Its been cold and dreary here in Denver, which means November is fast approaching! The start of cold weather is gettin me all ansy. So for you guys heading up to to the hills, whats the weapon (s) of choice this year?

My new (to me) M70 300wby w/Nikon 3-12x42 will be going with a soon to be developed load of 180gr TTSX. Not sure on back up, if I have the Mk V 280 ready it'll go, but the 'smith said my ultra light 300wsm MIGHT be ready with enough time to sight in the factory 165 Fail Safe's. Not really looking forward to zeroing that one in lol but I'm sure it'll be a darling to pack.

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for you guys heading up to to the hills, whats the weapon (s) of choice this year?

I've loaded some really great 180 Accubonds in a 20" barreled Remmy 700 synthetic .308 win. It clocks an amazing 2,740 FPS and because of the gun's easy length and weight and synthetic stock it's getting the scabbard duty.

I'm going to be just West of you in Montrose so I'll wave as I drive by Denver....

Backup gun is a .30-06 shooting the same 180 accubonds in a wood stocked M-70 featherweight and strangely enough at the same velocity!

Both guns shoot quite well and are light and easy to carry but the synthetic stocked gun will be in the scabbard as long as it is able.

I'm also taking a .375 whitworth and 250 grain TSX but don't expect it to be used....

Leaving in the morning ( recurve archery) for two weeks. Good- Luck to everyone and I hope everyone has a great hunting experience.

Steve

Well, let's see, maybe the .360 Imperial or the .338 Imperial. Maybe my .358 Griffin & Howe Improved or my 9.3x64. They all like to be taken for a walk now and then Honestly, the .338 and the 9.3 will be my primary rifles this year. Good luck to all of you too

I will hunt the Colorado 4th Combined Season for Deer and Elk. I will consentrate on Elk first and will be using my Model 70 Winchester in .358 STA with a 250 grain North Fork at 2850 fps. My backup rifle and Deer rifle will be a Model 70 Winchester in .270 WSM with a Nosler Solid base 130 grain bullet at 3380 fps. Good shooting.,

I am going to buy a non-resident Wyoming cow tag and probably going to shoot my Sako AV fiberclass Sako with a Zeiss 3-9 Conquest.

I might hunt her with my 340 Weatherby Accumark if I can get it going.

376 Steyr mountain rifle with Nikon Monarch.

I have to wait until Thanksgiving, but then I'll be packin' my Encore muzzleloader, probably shooting Dead Centers, though I'm going to mess around with Barnes between now and then and see if I can get them to shoot.

I'm going cow hunting in North East New Mexico in early January and might just take my .270 win with 130 grn sierras.

I'll be taking the ole reliable 300 Win Mag shooting 200 grain Nosler Partitions. Hunting the 4th season here in CO with an either sex tag in unit 54.

I am taking "Little Nyama" to New Mexico.

Little Nyama was born in 2000 shortly after the "recount" began.

Little Nyama is a Remington 30-06 Mountain Rifle. It loves Federal 180gr Nosler Partitions. It loves to shoot them in small groups.

I love Little Nyama.

"Big Nyama" was strongly considered, but I don't have the time now to redevelop a load for it and the Barnes TSX.

Big Nyama is a Model 700 Safari Grade .375 H&H.

Big Nyama loves to shoot 270 grain Barnes X into very tight little groups.

I love Big Nyama as well. These tw are my "Go-to" guns.

I have a cow elk hunt lined up in New Mexico for December. I'll be taking my 338 Win Mag Ruger M77 and shooting 'plain-old' 225 grain Remington factory loads.

I will be going back to Montana for deer and elk. Last year I used my 9.3 x 64 on elk with great sucess. Ol Bull hope you get a chance to use your X64. You will be plesantly surprized !This year my 340 Wby gets to go. Its putting 210 gr TSX's in tidy little groups. Can hardly wait

I leave a week from today for 14 days in the north British Columbia for elk, moose and mountain caribou. Bear and wolf are thrown in if desired. I will be taking my old Ruger tang M77 35 Whelen shooting the 225 gr TSX.

was having coffee on the porch this morning and was listening to the elk bugel, such a cool sound...

I'll be hunting Elk in the Wasatch mountains in Utah the first week in October. I'll be using my custom Mauser in 35 Whelen using 225gr Barnes TSX. It goes an average of 2702fps and I get three shot groups that you can cover with a dime.

Back on mute.

Joe

I plan to use this custom 14" .308 Win Encore from Match Grade Machine.



I'm hunting the first rifle hunt near Steamboat Springs.

Good luck to everyone on your elk hunts!

Starting out with a Pronghorn hunt in SE CO the first week in Oct. Will use a Rem 700 Classic in 280 with a factory 165gr Long Range load (discontinued) that shoots into 1-1.5 inch at 300 yds. Backup is a Ruger M77 in 25-06 with 120gr Hornady HP.

Next will be a mid Oct Elk hunt NE of Creede, CO using a Win M70 Fwt Classic in 300WSM and a 168gr Barnes TSX, which groups less than an inch at 300 yds. Backup will be the Rem 700 280 (which used to be my primary elk gun until I got the 300WSM)

Good luck to everyone!

Mike

Well if I had a tag,




I would be taking my M70 338 win mag with Nikon Monarch 3.5-10x50 scope, shooting 225 gr partitions over IMR 4350. Every elk shot has been bang-flop.

Good hunting to all those with tags this season!!

This will be my first elk hunt...for colorado's 1st rifle season I'll be using a 30'06 loaded with 180 grain etips, either the sako or pre 64 model 70: both sitting in a mcmillan edge stock. I can't wait!

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Originally posted by handwerk:
This will be my first elk hunt...for colorado's 1st rifle season I'll be using a 30'06 loaded with 180 grain etips, either the sako or pre 64 model 70: both sitting in a mcmillan edge stock. I can't wait!

Are you anywhere near Tofte...or Schroeder?

Since everyone else is chiming in on the when/where, I'll add mine! I'll be searching for cows in 551, about 5 miles west of Sargeants 4th season. For ya'll that know that stretch of highway, we're literally just off 50, you can see it from the road on your left hand side if youre traveling west. Right next to the Monarch Valley Ranch. Most of my hunting this year will be back behind Sargeants, up Lone Branch Creek.

I pulled a cow tag here in Idaho. I'll be using my oldie-but-goldie, tried-'n-true Remington 725 in .280 Remington, with my handload: 160 grains Nosler Partition and 54.0 grains of IMR 4350.

Good luck to all.

L.W.

I haven't decided yet. I will probably use my M70 classic in 270 wsm with 140 fail safe's. Although I might use my CZ model 3 in 300 wsm with either 165 tsx's or 180 fail safe's. If I get my cow on the ground early I might switch to my M70 classic 270 win featherweight with 140 partition's or my H&R M340 7x57 to take either my reservation bull tag or my Elk Horn Mountains brow tine tag. I just don't know yet.

Ruger #1 custom 270WSM, 169 Nosler partition.
Kahles 3X9. Wyoming hunt starts Sept 20 at Turpin Meadow.

Ike was making a visit, so we left Thursday morning and will spend the extra days in Pinedale, getting used to the altitude.

Make that a 160 Nosler partition. (oops)

I'm going cow hunting near Craig,CO. I'm working on loads now for my Win 70 PF in 338-06 probably with either 210 TTSXs or 225 Accubonds. My backup will be Ole faithfull Ruger 7mm RM with 140 gr Accubonds. Good luck to all

Due to my tour in Afghanistan I won't be participating this year and possibly next, but if I were going I would bring my Sako Fiberclass in 375 H&H shooting 260 grain Accubonds. My backup would be a Winchester M70 Classic in 358 Win shooting 225 grain Sierra BT. At least I can dream this year. Lou

280 Rem, in a Rem Mtn Rifle with a Leupold 3x9 on top. 150 gr Nosler Partitions, in Federal Premium. It has killed enough elk now that I don't even have to aim it.... hahaha

Then on a later season I will use my self-built .54 muzzleloader shooting a self-poured round ball in a paper patch powered by FFF Black Powder.

I will be going to Idaho, and well I taking a 7mm Remington Magnum and some 175 gr Nosler Patitions, that Nosler Loads. They shoot under a nickel in my Blaser R-93. I have two boxes and half of another, zeroed spot on for 200 yards. I am also taking my old 338 Winnie. That one is a Sako 75. Looking forward to just going and being out.

Winchester Model 70 Classic 338WinMag. (CRF)
225g TSX sitting on top of 69g AA3100.
Three shots into less than an inch @ 100 yards.

Should be enough...

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Originally posted by Leanwolff:
I pulled a cow tag here in Idaho. I'll be using my oldie-but-goldie, tried-'n-true Remington 725 in .280 Remington, with my handload: 160 grains Nosler Partition and 54.0 grains of IMR 4350.

Good luck to all.

L.W.

The LGS has this same rifle on the used rack! If I hadn't already picked up my Mk V Fibermark, I'd have snagged your rifles sibling

338-378 Wby Accumark using 225 grain TTSX and my '06 using 180 grain TTSX as my backup. Unit 9 by the South Rim of the Grand Canyon for cow elk.

Good luck to everyone .

Ken....

Takin' the Fat Lady to Arizona for elk. We call her the Fat Lady 'cause when she sings, it's over.

Ruger #1 rebarrelled to 9,3x74R (what else???) by Gary Reeder.

So far she's taken 3 whitetails, a bison, and a pronghorn last Saturday.

Our group of three will be hunting the late December Colorado cow elk only season. We're taking a .300 Win Mag with 180gr Sciroccos and two .395 Max's with Macifej's 310gr bullet. The reason for the latter two is to get photos of the damage done for Macifej.
As backups, two rifles. A Rem 700 short-action in .338WSM loaded with Nosler Partition 210gr bullets. The second, for fun, will be my new Rem/Baikal SxS in .45-70 using 350grainers.

Same gun different critter. Ruger MarkII 338 loaded with factory 225 TSX and topped with a Leupold VXIII 3.5x10 AO.

Perry

Browning Stainless Stalker in 338 Win Mag
225 grain TBBC
Leupold 4x12
Jeff in Texas

Weatherby Accumark 30/378 with 180gr Nosler Partitions powered by 120.5gr of H-870. 6.5x20x50mm Leupold.

Backup is a Remington 300 Winchester Sendero with 165gr Accubonds powered by 83gr of RL-25. 6.5x20x50mm Leupold.

Complete confidence in either

Somewhere here in Montana with my CZ 9.3x62 shooting hand loads with the 250 grain Nosler AB. I was going to work up some loads with the 250 gr TSX this summer but have been having too much fun fishing instead.

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Originally posted by MileHighShooter:
So for you guys heading up to to the hills, whats the weapon (s) of choice this year?

Probably my .375 H&H loaded Speer 270 gr BTSP.