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Rifles....????

pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
....so, if you had the bucks, and wanted a deer hunting rifle....what would you buy?
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,035 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A deer huntin rifle. Don
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  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    A deer huntin rifle. Don


    But what color?
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I for one, have missed the laser-like, minimalist wisdom of Don.
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,983 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would build a 30-06 featherweight rifle of some sort...likely a Mauser style claw, iron sights as well as scope...w0 inch barrel, timmney trigger...wood builded linseed oilfield finish with a wax coat...metal cerecoat/duracoat/parked.
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,767 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would buy a weatherby in either .257 or 30-378. Oh, I did that already. [:D]
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd just stay with my old tried and true 1956 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight chambered in 30-06.

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That would depend on where I was hunting but for around here where deer rarely get to 200 lbs and the longest shot would be less than 400 yards I would look real hard at Remington model 700 or model 7 chambered in .308.
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...any particular builder..like Christensen...Jarret?....Dakota?....or just stock off the shelf...Don, if you reply with your silly stuff, im gonna kick your *....got it?
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,035 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    Don, if you reply with your silly stuff, im gonna kick your *....got it?



    Got your bus ticket yet? Don
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    Don, if you reply with your silly stuff, im gonna kick your *....got it?



    Got your bus ticket yet? Don
    I am the "Bus" you phony would be bad *...when I roll over you, you will know my name.....
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Deer ain't that hard to kill, what do you enjoy shooting? Lately some people have asked me what to buy. I've asked them if recoil matter, they said yes. So I recommended a 7mm-08. With 140gr spitzer boat-tails it has plenty of power and range for the price paid on the recoil end.
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stock Remington. Never could see the sense paying some yahoo a few extra thousand bucks when the stock guns shoot so welll. Course if you want it painted gold that's your business. [:)]
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,035 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    when I roll over you, you will know my name.....



    When you roll over, you will be calling my name! Don
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  • CoolhandLukeCoolhandLuke Member Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by AzAfshin
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    A deer huntin rifle. Don


    But what color?


    I see you are poking the bear!
    We have to fight so we can run away.
    Capt. Jack Sparrow.
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can get factory rifles now that are pillar bedded and great triggers. No need for a custom one unless you just want one, then, of course, get one. Good glass on good mounts matter.
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey
    quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
    I'd just stay with my old tried and true 1956 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight chambered in 30-06.,,,,,,,,,,,,,a slight step backwards for the gun, eh ?????,,,,,,,,[:D][}:)][:D]Ouch, now that hurt! [:(][;)][:D]

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    A good deer rifle isn't expensive anymore. A good old one is not cheap though.
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  • M1A762M1A762 Member Posts: 3,426 ✭
    edited November -1
    If you want an automatic check out a Browning BAR. Look for a Belgium made model.

    Bolt action rifles are plentiful, but again Browning makes some real beauties that shoot great. I have a 1969 Browning Safari 7mm rem mag that shoots better than I can hold.

    Winchester and Marlin lever actions make great deer rifles, the older the better![:)] If you want one of the handiest rifles ever made then look no further than a Winchester model 92 in .44/40 or .38/40 for brush hunting deer.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've always fancied a Sauer drilling, but just can't justify the expense.

    2 x 16Ga + 8x57JR (or 9.3mm).
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most of my hunting is open fields 40-400 yds +....anything new out there?....
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by CoolhandLuke
    quote:Originally posted by AzAfshin
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    A deer huntin rifle. Don


    But what color?


    I see you are poking the bear!





    it sure sounds like there is going to be some poking, but i dont think its a bear [:D]
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Steyr ProHunter .308
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  • JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,511 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A new in the box Model 88 Winch. in .308
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  • woodhogwoodhog Member Posts: 13,115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    my model 70 1956 .270 from my grandpa has been such a great hunting pal I could wish for nothing better.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,193 ******
    edited November -1
    A3-03 in 30.06 mauser action,,
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,193 ******
    edited November -1
    Kimber 30.06
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,193 ******
    edited November -1
    old Remington 700 CDL 30.06
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  • sxsnufsxsnuf Member Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A mauser style action with 24" tube, cerecoat finish, good quality composite or lightweight laminate stock and chambered in 3006.
    Arrivederci gigi
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  • 4205raymond4205raymond Member Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
    I'd just stay with my old tried and true 1956 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight chambered in 30-06.
    +1, Exact same here with Redfield Wide View(TV)1 3/4 to 5 power and JR-70 Redfield one piece mount and medium rings to clear bolt handle.Been refinished four or five times. Have shot a truck load of deer with it. Know I am old school but In my humble opinion best set up ever for Whitetails in Eastern United States.
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You know, if it's just for deer, you might try one of the 6.5's. Some of them are a real pleasure to shoot, even in a light rifle.. A good rifle good glass, on a solid platform, good trigger. I better quit or I'm going to talk myself into another rifle.

    maybe a Sako

    http://www.GunBroker.com/item/613048710
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Marlin Lever gun and a 30-30 would work for 99% of all my deer hunting
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,771 ******
    edited November -1
    Well pwillie if you really want to make your deer hunt a real challenge,

    A nice custom built flintlock Kentucky rifle in 45,50, or 54 caliber
    would be another fine option for the man who has everything and is looking for more excitement in life.

    You will have to scale down your shooting range out to a max of 100 yards.

    Been my rifle of choice for the last 15 years and have not gone without venison.[:)]
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SKS. wouldn't take a shot over 100 yds. or, a scoped Ruger M77 MkII stainless in .270 if I was going long distance.

    but I don't hunt, I don't feel like shooting animals.
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    ...any particular builder..like Christensen...Jarret?....Dakota?....or just stock off the shelf...Don, if you reply with your silly stuff, im gonna kick your *....got it?


    I'd go with a known quality local gunsmith build over a "name" shop (I have 2 such gunsmiths near me).
    Hint, if he's backed up less than 2 years on his work, you don't want him as a builder.

    I have 2 such rifles. One built in 1977 that's on it's 3rd barrel, Mk-X receiver, Canjar trigger, Fajian walnut stock, Shepherd optics in Redfield mounts, 1-12 25" #5 Shilen barrel chambered in 30-06. The other is a CZ 550 Mag receiver/trigger, McMillan "Baker" stock, Nightforce optics on a 20MOA CZ rail, Harrell brake, 1-12 30" #8 Lilja barrel chambered in 300 RUM Improved.

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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    when I roll over you, you will know my name.....



    When you roll over, you will be calling my name! Don
    Your name will be changed to Denise![:o)]
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  • Colonel PlinkColonel Plink Member Posts: 16,460
    edited November -1
    I already have a perfectly good deer rifle. It's a custom Mauser in 257 Roberts.

    So for my next perfectly good deer rifle, I'd like a Winchester model 70, blue & walnut in 270.
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    of all the rifles spoken about, what caliber for deer?What about the quality of the new weatherby's..?
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,510 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by SCOUT5
    You know, if it's just for deer, you might try one of the 6.5's. Some of them are a real pleasure to shoot, even in a light rifle.. A good rifle good glass, on a solid platform, good trigger. I better quit or I'm going to talk myself into another rifle.

    maybe a Sako

    http://www.GunBroker.com/item/613048710


    I had to reconsider when it was either a 6.5x55 or 25/06. I chose the 06 because it works both varmit and animals. Using an encore now but looking at the Remington 700 long range. Longer range and the Sig 3000 comes to play.
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,265 ******
    edited November -1
    Ruger No.1, .270 Winchester. I only need one shot.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm a fan of a 30-06. That caliber has never disappointed me!
    Custom stocked(by my Dad) 721 Remington 30-06 worked fine this past November for this Wisconsin Whitetail.
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    Now I have a hankering for a custom rifle in 257 Roberts. Not sure why, but I want one!

    Winchester Model 64 Deluxe 30-30 is also a classic deer rifle along with a Savage 99 in 250 Savage.......

    I prefer the older tried and true classics. I'm not a fan of the new stuff......A Browning safari Grade or a Pre 64 Winchester Model 70 can both still be bought fairly reasonably, and I doubt any of the new stuff is any better!
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