scottb

What a nice little shooter!!! After getting it zeroed for 50 yrds we had a ball. it's putting all 3 shots touching the same hole. took of the fixed 4power and put on a Tasco 3x9x40 that my wife gave me for my b-day and just love it. Can't wait for the gophers to start coming out cause me and them are going to have a war!!!

Only wolf info I need is how many wolf tags will be available this year for the fall season....:gunsmilie:

sounds like a vibration damper to me. would have to actually see a pic to be sure.

.22, .22 mag. either of them works just fine for me. and ammo is cheap.

I have a couple of them. very dependable little gun. I've had mine for about 9 years now and have had no malfunctions, and no problems. go ahead and get it, you won't regret it imho.

I've taken elk waaayyy back in the wild country, and it's taken me a day and a half just to pack the beast out. 2-3 days of hunting for the money your looking to spend is pretty steep. With the time frame of only about 5 days and about $3,000. you may be better of looking into hiring an outfitter. I'm not sure of outfitter prices in Idaho, but where i'm at in nw montana, that would get you in the ball park for a 3-5 day guided hunt.

I just bought a Savage model 64, and between it and the cheap scope i just got at walmart, i'm into it for under 150.00 total. It shoots real nice and meets everything your looking for.

The 1911 is a wonderfull weapon. I have owned several of them over the years from all types of different manufacturer's. Every one of them preformed just as they should and some of them preformed a tad better then others. One of the truely amazing things with the ones i've owned was that the cheaper 1911's,(Llama,Balister,Star) all fired a greater selection of ammo then the colt's or para-ordanence that i've had. The feed ramps on the less expensive models was just a shade longer and would allow me to load and shoot hollow point rounds, where the short feed ramps on the more expensive model's allowed only standard ball rounds to be shot without jamming. Anyway, it only takes about one magazine of ammo to see why the 1911 is the most reproduced model of handgun in history. You just have to love those old reliable brain children of Mr. J.M. Browning!!

Went out and got a new .22 for plinnking and the kids to shoot. It's nothing fancy, just a savage model 64. Topped it off with an old weaver fixed 4 power i had laying around in the bottom of the gun cabinet. taking it and my youngest boy to the range today to sight it in, then me and the plder kids will take it out this weekend. Looks like it should be a nice little shooter and a bunch of furture good time with the kids!! P.S. As soon as i figure out how to post pics, i'll get a couple up.

30'06, enough said. Great calibur, great gun. Congrats. i've hunted with a savage '06 for almost 30 years, i've taken many elk, a moose, lots of bear, and more deer then i can count,(both whitetails and muley's). Killed hundreds of 'yotes. You won't EVER be disappointed.

I've always said that you should buy the best you can afford when it comes to optics, that being said, if a person like me is on a budget, then don't be affraid to go to your local pawn shops and get quality gear for a reduced price. I bought leupoldvari-X 3 for my '06 and only paid $95. for it. Yes you could be taking a chance on getting a scope from a pawn shop, but if it is a good pawn shop they will give you a 30-60 warranty on it. that way if something is wrong, you aren't out a dime.

There is a new company in Kalispell, Mt that custom builds AR's. It's called SI defense, check out there web site, you might like what you see.

I carry a s&w model 29 with a 6" bbl. we have a very healthy population of both wolves and bears, not just blacks, but grizzlies, and also mt. lions. IMO when you are counting on a sidearm to protect yourself get the biggest calibur you feel comfortable shooting. I would recommend nothing smaller then a .357mag, but if you don't feel comfortable with the .44 mag, look at the .44 special. When it comes to big heavy hided animals, you want penetration, not high bullet capacity.

Ok, so now i'm ready to just hang myself!!!! my idiot brother missed another bull today, this one was a 5x6 at 33 yards, and then 2 hours later he misses a huge old herd cow at 20 yrds. I have no idea what to do now, kill him or myself, lol..... He better get his crap together for the hunt tonight, or he'll be hunting by himself for the rest of bow season..

So our bow season opened on saturday and my brother comes in from outta town and asks me to take him hunting. No problem since we don't get to see each other that often. First thing saturday morning we head out, and let me tell ya i just had a feeling..... We get to where we are going to hunt and it's not 15 minutes until first light. we get out of the truck and are greeted by the sounds of bugling bulls, man i'm jacked at this point. He blows his bugle and gets an answer right away, so we move about 30 yrds apart and i hit the cow call, now the bulls are real fired up! So we work this bull for 20 minutes solid, me cow callin, and him sounding like a young hot bull, in comes a beautiful 5x5 just madder then heck, i'm thinking this is going to be a piece of cake, WRONG!!! The bull moves to within 20 yrds of my brother but he can't get a shot because he set up on the wrong side of the tree, he steps out and fires a shot and THWAK!! right into the next tree the arrow goes.... It's not until the elk stops in the next county that he says to me, i guess i should have shot my bow more then just the last 3 days before the season opened.......duhhhhh, why is it that common sense isn't so common??

Very nice. i have an old vz 24 in 8mm. You will have some fun with that.

Glad to see another fan of the 1911's. in this day and age of plastic guns, it is becoming harder to find people who truely appreciate what a fine weapon the 1911 is. congrats on the purchase and you will not be disappointed with that weapon.

I'm hunting mulies. Have a couple of real fine prospects already picked out.

If you want a good all around rifle you have several choices. Same thing goes with the ammo. I would recommend looking at .270, .308, 30-06, or a 300savage, all of them are pretty good all rounds, and you shouldn't have much trouble with buying or reloading ammo. My personal choice is the 30-06. i've hunted everything from moose (shooting a 180 partion bullet) down to "yotes (with a 92 gr bt) and it seems to do the job as good today as it did 30 years ago when i got it brand new. jmho, you can't go wrong with an '06. mine is an old savage 110 and it's seen it's share of the trail. Would post some pics of the old thing, but haven't figured out how to post pics yet or to keep the camera from breaking cause it's so darn ugly now, lol. Anyway good luck and choose wisely, shoot safe and above all, HAVE FUN!!!

I can recommend a bunch of rifles, but it would narrow it down considerably if you tell us what you want to hunt and where you plan on hunting.

I've had real good luck here in the past hunting powerlines. i've taken deer, moose and bear all by hunting the cuts. it should be just as productive for you there. good luck.

I've hunted powerline cuts here before and they seem to attract quite a bit of game. If you've never hunted it, go ahead and throw up a stand or a blind and you just might come home with a nice surprise. especially if no one else has been hunting that area.

Your best bet one this matter is to contact FW&P at the Glasgow office - (406) 228-3700, or the Havre office - (406) 265-6177, depending on which one you live closest to. You can give my local FW&P biologist a call at home if you want as he has tons of experience in dealing with mt. lions here on my side of the state. His name is Tim Thier - 406-882-4697, he will be able to get you going in the right direction.

Ok, also take a look at your stock/barrel. is the stock touching the barrel. if it is you may want to free float the barrel. it will help bring the groups in tighter also now that i think about it.

i feel the same way you do man. I couldn't stand the 9mm when they took our 1911's away and didn't like the 9mm when i worked in law enforcement either. Given the choice then I took the 40cal over the 9mm and now that i'm just a civilian i have gone back to packin a 1911. I've seen way to many guys get up or keep fightin when hit from a 9mm. It just plain moves to fast to cause major damage and when lives count on the bullet, you want major damage. If you're going to shoot someone, shoot to kill, a wounded attacker is still very much a dangerous one, especially if armed. that being said, you should shoot what ever you feel the most comfortable shooting. Also, do not practice with a bullet you aren't going to use. i.e. if you are going to use a hollow point round for protection, don't practice with a ball round. the bullets preform differently and it could be enough of a diference to mean life or death. jmho