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Remington 700 BDL in BC medalist + 4 X M8
BSA CR2 that I just have for trade fodder.
Ruger Tanger with red pad no scope yet.
Winchester Model 70 XTR in BC medalist and 4X Leupold.
I had a very bad experience with one when I was in college about 33 years ago but like them good enough now. I still have more 30/06s and 308s though.
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I shot one (a neighbor’s) not overly impressed. Doesn’t offer any more than a 30-06! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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I shot one (a neighbor’s) not overly impressed. Doesn’t offer any more than a 30-06! memtb Except BCs worth a crap without needing a 200 grain bullet and loads of recoil.
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I shot one (a neighbor’s) not overly impressed. Doesn’t offer any more than a 30-06! memtb Except BCs worth a crap without needing a 200 grain bullet and loads of recoil. Unless you’re shootings beyond 500 yards…..BC’s aren’t very important! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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i have 6 REM.Mag. rifles a very fine cartridge
LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman
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I shot one (a neighbor’s) not overly impressed. Doesn’t offer any more than a 30-06! memtb Except BCs worth a crap without needing a 200 grain bullet and loads of recoil. Unless you’re shootings beyond 500 yards…..BC’s aren’t very important! memtb I know. I was answering your statement. It does have some advantages but not for all uses I guess.
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7 Mag is gayer than a 270! 😀
280AI is enough powder for me.
Don't speculate when you don't know, and don't second guess when you do.
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I can't remember ever owning a 7mm Rem mag. I've always been a fan of the Rem .280 but I don't even shoot them any more.
Life is good live it while you can.
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A shorter list would be; Who don't. Ahh, me.
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Started loading for my BIL back in the 90's, 700........
He shot FLA pigs and deer, grumbled a little for some reason................ he wanted the lighter faster stuff!
Loaded him up some 170gr RN, he never looked back or asked for anything else....
SADLY, the rifle is now mine, wish it weren't.
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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A shorter list would be; Who don't. That's exactly what I was thinking. Or compare how many 30-06's you have to how many 7mm rem mag's you have. I'll be the first: 1. 5 30-06 rifles (I think) 2. 2 7mm rem mag rifles.. It may be unamerican to not own at least 1 7mm rem mag? Notice I didn't say 270 win, because I'm not gay..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I have a Sako AV that I bought here on the "fire" some time back and I put a Swarovski Z3 3-10x42mm on it.
It hasn't been used much as of late, I have tended to use a little less horsepower (6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5x55mm, 7mm-08, 7x64mm, 308 WCF and 30-06) for deer and pigs here in the southeast.
If it didn't shoot so well, I'd probably send it down the road.
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I walked into a shop yesterday and they had 3 7RMs, a CZ and 2 Remington 700s. They also had a Savage 280AI
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I have 2, a 1972 vintage Remington 700 BDL and a gorgeous Ruger M77 MKII Express rifle!
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A shorter list would be; Who don't. I do not, and do not plan on ever getting one. A prejudice formed long ago when a 7 mag hunter talked down our 270's. Yet, it was he who needed help tracking a wounded deer. While the 270's just put meat on the pole with no muss, no fuss.
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I don’t. Have wanted one at various times tho. I have the OL .280 so…close. 
Camp is where you make it.
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I have one and like it. But it's more than I need for the way I hunt deer. Same here.
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It does need a 24” tube and it burns around 70gr of powder, neither of which are great attributes for a “deer rifle”, but there’s no arguing that it is effective. Doesn’t beat up a shooter too badly either. I use mine a fair bit in open spots where I can see 400yds or more, as the 160NAB tracks well with the B&C reticle in my 3.5-10.
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They were all the rage with younger guys in the mid to late 90s in SC where I lived. I never owned one but never had any aversion to them.
Life can be rough on us dreamers.
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