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Re: Your go to deer rifle? rem141r #11881210 03/07/17
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 861 NW Louisiana D DouginLa Campfire Regular
DouginLa Campfire Regular D Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 861 NW Louisiana	Originally Posted by rem141r i have a lot of deer guns but if i had to pick one all around it would be my rem 7600 factory carbine in 35 whelen. i had a match trigger job put on it and it has a bushnell elite 3200 2-7x32. it is a moa gun out to 200 yards and a one holer at 50 yards. Would you mind sharing info on the trigger job? Thanks, Doug

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Re: Your go to deer rifle? gnoahhh #11881308 03/07/17
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Whelen Nut Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,576 Stark, WI	[/quote] bhn 11-13. Basically clip-on wheelweights with a pinch of tin added as a sweetener. [/quote] Thanks. 'Tis far better to walk alone than to follow a crowd going the wrong way.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11884292 03/08/17
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efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,628 Mi.	Used to be my Czech Mauser 257 AI: Now my Kimber Classic Select Bob is gaining ground:

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11884359 03/08/17
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,468 S smithrjd Campfire Tracker
smithrjd Campfire Tracker S Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,468	Depends on the area hunted, and what type of deer. In the Northern Minnesota woods an old 98K Mauser BCD code from '44. Still has its original 8mm barrel and I installed Redfield peeps. It was the freezer rifle for many years. Now a toss up between a Sauer 101 in 7X64 or a CZ550FS in 6.5X55.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11884367 03/08/17
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5spd Campfire Regular 5 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 871 WY	My Savage I built in 6x6.8 caliber. Did I make you cry......boooo hooo, life goes on.

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Re: Your go to deer rifle? efw #11884369 03/08/17
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Hunterapp Campfire Regular H Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,557 NE South Dakota	Seen a lot of great choices here. My favorite is a little different. the CZ 527 24" barrel chambered in 6.5 Grendel with a 100 grain TTSX has only been my favorite for the last 2 years now. Have been a few others over the previous 35 years or some Bigger and a few smaller bore yet none lighter or less on recoil. love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control & Proverbs 21:19

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11884433 03/08/17
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PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,509 Metairie, LA	For the southeast US where I am, the Ruger Ultralight 257 Roberts wins hands down. Damn I love that gun.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11884448 03/08/17
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texas_hawg Campfire Regular T Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 1,528 Texas	For last 20ish years a Ruger 77 in 25-06 with a stainless barrel in a boat paddle stock. Great gun that's killed it's fair share of deer. Bought Savage 10 in 6.5 creedmore over Xmas. Depending on what it can do, it may be my next go to deer rifle for the next 20ish years. Good is not good when better is expected. ~ Thomas Fuller

Re: Your go to deer rifle? Whelen Nut #11884669 03/08/17
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Oskerspap12 Campfire Member O Joined: May 2013 Posts: 117 Monrovia,Md	Now that is a sweet carbine...............thinking of the same thing for a long while now..............nice buck friend

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11884778 03/08/17
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DakotaDeer Campfire Ranger D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 22,884	A "go to?" Golly, it could be any number of rifles, but they have some things in common: bolt action either Win70Fwt, Rem7, or Ruger77 synthetic stock 243 or 30-06 In the end, my old Win70 Featherweight 30-06 in a factory Brown stock has put more on the ground than anything else.

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Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11885338 03/08/17
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rondrews Campfire Regular R Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 709 Northwest Wisconsin	I won a Rem. 700 BDL in a .243 a few years back. I shot a deer with it at 111 yards and with a fairly decent shot placement. It ran about 50-60 yards and I had to dispatch it. I had always used a 30-06 with better luck, so I traded it for a Tikka .270. That was the end of my Deer Hunting that wasn't DRT. Of course we all know that shot placement is the most important factor, but as for me, I'm going to stick with a bullet that is around 150-185 grains for good sized deer. Better to be over the hill than under it.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? Ruger77Shooter #11887085 03/09/17
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ScottyO Campfire Member S Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 354 N Central Wa.State.	Klondike Mike. That's beautiful n classic...Hope u like it...ScottyO. Last edited by ScottyO; 03/09/17.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? rondrews #11887477 03/09/17
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rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska	Originally Posted by rondrews I won a Rem. 700 BDL in a .243 a few years back. I shot a deer with it at 111 yards and with a fairly decent shot placement. It ran about 50-60 yards and I had to dispatch it. I had always used a 30-06 with better luck, so I traded it for a Tikka .270. That was the end of my Deer Hunting that wasn't DRT. Of course we all know that shot placement is the most important factor, but as for me, I'm going to stick with a bullet that is around 150-185 grains for good sized deer. That had nothing to do with the 243. At least IMHO. maybe shot placement or bullet choice, but not due to round itself. I used 243 since a kid. Moved up to a 300 mag. My ratio of non bone DRTs dropped seriously. We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Your go to deer rifle? rost495 #11887816 03/10/17
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mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,820	The non bone DRT champ at my camp is probably my friend's 257 Weatherby with 100 grain Interlocks, either factory or my handloads. Added: Now that I think of it, the same friend has used a 243 with 95 grain SST handloads on a few and I don't recall any taking more than a step or two. Last edited by mathman; 03/10/17.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11889962 03/10/17
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wildone Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,391 No place special	Mine is a Bansners ultimate one in 7-08 loaded with 120 or 140 ttsx over varget. I Kill Things......deal with it..

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11890010 03/10/17
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,553 People's Republic of New Jerse... J Jerseyboy Campfire Regular
Jerseyboy Campfire Regular J Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,553 People's Republic of New Jerse...	I am here in the Northeast, where most shots are under 200 yards. My go-to rifle is my Remington Model 7 in 7mm-08. It's an old one with 18-1/2" barrel. I replaced the oribinal walnut stock with a Remington laminate stock I bought on a closeout. It weighs 7 lbs. with a Leupold 4x Compact scope on top. Handy, light, and accurate. NRA Endowment Life Member, G.O.A supporter

Re: Your go to deer rifle? Jerseyboy #11891377 03/11/17
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brucebruce Campfire Member B Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 364 Ticonderoga NY	Originally Posted by Jerseyboy I am here in the Northeast, where most shots are under 200 yards. My go-to rifle is my Remington Model 7 in 7mm-08. It's an old one with 18-1/2" barrel. I replaced the oribinal walnut stock with a Remington laminate stock I bought on a closeout. It weighs 7 lbs. with a Leupold 4x Compact scope on top. Handy, light, and accurate. I have the same rifle except old walnut stock and an 2=7 nikon best rifle I've ever owned.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11891611 03/11/17
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tnlamb1 New Member T Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 1	I've always had good luck with a Rem 700 BDL, 243 win. 100 gr. GameKing.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11891842 03/11/17
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Mohawk Campfire Regular M Joined: May 2005 Posts: 766 Texas	If I can only have one this was my only rifle for 20 plus years before accumulating many. .270 Win with 130 grain Hornady. 2.5-8 Leupold. It was well used when I got it over 30 years ago and has accounted for ALLOT of animals.

Re: Your go to deer rifle? captdavid #11892013 03/11/17
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7mmCoug New Member 7 Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 2	Right now my go-to would be my weatherby Vanguard 7mm Rem Mag but I hope my new Tikka 3x .260 become my new go-to

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