Let's see 'em!


A pic(or two) of your favorite hunting rifle from the last few years.

Feel free to post up specs.


No chit talking either....grin

So far I've killed deer in 4 states with this rifle. Mickey Coleman build it for himself and I drove up and bought it from him sometime in 2005.


Howa action, 250AI


Deer hunting with shortactionsmoker in Ky.

Nice rifle. Cool cartridge. Nice buck!

7mm-08 NULA.....Nosler 120gr BT. A rainy day, late season trophy.

My go to for the last 5 years or so

Model 70 fwt 30-06, 165gr Accubonds

Great start to the thread.

Sammo,

Don't tell Stick but here's what I've been using for deer and elk the past three years...(I know...I know..they're a goatfück-being fücked by another goat-while a Texan watches!).

Not to mention, I've been lobbing boolits with the B.C. of Hillary in a muumuu...

Seriously, I've been in the thick stuff recently and the short length and light weight are a bonus. Don't need tack drivers for one shot!

9.3 Mouser with Hornady 286 gr at ~2400 fps



757 Mouse with (gasp!) 175 gr RN (the horror...the horror)




77/44 with 300 gr WFN





P.S. I did get an antelope last year with the Tikka in .223.

Mickey Coleman built 6 BR

Model 7 action. Factory Laminated stock

1/10 twist #4 Douglas barrel. Weaver 2-10 scope.
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Custom .30/06 on Tikka T3 action. #6 barrel




Dad with two victims of a SIG SHR 970 .270:

I love that rifle. I wish I had one just like it.!!

This one is a first model Newton in 30 Newton. I've killed several elk with it and like it more and more.



This on is chambered in 256 Newton be is one of my favorite rifles to shoot.

Nula 7mm-08: Lucky rifle. Too many favorites to pick just one, but if I had to go out and shoot something this would be the one that would go along.

One of my favorites:



.270 on a commercial Mauser action with a Krieger barrel and Larry Caudill stock. I actually gave this one to my son-in-law in December--he wants to start hunting deer with his brother up in Nebraska. I'll miss it, but it went to a good home...

Sam - I'm not sure I have A favorite rifle. I have a few that like/hunt a lot.

Remington Model 6 270 Win. I have another just like it in 06.



Win 70 FTWT, 6.5X55



Tikka T 3 Lite 270 Win



Win 70 Winlite 300 WM




I have a Custom 98 Mauser, 284 Win. I'm not finished scoping it and don't have a pic yet.

Please don't make me pick ONE. Just for deer it'd probably be Tikka 270 (???)


Jerry

Oh fu ck. I guess:

375 H&H. If you look real close you'll see an elephant in the background.....


338 win mag:


30-06:


270 win:


My favorite hunting rifle is the pre 64 model 70....

a few loved tools: all pre 64 M70s of some sort.....





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sorry...you asked

My favorite. 84M in 338F with a Leupold VX-2 3-9 w/CDS. Been shooting a variety of bullets, here it's 160 TTSX at 3050+.

Pair of 375s

R700 MR 708 in a McM MR Edge NBT 120gr.

257 WBY ULA

Not seeing any big a$$ tactical scopes showing up. Hmmmm...

Kimber 7-08 and 120 TTSX took this blacktail buck. Now using a 3-9x SWFA and 162 AMAX.

The last few years its been these two Sammo....both .223AIs

This is my Kimber Montana in 308. I have always liked a 308 Winchester and this one has become the centerfire rifle I grab most often. The stock has been built up in several areas to make it feel fuller and then painted. The barrel has been cut back to 20 inches. It is a very consistent shooter and a keeper.


This is my Husqvarna 30/06. I think everybody needs at least one 30/06. This one has the look, feel and accuracy I want at a price that was just ridiculous.


This one is a Remington Mod 7 custom in 338Fed. Just because….I like it and don't care If the 338 Fed is a commercial flop. It does exactly what I want from it and is one handy little thumper.

Rem 7600 High Brass bought me after he got my 760.


Rem 660 350 mag with a Leupold FX-II


Rem 760 30-06 with a Vari-X III 2.5x8 post & duplex reticle
I bought it the year High Brass was born. He loved this rifle!


Savage 99 300 Savage VX-II 1x4 with a Premier Reticles #4


M70 classic FW 30-06 I bought from Brad. I had Redneck put this recoil pad on it. The pic shows a 6x42 but now has a 6x36 with a post & duplex reticle mounted in a low DNZ mount.

Model Seven 7 SAUM with 160 grain Partitions.

I call this my bigstick special montucky super chicken buck killer.
It can kill booner bucks and bears at 2000 yds using the windshield. woohoo
Now if Ingwe would just donate a stock sticker I would be Uber!

Jolly Roger and Texas Flags are taken........








What would you like?

I like petting zoo's, so I think the Texas sticker would make me Uber!
Thanks Ingwe

Your traditional lever gun is pretty Uber as it is....

Been pretty much a one gun guy for a while. Remington 700 KS in 300 Weatherby, action slabbed, Answer muzzle break, bolt fluted and skeletonized by Karl, Tubbs firing pin, Timney trigger, Swarovski Z-5 in Talleys.

lucille rem 700 6.5x55 wearing a couple different dresses

Really liking this matched pair of custom Pre-64s the last couple of years

240 Weatherby


220 Wilson Arrow

My Faux TI .223 Rem 700 1 in 12" Shoots 50 Vmax and 50 TSX to the same hole. TI take off stock painted by me. Have made some unreal shots with this Jewell its not for sale. Pig and coyote killer...



My deer killer 7mm Rem Mag Beretta Mato. Its heavy and cumbersome but It seems to be a big buck attractant as I have killed all my good bucks with it. Even missed one this year with it.



And it shoots 140 TSX's into 3 shots groups like this consistently.



And 5 shots groups like this. Consistently



There is a 6.5-06 in the works hoping it joins the favorites club this fall.

My current favorite is this Lilja barreled 6.5X284 built by Dan Coffin. It took 3 antelope, a mule deer buck and this elk plus a few coyotes this last year in Wyoming all via 140 AMAX.




I'm also fond of this 20 gauge shotgun (Yes, I realize it is not a rifle) but it has killed every species of upland game (except snowcock, and that ship will sail soon) and all but the most obscure species of waterfowl in the intermountain west.

Oh yea nice pics and Rifles fellas

Of late my 270 Montana. Can't see me using much else unless I am chasing the big bears or buffalo. That said, this summer I will haul my 20 year old Rem 700 LaBounty rebored 338-06 up to Idaho for good. A fair bit of critters have dropped to that rifle, a handful of elk, a grizz and a black, a nilgai, hogs, a couple of mule deer. Need something more there than an AR and an old Ruger 44 Carbine there.

Kimber 84M, Rebarreled w/ 8" twist Hart chambered in 7mm-08AI finished at 23", wearing a 3-9x42SWFA SS. This buck fell to a 150 Scenar L:





David

7SAUM.


3hunnert WSM

This .260 has gotten some use the past five years...

.308

HB that Tikka is SWEET!!!! I'm a huge Tikka fan...ScottyO.

Thanks for all the great pics!

Kinda neat to see what everyone is using(and hunting)...

You're right Sam, I was just thinking the same thing. Nice rifles, some interesting choices. Loved the lever-action with no scope!

For the past 12 years or so, most of my hunting has been with the .25-06 Rem 700 CDL, 6x Leupold:



Mostly mule deer, a couple of Wyoming pronghorn.



Regards, Guy

Both of my favorite hunting rifles are pre'64 Winchester M/70's, a recently acquired Featherweight whose previous owner converted to .257 Roberts adding a Douglass barrel with featherweight profile. Second is my .35 Whelen Super Grade with Griffin & Howe mount equipped with a Lyman All American 4x Perma-center with 2 minute LEE dot.

Thanks. I got lucky on that rifle. I found it languishing on the used rack in a local gun shop and I was able to liberate it and give it a good home.

Here is a poor picture ( the camera was dying at the time) of my favorite rifle when there is killing to be done.

A Mickey Coleman built 700 .280 AI in a early 80's vintage ADL stock.

It has a #3 1/9 Shilen barrel and is silly accurate with both the 120 grain NBT and 162 AMAX:



here is a victim of the .280 AI 120 NBT combo. A small forkhorn buck I killed a couple years back while still hunting up a ridge:




A Tikka T3 .243 is also a favorite, especially when steep rough country is on the menu, but I can't locate a picture right now.

It is more the gun than the game. I like taking the older guns out for a walk and using them the way they were made to be used...

Here is another house favorite rifle that will make it into the hunting rotation ASAP.


Model 7 .243 in an Accurate Innovations stock ( http://accurateinnovations.com/)





Its damned near as accurate as the Tikka T3 with the 95 grain NBT.

Winchester 1895 in 40-72...

Ken, I need to take a pic like that w/my Winlite 300.

I was hunting it 2008-2010 and have pics of deer posted but sans the rifle. I joined the fire in 9/2010 and wasn't taking pics FOR here. Oh well.


Jerry

Winchester 1894 25-35 takedown...

Later this year,that rifle is going to Africa. So,maybe a couple of african animals will have their pic with that rifle.

Winchester 1886 in 40-65...

My first antelope fell to the Tikka SL in .223. It ain't classy but when it comes to 'tools', it can hardly be beat. Light and super accurate (gots its twin in .308)

First year production 700 ADL in 25-06 with more than 3000 rounds down the tube. Re-stocked it in the early 80's with a nice piece of maple from Fajen.
I gave this rifle to my Dad when his 270 BAR crapped out on him.
I got it back after he passed away in 2008.

He loved this rifle. He told me once that of all the firearms he had owned, this was by far, his favorite.





I had 'replaced' it with this 25-06. Picked up the rifle at a pawn shop for under $200. Douglas barrel on it and re-stocked it with another Fajen stock.

They can take my guns away and I will continue to hunt. I have killed more game than some here on the Campfire with a solid grill guard...

Not gonna be taking many bears or elk with this one, but Granddads Uncles old Marlin M94 25-20 is a great companion on a small game hunt. Shooting cast bullets from one of 3 different molds, it does a good job.

GOOD LUCK, ole buddy, ole friend, ole pal.........

















can I go w/you?

Jerry

Since getting this rifle its been pretty lucky for me - at least when it comes to antelope. I suck at pretty much any other hunting but have fun chasing lopes with my Kampfeld .243.

Uh, yeah...



On a lighter note:

TURKEY...it's what's for dinner!

Jerry

That's what I'm talking about!

O m -

So nice, congrats.

I'd trade ya whitetail for goats like that.

Jerry

DD- Shraps "solid grill guard" might have come in handy on your Ford!

Shrap, I nailed that turkey on the last day of the season up in Iowa back in 2011. Don't tell anyone I didn't have a license.

Original 1876 Winchester in 45-75...

Leadminer, I duuno. Which costs more, a grill guard or a new grill and hood? At the time the grill and hood (painted) were running $1200 at the local Ford dealer. I dunno squat about grill guard costs (installed).

Mdel 700 in 260. Dropped a couple of does the past season. Nothing pic worthy.
Montana in 308 is hard to beat when hiking.

Old tang Ruger 35 Whelen.





Pre-64 M70 358 Win.

Ed, that is a beautiful 70 in a great chambering.

Is that what they mean by a 'grilled' turkey?

I reckon. I woulda thought folks out that way would be used to seein' such things, but apparently not. Got a lot of funny looks drivin' along like that. Once we got into Nebraska they treated me like one of their brothers.

Ya just never know about people until you drop in, hey?

Dan

PS: my other gun is a Benjamin 312

Plain Jane. M700 -06 in a custom syn stock. She weighed 7lb 2oz with the scope back in the mid 80's when she was young. Gained a little weight since then because of all of the layers of paint.

Walt. P64 375 aka Black Rifle.
Haven't killed anything with my truck, that's why it's called Dodge.

The 250-3000 has always been my favorite cartridge since I started hunting big game. First rifle was a Savage 99 EG and the last few years my favorite rifle is a Savage 99 A.

I purchased the rifle from the widow of the original owner who had Charlie Counoyer of South Milwaukee, WI checker it. The sale included the original gun shop purchase receipt, hang tag and manual.

Couple up close snap shots.





First whitetail I shot with it.



Last whitetail shot and had mounted.





The 250 Savage works on bear too.

This .450 Marlin has always been a favorite of mine, though it really hasn't killed too much. This Montana Shiras bull and a doe whitetail. Its been carried a lot in a scabbard, over a lot of rough miles though. It just hasn't been with me when the shot opportunities present themselves very much.

Used this one on the last deer of the season and it may become one of my new favorites. Accurate, lightweight, fun to shoot 7mm-08 Marlin XS7 stainless from Whittaker's. Since I've only got about $500 in the setup with the Talleys and Nikon Monarch, I'm not even scared to rough it up a bit out in the field.

Only thing that would make it better is if the truck were a Pre-64

This my current hunting rig:

700 stainless SA trued up by Beanland.
3 Bartlein 2B barrels chambered by Mike Bryant, 6.5x47L 8" twist, .308 10" twist and 22-250 8" twist.
Manners EH3
Timney Trigger
PT&G bottom metal
Bushnell 3-12 LRHS
Burris XTB bases
SWFA rings



The Coyote was taken with the 6.5x47 barrel.



Been doing load development on the .308 barrel lately. This one is promising if it turns out to be repeatable.



John

Ruger #1 in .222

Wow....your little nifty 250 sure racked up a taxidermy bill! A great little rifle and nice shooting.

Doc

A few: 284 on a Rem SA with an aftermarket box (Rifles Inc Lightweight Strata); 140-gr Barnes TTSX; ~ 500 yards. -20 F.

I was cold.



Blaser R93 375; 270-gr TTSX.



Idaho bull BW (before wolves); semi-custom 340 on a Rem 700.

Over 4 hours and no answer. disappointed.



I guess, no answer IS an answer.


Jerry

I've been searching the 'net for such things, they are expensive.

Time for me to put up a dead critter pic along with a plastic gun. Lord, I repent, please don't send me to Hell!



PS: That gun has killed a lot more critters than I have. It's a monster!

A few that I have pictures of:

Tikka T3 .243

Tikka T3 .243 by X Ring, on Flickr


Winchester M70 7mm-08

Leupold VX3i by X Ring, on Flickr

Marlin 336

Marlin 336 Texan by X Ring, on Flickr

Good thread great rifles & animals!

6-250 in Wyoming last fall


And Texas w/ Kenjs1


And woodchuckin in Mi



257 AI in Texas last January



And Michigan in 13

I'll take the one on the Right.

drool, dribble, drool, dribble


Jerry

Got a 4 point with a C-130H doing touch and goes one evening. The crew chief painted a buck silhouette and "Road Kill" next to the crew entrance door.

Merkel K3, 308 Win.



JAPPFT,


GWB

You get the "use enough gun" award!

You reckon he "over penetrated"?

the new killer t-3 in 243

Thanks Sam for starting this thread.

Guys y'all got some AWFUL good looking rifles and I enjoy the pics of the game too.

Jerry

Three of my favorites for when the hunting is going to be close, in the thick stuff. Top to bottom:
Marlin 336 in 30/30
Marlin 336 in 44 mag
Marlin 336 in 35 Remingotn

Learn something new every day...didn't know they made a 336 in .44mag....

I just soiled myself....

Rem 700 7STW Swaro Z6i 2-12

How does that relate to the picture?

Palazzo custom 270wby, boy that stock had some nice figure. Shot my first elk with it...

NICE, I am not a Weatherby guy but I would hunt that!

My A-Bolt in 270 has similar figure. I've taken it hunting exactly once. One shot at 250yds and a DRT deer. Guess I should take it more often.

Hunting with Dick Cheney?

Must be a Ford thing... Had a turkey smash the windshield of an E350 ambulance about 5:00am one morning going 55mph with lights and sirens. Probably surprised us in the unit as much as it did the turkey.

Doubt you could haul the game killed with this one in a large dumptruck.

ADL 270.

I will be using the rifle I do 90% of my hunting with - stainless Remington 700 action, blue printed, Benchmark tube chambered in 338-06, Tinmey, and a McM Sporter. 225 grain Barnes TTSX's at 2520 fps.

Can't see it but Blaser R8 in 243.



James Anderson custom 223AI on Zastavia mini-Mauser with Bush Elite Tactical.

Nice Marlins!

Marlin 30-30 my Granddad gave me when I was14
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Original 280 Mountain Rifle


A special Model 64


The 760 06

30-30 rifle marked "Browning Brothers"...

GuppyClothed Shark...

The little 4 point gored a hold under the battery compartment and was slung under the plane missing the inner left main gear door and bent a VHF antenna back. It lost it's rack and tail with no other visible damage but he was DRT on runway 23!!!

Model 700 Stainless in 338WM. Kreiger #3 barrel, Sako extractor HSP stock.

Shopping Cutlets w/ the BaconHammer @102FPS...

Thats a good looking M64!

That's a beauty. I like it. How does she shoot?

Shrap- I'd love to hear about thatun. That's one I've not heard of before. I know about Browning/Win but I'd like to hear about that gun's geneology if you please.

Jerry

Have you Re-jeweled the bolt ?
I had an ADL that was about the MOST accurate of all that I've had.

Jerry

I love the one on the right!

I have a soft spot for this 721 my dad gave me. Dropped it into a takeoff 700 stock a couple years back. It's an '06 but I've always wanted to have it bored out to 338-06.



And this 77 in 280 has been as dependable as I could ever want, although most of the time anymore it sits in a boat paddle instead of the wood.



This one has been getting more and more fun though, one of the superlights in 7-08.



But maybe I should use this more? My daughters Model 7 that she insisted I paint for her when she was 6. It's pretty classy....

Current caribou rifle (last 3 years), A M98 with 27" .30-06 "Finnish sniper barrel" from Sportsman's guide to replace the original but ruined .270 bbl. When I fired for group last fall before hunting, the first two went a bullet diameter apart vertically, but not centered to aim point. Two clicks on the Leupold VXIII 3.5-10 centered the third round to point of aim horizontally, and directly between the first two vertically. At 300 yards. I've posted that one before, so won't again here. Proceeded to kill 3 caribou shortly after at about 150, 290, and a ranged 433. Seems to work.

Was gonna go out and shoot a t least 3 rounds today just for grins, but chill factor was pushing -20. I'm not that desperate yet..... :



Off subject, but here is a recent sunrise I've been meaning to post somewhere....

That is just cool

It shines, it truly shines

But this is my favorite.

sentimental favorite



and then a really fine rifle...

Jerry,

I have not touched the rifle or it's zero since I bought it in 1985, on sale for ~$200, other than to hunt with it. It was my first centerfire. It is in my Son's posession now.

I dig this!

Sako Deluxe 300 WBY...

Last year's elk rifles.



This coming years elk rifle.

One of my favorite walking, vermin extinguishing rifle's; Ruger tang safety RSI, .243, 18.5" barrel in a B&C stock(original Mannlicher on the shelf). Has the first "real" scope I ever bought; 1986 gloss Leupold VARI-X III, 2.5-8 x36. Gun is a good shooter, though a bit loud, as this coyote at 249yds can attest.

Shiloh Sharps, 45-70...

In keeping with the guidelines, which apparently others have a hard time following (grin), here's a couple pics of my favorite hunting rifle (singular) from the last few years; Kimber MT 308 Win:

Pre 64 270 Win...

Excellent!

Outstanding!

Kimber Montana 257R


Winchester m70 300 WSM

Brno made Persian Carbine in 8x57.

Fav lightweight rifle: 6.25 lbs 284 long box, PGT bolt, Swaro Z3, "Kryloned."

A new favorite picked up from Whittaker's. Marlin XS7 stainless 7mm-08 with Leupold VX-2 3x9x40. Really enjoyed carrying this rifle. Will probably change the scope to a 6x36.


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Nice setup...I heard those Marlin's are real shooters.

You get extra style points for the John Jobson book.

Yes the Marlin has shot well with everything I have fed it.

Thanks it is a great read. In honor of Jobson I post a picture of a new toy. A 270 win of course


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Come on, MAN! Asking this group to pick a single favorite hunting rifle is like asking Hugh Hefner to pick a single favorite Playmate...even if it just encompassed the last few years.

This thread wouldn't be near as interesting if everyone just posted one. I don't hunt with just one. I'll carry a different rifle nearly every time I go. Some get picked more often than others, but I like to use a variety during the season.

Pre 64 model 70 in 257 Roberts...

A blast from the past, another pre 64 M70 fwt...30'06 this time.

My fav-0-rite turkey gitter'


Sako Riihimaki, circa 1955, 222 Rem.







GWB

MojoHand;
Good morning and Happy Easter to you sir, I trust this finds you well on this slightly soggy Sunday.

You sir have eclectic tastes in your long arms!

As a Canuck I've always had a soft spot for LE rifles of all numbers and marks, but the Jungle Carbine is an all time favorite of mine. Oh, the No. 1's are of course very fine as well.

To my cyber friend Sam I'll send thanks for the thread and the intriguing answers it's produced.

A couple from me would look like this Sam, but they've been seen previously so apologies for that in advance.



A commercial Mauser roll marked military type 98 action, a .270 barrel in the photo, but now it's a 6.5x55, Wildcat Composites stock, Timney trigger, FN extractor, Wolffe mainspring, Beuhler Safety and some other stuff added to that.



Ruger Liberty 77 tanger with a .308 Norma chambered Parker Hale barrel and in a stock I made up from a Richard's blank.

Thanks again to all who've showed up at the thread and Happy Easter to you all.

Dwayne

For varmints to coyotes, an custom 223AI on a Zastavia mini-Mauser action, and an Anschutz 17 HMR.



Fav big, big game rifle at present: Blaser R8 with scoped barrels in 375, 300 Wby, and 243.

George,
That mini mauser is amazing.
Please share the details on that?

I'd have to look up precise details but James Anderson of Newell, SD built it off of one of those cheap Zastavia mini-Mausers as I mentioned. He previously worked for Dakota Arms and is a real artisan and a very nice gentleman. The furniture is AAA Walnut.

The scope is a Bushnell Elite Tactical and this winter this rig got it's work-out on coyotes.

Bull........... elk that is.
Funny how our rifles are more favored when propped against GAME.

Jerry

Also, like a stock CZ 527 .204 if the snow allows me to get within 350 or so.

An older Kimber Classic in 7mm-08 that has taken 4 Whitetails to its credit. Recently had Adam Bentley of Dresden Gun Company rebarrel it to an 8T 243 and I decided to restock it. So this is my new Deer rifle.



Another rebarreled Kimber in 17 Rem. This time a Montana.

Sako Finnwolf 243...

6.5 SAUM with last year's pronghorn.

Just going through the thread and there are some nice rifles posted!


Great critters and pics as well!



Thanks for posting!

my 260 on the same ranch as the 6.5 SAUM.

I got the easter bunny.....



and a few other rodents.....

fun thread to watch,and some really nice rifles. You all may laugh but here goes anyway, I have the most fun and time spent with this one the last several years:

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My 260...
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What scope Skip? Add-on turret? Nice paint job.

Edit: Of course, very nice Dall too.

My 308...

Thank you. It looked like a one-incher is why I asked.

Huntr cool rifle! What S&B scope is that?

Hey George! Happy Easter to you sir. It had a Leupold 3.5-10 with an M1 turret in that pic, now wears a Bushnell LRHS.

Drea,m hunt for sure, thanks!

Chip

Give you $100 for the book......

Bob,
It's a PM II 10X42. Amazing scope!

Chip, the very same to you. I thought it was a Leupy with and add-on turret on your rifle but wasn't sure.

How do you like the LRHS; I'm very interested in getting one.

1903 A3...

35 Whelen. 200gr Federal Fusions. Don't think my handloads can compete.
Shot this group today with 10-15mph wind gusts. Will bloody this one in 2016.

Awesome shooting and just about perfect rifle right there. I like it!!

Huntr: It looks bad......ass!

My latest plan is to use two rifles for hunting deer.

Both 270's, both have a 6x36 LR, both shoot 140 AB's.


2015

54 Cal flintlock by J Garner.

#1A in .30-40 Krag

Really good looking wood on that one!

284 Winchester

Sako, how long is the barrel on that?

This Steyr Pro chambered for the 376 Steyr has become my favorite foul weather hog thumper.



Shoots good!




Heck I like it so much I've started carrying it when the weather ain't bad!



JAPPFT,


GWB

M-1 Garand...

SammO, I've really enjoyed this thread, great idea.


I'll take this Hill Country Rifles 7mm Rem Magnificent and 150 BT's after W TX muleys.....

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I've had a Tikka 695 7mm Rem Magnificent for almost 20 yrs and it will see some action no doubt......

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and will look forward to whacking lots of hogs, whitetails, and aoudad culls with my new Mcwhorter 7mm08, wearing a 24" #3 Hart, using 120 BT's, 140 AB's, and 140 NPT

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Sweet rig!!!!!!


Now I see why you were blowing out the Nosler Patriot in 7mm-08. Its a sweet shooter and luv the trigger.



The HCR ain't too shabby neither.

Best,

GWB

Coming from the 24HCF Gunfather I'll take that as a compliment! That Nosler will shoot though, bro, as I'm sure you know by now.

looks like it's a blast killing rodents up your way!

Ya'

sub-moa at the range @ 100 yds.

I took it with me on the 24hr hog hunt in Crystal City. However I took the 376 Steyr first morning and limited out (only let one shoot 4 hoglets). Consequently I did not get a chance to employ it. Went to the Petting Zoo for a couple days last week but only snared a hog and I did for him with a Pistola..........



I'm hoping to head back Thursday and bloody the Patriot on a hill country hoglet.

Ya'


GWB

Pre-War 70 300 H&H


And my #1 killer, over twelve head of African game...

[quote=Sakohunter264]284 Winchester

It's 24" Lilja # 2 contour. Looks longer than it is.

Blaser R93 375 again.

Here is one I prolly should not have let follow someone else home.



Winchester M70 Supergrade, 300 WSM. Got it from a friend already zero'd along with 24 rounds of his handloads. Loaded with 150 gr. Sierra Spitzers. Made 24 one-shot kills with it.

GWB

Sako Deluxe in 22-250

Remington Guide Gun. 6.5 Remington Magnum.

Jason,

you been holding out on me!

I've not seen those.

That Sako is killer!

And I'd love to take advantage of you in a trade on the 6.5 mag (like that's gonna happen).


Ya!


GWB

PS: Farmington on second photo?

I'll put up a couple even though it was probably meant to be one.

First the old, Winchester 71


The new is my 6.5X55

Really. I would've guessed 42"


Jerry

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My M70 300 WM has been getting some use again. It's factory except the barrel has been cut down to 23 inches. Shooting a 180 NP with 76 Grains of RL22.

My favorite and most used rifle is probably my M70 Supergrade in 300 Remington Ultra Mag. It's long and heavy but has been through some tough hunting conditions. It seems to attract the skin head animals.

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Here's my luckiest in the the last couple years with two black bears both over seven feet. It's a Rem 673 350 RM.
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Great thread. From eye candy to plain Jane, classics to uber modern but all for the hunt!

I tend to cycle rifles




This Nosler Custom Sporter chambered for the 325 WSM was my go to hog thumper for several years.



I've perforated quite an number of porkers with it.



The illuminating reticle on the Leupold scope sure helps at dark-thirty.




JAPPFT,


GWB

Seems like since this rifle followed me home in 2006 I grab it most often when heading out the door. It's a 673 Remington in .350 RM. It may be overkill, but it puts big holes through things and shoots 2-1/4" groups at 340 yrds. on my range. Scope is a 1 3/4 X 6 in QR Mounts.

Sakohunter264, I'd love to hear about your 6.5, what it likes etc. I have it's brother...just starting the wring out phase with it.....

Not Sakohunter, but ne'er-the-less.......


Being the rifle looney that I am, I'm always on the lookout for something I can't live without. I may not know that I can't live without it till I spy it.
Found this one a while back. It had been previously enjoyed in a conscientious manner. The previous owner was nice enough to glass bed the action, free float the barrel, install a Sako extractor in the bolt and do a trigger job.




Remington 673 Guide Gun, 350 Rem. Mag

Never did wring out this rifle, but I did load a couple different load densities. The 58.2 gr. load is what Sierra publishes as their "hunting load" for the 350 Rem Mag. As to recoil, it has a pop, but it was nothing like an unbraked 300 RUM or a 458 Lott.

Here are the second and third groups fired through the rifle after I got it "on paper".





As do many, it followed someone else home a while back.


JAPPFT,

GWB

I luv perforatin' porkers.

Here's one I took just before dark-thirty in the evening with the 350 Rem Mag guide gun.



Hit him at the point of the shoulder with a 225 gr. Sierra spitzer. He just folded.

Not up to my usual standard on the photo, but I put my good camera in the shop for cleaning and left my point and shoot at home. All I had was my cell phone. It does not seem to couple too well in the gloaming.

JAPPFT,

GWB

That would be 42... in dick inches

These are currently my three favorite deer caliber rifles.





Top is an R.W. Hart Custom in 7-08 with a Kahles CL.

Second is a '55 Winchester Model 70 FWT, 270 Win. in a McMillan with a Kahles.

Bottom is a CLR/NULA in 7x57 with a Leica.

I am not yet sure which I will take to Utah this fall for a Mule Deer hunt. I guess whichever one I feel the most comfotable with at the time.

Weight wise, they go from heaviest on top, at 8.5 lbs, to lightest on the bottom, at 7 lbs, with the FWT weighing in at 8 lbs.

donsm70

Geedub, I load my .350 with 200 gr Horn spire pts and a starter dose of TAC for 2725 fps for Whitetails. It shoots that easily under an inch @ 100. On the farm I have a makeshift range maxed at 340 yrds and the same recipe will shoot 2.15-2.25 at 340. We have run the 200 TSX up to 2925 with TAC and good accuracy...but the Elk didn't cooperate.

A couple of years ago a 673 6.5 followed me home. Last year I hastily scoped it before Deer Season and the second load with 125 NPT went into .800 @ 100 at a sedate 2900 so it went hunting with that. Lots of load work to do but I expect to see 3000 with 130's...albeit the 125 load feels like a .260 at the shoulder and thats hardly a bad thing.

In my mind for a factory rig in odd chamberings...the 673's want to shoot.....

Didn't realize we had so many model 600 fans on the fire:) I'll put up a couple more - rifle on the left is a lightly used 6.5MM mag, this was one of my dad's guns but nobody ever liked shooting it much!! Rifle on the right was my mother-in-laws and she was kind enough to give it to me!! Its an early production .308. Neat little rifles.

Kimber in 260 Rem.

Winchester FW in 280 Rem. Yes it has the thin red pad.

7mm Winchester With Legend Edge stock

240wby. Mark V ultralight

Barb wire fence...

Hunted outta Shawmut one year, damn there were alotta deer hung up in fences..

My favorite: Rem 660 Mohawk rebarreled with a 20" 7mm-08 Rem takeoff barrel, full-length bedded, Duracoated matte black, aluminum bottom metal, Conetrol rings/bases with Bushnell Elite 4200 3-9x.

Soft shooting, accurate and easy to carry!

Very cool!

Old "Meat In The Pot" Sako deluxe 30-06...

Where da elk?

Blaser R93 30/06, Little Belt Mountains, MT. 400 yds. My best friend and his best, a Kimber 300 WSM.

You can tell us senior citizens when we post a pic of a pic. Some time in the 80's with a Savage 110 243 with a S&B 10x.

Another pic of a pic after a Colorado sunset: 340 B semi-custom.
490 yds.

Friend Scott with my last bull, 340 B semi-custom, 475 yds. -25 F and camera batteries bailed.

Nice George!

Blaser R8 in 30/06.

Wow, nice caribou !!
Congrats

Jerry

I "LIKE" that elk.

How about that 1/2 rack to lower left? trying to hide it?


Jerry

I only shot one bull.

Husqvarna M46 257 Roberts and Husqvarna M46 9.3x57.
Almost identical except for bore and sites. If I pick one up it feels and points the same as the other.. until you pull the trigger and the 6 1/2 lb 9.3 actually kicks a little.

Zastava Stainless in 30-06. Originally came in the synthetic stock but threw a Boyds Walnut on it. Warne mounts and Redfield sight.

Simple and inexpensive, but an honest 1 moa gun. 180g Interlocks at 2800fps, seems to work and well...

Nice straight grain streaked piece of wood you got from Boyds. The Tiger is both subtle and noticeable. Oxymoron but, true.
I thought you'd Parkerized the action until I read your comments.

Yes I was delighted with that piece of wood. Just the semi inletted Field Design stock.

Thanks.

Comes with the job, eh?

I wasn't much of a picture taker and never with a rifle, critter and me.

Me either. I may have 2 pics of deer hanging that someone else took and gave to me. I carry enough junk without a camera and I don't even know if my cell phone can take delayed pics. Dead stuff all looks same - bloody and dead - to me anyway.

But I would like to see pics of your rifles.
I hope you didn't trim the bear rug with that riding mower.

Old "meat in the pot" with another elk...

This has been my favorite and most productive in recent years. 7WSM.

Sorry, separate pics...





One of my last hunting trips in Georgia.

Puny little .308.

Bump, because this is a fun thread......

This little 7mm-08 Mtn Rifle with 150 NBT's accounted for a few mulies this year....





The Socko .22-250 with 50 gr V-Maxes is always fun to plunk critters with....

Pretty solid setup right there.

My two hunting rifles. Both 700's.

338-06


35 Whelen

30-06 model 70 light weight

Last dozen or so years

Rem ADL in 30-06 sitting in a 1st Gen Ti

Leup V3 in DD

Fluted bolt and handle

150 grain Accubonds at just under 2900 fps

....dozens of deer and eleven different species of plains game

760 06

"Short range - Silent rifle"
Hoyt Maxxis

Little Gunnut and his .270 Featherweight at work..

Pre64 6.5-06, Rock #2 1-8",2.5x8 w/ CDS, Edge, Jewell... first kill with the new barrel last Fall.

great looking buck! the bases are massive. Hat's off for the great bow kill.

7 Rem Mag Campfire parts gun...



7 Mag Parts Gun with new skirt...

Thanks! He's my best archery buck to date.

7-08 & Zombie Cannon

Smoke Pole

Pussy-Cat rifle

Crow Poker

Got a few go to hunting rifles, but more often than not, I grab my Model 7 243. Nothing too special, older rifle with lots of hunting wear. I adjusted the trigger and put it in a Predator model stock which naturally gave it plenty of free float. Stuck a US made Burris compact on top. Like I say, nothing special but it shoots like a laser beam.

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Just spun through all the pics and there is some nice iron.

II wonder if there are any critters left around Schrapnels aarea! some impressive stuff there.

gwen and her abolt 243 that i call small pox

223ai. Mickey Coleman

Love that turkey pic, tell us about that double.

Nice Cat, Bryant! Really like his markings.

Russell

Thanks. It is a Sterling Fox 12 gauge that belonged to my Grandad. I take it every year or two and hunt it. Love the handling and try to enjoy it instead of making it a safe queen. Here's another Osceola I took with it.

This was several years back. It's a 700 VLS in .223. I don't have that rifle anymore but I have the same model in another in the .308 flavor that I like a lot.

Lots of nice rifles

Marlin 336 "Texan" with Leupold VX III 1.5-5

IMG_1083 by CBMJR, on Flickr

Tikka 30/06, 168 ttsx, monarch 2.5-10.
Now Don't get jealous of the big rack.

Nice photo, and good sig line!

Lots of great pics!


Here's one from last Fall.
(270 MT)

Nice Sam, freaking beautiful buck!

Brad, he had a slight case of crabclaws but I ain't that damn choosy!

the first short mag!!!!!

OMG... one of the finest photos I've ever seen on the campfire... couldn't be more serious. If that's not framed and hanging on your wall 'm going to drive up to Wolf Point and kick your azz.... ok, maybe with the help of four or five Indians

Here's one I particularly like. Ruger Hawkeye .308 Win, lefty style. Belongs to Daughter #1 who used it to take her antelope at 360+ yards last October.





Here's another, a Ruger MKII .223 I picked up in 2014 off the used rack at Cabelas. Already had a Burris FF-II Ballistic Plex scope in the rings, same scope I use on most of my rifles. Shoots half-inch groups with handloaded 40g V-MAX and BTs. Not legal for big game in Colorado but a great companion for my heavy barrel .22-250.

Thanks man.....grin

A tremendous photo worthy of a tremendous buck, shot with the "right" cartridge... doesn't get better.

That is a stunning picture...

270's are notoriously lucky....

I'm not certain, but isn't owning one a requirement for residency?

Only in Key West.........maybe San Fran.

Yes.

I keep using them mostly because they annoy so many people.....

He'll, Sam, if you're not opposed to it, I may print and frame it!

Brad, if not it should be!





Lemme guess, you're one of those fancy metric guys.....





And are just otherwise deadly!






Feel free David just don't tell anyone where you shot it....grin

What can I say? 178mm sounds more impressive to the ladies than 7".

Nice buck, SA.
Kentucky always seems to turn out a lot of bruisers.

Coyote Hunter, nice Rugers, I'd take that 223!




Darrik, you are a slayer of uber whitetails!

But I still can't believe you a slummed a fricken Tikka when you shot the big daddy last fall.....




Mooner, I always tell the ladies 7 and a quarter. Works every time.....grin

Thanks! I've been lucky...

The first and last pics are Texas bucks. I have to laugh a little. None of these were killed with the same rifle. I like variety!

I'm still shaking my head too....

Rem 7400 in .270, a Leupold compact in see-thru mounts.

Both taken with the pictured rifle.
(Rifle bought new at Whittaker's about 20 - 25 years ago ) .

My best -


My son's -

Two more nice KY deer!

Thanks!

I read back through Sams post and realized that I only posted my small game rifle. Decided to show my favorites for deer.
M77MKII .257 Roberts



My big deer rifle, M77 Tang Safety .250-3000


And my really big deer rifle, M70 Fwt Classic .243

Ruger All Weather M77 .308 Hawkeye. Had the barrel fluted, bolt skeletonized, trigger worked to 2.75 lbs just because. shoots 165 Accubonds better than I can. The only thing is I keep changing scopes. Started with a 6X36 CDS, then a 2.5-8X33 Zeiss, now a VX2 2-7X33 LRD. Pretty sure I'm going back to a FX-II 6X36.

Ole, nice whitetails!





Ed, I might possibly recognize the brace post and skyline in the first pic.


South Valley county(MT)?

Maybe Garfield...

Sam, just north of Malta, MT off 191, Hammond Ranch.

At least I had the right state....grin

One above is my token plastic stocked meat mangler.

This one is used when I want to pick up chicks. Don Allen, pre-Dakota, 2 digit serial #, for a 7x57.

.243 NULA, 80gr TTSX Pennsylvania.....

Very nice. That wood is outstanding.

A few from recent outings!

ya!

GWB



Nosler M48 Custom Sporter, 325 WSM



Sako Bavarian Carbine, 30-06 Springfield




Sako AV, 280 Ackley Improved




Steyr Pro Hunter, 376 Steyr





6 x 45, Spikes Tactical AR

'Dubya,

What barrel and who built your 6x45?

Love those Bavarians, Gdub!

A LGS has one in .260 and 243 plus a couple of standards and a Classic (?) in 9.3x62. Everyone of them has beautiful wood.

Sure wish Ruger would use Sako's source for the No.1s...

Got this this summer and love it. Took it deer hunting this year with 270 grainers. Love the open sight setup and don't plan on scoping it anytime soon. If I do eventually scope it, it'll be a Leupy 2.5 FX. Buddy's is on the left-both .375's...

Mine is Ruger Hawkeye in 338 Federal with a Leupold 2-7 VXR Firedot with CDS.

I'm happy to play!

2016, Hondo Texas this year.



Remington M7MS, .257 Roberts. Nice busted 10 point. I spent all of 2 seconds evaluating him before I went for the rifle.

Nice rifles but I'm a fan of the skeletonized boat paddles. Great working rifles even if too utilitarian for the walnut crowd.
Left to right:

.338WM semi-custom built from Ruger parts
.300WM
.30-06 (came in Ruger's laminate stock, now sports a Burris 3-9x BP like the others)

Here's the rifle that has been my favorite since I acquired it used but in virtually factory new condition in January of 2004 - a Ruger M77 in .257 Roberts. Two of my daughters have taken their first game animals with it, including Daughter #3 last year:

Nice trio there, CH!

My next 'build' is gonna be to grab a Guide gun in 30/06, send it to JES to be reamed out to 9.3 and drop it in another skelly I have waiting. Make me a little brother to the Alaskan!


Nice rifle and goat for your girl there. Bet it was tasty hanging out in that field!

Dats a spanker of an Axis!!!

Nice Mirror work !




Sweet, Congrats

Jerry

The Whelen brothers at work. My two favorites.

The 35



And the 400.

2hrs apart and less than a mile between!

November 26 2016

RBO

I love Chocolate antlers!!
Great job

Jerry

RBO- That is awesome!

Hoyt "Quiet Rifle"

This Kansas doe fed the family this eve. Great eats..

It was awesome, but I never shot them, I was just the guide. They were both shot with my rifle though. The same client shot a 42" Bull moose on November 22nd, 3 trophy animals on the same hunt, the whitetail scored just shy of 172. All shot with the 280 Ackley and 140gr TTSX.

Whoever took this picture should be a professional. Truly wonderful work.

Both deer are nice but that whitetail is an absolute whopper!

That whitetail was a stud, this pic puts it in better perspective. 18 inches from the top of his head to the top of his crown.

gun, man that's a STUD, pistol, rifle, archery, RPG whatever. GRIN

I'm very familiar with the Ouachita's. Areas have lots of deer, other areas sparse. However the sparsely populated areas CAN have some Monsters like that !

Congrats.

Jerry

I spoke in this thread last year of having a 6.5 Rem twin to my .350 Rem 673. Well over the year I got to shoot and dial it in some, and this fall let it out to play.....125 NPT over H4831SSC....1.75X6 Vari X lll That came from the 'fire via SKane, cradled in Talley's







Most Satisfactory!

Thanks - I like them a lot. Rain? Snow? Scratches and dings? Who cares???

The .338WM has a handy 22" barrel provided by Bear Paw Jack/Caribou Jack. It gets 2742fps with a 225g AB and H100V and is delightfully accurate - banging the steel at 600 yards is no big trick and I've hit clay pigeons at that range with it. Bought one of the cdnnsports.com $499 Ruger .30-06's with the 20" barrel as a wedding present for an April-to-be son-in-law. I was worried about the blast factor but it turns out not to be much different than my 22" -06 rifles. (Yup, I shoot them before I give them away. Gotta get them sighted in...)

A Guide Gun in 9.3 would be a sweet rifle for serious work - hope it works out well. Ever since they came out I've figured if I was going to AK to hunt it would be a good excuse for a .375 Ruger. Can't really justify one for Colorado.

Stop doing that !

Jerry

Sure would like to put a Pa. Black Bear in front of this one (Ruger M77RSI MKII, 30-06).
No luck again this past year.

Played me some Kimber roulette and hit the money with the 84M Classic Select in .257 Roberts from Rylee here:



100 gr NBT & Hunter seems to work rather nicely on those Pennsylvania mountain bucks!

Dang. That whitetail is a monster. What a photo!

Great DOUBLE Score---RIFLE
& an Old Warrior

Jerry

purty rifle and buck.

Here's a couple nice ones for when I'm sitting in the blind, 308 and 280rem M70 Featherweights.



I like these for still hunting and stalking. Forbes model 24B 25-06, Nula model 24 and Kimber Montano model 84L both in 280ai.






I'm looking for a Forbes, ULA/Nula in 7-08 if anyone knows of one, let me know please!

"Little Ugly", the super 8.



VZ-24 action, added a Wisner safety and a Dayton Traister trigger. Had a milsurp Yugo 8x57 barrel that I picked up for $40, still in the cosmo. Sent it to ITD had it screwed together and the whole thing black parked. Barreled action went to McMillan for a Coyote Bomber stock. Wearing a Weaver Classic K4 in Leupold mounts and a Bandera sling.

Love this rifle, there isn't anything that I would feel nervous about hunting with it. Good shooter with 200gr Hot Cors over 53.1gr CFE223. If I had to get down to one, this would be it.

CowboyTim

Cowboy -

Why do you call it "Little Ugly"?

That's one of my Fav McSwirls.

Jerry

Mauser Model 1996 American Straight-Pull 30-06 which was my first high powered bolt action. It's been all over with me, and has been heavily modified to fit me:









In spite of being chambered to a heavier cartridge than I need, it won't likely ever leave my cabinet.

Couple of reasons really. First, it's currently the only rifle I own that isn't wood/blued. Second, read an old article in "Rifle"(I think) a while back about Phil Shoemaker's "Ole Ugly" Mauser 98. I call mine "Little Ugly" because, as much as I like the 8x57 loaded to it's full potential, it's still no .458.

Thanks Cowboy

That is 1 of the McSwirls that I've seriously considered getting.

That 8m 200 bullet should do BAD things to critters.

Good luck

Jerry

Tho I love my lever guns, I always seem to gravitate back to my 9.3x62 for serious stuff! I'm considering a new scope for the old girl!

Dang I love that thing; very, very cool.

How does the high-mounted scope work with the drop on that stock?

Wow. That's nice. What's the story behind that old gal? Love the caliber, btw.

Shoots good! Killed elk, deer, hogs, and nilgai with that rifle/scope arrangement. Started out as 9.3x57. Slow day at the shop, coworker and I made it a 62. Husqvarna 146. Mfg in 1938. I know when I shoot something with it, it dies!

PS i did remove that ridiculous sporting clays pad!!

awesome rifles!

7 mm Rem Mag; Penrod metalwork, McMillan Legend stock. It would have been a better picture if I could have turned his head, but he was purt well stuck.

My just finished FW 30/06

Very nice Utah and bt. Great looking rifles!

I'll second that,NICE!

Yup, 200gr Hot Cors at (I'm guessing, haven't chrony tested it yet) 2650+ punch a DANDY hole through a critter.