My CZ527 har arrived today!
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CWLONGSHOT
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L Ross
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Another much younger than me friend, (a 40 yr.old I met when he was a teen back when I was a City cop), texted me and asked how long my shooting range was because he just picked up a 300 RUM. Apparently a friend of his was strapped for cash and gave him a deal on the rifle and 100 rounds of ammo. I told him to find some Mall Ninja with an insufficient peter complex and make a few quick bucks by selling it. He got a good laugh out of that. Told me that described the guy he bought it from.Yup , it and the .218 Bee were both popular with them because they used so little powder and with proper bullet placement still punched way above their weight . I use that argument every time I try to convince my shooting friends that you don't need a .300M or 7mm Mag to kill a 100 pound Tennessee whitetail at 75 yards . Every time ,, they start talking about bullet drop at 300-400 yards ! You cant even see 100 yards in the woods around here and even field shots around my area are rarely that far. Most of them got a flinch so bad they can't hit anything that far away anyhow. My .243 shoots flat enough at 300 and does not rattle your teeth doing it .
Ever hear the one about making Polar Bears swim using sweet peas ?
Edward R Southgate
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I own a magnum , a Kimber in .325 Short Mag . It's really not a thumper in the .300 WM class but it is accurate as can be with 150 gr-200 gr bullets and I kinda like .32's anyway so I bought it . With bullets under 180 gr it kicks no more than a regular 8mm . Problem with the guys I was talking about is they are not shooters , I am , They buy two boxes of cartridges a year , use one to attempt to sight their gun in and have the other box for hunting . They know nothing about shooting to speak of and little about how to handle recoil so they flinch . I have sighted their rifles in for them and they still cant hit much with them . They have the big guns cause some gun writer said they need one but would be better off with something they can shoot . Can't tell them that .
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CWLONGSHOT
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I thought hard on a 325 when I saw them offered. My first "Deer Rifle" was a Sporterized 8mm it is now my own and is cherished. I have t mostly cause it cant do anything a half dozen other calibers do well already.
But I still like the idea of it.
CW
But I still like the idea of it.
CW
oscarflytyer
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Edward R Southgate
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I liked the idea and am a sucker for real nice wood and this one was real nice even for a Kimber .I thought hard on a 325 when I saw them offered. My first "Deer Rifle" was a Sporterized 8mm it is now my own and is cherished. I have t mostly cause it cant do anything a half dozen other calibers do well already.
But I still like the idea of it.
CW
