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 Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Russell]
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10/03/2012 11:04 PM
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As of right now taking in the mix where some hunters will carry more than 1 gun here is what it looks like
1. .454 with 6
2. .45 colt with 5
.44 mag with 5
3. 7x30 with 4
4. .308, .460s&w, .475L, 10MM, .500we all with 2
5. 6.5x47,30-06,.35 Whelan,.416 Barnes, .45 Super, .460 Rowland,30TCU, 50A&E, .50 ML, .480 Ruger, .375JDJ, .41GNR, 7-08, .41 MAG, 7TCU, .44 SP, 7WSM, all with 1 each caliber
Revolvers 21 not counting double ups on same caliber
Single Shots 11
Bolt Actions 3
Automatics 4
Muzzle loaders 1
"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"
I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: reflex264]
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10/03/2012 11:08 PM
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I'll be taking my true love-- the 460 smith and wesson in a 14" MGM barrel on an encore platform wearing a VXIII Leupold. Will be pushing a 300gr XTP MAG with an unknown and yet to be determined ammount of H110.
So dang excited already I can hardly stand it!
A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
Lifetime Member of the NRA! Wish I'd a done it sooner.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: reflex264]
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10/03/2012 11:32 PM
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If the wife hunts ... and i am in the thickets it will be the sbh 44 mag ....If i go to the lease it will be both the 308 and 44 mag.
Save liberals from them selves, stich their sphincter closed so they cant talk out their arse
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Bearbait in NM]
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10/04/2012 5:44 AM
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humphrey
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Series 70 in .460 Rowland. Humphrey, Hey bother, you are my kind of guy with that one. Craig Its kinda by default. Busted the elevator screw off the powermag. Spit the rear sight off the 45 blackhawk. Out of jacketed bullets floating around to load anything for the desert eagle. Haven't worked up a load for the old model 44. No conicals or round balls on hand ruling out the 1860, 1858 and 1847. I don't shoot my 1873 in 357 for beans. The 327 fed and hi-power would work but I'd prefer a better option then shooting them in the noggen. The Rowland on the other hand has tight sights, good to 70 so yards off hand and a mag of ammo left for it.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: humphrey]
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10/04/2012 11:50 AM
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I'll use my 5.5" FA 97 in 44 special loaded with hard cast. The gun is sighted, the ammo is loaded and I've been practicing. This is new territory for me as all previous revolver hunting has been with 44 magnum and 454. I'm a little nervous about stepping down in power but I'm gonna give it shot -- no pun intended 
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Oscar]
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10/04/2012 12:13 PM
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reflex264
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I'll use my 5.5" FA 97 in 44 special loaded with hard cast. The gun is sighted, the ammo is loaded and I've been practicing. This is new territory for me as all previous revolver hunting has been with 44 magnum and 454. I'm a little nervous about stepping down in power but I'm gonna give it shot -- no pun intended I have killed a pile of deer with .44 Specials and cast bullets. You have no need to worry if you place your shots correctly. Hunt with confidence. reflex264
"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"
I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: reflex264]
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10/04/2012 2:48 PM
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matt52
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Encore 25-06 with a 15in barrel and a red dot sight.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: matt52]
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10/04/2012 3:08 PM
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Im taking a XP100 In 30 Bellm. Got a 200yd field to hunt.
THIS SPACE FOR RENT CASH ONLY.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: humphrey]
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10/04/2012 3:16 PM
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Bearbait in NM
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Series 70 in .460 Rowland. Humphrey, Hey bother, you are my kind of guy with that one. Craig Its kinda by default. Busted the elevator screw off the powermag. Spit the rear sight off the 45 blackhawk. Out of jacketed bullets floating around to load anything for the desert eagle. Haven't worked up a load for the old model 44. No conicals or round balls on hand ruling out the 1860, 1858 and 1847. I don't shoot my 1873 in 357 for beans. The 327 fed and hi-power would work but I'd prefer a better option then shooting them in the noggen. The Rowland on the other hand has tight sights, good to 70 so yards off hand and a mag of ammo left for it. And I thought I was running a little behind, as I have not worked up a 230XTP load for my 45 Super, as the bullets just became available again. You sure have me beat. Craig
Northern born and Southern bred
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Bearbait in NM]
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10/04/2012 8:24 PM
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Opening day a bisley 44 mag,after that my new JRH.If they both get bloody I have a 45acp and colt waitng in the wings.
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence,try orderin' someone else's dog around" unknown cowboy
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: cottonstalk]
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10/04/2012 10:45 PM
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44 magnum Super Redhawk, 240gr XTP traveling around 1400fps, 2400 powder, Winchester Large Pistol primers .
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: BuddyB]
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10/04/2012 11:21 PM
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Gonna take my 4" S&W 25-9 in 45 Colt this year. It will be carried crossdraw in a Simply Rugged Sourdough holster and stoked with 280 grain SWC's @1000 FPS.  Toby
Life begins at 45 caliber!!
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: mellonhead]
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10/04/2012 11:27 PM
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That's a really nice set-up you've got there, mellonhead!
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Whitworth]
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10/05/2012 1:48 AM
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My 8" Dan Wesson 44mag loaded with 300gr XTP's on top of a healthy dose of H110.
There is no stopping a man who is in the right and keeps on comming.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: johnnyG]
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10/05/2012 3:28 AM
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rlb
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SBHH Bisley 44 with a 9 1/2" Green Mountain barrel. 240 XTP with 25 gr. H110. First big game hunt with a handgun.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: rlb]
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10/05/2012 7:28 AM
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I'm not doing my deer and elk hunting with a gun this year but went back to traditioanl archery. I have been carrying my 3screw 44spcl with 255gr WNPB @ 1100fps. It's for incidental run ins with bears and cats. Now I'm taking my wife out rifle hunting and I'm carrying my Bisley 45LC and if I'm sitting on a stand spotting for her I have my Encore pistol in 300 Win Mag for longer shots at a bear, cat, coyote, etc.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. John Wayne-The Shootist
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Russell]
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10/06/2012 3:16 PM
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Dewphd
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Taurus Raging Bull 454 Casull.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Dewphd]
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10/06/2012 4:49 PM
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rlb
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Taurus Raging Bull 454 Casull. That should do the job just fine. Maybe if my new barrel gets here soon enough and I can get the machine work done, I'll pack the DMAX 454 later in the season.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: rlb]
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10/07/2012 12:17 AM
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Taurus Raging Bull .44 8 3/8" barrel 240 gr but not sure the bullet type yet
The Truth shall make you free
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Truegrit]
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10/07/2012 1:12 AM
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14 inch Contender in 7mm TCU with a 120 grn NBT at 2400 fps
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Roosevelt 1913
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: elkbelch]
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10/07/2012 4:38 AM
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Probably the 209x50 or .357 mag match. I will be doing short range hunting the first couple of days and neither of these two have come eye to eye with a deer yet.
~BT~
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: elkbelch]
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10/09/2012 2:46 PM
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Opening morning of muzzle loader season it will be a Ruger Old Army converted to .50 cal by Dave Clements, for gun season it will be a Reminton 1911 in .460 Rowland.
Hank 
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: RioHondoHank]
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10/09/2012 3:12 PM
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Ruger Old Army converted to .50 cal by Dave Clements That would be cool. Too bad it would also be illegal here in MN.
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: s4s4u]
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10/10/2012 5:16 AM
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Provided I draw a tag this year (I was turned down on the first go round) I'll be totin my new to me Super 14 .30-30 AI Contender with 125gr. Nosler Ballistic Tips loaded in .30-30 Winchester Brass (fireform load) as I haven't had a chance to get a good amount of brass fireformed as yet. If I don't get a tag I guess I'll be a guide for the Grand Daughter and Son in Law as they are the only ones that got drawn so far this year.
Larry
T/C Handguns, One good shot for your moment of truth !
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Larry in SD]
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10/15/2012 1:51 AM
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scoped ruger 44mag 9inch barrel 240 gr sp zeroed at 100yds.come on oct 20
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: broncoman]
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10/15/2012 7:20 PM
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Was going to take the new MOA Maximum in 284 win. But the best i can get it to shoot (i,ve tried several deferent load combinations)is 1 1/4" groups. So Friday i took out old reliable (my 10" 454 FA,s) and proceeded to shoot a 4 shot 7/8" inch group at 100 yards. Whats wrong with that picture?
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
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10/20/2012 3:47 PM
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I've killed them with every kind of action except an auto, so I biult a custom Glock 20SF w/Jpoint sight over the summer. It will be with me until it draws first blood.
Best,
Randy HHI#8049
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: cottonstalk]
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10/21/2012 3:35 PM
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The Lead Farm
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14'' S&W PC 460, in my part of Michigan we can only use stright walled cartidges.
Hunt Hard, Shot Stright, Kill Clean, and Apologize to no one
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: The Lead Farm]
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10/24/2012 3:33 AM
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leaning to the FA 475 with irons but the 629 with scope is a close second. ive got two tags may take both. I dont have a way to carry the 629 may have to bag it.First year to hunt with handgun.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: reflex264]
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10/24/2012 1:20 PM
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Well, I've got a few new toys that need to be broke-in, but I think opening morning I'll be tote'n this one...  ...it's a 209x50 contender. I'll be shoot'n 75gr of pyrodex and a 250gr WFN w/sabot.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: KRal]
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10/27/2012 10:41 PM
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FA 475, aimpoint, 380 gr Miha HP home cast, 14 gr HS6.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Russell]
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10/29/2012 10:50 PM
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Lucien
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I am using my smith 24-4 4" 44 special with handloads. I'm late to the posting of this so I can say I "used" it on the first day, yesterday, and will be all year.
Sean R. Kerr
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Lucien]
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10/30/2012 2:17 AM
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TCTex.
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Howdy and welcome aboard JoeB!!!
No no no no no...
You can't give a 475 FA and a MIHEC 477-640 mold without posting pictures... just a no no... LOL
Chears!
Duane
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb Benjamin Franklin 
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: TCTex.]
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10/30/2012 11:48 PM
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Well for me, it will be my Smith 500 with 275g Barnes hollow points sitting over 41g of H110. Speed avg. 1600 fps 3" groups at 100 yd. I'm pretty sure that's Minute of Deer. LOL
Dulce bellum inexperts (War is delightful to those with no experience of it)
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: bshaw]
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10/31/2012 12:19 AM
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Well for me, it will be my Smith 500 with 275g Barnes hollow points sitting over 41g of H110. Speed avg. 1600 fps 3" groups at 100 yd. I'm pretty sure that's Minute of Deer. LOL That should work like a charm!
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Whitworth]
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11/02/2012 4:40 PM
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I'll be carrying my new RSBH in 44. I didn't have enough time to work up a handload for this season so I will be using a 240 grain XTP or federal or remington hollow point. I hate that I haven't even committed to a factory round but they all shoot well. Season starts tomorrow. I'm going to put a cylinder full of each this evening and tightest group wins.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: Jeff686]
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11/04/2012 5:54 AM
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LABRAT
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going to cary my old model flattop 44 maggie with keith loads. if i can knock one down with them, i think i am going to switch over to GARRETS 310 Hammerhead full power load and try to smoke one with it as well.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: LABRAT]
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11/05/2012 1:09 AM
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chiefs50
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Will be sitting on my Upper Michigan stand with my favorite handgun - a Contender .30-30.
CSM, Retired
I believe in science and reason, not some invisible guy in the sky.
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Re: What are you packing for oppening morning?
[Re: chiefs50]
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11/10/2012 3:36 AM
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In the morning I will be headed out the door with my 9.5" 480 Ruger Super RedHawk. I am still using the Black UltraDot 30 sight. My load will be a 400 Grain Lee "Home Cast" over 18.0 grains of AA #9.
Bob
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