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Sounds like the perfect application for one of those 458 Win Mag Garand conversions. | |||
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Or maybe the extended pinky 425 WR set up like this?  577 BME 3"500 KILL ALL 358 GREMLIN 404-375 *we band of 45-70ers* (Founder) Single Shot Shooters Society S.S.S.S. (Founder) | |||
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RPG's but ammo is difficult to have delivered. UPS hits hard with RPG ammo surcharges. Stay away from Taliban ammo. It tends to ignite before trigger pulls. Russian ammo lacks first strike ability. Acme, where Wiley Coyote stocked up on Roadrunner mortars, sells RPG ammo with ranges of 132.678 miles. If I ever lose my sense of humor, it'll be euthanasia time. On my last wooly mammoth hunt, which was on a game preserve located at Griffith Park LA, Apache helicopters were the weapon of choice. Of course, these were DNA reanimated woolies, which are more docile than the genetically pure version which are common at Venice Beach. They bunk with the homeless that line the street. Most wooly excursions are booked by Paleontology Pursuits owned by Barry Minkow, who'll also book carpet cleaning services for your home while booking paleontology hunts. | |||
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Are you sure that they aren't actually the homeless themselves? I've seen some there that would definitely smell and/or pass for a Wooly on my weirdo walks along the main sidewalk of Venice Beach. . . . .  Talk about another world. . . .   | |||
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Quad 50s mounted on my dodge ram...should do the trick, no biggie! A Chief special 38 in a leg holster for back up!! (to shoot myself with if all goes south) Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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The answer is obvious 6.5 creedmoor Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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But only if it's at least a 700 yard shot! | |||
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A I'm thinking a 75mm recoiless rifle as a close stopping gun. "Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." --Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Its not really that far fetched an idea given the closeness in genetics of Indian Elephant to wooly mammoths. Probably pretty much on a par with say Tigers in tropical jungles of Asia, to their cousins in Siberia. Put a Bengal tiger in Siberia its not going to do well and vice versa. And bring back the large herbivores will help recreate the perma frost and former tundra grasslands - again not stupid ideas. Less that 200 years ago large herds of Bison and Musk Ox roamed North America, And Eurasian Bison and Aurochs the old world. In Germany the Heck Cattle are part of the way there recreating the Auroch, now need to get size and this has been done by selective breeding. As for calibre - 416 Rigby, or 470 Nitro with the right bullet in the right place will fo the job. | |||
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Yes, the Auroch was one heck of a big bovine. They had to have weighed well over 3,000 pounds. | |||
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Bringing back extinct species raises the same concerns as introducing invasive species. Because that is what they would be, unless you also introduce the predators that existed at the time, and I don't think anyone really wants to go there. | |||
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Forget this caliber nonsense, get in touch with your inner Neanderthal and use a fire hardened wooden spear!  Roger ___________________________ I'm a trophy hunter - until something better comes along. *we band of 45-70ers* | |||
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And it's a Blaser! Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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No mammoths on the loose here in Colorado. Am going out tomorrow to shoot my 500 Jeffery and Springfield V16 in 45 Super. Been awhile Not to late to find a hunt. Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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I've shot enough wooly mammoths in my sleep that I could probably shoot one in my sleep by now. I've always used .22 shorts. You let them get really close then SHOOT THEIR EYES OUT! | |||
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I'm thinking something like a 20mm Anti Tank rifle. | |||
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