Looking for a black hunting rifle for deer in BC.

What about the Sako 85 Long range hunter? It was recently featured in the BCWF publication....had a Burris ??? x 50 with built in rangefinder....
 
bcsteve said:
Yeah but isn't your AR a Norinco?:stirthepot2:
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I was shooting a Norc AR at a service rifle match and had just finished telling CGNer "carbonrod" how infallible my lowly Norc was; it had never misfeed or jammed on me. Well the next match was the rapid and I didn't seat my mag fully (one of my mags was tight with 5 rounds due to the pin) first shot and the mag falls out of the gun. Got all 10 off, but don't think I scored too well on that stage. Moral is to never brag I guess.

The Norc is pretty reliable though :)
 
Ha, my apologies for all the hate. Personally I hate wood stocks. I've changed my whole collection over to plastic. Looking for anything that will last and look something ###y.
 
Sorrowbcboy said:
Ha, my apologies for all the hate. Personally I hate wood stocks. I've changed my whole collection over to plastic. Looking for anything that will last and look something ###y.
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In all seriousness it sounds like you would like an XCR or an Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply "Modern Hunter"

The Modern Hunter is IMO the best "tacticool" hunting rifle, but it is rather expensive.

What is your budget? A SKS with a tapco is a few hundred bucks a basic modern hunter is $3800
 
Sorrowbcboy said:
Looking for a "tactical" that will humanly down a deer. 556 will leave no meat left I hear. Would 223 be better? Any thoughts?
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The difference in effect on meat between the 5.56NATO version and the .223Remington version will be determined by the bullet. Most of the meat won't be damaged. Proper hunting bullets in this calibre will kill deer, but you will have less margin for error than with cartridges that can throw a larger projectile.


Success in hunting depends much more on your "tactics" than on which rifle you use.
 
One of the guys on here has had sucess with a XCR-L in 6.8 SPC, look down the page a short distance and you will see a thread about the 6.8 for hunting. I have one I intend to take out if I can ever manage to not be sailing through the entire deer season.
 
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TheTooner said:
The difference in effect on meat between the 5.56NATO version and the .223Remington version will be determined by the bullet. Most of the meat won't be damaged. Proper hunting bullets in this calibre will kill deer, but you will have less margin for error than with cartridges that can throw a larger projectile.


Success in hunting depends much more on your "tactics" than on which rifle you use.
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I agree with everything you say except the part about less margin for error. A bullet must reach the vitals and cause damage. Poor placement with a larger round will not overcome the poor placement. The advantages of larger cartridges in the bullets ability to reach the vitals even when having to penetrate more than just the rib cage, also larger holes leak better making for a better blood trail.

The .22 centerfires while effective for killing whitetails and similar game are far from a beginners cartridge. They are an experts cartridge, they must be used with discretion. As has been said, the OP has many options available to him they may not all be cheap but they would be better suited to a new hunter for deer.
 
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