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Both them rifles sound cool to me. At one time, to me the .280 was the one caliber that could serve a fella with but one rifle. However, as time went by, and the years piled on, i leaned more and more to the 7-08. It seemed to me that there was no need to use a case with more volume than the 308 case can hold. After the kids left home, i became a many gun house. My favorite elk rifle became the 358 Winchester i kinda had built. It started out as a 308 Ruger Ultralight. The barrel was switched to a 35, and it was chambered for a 358. It had a 19" barrel, and was a perfect elk rifle for the country we hunted. Short, and light, it served me well. When we moved back to South Dakota, i sold it to a fella that hunted out of our camp all those years. This 6.5-30 is the only center fire/breech loader i will take hunting since leaving Montana. It is such a straight shooter, i will only be able to blame myself, come January.
Years ago, i decide a 250 would be a fine hunting rifle for me. Wife gave me a model 99 for my birthday. The company sent me to Arizona, because work was slow in Montana. While in Arizona, the rifle was taken from my truck while we were quail hunting in February. We deduced from tracks in the sand, that it was taken by a trapper living near by, and reported the theft to the Sheriff. The law did nothing, and our son and i decide that we would have to get the rifle back ourselves. After thinking on it, long and hard, we decided to let the trapper have the rifle, because i thought it would be silly to engage in a shoot-out with the trapper over a possession, that could be replaced with money. I couldn't stand the thought that our son could be killed seeking to retrieve that old rifle. It seemed to us, if the Sheriff wasn't up for talking to this man, then perhaps we shouldn't either. That was my one and only 250. Your 250 improved sounds way cool. Funny thing is, i still kinda miss that rifle, but our son is alive, and well.
We never went as far as Malta to hunt Pronghorn. Many times i fueled up in Malta, when heading to Fort Peck for fishing. We passed by many dog towns. We hunted a few times around Big Sandy. We also hunted near Roy, which isn't too far from Malta. We also hunted around Winnett some. Once i hunted antelope near Ekalaka which was a way further away than Malta. My favorite Pronghorn hunting was west of Great Falls right up against the Mountains. It was cool hunting antelope where one wouldn't expect to find them, instead of out on the prairie.
Once we watched an Antelope birth.
Right or wrong, years ago we decided that a good prairie dog rifle had to be some larger than 22 because of wind. Myself, i never much got into shooting them dogs, but our boy wears out rifles shooting at them. He gave me a 40X for my birthday in 6mm, but i never shoot it, because i haven't a spotter. Wife isn't interested at all. The boy, and his pals shoot dogs a way way way out there. They have great fun shooting/killing dogs over 1000 yards out. The boy says his bigger calibers are quicker to adjust for the wind, and he wins most of the time.
Yes, i miss hunting with the boy, but we share tales now and again.
This year, i hope to notch my pronghorn tag using the 6.5-30 somewhere down by Nebraska. Am hoping it isn't too dry. That 250 AI sounds a way way cool.
Years ago, i decide a 250 would be a fine hunting rifle for me. Wife gave me a model 99 for my birthday. The company sent me to Arizona, because work was slow in Montana. While in Arizona, the rifle was taken from my truck while we were quail hunting in February. We deduced from tracks in the sand, that it was taken by a trapper living near by, and reported the theft to the Sheriff. The law did nothing, and our son and i decide that we would have to get the rifle back ourselves. After thinking on it, long and hard, we decided to let the trapper have the rifle, because i thought it would be silly to engage in a shoot-out with the trapper over a possession, that could be replaced with money. I couldn't stand the thought that our son could be killed seeking to retrieve that old rifle. It seemed to us, if the Sheriff wasn't up for talking to this man, then perhaps we shouldn't either. That was my one and only 250. Your 250 improved sounds way cool. Funny thing is, i still kinda miss that rifle, but our son is alive, and well.
We never went as far as Malta to hunt Pronghorn. Many times i fueled up in Malta, when heading to Fort Peck for fishing. We passed by many dog towns. We hunted a few times around Big Sandy. We also hunted near Roy, which isn't too far from Malta. We also hunted around Winnett some. Once i hunted antelope near Ekalaka which was a way further away than Malta. My favorite Pronghorn hunting was west of Great Falls right up against the Mountains. It was cool hunting antelope where one wouldn't expect to find them, instead of out on the prairie.
Once we watched an Antelope birth.
Right or wrong, years ago we decided that a good prairie dog rifle had to be some larger than 22 because of wind. Myself, i never much got into shooting them dogs, but our boy wears out rifles shooting at them. He gave me a 40X for my birthday in 6mm, but i never shoot it, because i haven't a spotter. Wife isn't interested at all. The boy, and his pals shoot dogs a way way way out there. They have great fun shooting/killing dogs over 1000 yards out. The boy says his bigger calibers are quicker to adjust for the wind, and he wins most of the time.
Yes, i miss hunting with the boy, but we share tales now and again.
This year, i hope to notch my pronghorn tag using the 6.5-30 somewhere down by Nebraska. Am hoping it isn't too dry. That 250 AI sounds a way way cool.
Still have that rifle, not sure I would part with it. 
