What rifle help! info needed

srt4u2nv said:
ya I will be keeping my 12ga for sure love that thing:D

I love the SPS700 in camo! but once you put a 3200 on it you over $1000

a guy that works at a local gun shop said we were limited to .284 until you go north of HWY7.
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Don't go by what the guy at the gunshop said, Check the regs there are only 1/2 dozed or so townships that have that restriction. I use a 270 and it is a great cartridge. Stevens is a good choice but spend some $ on the potics, you won't regret it.
 
"...look like their factory loaded ammo is rare?...Not Canadian Tire common..." Nope and yep. Crappy Tire carries both. Look for 6.5 x 55 instead of 6.5 Swedish. Same thing. 7mm-08 is fairly common everywhere now. Ammo available in Crappy Tire is a pretty good 'guage' though.
You are not going to get next to no felt recoil out of a rifle that is suitable for moose and elk. The .270 or it's friends are as close as you'll get.
 
srt4u2nv said:
Hey everyone

I have been looking for a great deal on a used gun but apparently there are none...lol....so its time to buy new..I only have a 12ga now and want to switch to hunting White tail with a rifle....I will also be hunting Moose, Bear and possably Elk...I have narrowed my cartrige size down to a .270win ...below are a few reasons for this caliber.

1.) loads can be made to hunt all game mentioned above
2.) recoil is minimal
3.) the WMU I hunt has a cap of .284 (WMU 68a&b)

I want a black/grey stock and blued or black barrel the guns I have picked out are the

-Mossberg ATR 100 and the
-Stevens model 200

which do you guys prefer and why? I also would like to buy a matching smaller caliber for yotes and wolves like a .223 or would the .270 work as well I would want next to no recoil on the coyote gun...I'm pretty sure both manufacturers make a matching .223.

any pro's and con's would be awsome!

Thanks in advance!
SRT
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Stevens.
 
Take SuperCubs advice on this. There are going to be a lot of deer hunting rifles up for sale before spring gets here. I think I'll even have a 270 up for sale by then and likely a couple of others. A good varmint rifle will depend on what range you plan to take them at. If you will be calling them into under 100 yards it really doesn't matter what action you use as any rifle worth a grain of salt will be capable of that. If you plan to shoot it a lot everyone will tell you to get a .223 If your main concern is the pelt get a .204 if you want to shoot them well past 300 yards buy a 22-250 if you need the rifle to be usable for deer and yotes/wolves get the .243 or 25-06 for long range or for closer work a 6mm or 6.5mm

For the barrel type if you will be sitting in a blind and not walking much and will be spending time at the range practicing lots get a heavy barrel. If you are going to be doing a lot of walking then a sporter contour barrel will be much lighter to carry.

Stainless steel will work in the snow without much cammo work. Synthetic stocks are nice but a laminate will have less flex. Nothing against walnut but it can flex a bit if you have it on a bipod so if it free floated you will need to keep an eye on that.

Stay away from the Remington 710 and any other bargain basement deal that Remington has to offer. Not worth the risk when there are many fine alternatives. And at l east when you go with Savage you will get great customer service should you run into a problem.

Last thing I'll say is that Leupolds aren't worth the money for warranty. There are equal or better scopes for half the price like the 4200 and 3200, Burris Fullfields and even the Weaver Grand Slam is a heck of a nice piece of glass.

There... that's all the advice I can think to give you in one post.
 
Cordur said:
Last thing I'll say is that Leupolds aren't worth the money for warranty. There are equal or better scopes for half the price like the 4200 and 3200, Burris Fullfields and even the Weaver Grand Slam is a heck of a nice piece of glass.
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Yet everyone who says this ends up switching to Leupold...

The peace of mind offered by the Leupold warranty, and customer service experiences of those who have had to use it is more than enough reason to pay the money to get one. IF your Leupold breaks down, you send it to Korth in AB, and you have it back inside of 2 weeks... the only limiting factor being canada post. When your bushnell messes up, you get it back when you get it back. Riflescopes are NOT a place to try to save a buck.
 
srt4u2nv said:
a guy that works at a local gun shop said we were limited to .284 until you go north of HWY7.
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News to me, not in the regs, I'd say he's wrong. Buy whatever you want and use it for yotes and big game. I'd go for a .280 or .308 win or the .30-06. Lighter bullets for yotes and heavier for deer/moose. You can get ammo for pretty much any cal at Quinte Outdoor Sports in Belleville.

My varmint rifle for this year is my Sako .308win.:) I'm not keeping pelts.;)
 
Dustin: You are right about the Leuopold warranty. Not saying it isn't good. But I'll tell you what I did. I bought two Burris scopes for what was being asked for one Leupold. Now I've never broken a scope, but if it does happen I have another scope that I am able to use while I either wait for the other one to take a tumble off of a mountain or to come back to me on warranty. If I had bought two Bushnell 3200's then I think I would save about $100.

There are two things you can't sell me on. One is paying twice the price for a product in the form of a guarantee to replace or repair it. The second is paying to shop at a store, which is why I don't have a Costco membership. Besides you can find it cheaper somewheres else 98% of the time.
 
Costco membership? WTH does that have to do with anything being discussed here? ...but since you brought it up. It sounds like you suffer from Costco membership envy. It's a condition that will eat you up slowly. Soon your eyesight will diminish...then your hair will fall out... soon after you will lose control of your own fluids and need to wear DEPENDS under garments...then you'll drool from the corner of your mouth...

It can be quite debilitating! I'd just go and get the Costco card and stop being a cheap SOB. You'll feel better soon! :p :D ;)
 
Some of the Costcos' are carrying the Browning scopes for I think $200 which are the Bushnell 3200s without the rainguard, re-badged. There now we are back on topic as the fellow was commenting on finding a scoped setup on a budget.
 
I've been looking into the 7mm-08 and it looks nice but he .270 still looks like it shoots flatter then the 7m-08 given the same weight bullet is used.

the 7mm-08 looks to have more weights avail from 100gr to 190gr whats recoil like with a 100gr load in this gun?
 
srt4u2nv said:
I've been looking into the 7mm-08 and it looks nice but he .270 still looks like it shoots flatter then the 7m-08 given the same weight bullet is used.

the 7mm-08 looks to have more weights avail from 100gr to 190gr whats recoil like with a 100gr load in this gun?
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7mm-08 Rem. (140 at 2860) 8.0lb gun 12.6 ft/lbs recoil

.270 Win. (130 at 3140) 8.0lb gun 16.5 ft/lbs recoil

.308 Win. (150 at 2800) 7.5lb gun 15.8 ft/lbs recoil

Sometimes less is more;)
 
I love my Rem 700 270win. works great for Deer and Moose, a little heavy for yotes, but with 100gr. bullets you can really reach out for them when their flying across an open field. I don't know, but see if its offered in a short mag.

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