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re: If you could build the perfect deer rifle
Posted on 12/5/13 at 11:57 am to beHop
Posted on 12/5/13 at 11:57 am to beHop
I'm currently considering the following:
Primary usage: 100-300 yards
Caliber: .308
Stock: walnut
Barrel/action: Win M70 Compact FW, CRF bolt
Optics: Leupold VX-3 1.75-6x32mm or 1.5-5x20mm
...which I think comes in at around $1200-$1300 total. $800 rifle, $400 scope.
Primary usage: 100-300 yards
Caliber: .308
Stock: walnut
Barrel/action: Win M70 Compact FW, CRF bolt
Optics: Leupold VX-3 1.75-6x32mm or 1.5-5x20mm
...which I think comes in at around $1200-$1300 total. $800 rifle, $400 scope.
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Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:00 pm to bbvdd
Granted, I was leaned up on the rail of the pier in a terrible position.
Boss man said it's a heavy rifle, it won't kick much.
Although I did hit what I was shooting at which again will be un named
Boss man said it's a heavy rifle, it won't kick much.
Although I did hit what I was shooting at which again will be un named
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:03 pm to bbvdd
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:09 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
quote:
Win M70 Compact FW
Have never handled the M70 but the FW version has piqued my interest a time or two.
A whole lot less ought 6 proponents than I had imagined when I started the thread
And to the poster that asked why I wanted to upgrade from the Savage Axis...
It's a fine gun for the money, and it's currently 4 for 4 on whitetails and groups well at the range (getting 1-1.25" groups @ 100 yds), but I really hate the stock on it as it's wayyyy too flexible, and I really don't want to just upgrade the stock. I want a stainless barrel, and I want something that's nice to look at.
Here's where I'm leaning...
Remington 700 LSS
This post was edited on 12/5/13 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:10 pm to Bama and Beer
Put down the beer and eat some damn meat man.
FWIW there are a bunch of variables above simply the caliber that dictate recoil.
FWIW there are a bunch of variables above simply the caliber that dictate recoil.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:13 pm to beHop
quote:
If you could build the perfect deer rifle
.257 Ackley Improved with 100gr bullets
Kimber Montana
3.5-10 x 50mm Leupold VIII
That's a little more than $1300 but I bet you could find a Remington 700 for less money.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:15 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:
My glass alone would be almost double that figure
Oh, you're one of those... Fine. You get eleventy billion dollars for yours.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:17 pm to offshoretrash
I'm having a hard time understanding this thread. I've read complaints that the .308 was overkill and it kicks too much. I would think of all the deer cartidges available it would kick the least outside of the .243. I just took my first deer this past weekend with a Savage Axis .308 and 150 grain Nosler Accubond and didn't feel a thing. Even my wife and son have shot it. And the .308 is very versatile as far as grains go. Plus you can get an AR-10 or LR-308 and really kick some arse. 
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:18 pm to beHop
Mine would be real similar to the M40. Maybe a 20-22 inch barrel as opposed to the normal 26". 168 or 175 grain bullet.
Anything bigger than whitetail I'd probably go for a .300 win mag.
Anything bigger than whitetail I'd probably go for a .300 win mag.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:18 pm to beHop
quote:
M70...featherweight
Kicks like a scolded mule.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:22 pm to LSUlefty
quote:
.308 was overkill and it kicks too much
Yeah. Probably the most inaccurate thing I've seen in here. Lord help him if he gets behind a real recoil happy gun.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:24 pm to beHop
quote:
Oh, you're one of those... Fine. You get eleventy billion dollars for yours.
Maybe he didn't read the entire post... You did say build the PERFECT deer rifle.
If money didn't matter I'd have a Schmidt and Bender too.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:24 pm to beHop
Hey, I said I was a bitch.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:28 pm to beHop
300 wsm
Stiller predator action
26" lilja stainless and fluted barrel 7 contour
McMillan stock
Jewell trigger
But your budget is too low to build an ultimate deer rifle.
Within your budget, I love my xbolt.
Stiller predator action
26" lilja stainless and fluted barrel 7 contour
McMillan stock
Jewell trigger
But your budget is too low to build an ultimate deer rifle.
Within your budget, I love my xbolt.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:36 pm to beHop
I love this rifle.
I missed the 308 "overkill" and "recoil" cry post.
damnPosted on 12/5/13 at 12:36 pm to INFIDEL
OP edited for you ritzy assholes...
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:38 pm to INFIDEL
Pure whitetail out to 300 yards, I'm going with the .257 wheatherby mag or the 6.5x284 Norma. You can't go wrong with the Remington 700 cdl stainless in .257.
I will probably build a semi custom gun in 6.5x284, and toss a swaro on top of it one day.
I will probably build a semi custom gun in 6.5x284, and toss a swaro on top of it one day.
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:41 pm to INFIDEL
quote:
300 WSM
Had an A bolt in 300 wsm. HATED sighting it in. I used it when I hunted the long fields, but I actually took a decent 8 pt with that thing at less than 30 yards and it lodged in its opposite shoulder (WIN 180 gr bal silvertip). When I opened him up it looked like a mini suicide bomber slid down his windpipe into the chest cavity. Brutal.
eta: found another pic of one I really like the looks of...
This post was edited on 12/5/13 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:50 pm to LSUlefty
quote:
I've read complaints that the .308 was overkill and it kicks too much
Any man that says this is overkill and kicks too much I believe is packing a vagina, for fricks sake!
Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:52 pm to beHop
I find the recoil to be very manageable with 300 wsm. It's an xbolt medallion and shoots 1/2" w my handloads.
I have a Remington 700 action with 27" lilja #7 riding in a McMillan stck with a Shilen trigger in 270 win. I love it, but the xbolt honestly shoots with it all day.
I have a Remington 700 action with 27" lilja #7 riding in a McMillan stck with a Shilen trigger in 270 win. I love it, but the xbolt honestly shoots with it all day.
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