Thread: How much ammo

Don't do pest control and mostly day hunting so 4 in mag, another 4 in belt kit and if by myself in promising country one up the spout, half cocked.

Hunting, 3 in the mag(tikka 7mm.08). Another loaded mag on my belt. 7 spare rounds in pack. Usually only shoot 1 or 2 animal at a time. Pest control... All of it, everything even the corroded ones under the floor mat!

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Originally Posted by rugerman

In the name of safety I don't take any rounds with me. If I see a deer I go home and get a round but so far every time I've gone back the deer has gone

I find that leaving the bolt at home is safer than leaving the ammo at home. The risk with having the rifle and and the bolt is that you may just find a correct caliber cartridge under a verandah or mattress at a hut.
Not having the bolt also eliminates any of the complexities of the half cock dilemma, by leaving the bolt at home I just don't have to worry about this practice or its terminology.
Sometimes, just to be doubly sure, I like to leave the bolt somewhere so safe, that I can't even find it when I get home to look for it.

Thank you I feel so much safer now