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- The Conservative part of Ontario
Which of these rifles would you take hunting?
- Thread starter James1873
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Thousands and thousands of deer fall every year down south from 357 mag revolvers. If you are most accurate with the 1873 it would be my choice within 100 yards. No question it will get the job done and much nicer to carry around than m44 or m305.
I've taken a whitetail with an M305. I was in a similar situation after a gun purge. Not sure why it isn't an obvious choice. As long as it isn't a piece of junk (anti-Norinco biased people can ignore this comment). The biggest question is what type of hunting are you doing? The M305 appears to be excellent for what you need it for.
Same thing I was thinking reading this post
The only other thing I would add is why not carry the lever on the spot and stock and keep the m14 or m44 as a truck gun and back up rifle
inch and a half at 100? damn you mate! you're shooting Shotgun better than I a rifle haha..
must be the otherside of the world thing... over here our shotguns are smooth bore and a OOSG buckshot haha!
good on ya
WL
For sure.... Over here, in Ontario near more populated areas we have shotgun only zones for deer... A high quality rifled barrel shotgun with quality sabot slugs will usually be capable of 1.5" in my experience..... It's just like rifles though.... If you want to get one shooting that well, you have to find the "load" or brand of slugs it likes...... It can get expensive.....
Have been staying away from replying to this post as I assumed most would recommend other rifle choices, but here goes.
OP stated that he is unable to get another rifle until mid 2017 and the list was what he had available. Although all can take down the listed game, my suggestion is to take the norc and mosin to the range and use the one that shoot reliable and with accuracy at 100 yds at average game target size. Both are heavy rifles, but unless you can get a loan of another rifle, use what you got. There are probably better ammo choices for the .308. If either group at 2-3 inches at 100, have at er.
I have been in the same boat when funds were low and tags were easy to get and cheap. All I had was a 1916 Lee Enfield with piss poor grouping. Locate your game and get as close as possible. Avoid pulling trigger if you are not confident to take the game. The LE years were the years I learned stalking as I would not fire unless I was less than 100 yds away. Closest I got was 20, some were closer than that but were hiding from me and spooked me more than I spooked them. I made a game of stalking even game I did not have a licence for (bull only licence (or calf) and saw plenty cows and calves. Most times around here, bull moose are the last to show. Was out photographing them one time and was pretty much surrounded by cows, calves and yearlings before the big bull showed.
Anyway, if stuck - use what you got...
OP stated that he is unable to get another rifle until mid 2017 and the list was what he had available. Although all can take down the listed game, my suggestion is to take the norc and mosin to the range and use the one that shoot reliable and with accuracy at 100 yds at average game target size. Both are heavy rifles, but unless you can get a loan of another rifle, use what you got. There are probably better ammo choices for the .308. If either group at 2-3 inches at 100, have at er.
I have been in the same boat when funds were low and tags were easy to get and cheap. All I had was a 1916 Lee Enfield with piss poor grouping. Locate your game and get as close as possible. Avoid pulling trigger if you are not confident to take the game. The LE years were the years I learned stalking as I would not fire unless I was less than 100 yds away. Closest I got was 20, some were closer than that but were hiding from me and spooked me more than I spooked them. I made a game of stalking even game I did not have a licence for (bull only licence (or calf) and saw plenty cows and calves. Most times around here, bull moose are the last to show. Was out photographing them one time and was pretty much surrounded by cows, calves and yearlings before the big bull showed.
Anyway, if stuck - use what you got...
170 grain garden variety soft points? or anything special?
Seems to be constructed similar to the BLR.
They'll all work just fine unless you do something stupid. I shot my moose with a 87gr bullet out of 243 win. It died quickly. Hell the last deer I shot was with my 9mm JRC. It also died. That being said I didn't actually plan to shoot a deer that day and would have taken something else had I.
Lol some of these answers are great. Reminds me of my neighbour who will never buy anything on sale... It can't be as good as the full price model or the premium brand one. So don't worry about adequate energy, accuracy or skill with any of those guns. They are all "mopeds" sorry but they are too pedestrian for this country club... Hahaha.
Shot them all, use the one that you are best with, that you can find appropriate ammo for. The 357 sounds sweet, but I will be hunting moose with my 91/30 this fall. I have it tuned to about 2moa and have good ammo for it.
Shot them all, use the one that you are best with, that you can find appropriate ammo for. The 357 sounds sweet, but I will be hunting moose with my 91/30 this fall. I have it tuned to about 2moa and have good ammo for it.
You don't post much, but when you do, it's worth reading! Good on you.
Lol ty good sir!
