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Whats your favorite rifle to carry for PA deer season? Right now it's my Remington model 700 BDL stainless in 300 RUM wearing a Leupold VX III 4.5-14x40mm with 180 grain Nosler Accubonds,next year I hope to have a Remington mountain rifle ss or a Remington model seven stainless either will be a 308 Win.and wear a Leupold VX I 3-9x40mm and be using 165 grain Accubonds.
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I have hunted Pa. quite a bit since I retired in 1999.. Have used various rifles there, starting with my old .30-06, a 7mm Wea., 270, .25-06, and a couple .300's. I have found several stands where I can watch old strip mines, and often get a long shot opening day, or on the Saturdays.. For this spot I use one of the .300's, but the .270 and .25-06 have taken a couple also.. For more traditional hunting I have a 7mm-08 with a fairly stiff barrel cut to 21".. I killed my last couple whitetails in Pa. with it.. It is doubtful I make the trip in the future, as the camp is being sold.. Fun while it lasted..
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300 RUM sounds about perfect. I'd pass on the 308, not worth messing with those pipsqueak rounds.
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Yeah, kills em twice as big as a .30-30 as well.
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What? I thought everyone there used Remington 760s in '06 loaded with 180gr Core-Lokts.
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Remington 700 Classic, 270 Win....
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t, I often visit a huge gunshop in central Pa. when I am in that area.. I would say the Remington pump rifles are found in the greatest number on the used gun racks.. 06 is number one, but .270's follow a close second.. If I were living in that place I would have a Remington slide action in my safe.. Fortunately, I do not live there..
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I have enjoyed hunting in PA over the years and done well. The old timer who had the farm where we stayed shot a Winchester M71 348 Win!
He used to say "When I fire a shot they know it's my 348!"
Now that I have made it to senior status I am concerned about getting hurt from the recoil of the cannons we have.
I just sold a 375 HH and am even complaining about the recoil from a 300 Win M.
Can't wait for the snow to melt so I can get out.
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T/C Encore in .260 Rem., Savage 110 in .243, or Savage in .260.
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99, An uncle of mine had a 71 in .348, I really wanted it, but he gave it to his son in law.. he sold if for beer..
I have a bunch of friends in Pa. they favored the Model 70 in .270.. The old 06 was the goal of most Pa. hunters I visited with.. When the 99 hit the market in .284, I had a bunch of relatives that bought that rifle.. I suppose 6 to 10 went for that one..
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I if had to pick a rifle to hunt your state it would be the same one i use here a light weight 308 or 7x57 Model 700 Rem
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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t, I often visit a huge gunshop in central Pa. Grice gun shop ? Been there a few times. https://www.gricegunshop.com/index.php
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Clearfield PA is over 300 miles from Western CT.
When the first Cabelas opened in Hamburg PA we went down to it and stayed overnight.
Now there is a Cabelas near us, only a half hour away.
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I carried a PA Machine Gun for years, 308 win with 150 gr PMC soft points. (IIRC, they were Sierra GK's) Lots of deer fell to that rifle...I still have it. I am in the process of rejuvenating it a bit. Going to get a new set of Boyd's furniture. It will also get a Leupold VX-1 with the Heavy duplex (or maybe a German #1, just because...) Most of my kin carries Lever guns and slides, varying chambering from 222 Rem (thats a bolt) 243 Win, 30-30, 308, 30-06 and *shudder* 270 Win. My last deer in PA was killed with the rifle in my sig line. It's a 6.5x47 Lapua, had to use it since it was a new build...
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284, indeed it was Grice's..
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my 7600 carbine 35 whelen with a 2-7x32 elite on talley lows is about perfect. its known as The Meatmaster.
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A Savage Model 99 R in 300 Sav or a Model F in 308W.
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I'd carry the same old Win. 94 .30-30 I've killed shyt tons of deer with in NY. Pretty sure it'd kill Pa. deer just as dead.
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I wonder how many bar fights have started in PA when discussing 30-30 WIN VS 35 REM.
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Savage 99 in 358 or Ruger 77 in 270 are the main choices, sometimes a 94 Win in 32 Spl.
30-30 vs 35 Rem? Except for me and a couple of handgunners, I can't think of anybody I've ever hunted with that carries anything bigger than a 30 caliber. 243, 6mm Rem, 270, 300 Sav, 30-30, 30-06, and 308 are about it.
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