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In deer woods, what gun has brought the biggest smile to your face? I can think of two that tie for top spot in my memory. The first a straight grip BLR- the rifle shouldered and pointed like a sweet 20ga, was a joy to carry in the woods and the 308 was effective at short and long (300yds for me) range. I don't think I've ever had a rifle fit me like that one did. Next up was a 1895G Marlin- that 45/70 just hammered anything you pointed it at. The Marlin was compact, tough and made a great short range gun. The 405gr hardcast lead from beartooth bullets was hell on dear and did very little meat damage 'eat up to th hole' as they say. I only had one deer run after being hit_(All of 20yds) but the blood trail left looked like someone was running with a bucket of blood slooshing it everywhere. A blind man could have followed it.
What about you, what's your favorite smoke pole and why?
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My deer hunting is in the West, and I really like my NULA M20 .30-'06. Great combination of very light weight and good ballistics.
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LCDR Jim Dodd, USN (Ret.) "If you're too busy to hunt, you're too busy."
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My Sako 300 RUM. A little much for deer but it is my rifle. It is the only rifle that I can say I have killed "tons" of game with.
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My Ruger 77 6mm Rem. It never failed me yet.
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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Savage Model 99F in 300 Sav.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
Turdlike, by default.
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Dis one...7x57... Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I've enjoyed carring an old mauser that my grandfather brought back (mailed home)from ww2 and sporterised him self( he rechambered it to 250-3000 when that was the thing to have (mid-late 50's I believe?)) Also a rem600 in 6mm that's my old mans Both good deer rifles,they definatly are not safe queens but every scratch and/or dent has a story, and they have high sentimental value. As for rifles that haven't got all the years of story's and "magic" behind them,I've really come to love my ruger frontier in .338fed. as far as I'm concerned the most perfect rifle for pussyfoot'n through the heavy stuff like I like to hunt the second week here in ne pa.
EVERYBODY is pro-gun, some just don't know it. When an anti-gun person is in trouble, the first thing they do is call 911 and demand that they send somebody with a gun!
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Remington 700 Mt Rifle in 260, and 54 Renegade.
There is no accounting for taste.
Experience is a great thing as long as one survives it.
Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however, Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.
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Browning Model 81 in .308 and a 1963 Marlin 336C in .35 Rem.
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Model 1952 Mannlicher-Schoenauer in .257 Roberts. God, I wish I had it back! The Savage 1899H takedowns I'm currently using (.22HP, .303, .30/30) are a close runner-up.
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257AI and 264WM, never can decide which I like best.
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Flint lock long rifle.
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Probably my CZ full stock 7x57. It's just a great little package. A close second would be my very light weight 30-06 built on an FN action.
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well, I built my .264 for deer, but my .280 and I sure had some memorable moments.
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"For some unfortunates, poisoned by city sidewalks ... the horn of the hunter never winds at all" Robert Ruark, The Horn of the Hunter
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Win Featherweight .280 Remington. Soon to be bedded in walnut.
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Its a toss up between my Ruger 270 and my Marlin 30-30.
Whatever a 7x57 can do a 270 can do better.
True fair chase is you in the woods buttnaked with nothing but your finger nails and teeth.
If you'e fixin' to put a hole in something, make it a hole to remember.
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My Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Classic in 6.5x55 is my idea of an excellent whitetail rifle. The 7x57 Featherweight is right there with it though.
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For my boy's 18th birthday I got him a Model 70 Fwt in 6.5X55. He has other rifles now but while deer hunting he always has his model 70 with him. That one worked well. For me, I always start my season with my little 6.5X54 carbine. A joy to carry and has never let me down.
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winny 1886 45-70, built in 1901, now I tend to like my savage 99s!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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winny 1886 45-70, built in 1901, now I tend to like my savage 99s!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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