Nature Boy
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Over the last 2 seasons I’ve taken 5 deer (3 bucks and 2 does) and all with my FN SPR .308 that was customized by Short Action Customs.
The Hunting Rifle Picture Thread
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MacAR
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Oooh oooh lemme guess! I'm gonna say 16/16 over 7x57 Mauser. Or that's what I'd pick anyway...
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Close but no cigar...Oooh oooh lemme guess! I'm gonna say 16/16 over 7x57 Mauser. Or that's what I'd pick anyway...
Mac
16/16 over 8x57... I load 200 NP's at 2550fps, and it's put thousands of pounds of meat in my freezer, from moose and blk. bear on down.
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marksman13
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Remington 700? What’s it chambered in?
JeffG
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My .54 cal/28 gauge smoothbore flinter. A deadly gun.
My CZ455 .177 HMR with newer Fluted barrel and 3-9X Leupold. She shoots as nice as she looks and has collected a few varmints, including coyotes and woodchucks. I probably posted this a while ago, but it deserves a second-look, IMHO.
King Medallion
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I've lost count of how many 2 liter bottles and bowling pins I've bagged with it. Uberti/Winchester 1876 45/75.
My Rem 700 SS Fluted, .270 Win. (It now has a Leupold variable.) It's been glass-bedded and barrel free-floated. Shoots sub-MOA groups at 100 yards. It makes a great rifle for Maine deer hunting.
This is the rifle that I used to shoot a deer that surprised me, as I was resting in my tree stand, after walking, and laid the rifle down on the table-top beside me. It was laying on the side pictured when the deer ran under my stand, stopped about 25 yards away, and looking back, saw me when I started picking up the rifle, and bolted! I picked the rifle up, mounted it left-handed, and shot the deer as it ran full-tilt, straight-away toward a woods road! I just sat there with a big (S-eating) grin on my face and took it all in! First time I'd ever shot a center-fire rifle left-handed!
Finally, I called my son and asked him to come down with his loader to take the deer up to the house. Tough hunting, but someone's got to do it.
This is the rifle that I used to shoot a deer that surprised me, as I was resting in my tree stand, after walking, and laid the rifle down on the table-top beside me. It was laying on the side pictured when the deer ran under my stand, stopped about 25 yards away, and looking back, saw me when I started picking up the rifle, and bolted! I picked the rifle up, mounted it left-handed, and shot the deer as it ran full-tilt, straight-away toward a woods road! I just sat there with a big (S-eating) grin on my face and took it all in! First time I'd ever shot a center-fire rifle left-handed!
Finally, I called my son and asked him to come down with his loader to take the deer up to the house. Tough hunting, but someone's got to do it.
1948CJ2A
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This is my 240 Weatherby Magnum, which I originally built in 2009 but reworked a couple of years ago. It's a 1917 ERFURT Mauser 98 with a 26" ER Shaw barrel (glass-bedded) and a nice figured piece of walnut. I went with a maple tip and cap just to be different. It has a Timney deluxe trigger and a Rams horn buttplate you can't really see in the picture below due to the grass. It also has replacement bottom metal with a hinged floor-plate. Currently it has a Leupold scope mounted (I hate the elevation turret without a cap!). The bolt is also jeweled. It's one of my nicest presenting rifles I own. So far, I've only shot a bobcat with it but plan on doing some more deer hunting with it in the future.
Reloadron
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While I realize any rifle can be used as a hunting rifle sometimes as I look at the pile of rifles in my safe and those rifles which best fit the description of "hunting rifle" I wonder why I still have them. Been dome years since I actually hunted and my hunting buddy in West Virginia passed away a decade ago. I just can't seem to bring myself to sell off those rifles. The kids and grandkids like target shooting but they just never took to hunting. Maybe one day I will finally get rid of them but for now they just take up space.
Ron
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Georgeous stock!!!
1948CJ2A
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Thank you. My cousin did the stock work. He inletted, hand-checkered, glass-bedded, sanded and oil-finished the stock. He also installed the tip and cap.
Hope your cousin free-floated the barrel in the forend. A stock with all that figure may warp with the weather...changing POI considerably.
earlthegoat2
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Added this a few months ago. I got it for an upcoming Nilgai hunt but will be putting it through its paces this deer season. Yes, it is a bit much for little GA deer.
Ruger Hawkeye FTW 300 Win Mag Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40
Correct handed.
The stock looks goofy to me with the short forend but it is very user friendly so I am happy with it.
Ruger Hawkeye FTW 300 Win Mag Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40
Correct handed.
The stock looks goofy to me with the short forend but it is very user friendly so I am happy with it.
1948CJ2A
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I'm not too worried about that. I'm not planning on taking it out in crappy weather. I have other rifles I use when weather is a factor.
FYI: Wood tends to warp as it dries, whether left out in the rain or not. Yours may or may not visably warp if the wood was well-seasoned, but it doesn't take much warpage to affect POI or grouping ability.
1948CJ2A
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And I'd still take a wood-stock over plastic/synthetic any day... I've hunted with wood stocked rifles for many decades and never had any issues! God bless!
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When I glassbed my rifles, I also rout-out barrel channels to provide clearance that allows free-floating with little chance of wood warpage that can affect POI and/or stringing shots. I also periodically check the channel, sometimes running paper down the channel to see if clearance has been maintained through seasons. Groups from a freefloated barrel may or may not be as tight as one with a pressure pad, but POI stability is paramount in a hunting rifle...much more important than group size. Therefore, I maintain at least 1/16" clearance between barrel and barrel channel.
When I glassbed my rifles, I also rout-out barrel channels to provide clearance that allows free-floating with little chance of wood warpage that can affect POI and/or stringing shots. I also periodically check the channel, sometimes running paper down the channel to see if clearance has been maintained through seasons. Groups from a freefloated barrel may or may not be as tight as one with a pressure pad, but POI stability is paramount in a hunting rifle...much more important than group size. Therefore, I maintain at least 1/16" clearance between barrel and barrel channel.
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giggitygiggity
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I really like my Winchester 1907 in .351WSL. They’re just unique old guns. Very robust though. I only have a couple of 5-round mags though so I like seeing that larger mag in yours.
Patocazador
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My newest old rifle after being baptized with its 1st deer kill last week. It's a 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer in 6.5x54.
