Suggestions welcomed for general purpose/deer hunting rifle
- Thread starter camnorth
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TacticalCanuck
Regular
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- SW Ontario
Lots of people will have an opinion on this, but I think I'll form my opinion around someone who spent their entire life around and using firearms. There was this Col. who thought a Scout rifle was the best general purpose rifle a man could have. It could hunt, it could target and it could be used in a pinch for personal defense (This was an American our rules are different).
Read about from a 3rd party (link below). I have the Ruger model and I can attest to it's accuracy, ease of use and super fast, both eyes open site acquisition. My scope is only 1-7x but boy is it a ton of fun. Pretty much outshoots my precision rifle which really irks me.
www.gunsandammo.com/reviews/ruger-gunsite-scout-rifle-review/
Read about from a 3rd party (link below). I have the Ruger model and I can attest to it's accuracy, ease of use and super fast, both eyes open site acquisition. My scope is only 1-7x but boy is it a ton of fun. Pretty much outshoots my precision rifle which really irks me.
www.gunsandammo.com/reviews/ruger-gunsite-scout-rifle-review/
while caliber is adequate the platform is not the best choice; weight, sights, safety design, all contribute to sks being less then good hunting gun, in a blind or tree stand you are ok but when pushing bush or stalking? i would not like to be next to you there. i love my sks, all dressed up and tactical, but that’s the SHTF/zombie apocalypse gun for me, and a cheap plinker, that’s about it
if i wanted a quality, affordable rifle with detachable magazines. I would just buy another sporterized Enfield
To anyone who is interested, I did just that. It's a 1920's well conditioned, well maintained Parker Hale sporterized. Good CGN'er Lawrence is going to assist with scope mount options, pics to follow.
