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Dark_Helmet
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Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Just saying Hi!
      #6695 - 09/01/04 05:39 PM

newbie here in a lot of ways... relative newbie big game hunter (long time hunter), single shot newbie (bought a No. 1 Tropical today!), and big-bore newbie (375 H&H).

I'll be asking a lot of dumb questions in the coming weeks, please be gentle!

btw, one of you guys on AR pointed me this way... so blame him!



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When someone says a rifle is "ugly," what they really mean is "push feed."

-me

(long live the Mauser 98!)

Edited by dasMafia (09/01/04 06:11 PM)

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mickey
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Re: Just saying Hi! [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #6697 - 09/01/04 05:59 PM

In reply to:

I lost my big-bore virginity on January 9th, 2004



dasMafia

I hope you weren't in the backseat of a Chevy.

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Lovu Zdar
Mick

A Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, Wit and Spirit Rare Books, Big Game Hunting, English Rifles, Fishing, Explosives, Chauvinism, Insensitivity, Public Drunkenness and Sloth, Champion of Lost and Unpopular Causes.

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Dark_Helmet
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Re: Just saying Hi! [Re: mickey]
      #6699 - 09/01/04 06:09 PM

I thought that might get a reaction!!!

can't wait to shoot it in the AM!

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When someone says a rifle is "ugly," what they really mean is "push feed."

-me

(long live the Mauser 98!)

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cchunter
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Re: Just saying Hi! [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #6701 - 09/01/04 06:19 PM

dasMafia, Welcome to the forum and congratulations to a very nice gun (I have ony pet it ) and a very good calibre. Any plans yet for what ammo you will put in your new friend?

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Christer Hansson

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Holmes
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Reged: 01/12/03
Posts: 159
Loc: Wyoming, USA
Re: Just saying Hi! [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #6713 - 09/01/04 06:49 PM

Hey dasMafia,

Welcome to our humble cyber abode. Glad you made it over. I think you'll like this site. The folks here tend towards the unique and unusual but hey, they've got some really cool artillery

Again, good luck tomorrow and check in afterwards.

And before I forget.... Advil is a good thing

Regards.

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Dark_Helmet
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Re: Just saying Hi! [Re: Holmes]
      #6718 - 09/01/04 07:05 PM

thanks guys...

as of now I just have a box of Federal Classic 270gr "HI-SHOK" Softs (RNs). they were $20 a box less than the next step up, and since I'll likely not even hit the target with the first half of the box, I didn't see a whole lot of reason to spend a load of cash on them!

eventually I'd like to work up a hot load with the Nosler 260gr BT Solic Base or if possible a Boat-tail of some sorts... for the most part I'm not really worried about bullet weight at this stage seeing as a Moose is the biggest thing on the short-term menu. I'd like to flatten out the trajectory a bit, and as long as I'm shooting it at mid+ sized game (white-tail on up) it can be zeroed at 275 or 300... with a BC over .470, that is.

right now I'm staring at one of the RNs set up on my desk... right next to a 25-06 Hornady LM... and yeah, advil BEFORE I shoot...

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When someone says a rifle is "ugly," what they really mean is "push feed."

-me

(long live the Mauser 98!)

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470Nitro
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Reged: 17/09/03
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Loc: Madrid - Spain
Re: Just saying Hi! [Re: Dark_Helmet]
      #6724 - 09/01/04 08:47 PM

Hey there, welcome abroad dude .

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down by the river on a friday night
pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
talkin' 'bout guns and dreamin 'bout women
never had a plan just a livin' for the minute

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Dark_Helmet
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Re: Just saying Hi! [Re: 470Nitro]
      #6744 - 10/01/04 11:12 AM

I LOVE IT!!!!!!

two shots down.... thousands to go! gotta run, wife is headed back from Vegas, gotta clean up the house!

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When someone says a rifle is "ugly," what they really mean is "push feed."

-me

(long live the Mauser 98!)

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