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I talked to a couple of buds in Canada, they both said AR's are restricted there and they can't use them for hunting, which I would guess we couldn't either.

bushmeister wrote:Well it appears guns with barrels less than 18.5" are restricted, so I'm screwed. Thanks guys.

C'mon someone loan him a bolt action for the hunt of a lifetime. If I had one I would. I was going to offer up my 20" AR upper until Al dropped the reality check bomb.

Hoot

bushmeister wrote:Well it appears guns with barrels less than 18.5" are restricted, so I'm screwed. Thanks guys.

I'll offer up one of my bolt guns to use when the time comes

or if your up for close and personnel, then have a couple lever guns with proven track records

On my first, unsuccessful elk hunt, I used the 450 with a 20" barrel and the 250 gr FTX. My mistake was trying a 200 yard shot, and although I got two solid hits, there was not enough energy at that range to bring the elk down.

The XPB would be a better choice, but I would hesitate to shoot it at moose above 100 yards.

On my next hunt, I bought a Savage 111XP in .30-06 for under $400 with a rebate. Got the elk at 100 yds, and it went down on the first shot with a Remington Core-Lokt 180 gr PSP. I would recommend you look into a bolt action for your hunt. They are relatively inexpensive and will do the job. I will be using it again on another hunt later this year in a place where they don't allow semi autos, either.

Thanks for the great offer Al! The guys on here are great! I've decided to go with a bolt action like Jim mentioned. There's a possibility of a 300 yd shot, and I'm not going to miss that opportunity. I'm looking at a 300 win mag or 300 wsm. Doing research each night as time allows...

bushmeister wrote:Thanks for the great offer Al! The guys on here are great! I've decided to go with a bolt action like Jim mentioned. There's a possibility of a 300 yd shot, and I'm not going to miss that opportunity. I'm looking at a 300 win mag or 300 wsm. Doing research each night as time allows...

well then I'll dust off ole Ma Bell, my pet 338-378 Weatherby. Launches a 240gr Northfork a good bit north of 3200fps, 5 moose and 13 elk under her belt so she knows how to get the job done.

Al in Mi wrote:

bushmeister wrote:Thanks for the great offer Al! The guys on here are great! I've decided to go with a bolt action like Jim mentioned. There's a possibility of a 300 yd shot, and I'm not going to miss that opportunity. I'm looking at a 300 win mag or 300 wsm. Doing research each night as time allows...

well then I'll dust off ole Ma Bell, my pet 338-378 Weatherby. Launches a 240gr Northfork a good bit north of 3200fps, 5 moose and 13 elk under her belt so she knows how to get the job done.

OMG!
I found what looked like a brass thermos that someone forgot at the range once. Turned out to be a 30-378 case. It made my shoulder hurt just looking at it. I seated a 30 cal bullet in it for my cartridge display. It made a 30 cal bullet look like a 22 Nosler.

Hoot

actually Hoot, Weatherby did their homework on the Accumarks brake, this things a absolute pussycat to shoot. Granted she does sound like dynamite going off, but everybody who's had the fear of being knocked back into last week, comes away with a 3 day grin pet load is 110gr of Reloader 25 and that 240gr Northfork,

I had a 30-378 for a couple years, then when Weatherby released the 338 version I was all over it and never looked back. It's been one of the most accurate out of the box factory guns I ever owned.

give you a idea on recoil, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHvknvLifU really, this things a pussycat

Pretty impressive! I would've expected more recoil, especially without a scope!

If a rifle was manufactured with a barrel less than 18.5" its not restricted in Canada....if you cut a barrel that was say 20" to 16" its restricted....18.5" would be OK....

You could put a 10" factory barrel on a Ruger 10-22 with a butt stock in Canada...do it in USA you need a $200 stamp....

AR-15 cannot be brought into Canada....