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I own four .30-30s, three .30-06s, two .270s and one each of a dozen or so other rifles.
Of the whole bunch, I have a .308 built by FN for Browning as a Safari on the small ring Mauser with a pencil barrel. The butt is an inch short and it was crudely floated. I bought it as a doner, then I shot it. Wow! Three at 5/8" or less @ 100, using a 4X Zeiss is the norm. This rifle works from fifty to five hundred using the cheapest Federal 150s. What more could one ask?
The above rifle's back-up is an identical .243, except it is in nice original condition and lately wears a Bushnell 4200 3-9. Stoked with 100 NPs, it is also accurate and kills deer size game really well.
These rifles are not perfect. The action will accommodate an '06 length case, but they are close enough for me. Quality production and going strong since 1963, IIRC.
Jack
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Mule deer-Kimber 84L MT 270.
Whitetail-Rem 700 ADL 270. (22" heavy barrel)
6x36LR's on both, 140 Accubonds. Identical point and shoot to 400 yards easy.
The M700 has a longer mag box and feeds super smooth, the Kimber is tighter all the way around.
Different brass so I don't get ammo mixed up. (COAL...)
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In 1988 I bought a like new 700 Mountain Rifle .270 with a Simmons scope at a yard sale for abut $300.
Soon thereafter or before (gettin older) G&A ran a Ross Seyfried piece on ideal rifles for various game. In that piece he held the relatively new MR .270 was the perfect deer rifle.
It was for me for quite awhile, but I went loony. My oldest son is taking the MR out in the morning with a bellyful of Rem Managed Recoil loads; 50 yards is a long poke in our swamp.
I'll prolly take her out for a sentimental journey before the season ends.
�When in doubt, I whip it out.� Uncle Ted
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Savage 99F in 308 Win. Enough range, enough power, and a joy to carry in the woods.
If I couldn't do the Savage, I'd say Winchester 70 Fwt in 270 WSM. Tracking without snow sucks, and having deer DRT is very attractive.
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Rem. 760 30-06. The perfect combination for me. A 308 would work just as well.
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30-06 130gr Barnes TTSX in front of 55 grs of Varget. I've used this load with success out to 300 yards on Mule deer. That exact load works to 435 yards on whitetails! It runs very nicely in a Win70 Featherweight. I don't see what I couldn't do with that, when I want. Nice to know!!! Thanks Dakota
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Any 270 win Model 70 Featherweight would be perfect. I know I can get a lighter package in a Montana but in a 270 Winchester, I want a mid weight gun simply because it does everything well. My classic 1986 Featherweight M70 XTR 270 would be all the gun I would ever need for anything in the northeast from whitetail to moose with black bears in between. I can push this gun out to 500 yards if I have to and 300 yard shots are easy.
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That was my second choice. Always my first. Second would be 280 AI.
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Tvknight, you are right on track!
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Mule deer-Kimber 84L MT 270.
Whitetail-Rem 700 ADL 270. (22" heavy barrel)
6x36LR's on both, 140 Accubonds. Identical point and shoot to 400 yards easy.
The M700 has a longer mag box and feeds super smooth, the Kimber is tighter all the way around.
Different brass so I don't get ammo mixed up. (COAL...) Dams Sam. You sure simplified that. Took the fun right out of it. Can't argue with your logic.
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Otter, other than upland birds I pretty much only hunt deer so it was an easy question....grin
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M70 Classic in .270 Winchester. Left handed of course.
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Rem. 700 in .270 Win. and done. Yep. With a 24" barrel shooting whichever 130 grain bullet the rifle and I agreed upon.
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Winchester model 70 pre 64 in 264 mag and a savage barrel band 99 in 250/3000 went with me this year
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Steel BLR model 81 308. Factory ordered with no sights and topped with a VX-2 2-7. Been hunting with it since 1987.
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left hand tikka t3 lite stainless 243 100 grain fed blue box
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06 or 280. Can't decide....
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257 Bob - Killed my first deer a mulie with one ,I was 12 then Dad drover for two days to get to Montana, no Interstates then all two lane roads! Best time of my life , been going back ever since I'm 66 now still own one ! I like to eat anything bigger or faster blows up to much meat!
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