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Oh, and whatever you do, DON’T shoot the donor. Don’t ask me how I know! 😂😃

I honestly don’t think I can choose a single hunt as most memorable. I’ve had some great ones over the years!

Good luck sitting on your hands. I simply don’t have the fortitude. I have owned several Ruger M77 rifles but the only Hawkeye of the bunch is my current .22-250 and it shoots great. For $500, I don’t think you could go wrong.

I have leverguns from Winchester, Marlin and Savage and I like and appreciate them all. Each design is slightly different for sure. The Winchester 1892 .25-20 WCF and the Marlin 39A .22 LR far and away see the most use. But all of them are super fun to shoot. I guess I will have to say that I...

I’ve been taking pictures of guns and game etc. for years. I would say a goodly portion of the pictures on my phone and computer are guns and dead stuff.

Rifles…continued My Remington 700 .25-06 is also a front runner. Like Guy Miner, I have had tremendous luck with mine, even taking a couple of elk with it. It too prefers the 110-120 grain bullet weights. Since taking the pictures below I put it into a lighter weight Bell and Carlson stock...

Handguns - I really love my High Standard SK-100 Sport King 6” .22 LR. I had a second one with a 4” barrel but I sent it down the road as it didn’t shoot as well as the 6” barrel. I bought this gun the same year as Old Reliable at a yard sale. It has been a constant companion. My Ruger Bisley...

These are amazing ideas for threads! Very conversation-starting! Lets see - I’m pretty plain jain when it comes to guns. No one wants to hear their pet musket insulted but most of today’s popular guns have as much appeal to me as a handyman jack. I hear “its just a tool, it doesn’t need to...

I have four .22 rifles and 2 .22 handguns. Three .30-06 rifles, all Model 70’s. Three .357 Magnums, two are handguns and one is a carbine. Although I only have one .25-06, I plan to add one or two more for the kids. Another .22-250 and/or .220 Swift will likely join the fold too.

Yeah I think my chainsaw and I are going to go pay that branch a visit this afternoon. This probably needed stitches too but just going to deal with it. Sure is tender.

So while working on the ranch today, I found couple of brown elk sheds which was nice. I was fixing fence and went to drive my 4-wheeler under a tree branch which happened to snap off and tattoo a lightning bolt on my right bicep. I was pleased. 🤦‍♂️🤬 On the way back I saw two snakes (neither...

Welcome to the forum, glad to have you!

I DO love my Marlin 39A!!

I forgot to mention that my .25-20 is also the oldest gun I own, SN 38XX. Its a model 1892, made in 1892. Something that is 133 years old (although I don’t believe the barrel is the original) and still shoots nickel groups at 50 yards with open sights deserves mad respect.

I had two T/C Contenders years ago. One was a .223/.44 Mag combo. The other was a .30-30. They were very fun and scary accurate. But my interests changed and I sent them down the road. Honestly I would love to have a Ruger Bisley Blackhawk in .25-20 WCF to go with my 1892 Winchester. That...

In the same vein as the other “favorite” posts, lets talk about our favorite handguns! Lets say one single-action revolver, one double action revolver, one semi-automatic and one rimfire. Single-action for me is kind of a tie. If I could afford an original Colt Bisley, it would undoubtedly...

I have owned rifles in .257 Wby Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, .300 Win Mag, 8mm Rem Mag and .375 H&H Magnum that qualify for this discussion. My favorite all-around cartridge based on the H&H case is the 7mm Rem Mag. Although I don’t currently own one, it to me is the belle of the ball for the kind of...

For me its probably a toss up between my Winchester 1892 .25-20 and my Winchester 1894 .25-35. My Savage 99 .300 Savage gets an honorable mention. I’ve killed the most stuff with the .300, the .25-20 is the funnest and cheapest to shoot and easily the most accurate of the three. I will give it...

I killed my first few elk and a couple of deer with a Remington 700 BDL I used to have in 8mm Rem Mag. Dad had one too, we loaded 220 grain Sierra Gamekings and shot them for everything. Darn good load. Sadly poor bullet selection (pre-.325 WSM back then) and limited brass supplies caused us...

I love a lot of cartridges. Here are a few. .25-20 WCF - everyone ought to have one. I recently killed two beef steers with extremely close range head shots (86 grain factory ammo). I also load the 60 grain Hornady SP and shoot squirrels and chucks with it. Fun little gun! .25-35 WCF - With...