Jason_W
Member
During the last few years I've hunted deer mostly with a shotgun loaded up with slugs. This is fine for hunting the thick stuff where if you can even see 50 yards you're doing well. Next season, however, I may take a break from soaking myself in cedar swamps and park myself in a tree stand overlooking a "clear" cut or power line where shots could be over 100 yards.
I'm thinking that my next rifle purchase (whenever I can pull that off) should be something capable of longer range shots (maybe 250 yards) without having to employ too much Arkansas elevation.
The reason I'm looking at a medium bore instead of one of the smaller bore flat shooters is that I'm thinking positively about the future. I want something that will be a decent powerline gun for whitetail, but will also be more than enough for hunting large game in such exotic locations as Alaska and Africa if I ever happen to get such an opportunity.
The rounds I'm interested in at present are
.338 Win mag (the price is right for Savages chambered in this rifle)
9.3x62mm (the CZ 550 is gorgeous and Privi Partizan sells ammo for relatively cheap)
.375 h&H (because hell yeah, that's why)
I handload and recoil isn't much of an issue ever since I started firing 3" 12 ga slugs from the bench.
I'm thinking that my next rifle purchase (whenever I can pull that off) should be something capable of longer range shots (maybe 250 yards) without having to employ too much Arkansas elevation.
The reason I'm looking at a medium bore instead of one of the smaller bore flat shooters is that I'm thinking positively about the future. I want something that will be a decent powerline gun for whitetail, but will also be more than enough for hunting large game in such exotic locations as Alaska and Africa if I ever happen to get such an opportunity.
The rounds I'm interested in at present are
.338 Win mag (the price is right for Savages chambered in this rifle)
9.3x62mm (the CZ 550 is gorgeous and Privi Partizan sells ammo for relatively cheap)
.375 h&H (because hell yeah, that's why)
I handload and recoil isn't much of an issue ever since I started firing 3" 12 ga slugs from the bench.