticle scope with good clarity and bright glass feel free to chime in. Don't need huge magnification. 3x9 2x10 4x12 range is more than enough. I may end up having to go with something from Leupold's lightweight line but I really need something with an illuminated reticle. It seems like today everything is built to shoot off of a bench and not be taken into the field and weight and feel is an afterthought if it is given a thought at all. That and don't get me started on triggers. Or out of the box build quality from major US makers for that matter.

 

Dakota arms Model 10 270 winchester
Dakota arms Model 76 7mm remm
Dakota arms Model 76 35 whelen
Sako Deluxe 338 mag bolt action
Weatherby MarkV 30-06
Ruger Model 77 243 winchester
Browning 22 lr lever action
Knight muzzleloader
Freedom arms 454 casull
Colt 44-40 single action army
Khar MK9 9mm
Sig Sauer 226 9mm
S&W Kit Model 63 22 long rifle Stainless

 

Lets see.....

7mm Rem 700
30-30 Coast to Coast
12 gauge pump Springfield
12 gauge o/u Ruger Redlabel (engraved)
20 gauge pump
.22 pump Sears Roebuck
.22 auto Ruger
.45 HK
.357 S&W stainless w/ 4" barrel
9mm Rugar KP89 stainless
.22 Ruger Compitition w/ bull barrel, stainless
.22 S&W NRA camo limited edition (never fired)
compound bow - Bear
compound bow - made myself

That is all I can think of right now....maybe a couple more back in the closet somewhere.....

 

Toys:
Rifles:
Ruger Stainless M77 300 Win. Burris Scope
Remington 700 ADL 7mm Rem Mag Burris Scope
Weatherby 270Win Burris Scope
Marlin 336CS 30-30 Win Old Redfield Scope
10/22 ruger

Shotguns:
Ithaca Feather Light 12GA. Made at the original factory in Ithaca, Ny.
Remington 870 two barrels, field and buck barrel
Remington 870 Tukey barrel
JC Higgins 16GA got when i was 10.

PIstols:
Taurus 44mag
Springfield XD 40 sw

Black powder: CVA optima 50 cal.

Air Rifle: Benjamin Sheridan .22 Cal

 

My 2 favs KEL TEC SU16 .223, and coonan .357

 

some nice toys so far on here
lets see i have:
ruger gp100 357 mag SS
star firestar 9mm
glock 19 9mm
springfield 1911 45 cal SS
Sig P239 40 cal
berreta tomcat 25 cal
berreta A303 light 20 Ga
remington 20Ga pump
Benelli nova 3.5 inch chamber tactically equipped
Savage SS bull barrel HMR 17 cal
Bushmaster M4 223 cal,holograph and red dot
Ruger mini 14 w/ nikon 3x9
Grandpas 22 long rifle,long and short bolt action savage
" Model 94 30/30
authentic 36 cal cap and ball civil war eli whitney revolver
Oh yeah i got the bayonet for the AR :-)
I think i have a couple more dont feel like getting up though lol
My favorite toy is my 1963 hot little wife!

 

By the nightstand....

Springfield Armory XD-9
Kimber Classic Custom .45
Ruger foldering mini-14.

That's all I'll divulge right now.

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