What Rifle is Going BIG GAME hunting?

New Remington Model 700 XCR, 300 win mag w, Leopold VXII 3-9x40 in Talley rings. Gun is presently @ the smith for trigger and accurizing, no time for new stock(later), off meet my furry forest bound friends!!

Regardless of what everyone has over thier shoulder, everyone have a good,productive, and safe hunting season!

Good luck!
 
bronco_mudder said:
Me, me, I'm next to get in hear:p . First off comes moose season, I'll be carrying my Sako TRG-S in .338 Lapua, topped with a Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10X44. I'll be taking a back up to camp, it's a stainless, synthetic Winchester Classic in 300 WSM, topped with a 3-9X40 Nikkon Monarch.

Whitetails will be persued with a .50 cal. T/C Omega in hand that's got a 3-9X40 Bushnell Elite 3200 on it. For our rifle season I'll take my semi custom Ruger 77 in 25/06 AI, the scope is a 3.5-10X50 Nikkon Monarch. If I decide to take to the heavy cover while deer hunting I'll take my rebarreled P-14 in 45/70, it's got a Tasco Titan on it that's 1.5-6 power, with a 42 mm objective. The 25/06 AI will also be used for caribou in January.
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Bronco, wasn't it you that had that georgeous 8x68?:eek: :cool: :cool:
Hear it call out to you, you must answer, it is your civic duty.:p

I'll be packing my 21h in 7x57 for sheep, moose, elk, whitetail, muley, black bear. 154gr Interbonds @ 2800.
Back up is a Browning high power safari in 30-06. haven't figured a load for it yet.:redface:
 
Tikka T3 Camo Stainless .300 WM with Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10 X 44 shooting 180 gr. Accubonds. (7 1/8 lbs total weight - not including ammo)

For Everything!! (at least this year - just bought it - may as well use it!!):D
 
Sako 75 SS brand new last week, VX II 3x9x40 with the LR ballistic recticle. 7mm rem, 154 hornady 3035fps for everything.

old beat up .30-30 and my bow for mule doe draw

and my old faithfull for back up, savage 110, 7mmrem B&L 3000 in 3x9. 162 hornady.
 
bears and deer this year are getting a wonderfull massage from 180 grs of copper jacketed lead in a .312 diameter traveling at a estimated velocity of 2460fps
 
big game rifle

browning abolt 2506.topped with my nikon 6.5-20x44.f/c scope...it likes the 120 speers .or the 155 nosler btips..cant forget about my .tikka t3 in a 300 short mag .topped with a leupold 6 x42 scope.have load worked up in it shootin 200 grain speers..for my long still huntin trips its the tikka ..
 
Wow... just as many Short mags as 30-06 in this thread so far!
I am going to be using my Encore 50 cal M/L this year for Deer and Bear.
The 270WSM is going to get some work as well.
 
I am taking 2 with me for deer when I leave; I will use whichever one suits my fancy that day.

One is my Ruger M77 MKII LH 30-06 with a Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12x40mm. I am going to be using 150 grain Accubonds for a projectile.

My second is my T/C Omega with a Burris Short Mag 2-7x28mm. The projectile is a Hornady 250 grain XTP over 100 grains of Triple Seven. I just got her back last night from Ian Roberston; he has been gearing up a stock to replace the cheap plastic one that came on it. The stock is not quite finished, a few cosmetic things left, but she is shootable. I can say one thing for it, if the deer does not stay down from the first shot, can can beat it to death with this stock :).
 
Well,, I finally decided! My 6.5WSSM, or my 6.5 WSM, for deer .
UNLESS I'm still hunting , then my .58 Hawken or the .577.But for the long shots, the 257 Weatherby maybe, or ... DANG!:confused: Nope, guess I was wrong, I haven't decided!!:D
Cat
 
LE No.5 Jungle Carbine, Hornady 174GN RN, 4350. May or may not out the no-gunsmithing scope mount on it. Keeping them in the paperplate at 200m with irons. Should work fine.

Same for the bear.
 
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martinbns said:
On another note Gatehouse, why not the 300 WSM, the Leeper special?
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I sent it back to Bill to check it out. (I think) it was the first WSM he had put together, and the throat may be a bit short.

I was experienceing high pressures with medium-high(ish) loads- SOmetimes.

Facotry Winchester (already loaded hot) would also give me high pressure signs (sometimes) Federal facotry ammo using 180gr TSX ammo woudl shoot fine, at published velocities, and extract nicely.

If I wanted to shoot Federal 180gr TSX ammo, it woudl have been fine!:)

So I sent the gun, some cases, my dies, some Federal ammo, Winchester ammo, etc to him to eliminate all the variables.

The gun was beautifuully accurate, feeds fine, chambers and extracts reliably, but velocity was low.

Too bad, as I relaly wanted to take that rifle this year. It's lighter and handles better than my 7RM, and it just *feels* awesome.:cool:

Hopefully it will be dione soon, and I can finish the season with it!
 
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