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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #40 on: November 14, 2013, 02:03:16 AM »
And of course, in a Krag rifle those bullets are the Hammer of Thor on Deer, and will anchor elk at iron sight ranges.  Save the Woodlieghs for yer next elephant hunt . . .
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #41 on: November 14, 2013, 06:18:10 AM »
Elk and Moose must have gotten bigger since then, if you read the gun magazines, they will tell you that you have to get some kind of super duper magnum to shoot elk with nowadays.

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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #42 on: November 14, 2013, 07:21:29 AM »
The same people seen to think you need a .300 Winchester Magnum (minimum!) for a one hundred fifty pound whitetail!
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #43 on: November 14, 2013, 08:25:42 AM »
The same people seen to think you need a .300 Winchester Magnum (minimum!) for a one hundred fifty pound whitetail!
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HMMMM... and here I thought it was all about bullet placement.  ::) I guess I'd better stay at home Saturday because I was planning on using my Krag or a Trapdoor.
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #44 on: November 14, 2013, 08:42:03 AM »
Yep!  I don't know how you could even consider using one of those pathetic little peashooters against a ferocious beast with antlers!
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #45 on: November 14, 2013, 11:27:23 AM »
Elk for certain are stupid creatures, the 9 I ate as a kid had no clue Dad's 32 Special was not enough gun.  Had they known we might have starved.
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #46 on: November 14, 2013, 03:10:39 PM »
When I wasn't using a single-shot .45-70 or muzzle-loader, I did most of my meat hunting with a .270 ..... seemed to work just fine right on up to moose.
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #47 on: November 14, 2013, 05:22:57 PM »
Jack, the problem was obviously that you just weren't "with it" enough to know you were completely undergunned!
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #48 on: November 14, 2013, 05:54:58 PM »
Well, my 30-40 accounted for one white tail, another with a 38-55, and I don't know how many to my .308. I'm going to use the .308 again this year, I can't shoot well enough in hunting conditions with open sights anymore. It's no problem with steel targets painted contrasting colors, or black circles on white paper. But a brown deer, an the shadows, against brown leaves,
and I have to choose which glasses to wear, either the ones I can see the deer with, or the ones I can see the sights with. Maybe in the future I may try something with a tang or peep sight, but I haven't practiced with any of those lately.

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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #49 on: November 14, 2013, 08:50:22 PM »
Jack, the problem was obviously that you just weren't "with it" enough to know you were completely undergunned!

Well, to be honest, I did have a few nagging doubts in a couple of situations..... but was always very careful not to mention them to the animals!   ;D
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Re: Reloading .30-40
« Reply #50 on: November 14, 2013, 09:22:00 PM »
Sort of the hunting version of "Don't ask, don't tell"!
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