The wifey had a nice surprise waiting for me after work today...

[bamabear82]

Remington 770 .300 Win. Mag....



She's too damn good for me.

 

[BF4L]

She is a keeper!!

 

[bamabear82]

She is a keeper!!

It was cute how excited she was to give it to me, it's the first gun she's ever picked out/bought me all on her own. The model 770 is a little raw, but this is one gun I'll never get rid of. After going ammo shopping with me today, however, I think she wishes she'd picked out a smaller caliber, lol.

 

[bamabear82]

Time to head out and see what this baby's got.

 

[bamabear82]

Time to head out and see what this baby's got.

Ouch.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Ouch.

Ha, nice sequence of posts. Yeah, I imagine that thing kicks like crazy.

 

[bamabear82]

Ha, nice sequence of posts. Yeah, I imagine that thing kicks like crazy.

Yup, it's no joke. I managed to shoot 20 rds and that's all I wanted. Will definitely be getting a limbsaver and/or possibly a muzzle break fer dis bitch. Finally got to reach out to 350 yds though.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Yup, it's no joke. I managed to shoot 20 rds and that's all I wanted. Will definitely be getting a limbsaver and/or possibly a muzzle break fer dis bitch. Finally got to reach out to 350 yds though.

I have a 30-40 Krag which has a metal butt plate (like most military rifles of yesteryear have) and I can only shoot like 15-20 rounds before I'm done for the day. It's crazy going from a .223 out of an AR15 to this thing. I usually end up with a bruise on my arm after shooting it, but dang it's fun. I love bolt actions, especially this with the little side loading trap door.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Remington 770 .300 Win. Mag...

Nice weapon...had no idea elephants roamed wild down in BamaLand.

 

[bamabear82]

I have a 30-40 Krag which has a metal butt plate (like most military rifles of yesteryear have) and I can only shoot like 15-20 rounds before I'm done for the day. It's crazy going from a .223 out of an AR15 to this thing. I usually end up with a bruise on my arm after shooting it, but dang it's fun. I love bolt actions, especially this with the little side loading trap door.

I'd shoot the 770 a few times then switch to the AR while it cooled down then back to the 770 while the AR cooled down and yeah, the AR felt like a pellet gun. Shot a dude's Savage bolt action that he had customized to shoot his hand loads which were .223 casings that he had necked up to fit a 6.5mm bullet at, if I'm not mistaken, 120 gr. with around an 8oz accu-trigger on it. After about 4 or 5 shots I was hitting a 5x5in steel plate at 350yds. It was like shooting a laser beam.

 

[bamabear82]

Nice weapon...had no idea elephants roamed wild down in BamaLand.

It's mainly fer those mentally challenged tigers you find roaming around these parts....

 

[mrwallace2ku]

It's mainly fer those mentally challenged tigers you find roaming around these parts....

300 Win Mag is a great Elk hunting caliber out west here, not sure what I would use it for besides that BB. Nice to have one in the cabinet tho. Watch out for the "kicker" tho.

 

[bamabear82]

300 Win Mag is a great Elk hunting caliber out west here, not sure what I would use it for besides that BB. Nice to have one in the cabinet tho. Watch out for the "kicker" tho.

I don't hunt at all, it'll just be for touching the farthest reaches of the range when I'm feeling skrong. Big booms are fun.

 

[bamabear82]

Was feeling froggy so I polished the bolt and floated the barrel of the 770 today. Everything feels waaay smoother.



Went ahead and cleaned up the Model 67 I just got while I was at it. Tried to leave the character, just smoothed everything out. Damn good shooting little rifle now.