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Offline Ranger J

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« on: December 11, 2005, 08:21:10 AM »
Do you own lucky and unlucky guns?  I know I am being ridiculous but I have several guns that if I take them hunting I just feel that I won't even see a squirrel that day and I have several others that when I take them to the woods I just know that I am going to see deer that day.  Again in my mind I know this is silly.  This feeling has nothing to do with how well a gun shoots.  My all time 'bad luck' gun is my Knight MK-85 which I bought new right after they first came out.  This gun shot and to this day shoots great but I have probably had it in the woods 40 or more  times over the years and on only one occasion did I even see a deer.  That time I didn't get a shot.
On the other hand I got a .308 barrel for my Handi this year and both I and my daughter shot deer with it within a short time in the stand.  Silly, probably.  What has been your experiences?
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2005, 10:21:05 AM »
My Ultra 20 gauge slug gun fits that mold. I take out any of my other guns and they come out. I want to take an animal with the 20 gauge.  :D
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2005, 12:14:51 PM »
I have two... an old M70 in .300 Weatherby Magnum, and a Benelli MkII 12 gauge Magnum. Of all the firearms I own... which as I think about it is probably a lot less than many others on this board... I think I'm down to 11... but anyway, Unless I'm hunting DG, for which I'll use my .375H&H (in North America) or my .458 Lott (in Africa)... I always pull these out? Why? Because I have been far more deadly with these two pieces than anything else I've gotten my hands on... which has been close to a hundred over the years. At this point I am hardly interested in seriously considering using another rifle or shotgun. Some of my shooting has been so out of my skin with these two that I can only ascribe it to being "lucky" guns.
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2005, 12:26:07 PM »
I have a few rifles that fit into that category.  For deer hunting it's either my Ruger M77V in .25-06 or ,y old Weatherby Mark V Deluxe in .300 Weatherby Mag. that gets the nod.  For varmint calling it's my Ruger No. 1 in .22 Hornet that brings me the luck.  Lawdog
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2005, 06:37:57 AM »
Ranger J
I HAD a beautiful Browning A-Bolt in 280 Remington that was Magna Ported!  It was a very accurate rifle!
Well, I carried that rifle a full hunting season (approximately 6 weeks), every Saturday and Sunday and I never saw even one deer!

That gun was gone before Christmas!
Traded for a Marlin 444-P and a good scope for one of my other rifles!

On the other hand:
I have a Remington M-700 in 7mm Rem Mag that is my lucky gun!
If I start out not having any luck, this will be the gun I will be carrying, starting the next day!
To date, this one has never let me down!

I don't believe you are being silly with your question and furthermore, I'll bet that 3/4 of the hunting population has lucky and unlucky guns!
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2005, 09:30:54 AM »
Now when i have a bad day afield i can blame it on my gun, i like that.

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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2005, 09:51:28 AM »
Yep, and when you do see a deer and shoot and miss it, that too is the gun's fault!  Dang $#%&*+@ gun!! :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2005, 03:42:44 PM »
I still remember sitting in a new gray 55 Olds Super 88, fondeling my Dad's new model 99f in .300 Savage. Yeah, that rifle has made a lot of closet queens, from the Hudson Valley to the NC Piedmont. Shot another fat 4 point just 10 days ago. It just stumbles across deer!
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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2006, 12:51:04 PM »
Mine is a ADL  remington wood stock in 270 ,two big 8 pointers this year with it.
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2006, 02:21:34 PM »
My luckiest gun is a flintlock Tennessee Long Rifle in .50. Every deer I've ever seen while deer hunting has been while carrying that. I've got a Ruger No. 1 in .308 that I've carried for 3 seasons and never seen anything other than tracks, rubs, scat, or scraps. I'm not going to call it unlucky until I get a couple of uninterupted seasons (I'm in grad school so I don't get a lot of hunting time), but sometimes it has me thinking...... :?

On a side note, a few years ago, I came out of the woods from a morning deer hunt (didn't see a thing), put away the 30/30 I'd borrowed, and got out my .22 to meet my dad for a squirrel hunt.  Within 20 minutes of the squirrel hunt, 4 does walke passed and stopped in a clear spot 20 yards away and stared at us for 5 minutes. EEEEK! Made me wonder if you could kill a deer with a head shot with a .22. This was not the first time this senario happened with this gun, so I wonder, can you have a "lucky/unlucky" gun that brings out game you can't shoot? :-D
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2006, 03:10:04 AM »
it seems like everytime i buy a new gun i kill a nice buck the first time out. this has happened about 10 times.
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