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by TONK
Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:19 am
Forum: Big Game
Topic: A good Wyoming hunt
Replies: 5
Views: 1879

Re: A good Wyoming hunt

Nice shooting and I too have been a big fan of the 1/4 bore 06 for many years! You harvested some excellent species and I am positive there will be many more to follow in years to come. Great pictures too! :D
by TONK
Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:55 pm
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: 270 wsm for hogs?
Replies: 8
Views: 2883

Re: 270 wsm for hogs?

You can kill a HOG with a .17 caliber if you have a mind too! However, I been down that road once or twice using smaller caliber center fire rifles to hunt hogs in Missouri and other places like Tenn. & Kentucky. I will no longer try to hunt em with a black powder single shot rifle either! Inste...
by TONK
Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:49 pm
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: Varmit calibers
Replies: 19
Views: 3937

Re: Varmit calibers

I shoot a .204 Ruger, .223 Rem., .22-250, .243 Winchester, .25/06 as varmint and predator calibers. The wife shoots a .204 Ruger, .223 Rem. and the .243 Winchester. I used to shoot a model 700 Remington in 6mm Remington several decades ago but I traded the rifle off 12 years ago. It was a very good ...
by TONK
Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:33 pm
Forum: Handguns
Topic: Handgun for CC
Replies: 16
Views: 6188

Re: Handgun for CC

I must conclude that the reason the FBI decided to NOT go with a 10mm, was not because of overpower, it was because the women could not handle the steel frame version's of the 10mm Smith & Wesson model and neither could a lot of the smaller handed men at that time. The FBI standards had gone dow...
by TONK
Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:05 am
Forum: Handguns
Topic: Handgun for CC
Replies: 16
Views: 6188

Re: Handgun for CC

If your going to carry a 1911 model, Kimber is one of the very best! I have over a half dozen model 1911's but I shoot a GLOCK because of arthritis in the hands, no safety to unlock etcl. just draw and pull the trigger. The last couple of years, I have carried the Glock in 10mm, it penetrates deep a...
by TONK
Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:35 am
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: Anyone shoot a Rem 222 Mag???
Replies: 7
Views: 1600

Re: Anyone shoot a Rem 222 Mag???

I too Rick had a Remington model 22 I believe it was in the .222 or Triple Deuce caliber as they used to call it back in the 60's. It was the most accurate rifle I ever owned in a factory rifle! There was never a doubt I was not going to get the job done under 200 yds with that caliber rifle. 8)
by TONK
Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:31 am
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: Which Rifle would you pick?
Replies: 37
Views: 5422

Re: Which Rifle would you pick?

Rick, I did remedy that wife problem a long time ago! Now I purchase one for myself and let her pick out her own, it solves the problem when she is along on the hunt and you hand her that bench type rifle. She learns to understand things real quick like.......It has worked for me for over 40 years s...
by TONK
Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:18 am
Forum: Hunting with the .204 Ruger
Topic: .204 vs. Armadillo
Replies: 12
Views: 3207

Re: .204 vs. Armadillo

WARNING HUNTERS!!! The animal called the "ARMADILLO" has been known to cause the dreaded disease called "LEPROCY" in humans. There is no cure for this disease. So my advice is NOT to go close to them and especially do NOT HANDLE THE DEAD ANIMAL PERIOD. :eew:
by TONK
Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:06 am
Forum: Hunting with the .204 Ruger
Topic: what is the biggest thing
Replies: 77
Views: 27881

Re: what is the biggest thing

I guess I am sort of old school, in that I just don't believe in pushing the envelope on game animals, that I think should be taken with a larger weight bullet. To each his own in that respect! The biggest thing I have attempted to kill with my Ruger model 12, in .204 caliber is a male coyote (weigh...
by TONK
Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:33 pm
Forum: Predator and Varmint Hunting
Topic: .338 Lapua vs. Jackal
Replies: 7
Views: 2234

Re: .338 Lapua vs. Jackal

Hey Gino! Now hows about you getting that .338-Lupa rifle used on the song dog and try that sucker out on one of those Eland. I shot one with my .338 Win mag and 225 grn bullet once and all it did was make a crater in the Elands shoulder the size of a double fist! Then it ran off tossing the leg bel...
by TONK
Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:25 pm
Forum: Big Game
Topic: 270WSM or 308?
Replies: 11
Views: 4972

Re: 270WSM or 308?

I must agree, that having ammo (caliber choice) that one can find in most stores, is a big plus if you ever come up short during the hunt as I once did with my .338 Win mag, when someone stole the ammo from our campsight. I spent a half a day in Jackson Hole, Wyoming looking for 225 grn Federal bull...
by TONK
Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:19 am
Forum: Big Game
Topic: 270WSM or 308?
Replies: 11
Views: 4972

Re: 270WSM or 308?

I personall believe that once you get to shooting large game animals such as elk or kudu, the distance of 300 yards is a far cry for many shooters and that energy factor and bullet expansion is somewhat less than needed. This is why the magnum caliber's came into play back in the 60's to begin with ...
by TONK
Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:00 am
Forum: Big Game
Topic: One more month!
Replies: 6
Views: 2054

Re: One more month!

I hope you have a very successful hunt and a great time up there looking around etc! :D
by TONK
Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:07 pm
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: Do your CZ's shoot better...?
Replies: 5
Views: 1708

Re: Do your CZ's shoot better...?

Now my CZ-rifle in a "triple deuce" was one friggin accurate rifle. It shot pretty good in the beginning but after about 300 rounds or more, it started to group very tight, using Hornady 50 grn bullet. This rifle had the set trigger and that took a little getting used to but the rifle shot...
by TONK
Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:59 pm
Forum: Predator and Varmint Hunting
Topic: Squirrels Gettin Fat!
Replies: 0
Views: 743

Squirrels Gettin Fat!

Well yesterday and today, I dusted off the old Marlin .22mag and cleaned house of the squirrels that have been raiding my pigeon lofts of the food I put in there for the birds. Yep, I put a bakers dozen into the "promise land of varmints". Most of the shots are in the 60 to 75 yard range u...