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Armalite 7.62x39 loaded with Fusion Ammo. Nice!
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What is your go to rifle and caliber? What do you hunt with it ??? Just checking to see what others run... I am looking to get something new.. Mine for deer is a m77 270win for deer... Hope all is well..... I honestly don’t have just one go to. Being a rifle loony I like & keep more diff type rifles. That said, my “go to rifles” are Bolt. Actions. In no particular order: Win 70 XTR FTWT.....6.5x55 , Wt Deer Tikka T3X SS Lite.......7mm RM ANYthing N A. Win 70 Black Shadow..300 WM ANYTHING N A. Jerry
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[quote=gnoahhh]Ruger No. 1A, 6.5x55. SAWEEET !! I don’t presently have one but one could be a “Go To” for me. Jerry
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A Flat Trajectory is Never a Handicap
Speed is Trajectory's Friend !!
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Remington 700 Mtn Rifle, 7mm-08.
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GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
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_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
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Remington 700 BDL 30-06 with a Leupold 4.5x14x40 shooting 165 gr. NAB behind 57gr. of H4350.
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Tuff question.
250-3000/ 87 grain sierra for deer M70 6.5 Swede/ 129 interlock for deer M1a w/factory 150’s
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Left Hand Rem 700 KS chambered .270 Win. Nice rifle there. Mine is a Win Mod 70 featherweight in a McMillan hunters edge in .270 Win caliber.
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I don't believe I have ever shot two animals with the same rifle. That's the problem I'm trying to have.. dave LMAO! I’m slowly getting there. What a challenge. This made me laugh...what a true blessing we all enjoy to live in a free country where it's possible to embark on a challenge like this if we want to.
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Armalite 7.62x39 loaded with Fusion Ammo. I bet follow up shots on deer, if needed, are quick and easy with this combo. Very noice.
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No good pics of it…lefty 700 stainless 30-06 with a 6x42 LR duplex. Bought unfired here in the classifieds and it’s far and away my favorite.
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Go to rifle for any weather condition, any animal from elk, moose, to large plains game antelope, eland, kudu and zebra on down to whitetail deer, any range to 600 yards, would be my 7mm Mashburn with 160gr Accubonds at 3220 fps, when the accubonds are gone i'll be looking to the 168gr LRX or similar in the Hammer bullet line.
Trump Won!
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When I think of the phase "go to" I think versatile, always ready to go, and I'm not afraid to hurt it. My go to is a push feed model 70 in .30-'06 with a tupperware stock. It has a VX-II 3-9x40. Nothing experimental or iffy about this. Perfect go to. Ruger Hawkeye All Weather, 308, 150 Accubond or Partition.VX 2 2-7X33. I want it to shoot 165s, but it doesn't want to....
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[quote=gnoahhh]Ruger No. 1A, 6.5x55. SAWEEET !! I don’t presently have one but one could be a “Go To” for me. Jerry Very nice!
It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.
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Any more I rarely will take the same rifle out for deer. In the past it was the 30-06, first an 03 later a 721. I have a nice 358 Win on a 700 action. It along with a pre-64 300 H&H will be my next two rifles I take. If I get enough tags, I’ll also take my 375 Whelen AI or it will need to wait another year. Later maybe I’ll take a 30-40 Krag or IDK??? I just scored a Ruger #1 in 280, I have used 280 a bit in the past but never had a #1 before. Center fire rifles I have used in the past from lowest power to highest- 22-250 to 300 Win Mag - calibers from 22 to 45. Muzzle loaders - 50 cal and 54 cal Archery - long bow. A good friend is trying to get me to buy more modern archery equipment - if I do, I’ll take that equipment to New Mexico but it would be for elk, later I’d have it for deer. Pistols - 629 S&W and a Super Black Hawk in 44. I’ve killed way too many with my pickups - never needed a second hit with a Ford or a Chevy.
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I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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I hunted quite a bit this year using 3 different rifles.
TC Icon 3006.......7 deer Tikka 3006 .........1 deer Howa 308.............1 deer
TC saw the most use likely due to a new Steiner optic.
Next year may use a different line up. ..
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Hunted with a lot of different deer rifles over the years. Mostly model 700s. I had this one put together last year and am growing quite fond of it. Weight is 7.2# with the 2-10 Tract on top. It's chambered in .308 Win and shoots 150g Hornady Interlocks into tiny little groups.
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Normal go to is a Ruger Hawkeye African in 6.5x55 with 140 gr partitions. Whitetail, Axis, hogs and coyotes. This year shot all my deer (2 spikes and a doe) with my CZ varmint in 204 Ruger, both spikes in the head and the doe in the neck at 200+ yards. No tracking required.
"You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas" - Davy Crockett
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Several of mine came from the Campfire classifieds. All are extremely accurate. Some of my favorites are a custom model 7 in 221 fireball. It’s my go to for south Texas trips. My truck gun. Remington 700 6x45 Remington 700 6.5-284 Kampfeld Custom.
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Mid 1980s Winchester 70 XTR Featherweight Winlite 270 topped w/Zeiss Conquest MC 2.5-8x32 has been go to for several years
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