Marius, thanks for letting me know about the sportsman show, I will have to check my work schedule to see but I'm thinking I will have to make the short 4 hour drive south to attend.
Velo dog, sorry I dont actually have any hunting reports as I have only ever hunting around where I live and never with an outfitter, just friends and family. As far as cartridges I prefer older European metric cartridges such as the 6.5x55, 7x65r and 8x57js, have never needed anything bigger than that for around here. Same goes for rifles I prefer the European stuff, with blued steel and wood. Looking forward to all the wealth of info here to be discovered
Hi again Trevor,
Not to worry in regards to hunting local and hunting with no outfitter.
Most of us generally don’t hire an outfitter except once in awhile, as in hunting Africa or other far from home locations.
At home, most members don’t hire anyone to take us to the woods.
And, for those of us who likely will never get an opportunity to hunt in Northern Ontario, it seems distant and exotic.
No pressure but, if you get around to it some day, perhaps you could click out a few sentences, in synopsis about one or two memorable times you’ve spent in the north woods.
Most of us enjoy reading about many hunting areas around the world.
Pictures are also quite welcome.
As for rifles and cartridges, I’m totally with you on those.
Rust blue and walnut are gifts from Heaven.
Furthermore, I’ve always marveled at big companies like Remington not chambering their youth model rifles in 6.5x55, instead of .243.
IMO, the Swede is a vastly superior cartridge for deer/pronghorn/pig and etc., than the .243 can ever hope to be.
My 6.5x55 is a CZ 550FS and although light and handy to carry, it shoots like a target rifle with 160 grain round nose bullets.
Similar topic, if Ruger suddenly woke up and built their #1 in 7x65R, with 26 inch barrel and an oval cheek piece stock, I’d buy one today.
Heck, I’d buy it with their regular, same as always ambidextrous stock if, the caliber and barrel length were offered.
Likewise if they’d have ever chambered their model 77 in 8x57S, I’d have bought one of those as well.
I’ve never owned a 7x65R but have fired one (a friend’s Simpson drilling) and liked it very much.
I have however owned a small pile of 8x57 Mausers, both uncut military ones and sporters alike.
Fantastic cartridge, very much under-appreciated in N. America.
Fortunately, Model 98’s in 8x57 are not usually expensive here in Alaska.
That’s of course when you finally locate one that has not been ruined by some nut sawing, grinding, sanding and drilling holes in it, until it becomes nothing more than an eye sore.
Well anyway,
Cheers,
Paul.
(Your neighbor in Alaska)
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