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Hard to beat.

I own 2......270 and 7mm rem. mag

Benelli�s R1. Will out shoot a BAR any day.

Let's not start a pissing match. I've shot several of both rifles and the Benelli groups as good as any bolt rifle will.

Then don't make statements like you did. If you had any experience with a Browning you would know how well they shoot. R1 is going to be probably discontinued because only oldman1942 owns one.

NOW...You know that the 740/742 put your kids through college...haha

they sure are ugly tho'.......

If her shots will be less than 150yrds, look for the Ruger semi-automatic carbine .44 cal. The Deerfield.

My wife loves to shoot mine. It's not terrifically accurate, but it kills deer and cycles reliably.

That and guys do a double take when they look at you bringing out what appears to be a 10/22 for a deer hunt.

Well, there IS that.. Hehehehehehee..

Randy, do you know what the budget is? Would she even consider a pump?



Now, that I'd like to see.. The operative word in your statement is 'any'... I'm thinkin' you might wanna change that to 'some'.. That would make it totally valid.

I'm not a semi-auto guy, but if the BAR is anything like the FNAR it should be pretty stinkin' good....course the heavy barrel, free float, etc may make a lot of difference, but the FNAR amazes me in it's accuracy. No problem in reliability so far, but I've not been running it through rain and mud either....

Another vote for a good clean Win 100

Other than keeping it oiled, my grandfather never did anything to his for 30 or so years hunting in Northern, MN and he never had a single issue with it.

It now resides in my safe and apart from a crappy trigger, it's surprisingly accurate.

I'd go BAR in .308 with a 20" bbl.


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The silly stuff you read on the Internet...

I have no desire for one but if I had no bolt action option, no lever option, no break action, falling block, pump etc...

If I was heading out hunting and all I had in front of me to choose from was a pile of my least fav "In the world" (the semi auto family)....

I'd stick a clothes pin on my nose and reach for the BAR.

But if you do now, you're more than likely gonna end up with a wall-hanger.. Parts for BARs are not obsolete..

Excellent place for it.. (A true understatement..) Many of those were pretty good, accuracy-wise.. The alternatives, ala the 740s/72s were not much more than pure lead-slingers - when and if they'd cycle using those crappy-to-the-max magazines..

Heheheeee...

(all the above, tongue-in-cheek attempts at humor.. )

LMAO.. I hear ya.. But I wouldn't need the clothespin ...

Make sure the wife goes along when shopping and gets to try any gun being considered. Some of the semi-autos are heavy. Without knowing how big a woman she is this might become a factor in her choice.

Jim

Browning BAR. I know there are other brands/models but if you want a reliable and dependable quality auto you get the BAR.

For shiggles, I've contemplated a BAR Lighweight Stalker in 30hotsix with a 2.5x on top.

Perfect northwood's jump'em-and-shoot'em setup.

I would highly suggest you contact Mike Milli at D-Tech.

An AR platform lightened up to 8 lbs all up in .338 Federal I could like a lot for a rig...

I'll second this, but say a 243wssm or 25wssm in a ar15 by Mike Milli of dedicated technologies would be the ultimate semi-auto deer/hog rifle.

That being said the 223 works fine for deer. A nice ar15 in 223 could do wonders out to 300 yards.