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I still like this as my gp buck rifle. 6AI, light handy and hurts shiit. Still need to get me some of those 80 grain Ballistic Tips to make blood with.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Last year I had "Redneck" build me my version of the perfect deer & hog rifle. Turned out perfect!!! Cartridge - .257 Roberts Action - Blueprinted Model 70 XTR short action Barrel - Bartlein #0 contour 21.5” bbl Stock – McMillan Sako Classic Edge brown w/black specks & red decelerator Trigger – factory adjusted and polished Optics - Leupold VX-6 3-18 x 44 with firedot illuminated reticle in Talley Lightweights Cerakote all metal – Satin Mag Pics: https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...cs/14420489/custom-257-rbts#Post14420489Forgot to add a hero shot with the rifle Appalachian Mtn Boar
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I like my 257 and I use it some every year.
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I still like this as my gp buck rifle. 6AI, light handy and hurts shiit. Still need to get me some of those 80 grain Ballistic Tips to make blood with. What bullet are you using presently? Seems effective, nice buck.
Dog I rescued in January
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I still like this as my gp buck rifle. 6AI, light handy and hurts shiit. Still need to get me some of those 80 grain Ballistic Tips to make blood with. What bullet are you using presently? Seems effective, nice buck. Have used the 95 grain Partition on my last 3 bucks. Works fine but always wanted to try the 80 grain Ballistic Tip as a dual purpose for coyotes and deer. No flies on that Partition.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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I still like this as my gp buck rifle. 6AI, light handy and hurts shiit. Still need to get me some of those 80 grain Ballistic Tips to make blood with. What bullet are you using presently? Seems effective, nice buck. You don’t pay much attention.. grin, or grins as the cool guys say. 80 bt’s
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I still like this as my gp buck rifle. 6AI, light handy and hurts shiit. Still need to get me some of those 80 grain Ballistic Tips to make blood with. What bullet are you using presently? Seems effective, nice buck. You don’t pay much attention.. grin, or grins as the cool guys say. 80 bt’s Fugg I am confused!!
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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For instance a Model seven or 700 Remington action, a light 20 inch barrel stocked to your personal preference, topped with a quality 2x7 scope and chambered in 6.5 CM, 7-08 or 308. It would seem this platform would do a lot of deer hunting really well. I would be equally happy with a model 70 short action CRF as the basis also. I don't own a 6.5 CM so the bullets I would mostly use would be 140 gr. partitions in the 7-08 and 150 gr. Partitions in the 308. How far off am I? A lot of money could be spent trying to prove you wrong, but I am not sure that amount of money exists.
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My deer arsenal consists of the following: Marlin 336 in 30-30 Marlin 336 in 35 Rem Ruger 77 in 308 Win (first year production rifle with 3 digit serial number) with 2x7 Leopold Ruger 77 Mk II 7x57 with 2x7 Redfield (my favorite for deer) Sportified Peruvian Large Ring 98 Brno Made 7x57 with 3x9 scope Sportified Persian Mauser Model 98 carbine (19.5 inch barrel) in 8x57 js
Spend most time with either of the 7x57s in my hands when deer hunting. But do like the lever guns just as well.
CJ
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Lots of nice rifles but where are the Semi Autos? The 18 inch 6.5mm CM in an AR might be the best deer rifle going. Accurate, ergonomic, safe, lots of reach, suppressor ready, and a quick second shot when dealing with property boundaries or rough country. Father-son duo on WT and Mulie because suppressors are cool. Works on big deers too. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/9959/jq70es.jpg
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For the woods i hunt. Less than 200 ya shoots
Perfect for me is my encore prohinter in 35 whelen.
I’ve only seen 2 that came with a factory brake.
Had the trigger cleaned up by Jim Hendershot. (Sp?)
I’ve killed a pile of deer and pigs with it.
180 ttsx are bad medicine.
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Mine shoots factory 100 grain Winchester Silvertips really well!
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I don't have a perfect whitetail rifle but I'm not too persnickety.
I like a quiet safety, a variable scope that can be turned down to 3x. a lighted dot reticle is nice, 20" to 22" barrel, a nice after market trigger like Timney or Trigger Tech, power range anywhere from .250 Savage thru 300 WSM, weight between 7lb to 8 1/2 lbs. with scope, length of pull between 13 1/4" to 13 5/8", a rather grippy surfaced paint job on the stock.
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My deer arsenal consists of the following: Marlin 336 in 30-30 Marlin 336 in 35 Rem Ruger 77 in 308 Win (first year production rifle with 3 digit serial number) with 2x7 Leopold Ruger 77 Mk II 7x57 with 2x7 Redfield (my favorite for deer) Sportified Peruvian Large Ring 98 Brno Made 7x57 with 3x9 scope Sportified Persian Mauser Model 98 carbine (19.5 inch barrel) in 8x57 js
Spend most time with either of the 7x57s in my hands when deer hunting. But do like the lever guns just as well.
CJ That's a sweet string of deer rifles.
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Kool rig!
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250AI and 250 Savage
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Mine is just what the OP said, a Remington Model Seven in 7mm-08. Mine is one of the early models, blued with 18-1/2" barrel. It is mildly customized, with iron sights removed and the holes filled and the works redone in satin blue. I replaced the original stock with a Remington laminate. I currently have a 2-7x Burris on top, but have used both 2-3/4x and 4x Leupold compact scopes in the past. My eyes aren't as good at 74.
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This year its a R700 in ,358 w. Might change the scope over to a straight 6x. from 3x9.
My shots here in the SE are 75 yds or less, and property lines are very close. No sense tempting fate.
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The world is full of good whitetail rifles... pick something that speaks to you and roll with it. Cartridges are more alike than different, and whitetail just aren’t that tough to kill.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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