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Sako has NEVER been a bad choice IME, miss the ones I sold
One of these days I will have to find out what I have been missing or not in the Kimbers...really wish the contours were standard sporter...
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I'd likely use the Tikka on myself, were it the only choice in a hunting rifle.........
Tikka lovers would thank you for your sacrifice.
Because the only thing a Tikka lover loves more than a cheap rifle is a free rifle!
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Does this count as "one"?
I am a conservative with a lowercase "c".
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No, but I bet it would be a lot of fun on a rabbit warren.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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I have the Remington 722 rebarreled to 308 by the original owner that I bought for my late wife to hunt with in Africa. Original birch stock with a Pachmayr pad and a 4X Leupold scope. I'm 12 for 13 attempts with this rifle, which my son has now claimed for his own. Years back Mule Deer wrote and article about, I recall, "honest rifles." This is the most honest one of the ten or fifteen I currently own and the hundred or so that have passed through my hands over the years.
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My old HVA lightweight in 306 w/2.5 weaver (2 spares)-Muddy
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One Rifle One Scope for a Last Do All Hunting Shooter, at my age of almost 70, knowledge and interest levels...really hard to pick just one when you've had lots to chose from in the harem all your life. Off the shelf and no thought for expense ...SAKO/Tikka or M70 SA, flip a coin on 6.5x55-260 or 7-08, VorTex Viper 2.5x10 HS, only do a matching pair in wood/blue & SS/syn. 120-140gr'ers @ 28-2900fps will cover my world for what time I have left. Ron
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If I were to only have one rifle, I would pick one of these at random; mount a Leupold 6x36, 6x42 or 4x or in the case of the third from bottom, leave the Lyman sight; go hunting. Chamberings include .270, .270 Weatherby, 7mm-08, .308, .30-06, .300 and .338.
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Remington M700LSS in 280 rem and a Nightforce NXS 3.5-15x50 Zero Stop NPR1 scope.
The older I become the more I am convinced that the voice of honor in a man's heart is the voice of GOD.
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I've already got it. kimber Montana 300wsm tallys with swaro z3
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Action: Defiance or Stiller Barrel: Bartlein or Brux stainless 22" barrel (Remington sporter contour) Cartridge: 308 Winchester or 30-06 Stock: McMillan "Classic" swirly (25% black, 25% tan, 25%, light grey, 25% White) Scope: Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14x44 Bullet: Nosler 150 Partition Powder: 308 (Varget), 30-06 (H-4350)
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I'd stick with my old 338 Win Mag. It is doing really well for me.
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I think those dogs are contemplating peeing on the rifle...
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Remington Sendero in .300 WM with a Kahles 3 x 12 x 56 and a custom load.
Once I accepted the weight as just the "cost of doing business", I never looked back.
Other toys? Sure what man doesn't have other toys... Just got this one in .300 WM. 1999 unfired... oh boy!!!
Or this 9.3 x 62 Mauser
project...
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...mington_721_conversion_to_9.#Post9640188 Or ???
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If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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I'd be very happy with a Ruger Hawkeye African 375 and a VX3 2.5-8 Loopy. 30-06 180gr trajectory and a 270gr hammer works fine for anything I care to shoot at any distance I care to shoot.
I also like to have iron sights as an option.
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Kimber Montana 308 Win, 6x36LR in Talleys. And it is, in fact, my only rifle currently (though I have an M70 308 EW in the works to make a pair).
The 308 is my favorite round, and will be what I use for the rest of my hunting life:
I haven't changed my mind.
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I'd stick with my old 338 Win Mag. It is doing really well for me.
Very fine choice. I like my 338 as well and it's good enough for anything that walks NA:
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.
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06 half stock SB glass.
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For big game, my old m.700 in .300 Win. been #1 for 45 years or so.
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My 1st high powered centerfire:
Mauser 1996 American
30-06 Spr
Montana Sling
TLWs
Leupy VX3 2.5-8x or FXII 6x 36mm w/ dots
I'm working on those last two this winter/spring. It's currently got standard low rings & a FFII 3-9x 40mm w/ BP.
Loaded w/ 168 NBTs & Hunter it shoots better than I can, though I can pop a water-filled milk jug on the first shot from a cold barrel out to 400.
Spend as I may on new customs this one is still the measure against which all my big game rifles are measured. I paid $359 for it brand new in '00.
I haven't changed my mind since the question was posed, though I did end up with a VX1 3-9x 40mm w/ LRD.
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