Case prep just got a whole lot easier

[DrMike]

You don't see a pickup or a person for miles! I'm going out into the backyard on Friday and Saturday before my grizzly tag expires. There is snow in them thar' hills today. It should make tracking easier, but it will also send the sows and cubs into the dens, leaving a few of the big boars. Oh, please, oh, please, oh, please.

 

[257 Ackley]

Doc-
to me there is substantial difference between a 280 and 7mm-08 with recoil. I have not shot a 7WSM, so I can't comment on that. I do know that the 7mm-08 has taken several deer and 3 elk through the years with very solid results in regards to quick dispatches of the target. I have owned a .280 and a 7X64 Brenneke and did not see any better results on kills than the 7mm-08 with 140 grain bullets. The 7X57 is a great old cartridge. I shot my first black bear with one and hunted for deer as a youth with a old military mauser that my dad purchased for $50. Still have a box of the old Super X Winchester's that I have kept in case I ever decide that I need another one .

 

[SJB358]

Joel, awesome picture. It is always neat to see those old cartridge boxes. Scotty

 

[DrMike]

One of my hunting partners totes a 7mm-08. He has taken moose, mule deer and white tail in my presence. Using the same bullet, it has slightly less recoil than a 280. I would not feel undergunned with a 7-08 for most of the game I hunt here in BC. I had a 7 X 57, but I could never get it to shoot. I let it go, and I've regretted it ever since. One day I'll build one just to have it in my safe. Hang onto those cartridges. You'll come back to the rifle in time.

 

[257 Ackley]

Scotty -
it has become somewhat of a mission to collect old boxes. A round from this box was used to shoot my first bear in 1971. Back than you could use your deer tag for bear in Minnesota. There was a nice boar coming in every morning to an area I was cutting wood from, that fell to the 175 soft point. Great memories