Anyone have a Stalking rifle to flaunt?

My Husqvarna 46a in 9.3x57 is very nice for sneekin' the woods and performance on critters inside 100 yds is great with my hardcast loads.
Fitting the Timney trigger was a good thing. Now that me eyes suck for open irons, I'll be scoping 'er up soon & she'll look like Ted's one. ;)

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Yep, the Timney trigger makes a huge difference in these rifles. Not only in the reliable adjustments, but it sits much farther back in the trigger guard. Good thing we got them when they were easy to find.

Still haven't hunted with cast yet, but the 270 gr Speer is absolutely deadly on everything we have tried it on.

Ted
 
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My Lee speed makes a perfect stalking rifle
 
tokguy said:
You are correct sir. So far I have a plethora of candidates to play with.
I don't really consider anything past 250 yds as a valid shot...not the game that I play. Big power ain't cool in my neck of the woods.
30-40, 9.3 x 57, 8 x 57, 303 Br, 38-55 are a few of the calibers I use. Full patch, turn of the century, milsurp rds are usually what I end up using. A nice bubba'd milsurp with a thinned out stock works well for me.
7 x 57 is on the want list, though truth be told ( and Spaniard's be damned ) it's original loading doesn't trump a 30-40 IMO.
I really like carrying a 219 savage in 30-30... but it's an heirloom gun. The wrist on it is too slender for shotgun work... even the 30-30 seems brisk out of it.
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Ruger No.1's are pretty "stalking rifle(ish)" right out of the box... particularly the "A" and "RSI" versions.
 
Hoyt; I know...I can't justify the cost of one in top shape. A No. 1 'B' in 220 is leaning on the wall beside the desk as I write...but that isn't a stalking rifle, LOL.
I'm even tempted to re-bbl it in 30-40...love the caliber and have insane amount of brass for it. The rifle is so tore up that to modify it is not a conscienceless move.
It's the coolest one that I'm pondering; but like I posted, I already have 4 -5 that are in the league already. A tight year to be modifying guns that I can't do myself.
 
hoytcanon said:
Super Cub just built a beauty that is close to perfect to my way of thinking, perhaps he will post a picture.
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Greg ..... I was stalking your posts as usual looking for an excuse to raze you and you give me this. Thanks for the compliment. :)

275 Rigby built for my by Chris Griesbach who gets most of the credit for it's final form. Without his patient guidance, I would have botched it.

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SuperCub said:
Greg ..... I was stalking your posts as usual looking for an excuse to raze you and you give me this. Thanks for the compliment. :)

275 Rigby built for my by Chris Griesbach who gets most of the credit for it's final form. Without his patient guidance, I would have botched it.

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Such a nice rifle!
 
SuperCub said:
Greg ..... I was stalking your posts as usual looking for an excuse to raze you and you give me this. Thanks for the compliment. :)

275 Rigby built for my by Chris Griesbach who gets most of the credit for it's final form. Without his patient guidance, I would have botched it.

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That be a beauty rifle fer sure. :cool: What be the all up weight of 'er?
 
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This is it for me. A bit of an impulse buy from profit river. Its a 338 rcm in a ruger m77 compact. Seems very light and quick handling and is proving to be accurate enough. 185ttsx at 2900 fps just under 1moa should be proper medicine for moose and elk in the thick stuff. I topped it with a vx2 2-7×33 which seems like a good fit for this rifle. All together just over 7.5lbs.
 

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hoytcanon said:
I have a few of those too... they are very nice carry rifles.
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I'll never understand why Ruger stops producing excellent rifles like these. I hope they don't make the same mistakes as Remington. One of my Moose crew just bought a Ruger M77 African in 6.5X55. What a sweetheart that one is. He blew a bundle on it. It took almost a year for it to come in. He's a happy camper with no regrets.
 
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