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6.5x55 Barrett FC, Meostar 1.75-10x42, Hornady SST’s 1 down, 3 does to go. How do you like that Barrett? I’m thinking about getting one for next season if I can find a 7-08 with a 21” barrel. Seems a like a nice minimal hassle all weather rifle.
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I don't own a 270 caliber but would vote for the .277 caliber . My son has a Marlin MR-7 (best design ever made - only produced from '95-'97) and even though we have rifles costing 4x as much, he said this will be his deer rifle forever. I have a .277 cal Rem 700 that has been carried on all of our deer hunts so far and this will be his go-to when he gives his son the MR-7.
Biden's most truthful quote ever came during his first press conference, 03/25/21. Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!
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257 Bob or my '99 in 308.
Grammar is important. Capitol letters are the difference between "helping your Uncle Jack off a horse" & "helping your uncle jack off a horse".
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243’s-3 25-06’s-2 257 wby 6.5 crud’s-3 6.5-06 264 Winn’s-2 26 Nosler 270’s-2 270 WSM 7mm-08 7 mags-5 7 ultra mag 300 Savage 308’s-3 30-06’s-4 300 Win 300 wby’s-2 338 Win 358 Win Probably some I’ve forgotten
I take the rifles that hollers the loudest when I open safe. Didn’t count .223’s and 22-250 as deer rifles
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I used .300 Magnum with 3-9x42 for years. I bought it when I was young and inexperienced. If I had to do it over again I would choose: 6,5x57, 7x57, 6,5x55, 7x64 or 7,62x51. Any of those would do, in practical terms the differences are infinitesimal.
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I have 4 deer tags this year and so far I have filled 2 of them. I also had one Antelope tag which I filled and I have one elk tag yet to fill . Deer #1 was shot with a Remington M141 in 35 Remington. #2 was a Marlin 336 in 30-30. Pronghorn buck was shot with a 30-06 M1 garand
I have several other rifles I may use for deer #3 and #4. It's a pleasant dilemma------- to need to choose only 2 from the list. All on my "deer-list" have only iron sights.
5.56 6.5 Mannlicher 270 303 British 300 Savage Remington M81 300 Savage Savage 99 9.3X57 I don't exclude the 3 rifles above yet either, a 30-06 from the M1, the 30-30 or the 35 Remington........
Bullets I have loaded are 60 Gr Partition for the 5.56, 156 grain PPU for the 6.5X54, 150 grain RN Core-Lokt for the 270, 180 gr Core-Lokt for the 303, 150 gr Core-Lokt for the Savage 99 300, 180 grain Nosler BT for the 300 Savage Remington 81, 285 Gr RN for the 9.3X57, 170 gr Core-Lokt for the 30-30 200 grain Core-Lokt for the 35 Rem, and 150 grain Nosler BT for the M1 garand.
My elk hunt is a meat hunt and in open country, so I will use a scoped rifle for that, and I will probably just get out the Mauser in 300 H&H with 200 grain Partitions, but I may use my 9.3X62 Mauser with 286 grain Hornadys or my 9.3X74R, Ruger #1 with 286 grain Partiutions.
Decisions decisions................................What say you folks?
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Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Jesus: "Take heed that no man deceive you."
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Remington model 7, 7/08 wearing a SPS takeoff cut to 22" and a Model 7 predator stock. Burris C4 Plus 3-9x40 in Leopold rings and 2 piece bases (soon to be swapped out for some Talley lightweights I've had for 2-3 years.
120gr. Ballistic Tips over 51 grains of Ramshot Big Game.
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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I won a Howa 270 Win at a fire dept raffle a few years ago.
I kill all my deer with it. I didn't know you were gay... thought I saw a family picture there a while back.
Last edited by CashisKing; 11/20/20. Reason: Typos.
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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Its not gay if your 270 was free.
Thats called "thrifty".
I am MAGA.
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Kimber Montana, factory dupe Lilja 1:8" 3-groove @ 22", 270Win, 150ABLR @ 3050fps, 2.5-10x42 NXS w/MOAR reticle.
Backup, M70 SS Classic Fwt in Brown Precision stock. 140gn TSX @ 3030fps, 2.5-10x42 NXS w/IHR reticle.
I taken several deer and at least 1 elk with each of them. Both have 1-shot kills on deer over 500yds.
I also have a muzzleloader tag to fill. TC Omega, 1x24 Sightron, 250gn Shockwave/Hornady, 3 pellets.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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Its not gay if your 270 was free.
Thats called "thrifty". LOL
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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+1, It doesn't matter what the question is the answer is 30-06.
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Some of us 270 shooters on holiday!!!
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No .308 Winchesters? Marlin XS7 in .308. Nothing fancy and it "takes a licking and keeps on ticking".
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Ruger #1A. 7x57. Used plenty of other rifles/cartridges over the past 60 years but ended up with this three years ago. It will be my last and forever deer combo. Fits me like a glove, mild recoil, gives 1” groups at 100 meters and with 145 Speer HCs at just under 2800 fps performs with deadly finality on deer sized critters.
What man, on his death bed, ever lamented, "God, I wish I had spent more time at the office."
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Most of this season's hunting so far has been with a couple of .308 rifles. The two times I got totally skunked and saw nothing were the two times I carried something else. Maybe it's just going to be a .308 kind of year.
Now with even more aplomb
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1950s Husqvarna 98 Mauser on an FN action. Caliber 30-06. Basner stock painted brown with red pad. Scoped with a Swarovski Z3 3x10.
It’s raining lightly and it is literally rusting before my eyes this morning. Don’t care because I’m getting it coated in a couple of months. you can get Dura coat in a spry bottle with the hardner for $60 and do it yourself. you will have enough for 3 rifles or shotguns but must have them ready being when you release the hardner you only have maybe 2 days before it dries in the can I did a guys Browning A5 shotgun that looked like it was retrieved from the titanic. sanded the rust off washed it down 5 times with brake fluid and the degreaser that came in the package. put 3 coats on it and did my Sig 30-06 and a shotgun. the A5 looks like new cause I got the color that mimics bluing. the guy loves it
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I killed deer with 270 and 30-06. They still haven't told me what they prefer to be shot with, probably because they're dead no matter what they get hit with.
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Husqvarna in 30/06, 243 Win Mexican 1935 in 7mm Winchester 1895 in 35 Win Marlin 336 in 35 Rem Here's a few of them...
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