My father bought me a Browning BAR .270 Winchester in 1993. I have been hunting deer with it since then and I like it alot. It has never failed me. It has helped killing many deers. As for target accuracy, I am not a good enough shooter to say it is inaccurate. I would believe it is as accurate as I can shoot it. My father has the same rifle in 30-06 Springfield. He bought his in 1973. He does not take extraordinary care of his rifle. Maintenance consists in shooting it with Gun treatment after each hunting season. It had never failed him up until last September. He had to manually close it because it had not fired. It then fired and killed another moose.
NON-Mil semi auto hunting rifles ?
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I have a Remington 7400 in a .270 Win caliber. It shoots well, although I have had a FTE on occassion.
Janos Dracwlya
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I'd love to see a version of the Remington 7400 series capable of taking AR or M14 magazines. I wonder why Remington didn't think of that when they did the 7615. Just a thought; I'd just love to see more interesting choices out there.
Swampman
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Another vote for the Winchester Model 100.
It's not as light as one might prefer, but it does handle well.
The trigger on mine honestly wasn't bad at all...except for that MINOR problem it sometimes had of shooting twice when you only meant to shoot once.
Didn't you mention that you had a Model 71 Winchester?
Just my opinion, but for 95 percent of the hunting where one might consider using a semi auto, I'd think the 71 would be near perfect.
It's not as light as one might prefer, but it does handle well.
The trigger on mine honestly wasn't bad at all...except for that MINOR problem it sometimes had of shooting twice when you only meant to shoot once.
Didn't you mention that you had a Model 71 Winchester?
Just my opinion, but for 95 percent of the hunting where one might consider using a semi auto, I'd think the 71 would be near perfect.
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Float Pilot
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Yes I have an original model 71 and a couple original model 1886s. And a Browning clone 86 as well.
I actually own enough to keep me occupied. But I have never used a semi-auto sporter, ( Other than the Ruger 44 carbine and maybe a mini-14/30 ) for hunting purposes.
I have used an M1 carbine, M1-A, FN-49, H&K 91, Valmet M76, M1 Garand and various AR platforms for hunting.
The most handy of those was a 308 chambered Tanker Garand made from a re-welded action. It was a neat little bush gun, BUT since it was a re-weld it had occasional functioning problems. It was pretty though,,,, who-ever made the rifle polished and deep German blued all the metal and it had a French Walnut stock. It was very accurate for a Garand and very tight. I had to keep it greased with high temp grease and after two or three clips it would jam up until it cooled.
I was just curious about the handling and accuracy of common semi-auto sporters like the Brownings. The HK 2000 sounds very interesting from an accuracy point of view.
natescout
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i like my Winchester model 100 in .243 great little deer / brush rifle... also came in .284 win and .308 win
redneck2
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I had a 7400 in .35 Whelen. Accurate enough and not horribly bad weight wise. Real thumper but not bad recoil.
Since you're in Alaska, I'll forward a story. I worked in a gun shop, and two guys were going on a bear hunt in Alaska. Both got BAR's in .338. Both froze up during the hunt and had to use the guide's back-up gun. I had a friend that guided in Colorado for elk. Same thing happen to him during a snow/sleet storm with his 7400 in 30-06.
Since you're in Alaska, I'll forward a story. I worked in a gun shop, and two guys were going on a bear hunt in Alaska. Both got BAR's in .338. Both froze up during the hunt and had to use the guide's back-up gun. I had a friend that guided in Colorado for elk. Same thing happen to him during a snow/sleet storm with his 7400 in 30-06.
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I have a pretty old 742 and a 7400 in 30-06. Both are under 2 MOA and shoot nice. I have hunted in subzero weather with both and have had no problems in over 30 years. They popular and well liked in the woods but beware. I have seen them jam up from repeated rapid fire without cleaning and without being well lubed with synthetic or dry lub. Not grease or gummy oil.
If you treat them like a hunting gun and not a tactical gun and keep them well lubed and clean they are great deer killers. They handle pretty much like a shotgun which is the intent of their design.
If you treat them like a hunting gun and not a tactical gun and keep them well lubed and clean they are great deer killers. They handle pretty much like a shotgun which is the intent of their design.
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