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szihn
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Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer
29/05/08 11:49 PM

What a wonderful deer gun
Actually, the 30-40, when loaded with 200 or 220 grain bullets is a very good elk shell. It's not popular out here anymore, but I know a few old timers that still use them for their hunting. I hunted along side a man that used one a few years ago, and he did as well or better than anyone else on that trip. The 30-40 doesn't drive a big bullet fast enough to blow it up, so the penetration is superb.

One little tid-bit of info that' many hunters don't know:
The largest inland Grizzly ever killed in the Continental USA was killed right after the turn of the century in Montana with a 30-40 Kraig. 220 grain bullet.
It was a stock killer that turned man-killer. It became a local legend and source of fear up there. The locals named it "Old Mose". When it was finally killed they found over 40 other bullets in it, mostly from 44-40s and 38-40s, and a few from larger rifles, but none in the right place to kill. It was hung and weighed at a slaughter house, and in weighed in at 1006 pounds.

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Dad's 30-40 Sauer	dale	29/05/08 04:49 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	Birdhunter50	11/06/08 10:25 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	xsheadspace	09/07/08 10:53 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	m4220	31/05/08 11:39 AM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	szihn	29/05/08 11:49 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	oupa	30/05/08 04:17 AM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	dale	30/05/08 03:10 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	dale	30/05/08 03:17 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	mehulkamdar	01/06/08 03:20 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	Landy	02/06/08 05:05 AM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	Sarg	02/06/08 07:02 AM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	dale	02/06/08 01:55 PM
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Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	9.3x57	07/06/08 10:44 PM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	lapua	31/05/08 08:08 AM
Re: Dad's 30-40 Sauer	tarawa	29/05/08 11:43 PM

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