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1951made Marlin .30-30 by a wide margin.
Second is a tie between a Ruger M77 MKII in .30-06, (Boat Paddle) and a S.C. made Winchester Model 70 Featherweight in .270 WSM
All that said, I have a 1951 made Marlin in .35 Remington that will make it to the woods this year. Maybe it will bring me some luck!
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250 Savage Ackley Improved
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If I am in hopes of a big buck, my old .300 WM, but my last few have been shot with a 7mm-08, and .270 .. Late this week we will go for whitetails.. I have my old .2506 as a primary rifle, but the .300 is sighted in and ready to use if I find an area where I might get a shot at a really big buck..
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For carrying in the woods: Savage 99F in 308 Win For making sure the deer doesn't take another step: Winchester 70 Fwt in 270WSM
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This week it's my 700 in .284 Win.
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Over the years a Ruger 77 in 6MM Rem has been my favorite also. I have been wanting to try a heavier yet a little slower bullet for less meat damage, while still insuring a reliable kill. Think I put the package together this year in my favorite action. This season Ill be carrying a CZ 527 that was a 7.62 x39 that is now re-barreled to 6.5 Grendel with a 24" tube. Recoil is perhaps even less than the 6mm and down range energy is slightly better than the 6mm Rem per all data I have seen thus far.
Only question thus far is what bullet/load to go with. Planing to give the 123 Grain SST load a try along with a 100 grain Barnes TTSX in the coming few weeks.
Goal here has been an accurate light weight rifle for harvesting Venison without destroying much if any meat. I am the hunter as well as the butcher and do not like seeing much if any blood shot meat. Experience tells me that hydrostatic shock can and has been over done a lot in the past.
Suppose I have been wanting a balance between clean humane kill and nearly no meat damage. To be honest the method that has met and I suppose set, my goals thus far has been when hunting with sticks and strings and expanding broad heads.
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control
& Proverbs 21:19
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I'm a 30-06/180grain softpoint with a fixed 4x scope kinda guy. I shoot factory ammo and have switched from Rem Core-Lokt pointed and round to Win PP's to Federal Bluebox Softpoints. Like them all but think Federals are my favorite and Core-lokt round nose are my seconds. As to rifle I've switched around a fair amount over the years depending on finances and wants/wims. Right now I used a old Mossberg 810a that I hammered a buck with a little over a week ago. Then I have a Win 94ae 30-30 with a peep that shoots Federal 170 Bluebox great, for deer drives, still hunting and helping track wounded deer if need be.
(Micah 6:8) "Words are what men live by... words they say and mean." -John Wayne, The Comancheros "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." -Ronald Reagan
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When not walking far I like the custom I got a few years ago. It's on a DWM with a well done bolt handle and a Dakota safety in a fine stock. The barrel is octagon at 22" in 30-06 shooting the 155 Berger VLD.
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Remington 7600 30-06 carbine with Leopold VX3 1.5-5x20. Shoots the Fusion 165gr very well. Pretty hard to beat combo for the northeast in my opinion. When I wander around the balsam/laurel swamps above Roundout Reservoir, or Mombaccus Mt. near the Ashokan, I tend to carry the same thing, perhaps just a little more old school, been carrying it since 1979. A Remington 760 Carbine in 30-06 with a Leupold Vari X III 1.5X5X20 shooting 150 grain bullets. The fast handling qualities of the gun and the fact that it comes up to point quickly like a shotgun is much more important to me than the caliber.
Garry Trump won !!! Trying to live like a free man in the Communist Republic of New Jersey. Love your country, distrust your government. Democrats and the people who vote for them, enemies of America and a free American people
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My go to rifle is a Remington 700 in 25-06.
Tom
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I'm too nosey to sit for very long so I usually grab my Remington Model Seven SS in .308 Win. with a Leupold VXI 2-7X. Nice little gun for carrying. I've always shot 150's in it.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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Loving my 760 06 right now.
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M70 SS Classic Fwt 270Win. McMillan Fwt pattern, 4.5-14x40 Leupold, 140TSX. 200yds:
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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.280AI built by Mickey Coleman topped with 3.5-10 VX3 and loaded with the 120 grain Nosler BT.
Close second is the Tikka T3 SS .243 with 3-9 Burris FFII loaded with the 95 gtrain Nosler BT.
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Clarence Hammonds built my 1-8" twist 243 in a Mickey MR edge stock Shoots 95 Noslers into nice little groups Easy to carry on deer drives but enough weight to hold steady on off hand shots....
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That's a great pix woodson.
For years it ways always a Marlin levergun but the last few its a Weatherby SS Carbine in 7mm-08. 6lbs 8 oz scoped a pleasure to carry and quick coming to the shoulder.
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great setup you have River Ridge
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My favorites seem to change. I have been loving a 700 SPS stainless for several years, but my new Ruger American rifle is gaining quickly, it has a lot to like.
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My M77 in .257Roberts has been my favorite for a long time. It hunts every year, but it's not always in my hands. My wife has pretty much taken it over.
“You never need fear a man, no matter what his size. When danger threatens, call on me, and I will equalize.” Samuel Colt.
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I have a couple of pre'64 M/70's, my #1 favorite is a .35 Whelen rebore followed closely by a .257 Roberts.
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