Hello! I have been lurking on the NEF forum all this time, along with a lot of time spent on the Traditional Muzzleloader Rifle & Shotgun forum. (Search for topic: UNDERHAMMER)
I had started late last year getting my 12ga NEF Tracker II set up for this year's deer season.
I hunt on State of CT land, there is a nice forest, 1300 acres about 10 min. from home.
I drew a deer tag for the 2nd S/G season beginnig this Sat. I have 2 Saturdays and 2 weekdays
during this 10 day season. If I get anything, I will certainly report on that on the NEF S/G forum....
.....I also have a tag for CT m/l season in Dec., and plan to hunt all of 2 Sat. and 4 weekdays unless I have success sooner than later......
I then completed my NEF battery with a Handi in 7-08Rem, which had lockup problems that were readily resolved by the factory, and with a Sportster 22LR Youth model that I converted to adult size with factory wood.
The Sportster is all set with a Weaver rimfire scope, shooting low velocity Eagle target ammo or Remington Subsonics.......
The only hunting story I have so far is pretty modest....I got 2 accessory bbls. for the Tracker II, 28" mod, and 32" full. I did hunt squirrel this Sept. one day with the 28" mod bbl. I found that the trap shooting with the 32" full bbl that I had been doing really paid off when I nailed one of the 3 critters of the day in mid-air while he was leaping between trees.....!
Thanks for wondering where I've been! I guess that I have just not been that talkative lately.
Hope your Thanksgiving was good!
David
Anyway....I had said that I (thought that) I was initially looking for a Handi in 7X64 Brenneke, but "settled" for a 7-08Rem . I turns out that that was probably a very good thing, as I definately did not like the 30-06 Browning single shot I had previously, and I may not have liked the 7x64 very much either! I find the 7-08 quite tolerable, and hope to do serious load workup next year on it. There is no pressure to get the 7-08 ready for any hunt, since in CT on State land, I can only use a 22LR , shotgun, or shotgun slug , or muzzleloader rifle, depending on the season and game. I did get a 22Hornet access. bbl for that rifle as well, as I wanted to be sure I had that in the event that it is ever d/c'd
What I plan to use the 7-08 for after loads are worked up is unclear. I do have a hope of someday going on a Maine or VT moose hunt.....or if we ever do move to WV I would have that ready.......the Hornet is just for fun so far.
