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NULA ".284 mag," meaning it has a 28" heavy barrel giving 7 mag velocity in a little Model 20 chambered for .284 Win. It is about 7.5 lb with 3-9 Zeiss and sling. My favorite load is mild, 52 gr H4831 with 175 Hornady. Previous favorites were a Mark X Mauser/ Brown stock/ 29" Douglas barrel/ .338 Win Mag giving 2900 with the Hornady 250, and a Win 70 Featherweight in .270.

Anything in 7x57 - just because!!!

That is a stunning rifle, & I'll bet my left nut that balances like not many others.... :P

I have been playing with k95's of late. Those have to be the finest/most practical stalking rifle(with my NULA) that I have ever handled. Truly outstanding!!!
It's taking all my willpower not to replace my R8 with one

This is a nice rig! for this good question My answer is a Remington Mod 700 XCR II
30-06
Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40 Matte
with the most excellent Talley lightweight ringmounts and a Butler Creek Mtn sling, I just happen to have this very set-up at the moment and it weighs 7.72 lbs all up on a certified scale and is not bad at all to pack deep in the mountain where I like it!....................Hb

I have too many guns to have a favorite.

Quit simple. I wont a rifle that is just like the fishing informershels. It will look good to all game field mouse to moose. Smell good badger to bear. Move good shy fox to martin. Taste good weasle to lion. Suductive to rabbit and elk. And if I jump onit for 19.99 I get two! Did I say that they come with a case. It is a cratch and sniff bear in heat on top and pepper spray bottom.

I prefer Swarovski Z6i rifle scope the larger zoom range and the greater eye relief allow for more flexibility, greater precision and increased safety when hunting.You will be able to identify your target faster and more accurately even in narrow forest aisles. With the 6X magnification you will also be perfectly equipped for medium distances.

Remington 700 XCR II, 280 Remington
McMillan KS Stock
Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40 in Leupold DD rings/bases

I might send the bolt sleeve off to have the black polished off and then spiral fluted with the flutes cerakoted black.

Right now, this is the rifle I trust the most.



US Remington Model 1903
Sporterized by Bubba
Pressure bedded
22" barrel
Lyman peep and front sight

If I can see it, (within ethical hunting distance,) I can kill it.

Looks like Me and you think a lot alike Dan..............Hb

Yes, I believe the combo guns to be a very practical firearm, especially if they are as accurate as the Blaser combo guns are.

Caliber depends on what you hunt. For me, (non-dangerous big game here in Maine), it's a JC Higgins M98 30-06. It has a 4x Leupold scope, Timney trigger, 22" factory 1-10" twist barrel that shoots an honest 1.25 moa with 165-180 grain bullets, Bell and Carlson Medalist stock (sage green). I replaced the factory rear open sights (Marbles), with a new Marbles "bullseye" aperature sight (stepped ladder elevator for windage) and some unknown make sourdough flat-topped front sight.

The only thing I would like to change on it is the safety/shroud, so the safety lever is on the bolt side. I always feel that the safety may come off as it rubs against my coat. It hasn't yet, but you know about Mr. Murphy and his laws.

Rugged, simple, accurate, comfortable, and light enough ( ~ 8.5 lbs loaded).

Left handed 257 WBY magnum ultra light topped with a Leupold VX3 3.5-10.

What day, what ty[e of hunting.

Ruger #1 RS|I| 7x57 3x9 Nikon sscope for close in bush

Tikka T3 lite 30-06 SS 3x9 VXII for long walks or rain

Ruger 77 257Rob 3x9 Burris

That is this week, but nastalgia sometimes takes over and I hunt which ever rifle appeals.

a Model 70 Featherweight in 7 x 57...

or a Ruger 77 Mk 2, Stainless with Boyd's Grey Laminate Stock.. those are two I grab most often out of the gunsafe come hunting season...

There isn't one rifle that is ideal for all types of hunting. Define the game, the topography, and your hunting style. Then it isn't a difficult question to answer.


Ideal for hunting on the prairie, Remington 700 Classic with a Pac-Nor barrel in 25-06 loaded with 100 grain Ballistic Tips.




Ideal for killing critters larger than deer, Remington 700 action, McMillan Remington Hunter stock, Pac-Nor barrel in 7mm Rem Mag. loaded with 160 grain Partitions.



Ideal white tail rifle, Rem 700 in a McMillan mountain rifle stock, 270 loaded with 130 Ballistic Tips.



Ideal for small game, Ruger 10-22.




Ideal muzzle loader,Lyman Great Plains Rilfe, 50 cal percussion loaded with fffg black powder and patched round ball.

Calvin and Rancho's M7 SS 7mm RSAUM. I have the same one in a CDL walnut stock, waiting for a McMillan.

right now my main rifle is my .243 remington 700 sps.it shoots my handloads into 1/2" groups with regularity and even though i have the itch to buy another rifle lately, i can't get motivated since anything i want to do in ohio can be done with this one.

i have a 6.5x55 mauser 98 custom hiding in the safe in case i get to go after bigger game someday.

The most "ideal" rifle in my safe, a Kimber Montana in 260 Rem with Talley's and a 3-9 Ultralight. It's perfect for my part of the world.

For me in the north Georgia woods and creek bottoms-Savage 99EG .300 inherited when my grandfather passed away in 1995. I have other rifles but they rarely see the light of day anymore. Every deer season I grow to appreciate it more for its handling, accuracy, light weight and low recoil. As a side-note, about 5-6 years ago I bought a Woolrich red and black plaid cap w/earflaps that I wear in cooler weather and now my wife calls me "Elmer Fudd" when she see's me wearing it.