White super safari 91 in .451 caliber. Soft lead cast 460 grain flat nose 'news' bullets.
Why? boringly consistent out to 130 or so yards, which is plenty far for the deer I shoot at.
Hits super hard and always expands. Inexpensive ammo.
Sure the trajectory is a rainbow, but imo that just means hunt closer or better.
That, and NJ imposed a ML/Bow/shotgun restriction. I cant hit [bleep] with a bow, and good shotgun ammo is too pricey to practice with imo. Plus no shotgun I have fits as nice as the White.
If i had to forgo a ML and stick with shotgun, I'd get a savage 220. Honest to goodness tack driving, though homely.
Originally Posted by Archerhunter
Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.
My fast twist 243. I take advantage of the slippery 105s for the LONG shots....
Originally Posted by Archerhunter
Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.
I own just one rifle. Rem 798 in 30-06. Bullet is Lapua's 170gr Naturalis which I reload myself. After this season I updated my old Leupold M8 scope to Zeiss' DL 3-12x50 with daylight usable light dot. Now I should be pretty well equipped for both driven hunts for deer and moose and night time hunts for deer. Can't wait for the fall
Kimber Classic Select in .243. A joy to carry, and, it just flat out shoots. When you pull the trigger with 95 Grain Hornady SSTs, it's like the deer are hit with a lightning bolt.
Is it just me, or does this deer look like it has a surprise look on his face...lol? I guess it is the way the rifle laying across it's face. Just looks like to me it is about to get up and bolt! Love the old 99's and have my LGS owner looking for me one. But I do have a 284 (Win M100) and love the cartridge.
A Savage 99F in 308 Winchester or another 99, an R model in 300 Sav.
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed-unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." James Madison
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.
Mine would be a pre-64 Model 70 in 308 with a 4x Leupold that Jim Cloward bedded into a Pacific Research stock. Had to sell it during a divorce, but I'd buy it back in a heartbeat.
Current choice is a classic pawnshop 30-06:
It cost me $600 OTD with a Leupold 3-9 (not the one on it in the pic).
Build Sheet Barreled action: Ruger M-77 Mk II in 30-06 Stock: Bell & Carlson, not sure which model, with a hillbilly Krylon paint job that's starting to wear off along the forend Scope: Leupold 3-9 with CDS, standard reticle Work: Glass bedded, free floated, maybe a trigger job Metal Finish: Whatever comes from Ruger, but I'll paint it dark gray before I hunt with it Sling: Cheap Latigo copy Weight: 8.5 pounds, which is OK because I don't like a rifle that's too light. I might switch to fixed 4x for hunting, which will drop the weight by about six ounces.
Every time I uncase it, I feel like I should grow a mullet and start jacklighting whitetail does out of a Camaro. But it shoots MOA to 200 yards with cheap Federal factory ammo so I'm growing irrationally fond of it.
It's near-twin in 338 WM showed up here a couple of weeks ago and is shaping up to be just as good.
I might just be set for hunting rifles now, but don't tell anyone I said that.
Okie John
Last edited by okie john; 03/06/17.
Originally Posted by Brad
If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.