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I’m thinking my Alabama deer rifles will be a Savage 7x57, really beat up elk rifle M-700 .35 Whelen, and a vintage M-700 .308 Win. If I go to Texas, I may take a 6.5-300 Weatherby. Good luck, all!
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When I open safe, the rifle that hollers the loudest gets to go. Sorry I missed this earlier. This is seriously Quote of the Day material. The problem with me is that the gun cabinet is too close to the bedroom and the boogers have figured out how to haunt my dreams.
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I like Ruger #1s. Also like the .35 rem for a woods cartridge. Unfortunately not factory available in that combo.
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I like Ruger #1s. Also like the .35 rem for a woods cartridge. Unfortunately not factory available in that combo. Always thought the .35 Rem would be the cat's ass in the RSI...
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Have a few favorites. Depends on the weather, type of stand or situation i guess. 1) 260 Nula 2)7/08 Sako Accuflite 85 3) 308 Blaser R8 Pro
Few others in the rotation as well but the above 3 rifles get the most attention lately
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Without a doubt it's my Ruger single shot in .303Brit! Cat
scopes are cool, but slings 'n' irons RULE!
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Ruger No 1B in 30.06 or Cooper Custom Classic 25-06 or Cooper 7-08. The 25-06 is crazy accurate with most anything I use.
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My favorite Deer caliber is .264 Win Mag, I killed a lot of deer with it.
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I have two. One is a 20" barrelled 6lb all up 358 win built off a ruger MkII which is my on the ground gun. My other favorite is a 250AI also built off a Ruger. The 250 AI is the only rifle I every went though a whole barrel on. probably have close to 8K rounds through it now. For years I felt like I was buying every 100g BT SPS sold.
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I don't really have a favorite caliber. Have used a 308 more than anything but because of the rifle, a mod 660 Remington, son has it now. Have used a 243, 25-06, 6.5x55 7x57, 7mm Rem mag, 338 win Mag, 6.5x06 and few others. Thing I found out was every one of them with a properly placed bullet kills deer pretty dead. Like my 6.5x55 and recently got a Mod 700 rebarreled to 260 Remington I think I'm gonna like. Though about a 250-3000 real hard but finding components was difficult and suggestions for making brass was all over the place, gave up and went 260 without regrets. One of the thing's I did like about my 308 was fairly low recoil, I hate recoil and it only get's worse as I get older. The mod 660 the 308 was in was an old fence post that handled and shot great! Cartridge I never used was a 30-06 although one did become my elk rifle. I think the problem was the first one I had had really bad recoil. Got rid of it and never looked back.If there is a best deer cartridge I'd call it either a 25cal or 6.5 cal on the 308 case or the 250-3000! Idea is bringing down recoil in a handy rifle. Weather cooled enough the other day to try out my new 260 and really nice for me to shoot! Working on it around 129/130gr bullets. Preferably Hornady spire points! Wish Speer made a 130gr hot core, I'd try them! Don't need a 120gr bullet, have a 25-06 that works fine with a 117gr bullet!
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257 roberts for caliber, and probably my browning BLR in 257.
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Remington Model 7 18.5" .308 or 7-08
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I answer this question in one form or another every few years.
About 20 years ago I grew fond of Savage 99s. I have a pile of them now. So, if someone knows a better handling whitetail rifle, I would like to hear it. I have sometimes missed, but never with a Savage 99.
Mine is either a Savage 99R in 308 or a Savage 99C in 284 Win. Both are death lasers on bucks. The walls in my two homes proves it. I like them too, they feel good in your hands. I have 243, 308, 300 Savage, 358, and 284. I have one at Smith, becoming a 338 Federal. Also a 32-40 I love to shoot
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I answer this question in one form or another every few years.
About 20 years ago I grew fond of Savage 99s. I have a pile of them now. So, if someone knows a better handling whitetail rifle, I would like to hear it. I have sometimes missed, but never with a Savage 99.
Mine is either a Savage 99R in 308 or a Savage 99C in 284 Win. Both are death lasers on bucks. The walls in my two homes proves it. I like them too, they feel good in your hands. I have 243, 308, 300 Savage, 358, and 284. I have one at Smith, becoming a 338 Federal. Also a 32-40 I love to shoot I have two 99s in the safe now, one that my brother always hunted with that I feel should still be used and an older .300 that’s never been in the woods in my lifetime (my family was Remington folks and it belonged to a friend of my grandfather who passed). I prefer the 760/7600, but it’s hard to argue that they’re great woods guns.
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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I answer this question in one form or another every few years.
About 20 years ago I grew fond of Savage 99s. I have a pile of them now. So, if someone knows a better handling whitetail rifle, I would like to hear it. I have sometimes missed, but never with a Savage 99.
Mine is either a Savage 99R in 308 or a Savage 99C in 284 Win. Both are death lasers on bucks. The walls in my two homes proves it. I like them too, they feel good in your hands. I have 243, 308, 300 Savage, 358, and 284. I have one at Smith, becoming a 338 Federal. Also a 32-40 I love to shoot I have two 99s in the safe now, one that my brother always hunted with that I feel should still be used and an older .300 that’s never been in the woods in my lifetime (my family was Remington folks and it belonged to a friend of my grandfather who passed). I prefer the 760/7600, but it’s hard to argue that they’re great woods guns. I am from a Savage 99 family and my favorite is one in 450 Bushmaster. It's not 100% done yet, but it is the ticket for South Texas brush.
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I answer this question in one form or another every few years.
About 20 years ago I grew fond of Savage 99s. I have a pile of them now. So, if someone knows a better handling whitetail rifle, I would like to hear it. I have sometimes missed, but never with a Savage 99.
Mine is either a Savage 99R in 308 or a Savage 99C in 284 Win. Both are death lasers on bucks. The walls in my two homes proves it. I like them too, they feel good in your hands. I have 243, 308, 300 Savage, 358, and 284. I have one at Smith, becoming a 338 Federal. Also a 32-40 I love to shoot I have two 99s in the safe now, one that my brother always hunted with that I feel should still be used and an older .300 that’s never been in the woods in my lifetime (my family was Remington folks and it belonged to a friend of my grandfather who passed). I prefer the 760/7600, but it’s hard to argue that they’re great woods guns. I am from a Savage 99 family and my favorite is one in 450 Bushmaster. It's not 100% done yet, but it is the ticket for South Texas brush. Now you have my attention. What did you use for a donor?
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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Have a few , but probably my 1957 Winchester featherweight in 270 , with Leupold 3x9 compact.
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