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I'll start,
I have several that I plan on using this year. First up is a Model 70 in 7 Rem mag that has never been fired other than @ the range. I've had it for over 15 years. It shoots 139 Interlocks into about 5/8" @ 100 so it's ready. I really don't know why I've never hunted with it. I did loan it to a friend from work one-time years ago, but he never got a shot.

Next up is a Ruger #1 in 45-70. I did take it one time in 2023 but.... I let the doe walk.

3rd is a NIB 1991 Model 70 Sporter in .243. It's never been shot. I did put a Nikon Buckmaster (bought off the fire) on it in Talley QD's . I'll get a load worked up for it before the season.

4th is the Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag. I'll probably take it along as a target of opportunity gun. I've loaded a ton of ammo for it so I can practice this summer and hopefully get proficient with it.

Last is a Marlin 336A in 30-30 AI. Hunted a few times with it years ago, but the opportunity never presented itself.
That should take me through the season

Browning Safari in 243 hopefully.

1st is a NIB Winchester 1895 in .405win. Had a Williams receiver sight installed. Have never killed a deer without using a scope, or with a wood stocked rifle for that matter.

2nd is a Seekins PH2 Urban Camo in 6.5prc with a Nightforce scope.

3rd is a ss/syn Ruger 77/44 that I bought for the straight wall requirements in the southern part of my goofy state

I have an older 7x57 Savage 111 that I never have killed anything with. I hope to change that this week.

Likewise a Model 70 Featherweight 7x57 unblemished.

A 99F Savage .250-3000 that I’ve only fired at paper a couple of times.

Also a new Weatherby Vanguard 6.5-.300 Weatherby that needs bloody-ing, too.

Simple guy. Same thing I used last year. Tikka t3x 6 creed

Ha! Some of my hunting partners have ask me If I've ever hunted with the same rifle twice.
Yes I have but i do love trying different rifles and bullets.

A Kimber BGR in 270 Winchester

Not very often, always coveting something I don’t have.

My LH Sako 85 Hunter in 30-06 (top) is shooting great at the range. Unfortunately, no deer have been kind enough this last season to appear while I was carrying it. My Ruger #1 in 6.5x55 was my lucky rifle to be carrying in 2023. Hopefully I'll take something with the Sako later this year.

Nice!

I bloodied my Sako AV Kokotukki .338 on my ‘23 Moose. I carried my AII .308 carbine, but didnt take a shot on deer. I just bought an AI 6PPC hunter, if I don’t get out for coyotes before it gets too warm, I’ll have to try it on gophers and Prairie dogs this spring. I just picked up 1k 66 grain 6mm Fowler bullets from an auction, they should work in one of my .243/6mm rifles.

My 375 H&H.

Thats fun. We usually try to take a doe or something with something different every year. Was going to use a Dragoon this year but things got in the way. Have done it with pistols down to 380 so far. Rifles up to 50 bmg. Shotguns 20 and 12. Archery everything but a stone head.

But to be deadly... the current one is a 6.5 creed moor and have verified zeros to 1000 with it. In fact shoot a shot at 1000 almost every week from Nov/ first of January. Just to verify.

Don't even want to think about it!

ya!


GWB

Used 6 guns to kill deer this year, five calibers, two were new. Have two on my regular rotation that didn’t get used this season. Don’t have specific plans to get anything new, but expect I’ll get a couple more before fall. First day I go out I’ll probably waste an hour deciding which gun to take.

The Fudd thread got me thinking.

I am going to use my Dad's 50 year old Rem 760 pump. Put the open sights back on, replaced the VX II 4-12 Leupold with a gloss Vari-X III Leupold 2.5-8.

Found some Federal 150gr RN factory ammo.

1. TC Contender with a 10" barrel in 30 Herrett.
2. Remington m14 in 30 Remington
3. TC Encore with a 23" MGM barrel in 500 Linebaugh
4. 1908 Brazilian Mauser in 7x57
5. 1944 '98 Mauser in 8x57

How do you like the eye relief on that scope at 9X Ed? I ended up getting the Credo 3x9 since I saw they advertised 2.2" on high power. Seemed a little short for my 338. How's it feel on the 375?

New Tikka CTR in 6.5 CM

Howa 1500 SS in 375 Ruger (If I get a chest freezer and do a Nilgai hunt)

Remington 700 Mountain Rifle in 280 Rem.

Remington 700 in .223

CVA Accura .50