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My first big-game rifle was a Ruger M77 7mm Rem. Mag.  It's a wonderful rifle; a real tack driver.  I used it for deer and elk in Oregon, then carried it for several years here.  I Alaska, that rifle has taken moose, caribou, black bear, Dall sheep and goat.  I know it would kill a bison or a muskox, but I haven't tried it.  Since I started guiding I switched to the .375 though, because of those bears.  Every time I see that Ruger in the gun cabinet though, I feel a little guilty.  I learned how to hunt with that rifle and it means a lot to me.  It occupies a place of honor next to the rifle my grandfather was carrying when he was killed by another hunter who "mistook him for a deer".

-Mike

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