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This year I'm grooving on a M70 Zastava in 270 win bedded into a Bell & Carlson Carbolite topped with a leupold FX3 6X42.
Handloads consist of Norma brass filled with reloader 17 pushing a 150 partition under an inch at 200 yds. I have a feeling this rifle will be staying around for a very long time.
Plans for next year will be a 6.5X55 sweede of some sort with a 1 in 8 twist under 7.5 lbs ready to rock out to 750 yds.
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Though I have nothing close to this currently, mine would be a Kimber MT with a custom #2 bbl in 260 Rem. Topped with a 6X42 CDS shooting 139gr Scenars.
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Nice rifles and good ideas, keep 'em coming!
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270 Titus is a 300 Savage necked to .277.
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I've always figured a .270 Win was about as perfect a choice for a dedicated deer rifle as there is.
Kind of like a .30-06 but for deer - if you have one you don't need anything else.
Which is as good a reason as any for not having one.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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My 20" Tikka T3 .308 with 2.5-10x24 compact Nightforce. It has become my favorite all around carbine/ rifle. Plus it shoots exceptionally well. With the composite stock it's an easy packing, lightweight joy to carry. Mackay: is that the varmint contour 20" barrel? I wish I had picked one of those up back when they were still being imported.
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Sam, I'm going retro. I found a much abused pre-64 M70 that I'm re-barreling with a Hart in the good old 30.06 and re-stocking with a McMillan that I ordered from Rick. I'll use a Leupold 6xLR. I stared my hunting career when dinosaur tracks were new with the .06 and I'm returning to what I started with. I plan on using 150gr NBT at 3000fps or so. What could possibly be wrong with that?
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An 'all around perfect' mulie rifle is this one I have built-
Wby Vanguard action, .270 WSM cal.
Pac-Nor SMG barrel, 24", #2 contour
McMillan Edge stock, Sako Hunter style, 1" Pachmayr Decellerator pad, action bedded and free-floated
Timney trigger
VX3 2.5-8 glass in Talley LW mounts
130 gr. Nosler E-Tip bullets at 3300 fps. MV.
I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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My last six or seven mule deer have been taken with this .25-06 Rem 700 CDL, mostly with the 6x Leupold shown. Handloaded ammo, zeroed at 300 yards. I've used different bullets over the years, but the rifle remains the same. ![[Linked Image]](http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/GuyMiner/hunting%20photos/2008buck_zps06693bb5.jpg) Hunting for mule deer is my all-time favorite hunt. Regards, Guy
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Well mine is Winchester Extreme Weather Stainlessin 270WSM. Pretty flat to 300 yds and can push a 140 grain bullet through almost all the things it is pointed at. Went with a Vortex 4x12PA Viper and Luepy rings/bases ![[Linked Image]](http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o361/elkhunter130/270WSMinJuniper.jpg)
"A .358 Norma Mag is not for everyone but then again Bear hunting isn't either."
Unknown Bear guide on the Kodiak coast
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7 poundish 243AI.
22" barrel.
6x42, M1's.
Talley Rings.
105 A-max at 2.850".
If more ooompf was required, than as above, in 7mm Shamwow.
If it can't be done with one of those two set ups, then it really just can't be done.
R.
You can run, but you'll just die tired.
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Whatever a guy uses, he should be able to consistently hit a basketball from the muzzle to 400 yards (or whatever range he feels comfortable). He should be able to go from a comfortable carry position that he can utilize for miles, to a shooting position, and be able to fire on that 0-400 yard basketball, in under 10 seconds. The less time spent dicking around with foldy shooting sticks, wind gauges, magnification changes, and whatever other BS Field & Stream and Cabelas says is needed, the better off he will be.
If a guy is practiced up enough to do these things, and is in good enough shape to do some walking, he should be well off. When it comes to spending money on equipment, instead of buying another rifle, upgrade to a better set of binos. Some good advice here. That's the way I practice and everyone at the range looks at me funny. "you are only as good as what you can see"
"A .358 Norma Mag is not for everyone but then again Bear hunting isn't either."
Unknown Bear guide on the Kodiak coast
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The closest to perfect that I currently own is a Montana 7WSM with a Leupold 3.5-10. No muley tag this year, but I did kill a dink Hills 4x4 whitetail last Saturday with it. I'd really like to find an 84M in 7-08 to go with it.
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![[Linked Image]](http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp311/patrickgsinclair/mdbucks063.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp311/patrickgsinclair/Patshunt037-1.jpg) This one is the rifle I'll grab from now on.... GA Precision Extreme Hunter in 6.5 SAUM. I shoot 139gr scenars at 3175fps....I had a hand in designing the rifle, so I'm a bit biased........grin!
Luck....is the residue of design... ![[Linked Image]](http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp311/patrickgsinclair/96zvyt.gif)
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I would take either my 260 or 308 GAP Non Typicals... ![[Linked Image]](http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l463/Huntr7X57/GAP1stshoot003.jpg)
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270 Weatherby Mag Ultralight with a 4.5x14x40 Leupold VX3 shooting 130 grain Nosler Partitions!
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Ga Precision 6.5 Saum in the Extreme Hunter. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/IMG_19963.jpg)
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![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/kenster99/DSCN1066_zpsb78b7933.jpg) This one for me.German Weatherby MKV in 270 Wby mag shooting 130 gr partitions. Going to re-scope with a Leupold 4x12 I am thinking.
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holy crap, these last few posts contain some badass hardware!!! Nice mulie, Pat. .264 with Brux 1-8" Sporter contour in a McM Classic. ![[Linked Image]](http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp78/1sikpupi/100_1529Large.jpg)
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Something in a 6.5mm, with a 3-15 or so scope. Definitely something that is capable of sniping a mulie out of his bed at 400-500yds.
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