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THUNDER AND STEEL
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nvbroncrider
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Good read Mike.
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Nice piece Mike.
You still do have that 340 no?
You still do have that 340 no?
DrMike
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Enjoyed the review, Mike.
Oldtrader3
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Having owned a .340 for only (4) years, I did not have much of a chance to kill game with it. However, I did put over 400 rounds of 210 and 225 grain Partitions through the rifle at the gun club over the 4 years that I owned it. I also put a Timney trigger on the rifle and restocked it to get rid of the Tupperware stock and get a solid wood stock with the epoxy bands in it where they should be to support the recoil lug and action. I finally got my rifle to shoot 1.5 inch groups at 200 yards and called it good to go.
I had wanted a .340 Weatherby for elk hunting since the caliber came out in 1961 which is the same year that I went into the Army. Over the years, I went through a series of 7mm mags, .300 mags and .338 WM's but I never bought a Mark V .340 Mag until I was disabled and not able to hunt elk anymore.
I thought Ed Ott had retired? Last I heard he had burnout and just wanted some time to himself. I guess that he is back at work? Ed has worked on a lot of Mark V rifles over the years and has probably accurized more of them than anyone else in the gunsmithing business.
I agree with you on optimum calibers for hunting elk. I personally think that the .340 Weatherby is about the optimal elk caliber for mountain hunting which is out there. This is not based on the elk that I have killed with the .340 but about the elk that I have killed with 7mm Mags, .300 Mags and .338 Mags. The .340 will out perform all of these for energy and energy carried over long ranges which is why I finally bought one. I recently sold mine to a doctor who killed a nice 5 point elk in Montana with it this year. The rifle is vindicated because the person who first owned this .340 before me only fired about 8 rounds through it and it sat in the closet after that.
I had wanted a .340 Weatherby for elk hunting since the caliber came out in 1961 which is the same year that I went into the Army. Over the years, I went through a series of 7mm mags, .300 mags and .338 WM's but I never bought a Mark V .340 Mag until I was disabled and not able to hunt elk anymore.
I thought Ed Ott had retired? Last I heard he had burnout and just wanted some time to himself. I guess that he is back at work? Ed has worked on a lot of Mark V rifles over the years and has probably accurized more of them than anyone else in the gunsmithing business.
I agree with you on optimum calibers for hunting elk. I personally think that the .340 Weatherby is about the optimal elk caliber for mountain hunting which is out there. This is not based on the elk that I have killed with the .340 but about the elk that I have killed with 7mm Mags, .300 Mags and .338 Mags. The .340 will out perform all of these for energy and energy carried over long ranges which is why I finally bought one. I recently sold mine to a doctor who killed a nice 5 point elk in Montana with it this year. The rifle is vindicated because the person who first owned this .340 before me only fired about 8 rounds through it and it sat in the closet after that.
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Oldtrader3":3pareubh said:
Ed has retired, he did that for me some years back.
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FOTIS":3lqivufw said:
Oldtrader3
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No
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I meant Bullet.
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FOTIS":2oy7d533 said:
No, because of having to sustain Nancy and I in the mission work we are now engaged in I have sold all but my Nosler M48 and the 8mm Rem Mag. I have extensive notes on all my guns, load development results and hunts I have taken. I have plenty of material to use in my articles, but our circumstance is what it is. I was hoping when I let go of the 358Win and got the 8mm Rem Mag that I would have between the 7mm08 and the Big 8 all I would need for any hunts for some years to come, but all I have that is functional at the moment is the 7mm08. I am hoping that this person I know will rebarrel my Big 8 and at a fair price, which he will send me the cost soon and then I will know how long it will take me to save up to have the work done.
Guy Miner
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Nicely done article.
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Nice read Mike.
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I definately is a round for long range elk hunters.
