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Mar 12, 2007 2:02:26 GMT -5
Post by savage116ss on Mar 12, 2007 2:02:26 GMT -5
I'm new but have been here since Aug2005. I live in eastern Maricopa County Arizona and shoot occasionally at Rio Salado Range. My good wife is threatening to buy me a membership so I can shoot more and easier.
I am an old marine and spent 13 months in 'Nam during the Tet of '68. However, I don't have an M16 or variant; I am a boltgun guy.
I carried my Uncle Haley's 6.5 Jap Roberts hunting mule deer in the Sierra Nevadas near Shaver Lake as a teen back about 1960. Now I have a military 6.5 Jap, a 284 Win Jap and a 6.5-284 Win Jap. My current project rifle is my Savage 116 which I have barrels in 6.5-284 Win and 30-06 Ackley Imp to use hunting cow elk, IF I ever get drawn again. Oh yeah, I almost forgot; I killed my first bull elk in 1999 right after I retired with my SigArms 30-06 that my g/f bought me, the above mentioned wife now!!
I really need to take a trip to Africa to try out some of my "perfect" elk loads that I am currently working on. I would love to kill a gemsbok, a red hartebeest, a wildebeest, any color, and maybe, a zebra!!! My dream is to take my two sons, Jon and Don, and my cousin, Bob, to Africa for a week or two!!
Ok, I'll shut up. I'll try to do better about posting here on HuntingFirearms.
Jim
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and a Vernier sight. It's marked up to twelve-hundred yards. This one shoots a mite further.
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Mar 12, 2007 2:14:46 GMT -5
Post by Gila on Mar 12, 2007 2:14:46 GMT -5
Oh you don't need to shut up at all. It's interesting to learn a little about a person. I'm glad you found us too. Welcome aboard! Africa is on my "wish list" too.... some day..? ? Maybe! Ya never know!
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Mar 12, 2007 12:27:54 GMT -5
Post by klsm54 on Mar 12, 2007 12:27:54 GMT -5
Welcome to Hunting Firearms, Jim... Keep all those thoughts and stories coming, I love to hear 'em... ;D
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Mar 12, 2007 19:25:33 GMT -5
Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 12, 2007 19:25:33 GMT -5
My good wife is threatening to buy me a membership so I can shoot more and easier. It sounds like the dream wife. I hope she offers to buy a african hunt someday too lol I would personally like to kill a zebra, kudu, impala, warthog, gemsbuck
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Mar 12, 2007 19:36:44 GMT -5
Post by Bubba on Mar 12, 2007 19:36:44 GMT -5
Welcome to our little family. It's nice to meet you. Like they said, no use to shut up ... just keep talking... it's good to learn new things...
Again, Welcome
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Mar 12, 2007 22:07:23 GMT -5
Post by jimiowa on Mar 12, 2007 22:07:23 GMT -5
Welcome aboard Jim! We can always use another Jim on the Board! Especially if he's a Dedicated 6.5 shooter and likes Savage Rifles ;D Yeah you need to post more often!
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Mar 13, 2007 21:01:20 GMT -5
Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 13, 2007 21:01:20 GMT -5
and likes Savage Rifles ;D Yeah you need to post more often! I'll second that
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May 3, 2007 8:38:14 GMT -5
Post by Bill on May 3, 2007 8:38:14 GMT -5
Ahhhh, finally a person that likes Arisaka's ;D Breath of fresh air. Welcome aboard and hope you enjoy yourself here. It gets a bit quiet about this time of year as most of us get busy with our jobs.
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