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 Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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02/08/11 12:22 PM
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I have always liked odd-ball rifles. My thumper is a Big Bore 94 in 375 Win and I love it!!
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: azcoyote]
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02/08/11 03:11 PM
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I have always liked odd-ball rifles. My thumper is a Big Bore 94 in 375 Win and I love it!! Or, the 38-55 Win 
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: azcoyote]
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02/08/11 03:42 PM
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I have always liked odd-ball rifles. My thumper is a Big Bore 94 in 375 Win and I love it!! Love those Big Bore 94's! Might want to look at the 307 Winchester and the 356 Winchester also.
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
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02/08/11 04:17 PM
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I have a Winchester 375 Bigbore in the back of the safe that I have been thinking of selling to help fund something else. It is in good shape but someone before I got it drilled and tapped for a sidemount scope, so the holes for that are in the side of the receiver.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: kmon11]
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02/09/11 12:27 AM
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I have a Winchester 375 Bigbore in the back of the safe that I have been thinking of selling to help fund something else. It is in good shape but someone before I got it drilled and tapped for a sidemount scope, so the holes for that are in the side of the receiver. That makes a good place to mount the peep or the burris fastfire.
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: poisonivie]
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02/09/11 01:47 AM
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kmon11
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True, I just never have done it. Shortly after getting that rifle I got a Dakota Little Sharps which sees a lot more action.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: kmon11]
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02/09/11 02:08 AM
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I've only had 2 of what one might call thumpers, a Ruger #3 in 45-70 and a Marlin in 35 Rem.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: KC]
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02/09/11 02:10 AM
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I know it's not what you want but I have been able to play with a 458 Socom on an AR-15 platform for a while. The larger caliber is lots of fun. Everything it hits it makes this big WHOP sound. Big calibers are not for everyone but they are lots of fun.
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
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02/09/11 02:56 AM
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Here's my "thumper"...., Ruger #1-S 45-70 Medium Sporter with an older steel tube K2.5 Weaver. You can load 'em for fun plinking with light loads of TrailBoss or Unique or way on up past the Marlin level to the Ruger only levels that'll rattle your teeth! I hardly ever go up above trapdoor levels....., really no need to. 
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
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02/09/11 03:11 AM
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now thats one beautiful #1
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
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02/09/11 11:59 AM
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HWY_MAN
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Now thats a good looking rig.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
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02/09/11 03:36 PM
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I just got a Marlin 444 from a forum member. It shoots the 265 gr pills almost to 1 MOA at 100 yards. I'm thinking it should be HARD on the hogs. 
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
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02/09/11 04:16 PM
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Dave Davidson
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A 300 Win Mag thumps hard enough on both ends for me.
I used to have (pre divorce) an old 45-70 Springfield. You could load it down so it was fairly pleasant to shoot.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: THUMPER Rifle
[Re: azcoyote]
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02/09/11 09:39 PM
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Sniper John
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I have always liked odd-ball rifles. My thumper is a Big Bore 94 in 375 Win and I love it!! One of my favorite rifles to hunt with is a Marlin 375. Any pictures I have posted with a lever gun, it is that rifle. I never really thought of it as a "thumper" using 200 gr bullets, but I suppose it is. Definately a reload option as ammo is expensive. I have not felt like any of my straight wall cartridges including the 50-70 as expensive to reload. On these the savings are significant over factory ammo IMO.
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