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[SierraHunter]

I love apple pie. I also have never owned an 06 and never will. I also see no need for it. If I thought there was a chance (there isn't) that I may hunting in an area where shots past 200 yards was likely I would consider an 06. The only real advantage of the 06 over the 308 is better ballistics at long range, under 200 yards the 06 won't make Bambi any deader that the 308, only more recoil and more powder and perhaps the bullet buried a little deeper in the dirt on the other side of Bambi.
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193 yards was what I shot my deer at this year. 436 last year with a 25/06.

 

[SierraHunter]

In order of preference......Lemon Meringue then Pumpkin. I'll eat apple if it's the only option, with Dutch Apple, getting the nod.

Only knew one Grandma, affectionately know as Baba, lived till the age of 92......I could only wish. I'm the only one left, that still makes her recipes.

It's a tough choice for me, but apple is way up there among the top 3. Depends on what mood I'm in. Top three would be apple, peach and strawberry/rhubarb.

 

[Winelover]

Strawberry Rhubarb comes in third. My father loved apple pie.....I'm nothing like him. Didn't hunt or fish or even own a gun. Mother baked daily and apple pie was a weekly occurrence.

 

[freebullet]

Dang, tough love huh? Young bucks sometimes need it. I know I did. Was working 50-100 hr per week. On commission at 23 and motivated to do all I could. At 25 I started my business & work even more when necessary. Worked 54hr straight through to secure & do a big emergency job, after only 3 months in business. After 13 years we do fine & have a reasonable client base. Aint took a vacation in 1.5 years. Work work work.

Find additional work if one employer doesn't get you where you wanna be. You have limited youth and need to make the most of it. Save every penny you can. The older you get the less work options you'll have.

You can dream & hide pennies eventually, you'll get your whole collection squared away.

 

[RBHarter]

I don't follow the crowd I have a 270 and a Colts ......... Umm ok......

I had hoped you would say something cool like 280 ,6.5-06 , 400 Whelen , 9x57 but nooooooo you bought that nasty old Jack O'Connor thing ......

Yep getting where your going is more important than play time .

 

[David Reiss]

Good plan.

 

[David Reiss]

Everyone has their favorites and the .30-06 falls into that category for many. I don't particularly care for the .22 mag or the Weatherby magnums, but I would never say I would never own one.

 

[waco]

I have a couple .308's and one 30-06. The '06 has never seen a cast bullet....I hope to fix that soon.
I do own a 5" Kimber in .45ACP. Everyone needs at least one good 1911 right???
Pretty much wheelguns other than that. I have a nice Colt 22 target pistol too.
The .338 Lapua is good for reaching out and touching things in the next zip code....

 

[SierraHunter]

I have a couple .308's and one 30-06. The '06 has never seen a cast bullet....I hope to fix that soon.
I do own a 5" Kimber in .45ACP. Everyone needs at least one good 1911 right???
Pretty much wheelguns other than that. I have a nice Colt 22 target pistol too.
The .338 Lapua is good for reaching out and touching things in the next zip code....

I actually have 3 45s, and am probably getting another one soon it a trade. The 45 ACP holds a place in my heart, and on my hip.

 

[Ian]

One can appreciate the .270 Winchester and completely ignore Jack O'Connor. In fact, it is much better that way. Kind of like being able to appreciate the 6.5 Grendel while completely ignoring Bill Alexander. Bill Ruger wasn't a favorite of mine either for holding his company back so much.

 

[Tony]

When it comes to hunting with a rifle a 30-06 and a .375 H&H will accomplish everything I ever needed.

 

[waco]

Bill Ruger wasn't a favorite of mine either for holding his company back so much.

"Bill Ruger never woke up stupid a day in his life"....Author unknown

 

[SierraHunter]

"Bill Ruger never woke up stupid a day in his life"....Author unknown

Bill Ruger built good guns. Ruger still makes good guns though.

 

[SierraHunter]

When it comes to hunting with a rifle a 30-06 and a .375 H&H will accomplish everything I ever needed.

I've got a 375/06 that would knock down anything on this continent.

 

[Pistolero]

I'd get a Savage if I was looking for an accurate rifle today. IMO the odds of getting
an accurate one are highest with Savage. Perfect headspace on every rifle and
the separate bolt head ensures uniform bearing of the locking lugs without a bunch
of screwing around lapping and fitting and truing.

Bill

 

[KHornet]

Agree with Bill! Have never had an inaccurate Savage!

Paul

 

[Pistolero]

Big fan of Ruger's guns, and I have owned many. My favorite has to be the 6" Ruger standard
auto .22 pistol I got as a teen. That gun was and is still VERY accurate. With select
ammo (RWS pistol target is very good) I have shot 5/8" 5 shot groups at 25 yds a couple
of time, rested. The limitation is the jerk behind the trigger. It now has a 2x scope on it
and I have take a few squirrels at 50 yds and even one at 75 yds with head shots. Nice
pistol, and it taught me to shoot.

However, Bill Ruger apparently didn't believe much in using guns for self defense, and he was
against high cap mags for the Mini14 for civilians. He never built a pistol suitable for concealed carry
in his lifetime, although you can argue that few states had widely available CCW licenses
at that time. He was purely a hunting guns guy, although he did make a lot of neat
SAs, but again, seems like for nostalgia and hunting, not for CCW. The closest he came
was his police revolvers, but they aren't really concealable. Right after some nut used a .44
mag semiauto carbine in a nationally publicized shooting, killing a number of people, it was discontinued,
I always assumed that they were responding to the incident. This was the big bore matching
gun to the 10/22, now rarely seen. Ruger was a hunting and sporting guy, not a self defense guy.

Different times, and still a great man, IMO, and the company makes a lot of good SD guns
today, and their quality has always been exemplary, in my experience. My latest is a
SR1911, and excellent example of the breed.

Bill

 

[Ian]

Like I said, he held his company back. Look at it then and now. It was his company, he did with it as he pleased and rightfully so, but dang he was a stick in the mud.

 

[KHornet]

Had the pleasure of shaking hands w/Bill Ruger, and about 2-3 min of conversation with
him at an NRA Convention in KC. A very soft spoken gentleman, and by appearance looked
nothing like what you would expect a gun mfg to be.

 

[SierraHunter]

Neither have I, come to think of it.