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Just a dude in BC reacted to BC Tal's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with
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Nostalgia yes, but performance first. Using a 300 H&H for plains game in Africa ticked both boxes. 300 H&H is not dead, but it is on... -
Just a dude in BC reacted to Muskox's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with Like.
Not even remotely endangered. It is the most popular cartridge in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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Just a dude in BC reacted to BJH65's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with Like.
I recently handled a beautiful (custom?) Mauser 9.3x64 with Recknagel mounts and Schmidt & Bender Optics at the Tulsa gun show this past...
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Just a dude in BC reacted to Russ16's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with Like.
It isn’t dead but is endangered— the 6.5x55. It can bee everything the newfangled 6.5s try to be.
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Just a dude in BC reacted to PeteG's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with Like.
333 rimless and 333 flanged. Easy to shoot caliber. 250 or 300gr Std length bolt action and light rifles.
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Just a dude in BC reacted to BJH65's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with Like.
I would say all of the Dakota proprietary cartridges: 7mm, 300, 330, 375, 404, 416 and 450 Dakota. I felt these cartridges were very...
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Just a dude in BC reacted to Phil Giordano's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with
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7x66 Vom Hofe Super Express. And I'd take to the clinic my beloved 9,3x64, that is not doing too well... -
Just a dude in BC reacted to Vintageguy's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with Like.
Another vote for the 450 NE and I share the lamentations for the scarcity of 300 H&H mentioned also.
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Just a dude in BC replied to the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead?.@Muskox I guess I would use a lose definition of: "To run this caliber I had to build a custom gun, and I started by sourcing brass...
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Just a dude in BC reacted to analog_peninsula's post in the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? with Like.
Maybe the .318 WR. The 8x65r also seems like a nice fit for the kipplauf and mid double crowd.
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Just a dude in BC posted the thread What caliber would you bring back from the dead? in Firearms & ammunition.I love talking about calibers, their pros and cons, the situations to use them in, their history and so forth. Above all that I love...
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Just a dude in BC replied to the thread 450/400 3" question.I have a falling block 450/400, not a double, but yea I think you have the right of it. The 450-400 is a good 100yard and in dg...
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Just a dude in BC replied to the thread Would you or wood you?.She is inletted now, but in the extreme rough. Needs bluing, some ebony, then a lot of shaping!
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Just a dude in BC reacted to cbvanb's post in the thread CZ 550 Safari Classic .375 H&H by AHR with Like.
This rifle was built for my wife and has a couple unusual features. First, it is heavy, thanks to a mercury recoil reducer in the stock...
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358 Norma will flatten any of the game that you have mentioned. Nothing again the 7x57, great caliber, however, I believe there was a...
