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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.
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If money didn't matter I'd have a Schmidt and Bender too.
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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.
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Posted on 12/5/13 at 12:36 pm to INFIDEL
OP edited for you ritzy assholes...
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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.
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eta: found another pic of one I really like the looks of...
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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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