What rifle do you carry in the woods all day?

[velojym]

Unless I'm specifically going after small game (in which case I'd have my 10/22 or an airgun), my always-along woods/desert rifle is my Marlin levergun. Until a couple years ago, it was a 30/30, but then I picked up my 1894 in .44mag, and it's been a really good companion in the thick 'n brambly.

 

[Caliche Kid]

Rifle usually with me?

I usually carry a Ruger .357 bolt gun or a Ruger .22 Hornet 24" barrel model. If I am after hogs, it'll be an AR of some configuration and if it's deer I'm after, it'll be a .308 of some type. So every day is a new requirement but if I don't have special plans, it is my first answer..

 

[Shotgun Sergeon]

For me, it depends on the day. I do almost all of my hiking/hunting with my cousin so we have 2 guns. If its small game we're after one of will have a .22 and one of us will have a shotgun with various loads ranging from birdshot and waterfowl loads to 00 buck and slugs. If I'm "shotgun man" I carry my Rem. 870 12ga. If I'm the .22 guy I carry my Savage 987. If it's deer season I carry my T/C Omega front stuffer or my Ruger No. 3 .44 Mag.

 

[henschman]

On my hog hunt last month, I carried a LR-308 I put together myself, which was supposed to be a "lightweight" setup. Unfortunately it turned out a little heavier than I would have liked, even with the Criterion "lightweight" barrel... it was over 10 lbs. with scope, and got a little tiresome to lug around through the woods all day. Just this week I picked up a S&W M&P10 to give the whole "lightweight semi .308" thing another try. According to my scale it is 7.8 lbs. out of the box, and still under 9 lbs. with the scope mounted. Now that's more like it! Also much of the weight reduction was in the most important place... the end of the barrel. The Smith has a nice "pencil" profile after the gas block, whereas the Criterion had a backassward "gov't" profile that was heavier on the END of the barrel than in the middle! Needless to say, the Smith handles and points much better. I took the long, heavy factory flash hider off and switched it out for the DPMS factory one, and it made it even that much better. I haven't even shot this thing yet but I am already very satisfied with my purchase!

 

[dixie cat]

this one is nice yo carrie. my model 14 rem. carbine in 30 remington it was made in 1912

 

[dixie cat]

the other side.

 

[Armored farmer]

Dixie cat
You should be ashamed of the! wood on that ol Remington. Can't you find a nice piece of laminate or synthetic plastilon to upgrade that rifle with?? And maybe a rail with a light bar??

Welcome
Nice rifle

 

[morcey2]

The rifle isn't the issue. I have trouble carrying myself around in the woods all day. But I'm working on it. :banghead:

Seriously, mine is a 7x57 Mexican Mauser that has been sportered and is wearing a Ramline stock. The stock is on its way out and will probably be replaced by a Boyds in the next couple of months. It's accurate enough, but the cheap plastic stock is flimsy and is impossible to glass-bed.

Matt

 

[M1GarandDeerHunter]

Depends where and what, But mostly my M1, a 870 or an M39 marlin .22 lr

My stuff gets beat up, especially in canoe. I mix it up sometimes with other rifles, mainly military, same with shotguns.

Dixie Cat, nice ol remmy there. That rifle is classy, and traditional.

 

[up 2 snuff]

My favorite for deer hunting is a Remington 788 in .308 with a Vortex Diamondback 4x12x40. She is a tack driver, and easy to handle with the 20 inch barrel.

All this talk is getting me hot for hunting season. 6 months to go and counting.

 

[j1]

I do not carry a rifle while walking in the woods. Sometimes I carry a handgun.

 

[RCArms.com]

It's hard to grab anything other than my CZ527 in .223 for walking the property.

Light, accurate, and comfortable to shoot and carry.

 

[MedWheeler]

Busy thread, but I'll play..

It's been 25 years since I lived where there were "woods" or any other wildlands to wander 'round in. Back then, my trail rifle was a Ruger 1022, which I still own. It was stock back then, but it's "tac-ed out" now and probably wouldn't see such duty now.

Were I to find myself headed to such an opportunity now, I'd grab my just-acquired pre-68 Glenfield 75 (assuming I'd function-tested it by then; I have not done so yet.)

These are my only two repeating rifles (I also have a single-shot, falling-block action Savage/Stevens Model 89.) I don't own any centerfire rifles.

 

[Reloadron]

I haven't hunted small game like rabbits or game birds since I was a kid and would drag a 22 through the fields or a 410 shotgun. My later years were deer hunting in W. VA. and what I dragged along varied but were limited to a Ruger 77 in 7mm Rem Mag, Ruger 44 Carbine, Marlin 444, and every now and then a Remington 7400 or Remington 760 in 30-06. Up the mountains and down the mountains.

I haven't gotten out in several years but have friends who keep me stocked with venison.

Ron

 

[CaliCoastie]

Hiking around with the family? Just picked up a Savage model 42 for that. In the wood's hunting? Got a stainless tikka t3 In 7mm-08 for that. With a 357 on the hip, I've been out with just a 22lr on my hip and been really nervous. Had a pack of wolves within 50yds (I wasn't sure on the season, turned out I could have taken the, or at least one). So 357 is the minimum I take out here with me.