ursusjkb wrote:Hi folks and thanks for the nice replies. Yes, he is one happy hunter for sure. He also has a bull moose tag for N. Park Colorado, so should be a really great year.
Sheepdawg - Rush hasn't been around that I know of recently. And Lone Cone - wow that is in the hinterlands (at least from here) and have been in that country twice and it is a great place to visit. Crossing the Dolores is a beautiful drive as well. We usually hunt bear north of there on the Umcompraghe but didn't want to wait for the points so took a chance close to home. SW Colorado I think is the best part of the state and still very very wild. Places where wolves come up from New Mexico and the last (so far) grizzly was killed by an archer in self defense. Your scat story reminds of two years ago on the Umcompraghe getting into a tight spot in the oak brush with a shooting lane in the dark that I sat Dustin on and as it got light so we could start to see, he said something in a whisper about being in a good place for bear and when I asked why he said "I've been sitting in a big pile of bear .... "
Hoot - that is a stock Bushmaster, straight from the factory, with a couple of attachments. I think what you may be seeing is the Swan Sleeve - it extends the rail out over the hand guard. It has a Burris 2.5X handgun scope out toward the muzzle end of the rifle. I have the buttstock 1" extension from Bushmaster on the rifle. Its my attempt at a "scout" rifle version and works pretty well. You can bring it up and keep both eyes open while using the scope. I wanted to use the rifle on bears and boars at closer range in heavier cover, such as draingages here in CO. Also could see using it in oak brush country for bear and deer.
k0ttke_35, yes, both local to Fort Collins.
Thanks again, it was posts to this well moderated sight that convinced me to buy the 450 this year - glad I found the site and also bought the rifle.
Take care,
And, Shore-Nuff, welcome, welcome..
What is going to be the load for the Moose?? The 250FTX's are a tiny bit explosive for that mission, they'll work, but a little fragil. If you don't load, I bet some of these guys would want to try out some of their 230fmj-275xpb-or 325BB's, for that mission and for the price would hapily send them to you??
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