Hunting & Fishing My deer. I was 12 years old

[Keith Johns]

Here's my couse white tail shot in southern Arizona. Scores 108", which is 1" over Arizona record book minimum. Falls short of Boone and Crocket by 2".

Shot him when I was 12 at about 250-275 yards(we didn't use a rangefinder back then). Used a 7mag and 140 nosler ballistic tips.

I honestly didn't make a good shot (because I didn't have one of my awesome bolt knobs on my rifle) but I got him

 

[Benlow]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Nice buck. I got my first one over 30 years ago and remember it like it was yesterday. I wish I would have had my first one mounted like you did.

 

[psinclair]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Heres my first deer...November 1968.

Remington model 600 .308.

 

[Keith Johns]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Am I seeing things or does that bolt handle curve like a snake?


I had a model 600 too! It was my first rifle. A .243 with a redfield wide view.

 

[psinclair]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Yes it does...the idea behind that was to protect a right handed shooters trigger finger from getting hit by the bolt under recoil. The design was carried over to Remingtons XP 100 pistol.

FYI: I bought that rifle in the summer of 1967 brand new for $75.00. Back them you could order and have delivered, any firearm through the mail.

Shoveled a lot of snow, mowed a lot of grass and raked a lot of leaves for that rifle!! The scope, a 4X Bushnell arrived via Santa Claus December 1967.

That rifle still kicks like a Missuori mule!!!

 

[Keith Johns]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Thats awesome. Looks like a 16" barrel right? weighing in at like 4.5lbs haha

Mine had a 16". But the bolt was more, "normal" than that.

Cheap ass plastic floor plate too that almost ruined my hunt.

I was supposed to use my M600 243 for my hunt, but at the last minute had to switch to my dads 7mag cuz my floor plate cracked on my 600.

 

[psinclair]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

The barrel on mine is 18.5" I agree with the plastic floor plate...I replaced mine eventually with a steel one from Brownells. Changing that out cost twice as much as I paid for the entire rifle!

the weight is 6 lbs. without the scope. (I took it off and now only shoot it with opens.)

Cool little rifles...do you still have yours?

 

[Keith Johns]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Shit mine might have been 18.5" too but I remember 16 for some reason.

No, regrettably we sold it to help fund my next rifle. I've always only been able to afford one rifle at a time!

 

[psinclair]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Can you machine screw a couple of remmy bolt handles for me?

 

[Keith Johns]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

Talkin about reinforcing the bolt handle with 8-40 screws?

PM me

 

[psinclair]

Re: My deer. I was 12 years old

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