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Antelope rifle #7317671
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Trying to get ready for the hunt i won.
What caliber would you pick

25.06
243
220 swift

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317673
07/30/21 09:27 PM
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25-06


A long hair country boy can survive
Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317676
07/30/21 09:29 PM
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Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317680
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Ok y?

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317681
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Also have .308

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317683
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.257 Weatherby

Zim

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317684
07/30/21 09:39 PM
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.243. Light. Easy to find ammo. Antelope are made of glass. Easyish to find ammo if you dont reload. And its not hard to get in relative close distance if you try hard enough.

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317686
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243. You put it in the boiler room you don't need a big gun. The fun is sneeking up on them to get under 250 yards.


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Re: Antelope rifle [Re: Bigbuck] #7317687
07/30/21 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigbuck
25-06


This


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Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317689
07/30/21 09:41 PM
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25 -06 or 308 either one. everyplace I ever been where there were antelope it gets windy. easier to shoot with wind with those two. 308 can shoot a heavier bullet and 25 06 is fast. 220 swift is fast but light bullets blow around so easy

any of them will work just fine in the hands of a capable hunter and shooter


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Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317691
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Re: Antelope rifle [Re: Zim] #7317692
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Originally Posted by Zim
.257 Weatherby

Zim


Ill ask but doubt i could find one buy, but i did need a new rifle

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317695
07/30/21 09:47 PM
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it would definitely be between the 25-06 and the 243 90+gr bullet

after that it would come down to the rifles themselves

yes 25-06 will give you a little more power

but what kind of hunt is it , if you have to carry that rifle many miles and the 25-06 is a bull barrel beast and the 243 is med or light couture I am more likely to take the 243

if the rifles were same and had the same optic the only difference was long action vs short action .257 vs .243 then the nod would go to the 25-06 and the next thing I would be doing is figuring out if I zero at 200 what does 100 look like , I might be able to run a 225 or 250 yard zero if it isn't more than 2 inches high at 100. then how far can I stretch it , can I get 300 , 350 , 400 and what are my hold overs

what is my range with wind
time to go shooting in the wind and see what my actual effective range is given conditions learn what it shoots like in the wind.


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Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317697
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375 R.U.M.

prairie dogs to elephants. kills em all door nail dead


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317698
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Ok green
2506 bdl heavy contour old redfeild 3x9
243 model 70 same scope
220 swift ruger red pad light barrel even oldee scope
308 short barrel ruger 3x9 Leopold
Only 2 weeends till the hunt and not much time to hit the range all shoot 1 inch high at 100 yards

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317699
07/30/21 09:56 PM
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dont you have a go to rifle????????????????????????????????????? with no time left use that one


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317701
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Ya 2 different 300 win mags lol and ars

Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317704
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they would work.


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317705
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That they would but the issue there is only have 2 boxes of ammo that its sited in for and they are going on a desert sheep hunt. And that ammo isn't available

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Re: Antelope rifle [Re: nvwrangler] #7317707
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Kinda thought it would be fun to go old school and back to the 80s

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