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what is the best hunting rifle. #11094195 04/03/16 Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 17 iowa G gopddt55 OP New Member OP gopddt55 New Member G Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 17 iowa i have a Romanian PSL sniper rifle i used for hunting, its all original import rifle and come with scope, night vision and everything. its 100% the best to me, nothing gets away once i am on it. but thats just my opinion. what ya thing???

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11094215 04/03/16 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge If that's what you think fella, then rock on. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11094451 04/03/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky What was the last thing you successfully hunted with it? "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. ingwe #11094466 04/03/16 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,096 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,096 Texas What is the best hunting rifle? Quien Sabe, I do know that at present I am at least one rifle away from being satisfied. Best, GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11094506 04/03/16 Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,414 St. Gabriel, Louisiana E Elkhunter49 Campfire Regular Elkhunter49 Campfire Regular E Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,414 St. Gabriel, Louisiana Whatever I've got with me that day!!! A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand but touches your heart !!!

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11094520 04/03/16 Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 6,142 Down South C Cruiser1 Campfire Tracker Cruiser1 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 6,142 Down South Probably a Remsakochester

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Cruiser1 #11094550 04/03/16 Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert Originally Posted by Cruiser1 Probably a Remsakochester Yeah, but those are reaaaaalllllly expensive! Seen 'em go for up to $200 on Gunbroker. Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11094556 04/03/16 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 942 North Carolina CWT Campfire Regular CWT Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 942 North Carolina That is a good question. When my daughter was 9 years old I started her with a 375 H&H but as she got older we progressed to a M107. So I think the M107 is the best. Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be a convenience store; not a government agency.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. CWT #11095620 04/04/16 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,997 Cave Creek, AZ Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Blacktailer Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,997 Cave Creek, AZ Like Geedubya said, the next one. I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11095803 04/04/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Still waiting to hear what you have successfully hunted with your Sniper Rifle in New Jersey..... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. ingwe #11095830 04/04/16 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas 1911a1 Campfire Tracker 1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 N.E. Texas Originally Posted by ingwe Still waiting to hear what you have successfully hunted with your Sniper Rifle in New Jersey..... I don't know about him but I could tell you what I would "like" to hunt in New Jersey with a sniper rifle. Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11096015 04/04/16 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... 1Nut Campfire Regular 1Nut Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... I've been monkeying around with this one. Not as fancy as your PSL-54C, but it gets the job done. Nut Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11096038 04/04/16 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4,147 Arid-zona Grid: DM43ck Owl Campfire Tracker Owl Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4,147 Arid-zona Grid: DM43ck I've probably killed more things with my .177 Crossman 760 pumpmaster I bought in 1976 than you've killed with you're PSL-54C. But I've had 40 years to do it... James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11096087 04/04/16 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 441 Chugiak, AK P Pointbock Campfire Member Pointbock Campfire Member P Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 441 Chugiak, AK Cow barrel? Support your local brewer.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Cruiser1 #11096094 04/04/16 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,929 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,929 Southern New Mexico Originally Posted by Cruiser1 Probably a Remsakochester Chambered for the B-29. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11096230 04/04/16 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14,807 Savage_99 Campfire Outfitter Savage_99 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 14,807 From Gun Broker: Buy now for $3,749.00 8mm

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11096619 04/04/16 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,332 The Buckeye State M micky Campfire Regular micky Campfire Regular M Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,332 The Buckeye State The PSL is not a sniper rifle. It is classified as a designated marksmans rifle. It was designed as longer range group support when the 7.62x39 runs range, the PSL can be used to hold enemy troops down while the other team members maneuver. The above rifle is Yugoslavian and an 8mm Mauser. Similar but not a PSL. The PSL is literally an AK47 beefed up and lengthened to fire the 7.62x54r. The accuracy is similar too. “Lighten up Francis”

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. 1Nut #11096748 04/04/16 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 5,796 Queensland Australia M mauserand9mm Campfire Tracker mauserand9mm Campfire Tracker M Joined: May 2011 Posts: 5,796 Queensland Australia Originally Posted by 1Nut I've been monkeying around with this one. Not as fancy as your PSL-54C, but it gets the job done. You have your eye too close to the scope, and you need to wear pants at least Originally Posted by mauserand9mm Originally Posted by mauserand9mm Originally Posted by Raspy Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk. That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied. Well?

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11096910 04/04/16 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level There is no universal 'best'. Use whatever you like and can shoot well that can do the job at the ranges you are willing to shoot. Half the fun for me is trying out new rifles - not because the previous ones were not up to snuff but because I can. This year my new Savage .243 will probably go antelope hunting. It is "perfect" because it is unblooded in my hands and is awesome accurate. But I consider the .243 less than ideal for elk and will be taking something else for that. Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11098242 04/05/16 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,133 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,133 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... Originally Posted by gopddt55 i have a Romanian PSL sniper rifle i used for hunting, its all original import rifle and come with scope, night vision and everything. its 100% the best to me, nothing gets away once i am on it. but thats just my opinion. what ya thing??? I thing you trolling. thas what me thing. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11098337 04/05/16 Joined: May 2014 Posts: 1,122 S Shodd Campfire Regular Shodd Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2014 Posts: 1,122 Originally Posted by gopddt55 i have a Romanian PSL sniper rifle i used for hunting, its all original import rifle and come with scope, night vision and everything. its 100% the best to me, nothing gets away once i am on it. but thats just my opinion. what ya thing??? The problem with the Romanian Sniper rifle is though nothing gets away once a fella is on it, is that it takes sometimes years to get onto anything. Mostly because Sniper rifles have to track so slowly for fear of return fire. Shod The 6.5 Swede, Before Gay Was Ok

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. ingwe #11098698 04/05/16 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,220 Florida...regrettably D DELGUE Campfire Tracker DELGUE Campfire Tracker D Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,220 Florida...regrettably Originally Posted by ingwe Still waiting to hear what you have successfully hunted with your Sniper Rifle in New Jersey..... That was a good and relevant question, and so far all we hear is crickets and deafening silence. Not to worry, though, he's prolly off huntin'...for some kind of an answer to your question. Or...maybe he just got tired of trolling and left. Last edited by DELGUE; 04/05/16. Exquisitely turdlike in all of his many manifestations!! Resist much - obey little. Hayduke lives! "30-06 guys don't worry about schit 'cause 30-06 guys don't worry....." 16bore ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11098791 04/05/16 Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA I don't know but when you figure out what the perfect hunting rifle is please tell me.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11098856 04/05/16 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,461 az R roninflag Campfire Regular roninflag Campfire Regular R Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,461 az at my age i use some rifles that are prettier than the PSL.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11099195 04/05/16 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 374 NW Washington C CMH Campfire Member CMH Campfire Member C Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 374 NW Washington The next one, always the next one.....

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11099198 04/05/16 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 545 Grants Pass, Oregon elkhunter130 Campfire Regular elkhunter130 Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 545 Grants Pass, Oregon A Bow ??? "A .358 Norma Mag is not for everyone but then again Bear hunting isn't either." Unknown Bear guide on the Kodiak coast

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. elkhunter130 #11099262 04/05/16 Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 People blow thousands of dollars every year jumping from rifle to rifle,and cartridge to cartridge, trying to find it. Most of the moves are horizontal, the newest addition showing no vast improvement over what they got rid of. The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11099273 04/05/16 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,756 SW Virginia V VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter VaHillbilly Campfire Outfitter V Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,756 SW Virginia Very true Bob, I am guilty of buying a bunch of rifles with one not really being any better than the next one but for the last several years I have stuck with the same .300 Win cartridge, it just makes My loading bench much more simple and uncluttered.....It has been great fun...........Hb

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11099621 04/05/16 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC Odessa Campfire Tracker Odessa Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC Best hunting rifle - got to be the 303 BRIT SMLE - doesn't everybody hunt with one?? One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Archibald Rutledge

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Odessa #11099819 04/05/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by Odessa Best hunting rifle - got to be the 303 BRIT SMLE - doesn't everybody hunt with one?? I beg your pardon...... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. mauserand9mm #11099860 04/05/16 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge Originally Posted by mauserand9mm Originally Posted by 1Nut I've been monkeying around with this one. Not as fancy as your PSL-54C, but it gets the job done. You have your eye too close to the scope, and you need to wear pants at least ...and get a haircut! What fresh Hell is this?

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Pappy348 #11100138 04/06/16 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... 1Nut Campfire Regular 1Nut Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... Pants AND a haircut? I just can't do both. I'll just get a haircut, and ask Ingwe for some leopard-print thongs. I hear he has a whole drawer full. Nut Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. ingwe #11100146 04/06/16 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... 1Nut Campfire Regular 1Nut Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by Odessa Best hunting rifle - got to be the 303 BRIT SMLE - doesn't everybody hunt with one?? I beg your pardon...... Nice Connochaetes gnou. Nut Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11100174 04/06/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... Just FYI: The OP looks to be a scam artist. Look at his post history and the Nightforce classified thread. Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11100199 04/06/16 Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA The Winchester model 88 in .284 was the best hunting rifle ever. Unfortunately no one got the memo so few were sold. Hunting's best kept secret!

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. kingston #11100200 04/06/16 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... 1Nut Campfire Regular 1Nut Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,601 A little further North... Originally Posted by kingston Just FYI: The OP looks to be a scam artist. Look at his post history and the Nightforce classified thread. Yep. He even comes off as such, which is why it seems few are taking him seriously... Nut Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. ingwe #11100412 04/06/16 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC Odessa Campfire Tracker Odessa Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by Odessa Best hunting rifle - got to be the 303 BRIT SMLE - doesn't everybody hunt with one?? I beg your pardon...... Ingwe, That BRIT of yours would certainly work (and obviously did)! By the way, how did you and old Karamojo Bell get along when you hunted together?? One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Archibald Rutledge

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Odessa #11100466 04/06/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky He was a quick learner..... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11100534 04/06/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... That 303 is sweet. Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11100826 04/06/16 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,913 Texas kenjs1 Campfire Outfitter kenjs1 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,913 Texas An etronix. No - a MAGNUM etronix. When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Coyote_Hunter #11100962 04/06/16 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,796 Alberta 378Canuck Campfire Tracker 378Canuck Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,796 Alberta Originally Posted by Coyote_Hunter There is no universal 'best'. Use whatever you like and can shoot well that can do the job at the ranges you are willing to shoot. Half the fun for me is trying out new rifles - not because the previous ones were not up to snuff but because I can. This year my new Savage .243 will probably go antelope hunting. It is "perfect" because it is unblooded in my hands and is awesome accurate. But I consider the .243 less than ideal for elk and will be taking something else for that. I'm with you, you need at least 12 rifles to cover the full spectrum of game, hunting in brush, hunting in open fields, hunting in humid areas and so on. LOL It is better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. 1Nut #11101389 04/06/16 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge Originally Posted by 1Nut Originally Posted by kingston Just FYI: The OP looks to be a scam artist. Look at his post history and the Nightforce classified thread. Yep. He even comes off as such, which is why it seems few are taking him seriously... Actually, I didn't take him seriously because of his ridiculous assertions. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. kenjs1 #11101400 04/06/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... Originally Posted by kenjs1 An etronix. No - a MAGNUM etronix. Yea, how come no Etronix forum? Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11101401 04/06/16 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,963 Wisconsin C CowboyTim Campfire Tracker CowboyTim Campfire Tracker C Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,963 Wisconsin You're all wrong...the answer is OBVIOUSLY Ruger 10/22. Why I bet I've put more meat on the table with mine than the OP has with his sniper rifle. Gotta make it the best...right? Mauser Rescue Society Founder, President, and Chairman I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s. jdi do píči

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. CowboyTim #11101412 04/06/16 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,815 Montana Backroads Campfire Regular Backroads Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,815 Montana The best hunting rifle is probably the one you sold a couple years back. You know the one, most likely a .270 or .30-06 that killed everything you pointed it at. It shot cor-lokts inside of an inch and your first handloads quite a bit better. Then you realized you needed something bigger/faster, or more snipery. Then I sold it. Oops, I mean you sold it.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11101549 04/06/16 Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 48 N. Virginia ransome_henshaw Campfire Greenhorn ransome_henshaw Campfire Greenhorn Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 48 N. Virginia The Remchester 7000 I Hunt and I Fish, If I Need to Get Away. If You're Finding Fault With Me, Moaning More Than I Can Stand, I'll Tell You What...For a Little While I'll Go See the Outdoor Plan. -Hank III

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11102050 04/06/16 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Not this Mossberg abomination: Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Backroads #11102056 04/06/16 Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA Originally Posted by Backroads The best hunting rifle is probably the one you sold a couple years back. You know the one, most likely a .270 or .30-06 that killed everything you pointed it at. It shot cor-lokts inside of an inch and your first handloads quite a bit better. Then you realized you needed something bigger/faster, or more snipery. Then I sold it. Oops, I mean you sold it. I think you nailed it!

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. CowboyTim #11102142 04/06/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by CowboyTim You're all wrong...the answer is OBVIOUSLY Ruger 10/22. Why I bet I've put more meat on the table with mine than the OP has with his sniper rifle. Gotta make it the best...right? I've put more meat on the table with my fingernail clippers than the OP has with his sniper rifle..... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11103632 04/07/16 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,220 Florida...regrettably D DELGUE Campfire Tracker DELGUE Campfire Tracker D Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,220 Florida...regrettably Perhaps he can regale us with his experiences hunting elk and caribou in New Jersey... Exquisitely turdlike in all of his many manifestations!! Resist much - obey little. Hayduke lives! "30-06 guys don't worry about schit 'cause 30-06 guys don't worry....." 16bore ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. moosemike #11104122 04/07/16 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,163 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,163 Northern California Originally Posted by moosemike The Winchester model 88 in .284 was the best hunting rifle ever. Unfortunately no one got the memo so few were sold. Hunting's best kept secret! That was before Al Gore invented the 'Internet". Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11105926 04/08/16 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,187 Slavek Campfire Tracker Slavek Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,187 Browning BAR self-loading rifle. It is available in variety of calibers including powerful ones like 9,3x62 and .338WinMag suitable large game hunting. For me ideal caliber would be .358 Winchester though that one was probably never available.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11105953 04/08/16 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,929 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,929 Southern New Mexico This one. Then you can have mashed potatoes with the meat from the critter you killed. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Hammerdown #11106428 04/08/16 Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA moosemike Campfire Outfitter moosemike Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 13,912 PA Originally Posted by Hammerdown Originally Posted by moosemike The Winchester model 88 in .284 was the best hunting rifle ever. Unfortunately no one got the memo so few were sold. Hunting's best kept secret! That was before Al Gore invented the 'Internet".

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. moosemike #11109317 04/10/16 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,256 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,256 Oregon Originally Posted by moosemike The Winchester model 88 Savage model 99 in .284 was the best hunting rifle ever. Followed closely by the 99F in .358. Savages two best for long and short work. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11109384 04/10/16 Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 291 D driftless Campfire Member driftless Campfire Member D Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 291 ingwe, would like to hear the story on that Enfield. Looks super nice, always thought the Enfield with A well designed stock would make A nice open sight rifle. Feel like I seen it before, did it make one of JB articles.

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. kingston #11112254 04/11/16 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,913 Texas kenjs1 Campfire Outfitter kenjs1 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,913 Texas Originally Posted by kingston Originally Posted by kenjs1 An etronix. No - a MAGNUM etronix. Yea, how come no Etronix forum? Hook, line and sinker ! When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. driftless #11114050 04/12/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by driftless ingwe, would like to hear the story on that Enfield. Looks super nice, always thought the Enfield with A well designed stock would make A nice open sight rifle. Feel like I seen it before, did it make one of JB articles. Yeah...me and it were in the chapter on the .303 in JBs book " The Big Book of Gun Gack" "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. driftless #11114998 04/12/16 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,187 Slavek Campfire Tracker Slavek Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,187 Originally Posted by driftless ingwe, would like to hear the story on that Enfield. Looks super nice, always thought the Enfield with A well designed stock would make A nice open sight rifle. Feel like I seen it before, did it make one of JB articles. You don't want that English clunker. The only good thing about them was higher capacity magazine which is considered unsporting for game hunting. Here is nice rifle if you don't mind iron sight only setup. If chambered for 8x57JS (NOT 8x57J) you're good to go. Good gun for American farmer.....

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. ingwe #11115117 04/12/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... kingston Campfire 'Bwana kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou... Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by CowboyTim You're all wrong...the answer is OBVIOUSLY Ruger 10/22. Why I bet I've put more meat on the table with mine than the OP has with his sniper rifle. Gotta make it the best...right? I've put more meat on the table with my fingernail clippers than the OP has with his sniper rifle..... I much prefer toenails. Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11116253 04/13/16 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,844 Big Sky Country TheBigSky Campfire Outfitter TheBigSky Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,844 Big Sky Country Even before I clicked on it I knew from the title of the thread I should have never opened it. Like a moth to a flame I guess. Next time OP try, "what is your favorite hunting rifle?". _________________________________________________________________________ “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. Slavek #11116398 04/13/16 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,713 West of the Blue Ridge Originally Posted by Slavek Originally Posted by driftless ingwe, would like to hear the story on that Enfield. Looks super nice, always thought the Enfield with A well designed stock would make A nice open sight rifle. Feel like I seen it before, did it make one of JB articles. You don't want that English clunker. The only good thing about them was higher capacity magazine which is considered unsporting for game hunting. Here is nice rifle if you don't mind iron sight only setup. If chambered for 8x57JS (NOT 8x57J) you're good to go. Good gun for American farmer..... Was gonna say some kind of 98 in .30/06, but yours is close enough. M70 right behind, in any standard chambering. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: what is the best hunting rifle. gopddt55 #11116761 04/13/16 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,187 Slavek Campfire Tracker Slavek Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,187 Getting back to the original question>>>> Gun for American land barron..... Checkered metal butt would be preferable to leather covered pad, but for one of about 500 as they say "beggars can't be choosers".