Im going to be using my BAR MK2 this weekend though it's going to be either pigs or sheep as opposed to deer.....
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What rifles for deer hunting this year?
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earlthegoat2
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Yeah. It grouped best. I really want to use Barnes TSX 275 gr or Federal 300 gr or Winchester 260 gr Power points since they expand better but they are a bit big on groups presently.
My first kill with the FTX ran a bit and barely left a blood trail. Glad it was daylight. The other two I shot more recently DRTed so I guess I can’t complain.
tactikel
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For my first Wisconsin deer hunt in 52 years, ‘03-A3 .30-06, sporter stock, timney trigger, GI sights. Where I hunt average shot 50 yards, long 100. BTW I carried the same rifle on my last deer hunt in 1969.
DM~
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EASY, you just have to be smarter than the gun you are hunting with!How the heck do you hunt with your rifle backwards???
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Peakbagger46
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Sako A7 in 30-06 again this year for the public land mule deer hunt. She’s put two elk, three mulies, and a pronghorn in the freezer thus far… hopefully another cow elk next week.
marksman13
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I realized that I posted the other day without actually listing the rifles I intend to hunt with this year.
I think most of my “woods huntin” will be done with a pair of Ruger M77s. I’ve got a stainless international in 7mm-08 and a standard, blued M77 in 6.5x55 that will hopefully draw some blood this year.
When I’m hunting power lines and bean fields I intend to use my Remington 700 in 257 Weatherby and my Ruger No. 1 in 300 WM. I’ll probably get some use out of my Ruger No. 1 in 257 Weatherby too if I don’t sell it to fund another thermal scope first.
Not sure what other rifles will make it out of the safe this season, but I’m sure I’ll find at least one hunt each for my No. 1 Internationals in 30-06 and 6.5x55.
I think most of my “woods huntin” will be done with a pair of Ruger M77s. I’ve got a stainless international in 7mm-08 and a standard, blued M77 in 6.5x55 that will hopefully draw some blood this year.
When I’m hunting power lines and bean fields I intend to use my Remington 700 in 257 Weatherby and my Ruger No. 1 in 300 WM. I’ll probably get some use out of my Ruger No. 1 in 257 Weatherby too if I don’t sell it to fund another thermal scope first.
Not sure what other rifles will make it out of the safe this season, but I’m sure I’ll find at least one hunt each for my No. 1 Internationals in 30-06 and 6.5x55.
Same here. Ruger Hawkeye in .300WM with my new load - 150 gr TTSX with near max charge of IMR 4831.
desmobob
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I would have bought one of those Ruger Internationals in a heartbeat if they hadn't put an American-style straight buttstock on them. I screwed up by not buying a CZ 6.5x55 full stock rifle when they were available... I think they offered the most traditional-style European full stock.
marksman13
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I like this M77 much better than my 550 FS in 30-06. I wish CZ HAD NOT put that hump in the stock of the 550 FS. It’s just flat out uncomfortable compared to an American style stock. It is pretty though.
desmobob
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I think the original humpback design was designed to be used with iron sights, vs. the American-style straight comb stock, designed to be optimal for scope use. I do have a CZ with the traditional hump back and it works for me with a scope, but it's a low-recoiling .22LR. My CZ550 in 9.3x62 is their "American" with an American-style straight comb stock. It probably wouldn't be much fun to shoot with the increased drop at heel of the humpback stock.
The humpback style, like most things obsolete, faded away for a reason. But also, like some obsolete things, they are pretty! (Depending on your taste, or course.)
9x56MS
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That may be the prettiest SS RSI I have ever seen. I have a blued one in 250-3000 savage that I really enjoy hunting with.
9x56MS
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My 9.3 x 62 FS fits me just fine. They are pretty and potent too. It amazes me how the prices sky rocketed when they stopped making the 550’s.
desmobob
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I really wanted the FS in 6.5x55. I bought the 9.3x62 in the American version while planning for an Africa trip that never came to be. I don't know why I didn't get that one in the FS...
I think the CZ550s are great rifles and were a real bargain. I hated to see them go!
stillquietvoice
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workhorse Rem 700 SPS 243 Win here.. always got the job done here in tiny whitetail lands.
My goto is a rem 700 so in 7mm08, but first the last month or have been having shoulder pain, though Sundays range trip lumbered it up some, shot the 7mm08 despite the pain. I'll likely take the m11 savage in 243 win, I took it out last season and drew down on a buck, but the shot wasn't clean enough to insure a quick kill, thick brush and bad angle obscured the vitals do I let him walk. Also have a 16" AR 15 223 that hasn't even made it into the woods yet so that one is on the list of rifles to carry this season. Shots are li.ited to 150 yds with this one
Armored farmer
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I have to make a choice in the next 8 hrs as to what I'll be carrying afield this year. Firearms season opener is in the morning!
Hawken. 54
H&R 12ga slug w/ 1.5-4x Bushnell
7½" .45colt blackhawk
.45 flintlock
I'm thinking slug gun, but all are ready.
Hawken. 54
H&R 12ga slug w/ 1.5-4x Bushnell
7½" .45colt blackhawk
.45 flintlock
I'm thinking slug gun, but all are ready.
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Big bull elk season starts tomorrow. I will be taking my 1885 Winchester in 300 PRC and as a backup, a Ruger m77 MK2 in 7mm mag.
Why 2? I already had a failure on the 1885 sear spring and I don't completely trust it yet. Where we hunt, long shots are the norm. I guess I could take a couple of others... I just think the '85 needs blooded before packing it away.
Why 2? I already had a failure on the 1885 sear spring and I don't completely trust it yet. Where we hunt, long shots are the norm. I guess I could take a couple of others... I just think the '85 needs blooded before packing it away.
I've been idle and just kept an eye on the game cam for almost three months the whitetail and roe deer season has been going on now. The driven hunt in a couple of weeks necessitates something fast handling for running deer so it'll most likely be Ruger Deerfield but once the we get some snow and it's easier to shoot in the dark, the Remington R-25 will probably down a deer or two like it has for the past several seasons.
I'm a bit tempted to try the 7600 pump in .35 Whelen for deer this year but unfortunately the Nikon Monarch on it isn't anywhere near up to the task of serious low light hunting. The vintage Bushnell scope on .308 Saiga is even worse.
Hmm. My choice seems to be limited by optics. I have a bunch of other rifles I'd like to try out for deer some time but it'd mean either transferring and sighting in a scope from another rifle or spending several hundred $ for a dedicated, low light capable one. Decent bucks are mostly nocturnal so there rarely is a point to hunt until it's dark.
I'm a bit tempted to try the 7600 pump in .35 Whelen for deer this year but unfortunately the Nikon Monarch on it isn't anywhere near up to the task of serious low light hunting. The vintage Bushnell scope on .308 Saiga is even worse.
Hmm. My choice seems to be limited by optics. I have a bunch of other rifles I'd like to try out for deer some time but it'd mean either transferring and sighting in a scope from another rifle or spending several hundred $ for a dedicated, low light capable one. Decent bucks are mostly nocturnal so there rarely is a point to hunt until it's dark.
HOWARD J
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I miss deer season but my legs don't.
I did make it for 36 years.
If I was going I would take my AR 15 in 7.62 x 39 w/ 3 x 9 scope.
Have fun !!
I did make it for 36 years.
If I was going I would take my AR 15 in 7.62 x 39 w/ 3 x 9 scope.
Have fun !!
Grumpy_old_Fart
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Fortunately they haven't imposed a set daylight limit for hunting around here. You can hunt all you like as long as you're confident you can see. Too bad my aging eyes aren't quite up to the task without top shelf optics anymore. Aging gets really expensive at some point, you know. If I wasn't allowed to hunt after dusk I'd be happily enjoying beer at the cabin instead of freezing my butt hours on end "just in case" in a treestand...
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Good choice
First trip will be 2nd week of December. My son will be using the .358 Win BLR and I will be using the FN SPR .308 Win
I’ll be figuring out what loads we will be using this weekend
Officers'Wife
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Probably what I used last year… M17 Enfield with180 grain bullet. The rifle is an inheritance from a respected neighbor and I feel the need to use it as much as I can.
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