Question regarding rifle specs and Ammo

Huh?

$5-7k price range?

A "tree gun?"

300 BLK?

Just get a Ruger American Ranch or Savage Axis in 350 Legend or 450 Bushmaster along with some decent glass ... and move on with your life. It's not that hard. Even .308 or .270 or .243 Win.

As most of my hunting is done from a climbing stand, my set up is a 16” 450 Bushmaster AR and has been for roughly 8 years now. It has been devastating on deer and several unlucky hogs over the years. Short, light, can be slung in the front comfortably while packing a climber in and out of the woods and packs one hell of a punch. Picked up a Griffin Armament Bushwacker 46 suppressor for it last year and I couldn’t be happier.

CVA scout 2 in .35 whelen, the blued one without the bull barrel.

Enough gun for anything in North America, very light and compact, can be used during primitive season. It doesn't make sense to get anything else.

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CVA scout 2 in .35 whelen, the blued one without the bull barrel. Enough gun for anything in North America, very light and compact, can be used during primitive season. It doesn't make sense to get anything else.

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Excellent suggestion. This would probably be the most versatile gun you could get… as long as you don’t mind a little recoil.

I use a single shot cva 35 whelen when sitting those places. If you’re not completely steady there’s a lot of forgiveness in 225gr accubonds.

My brother has a BAR in .308 with a low fixed power leupold, I forget the model. 40” overall so very handy. This with the rest of the budget spent on the best glass you are willing to buy is a great option.

Truth be told the best rifle I own for this and maybe period for whitetail at reasonable ranges is an old rem model 7 in 7mm08. It weighs next to nothing and is under 40”. Been several times I’ve grabbed it over my big rifles cause it moves around in a box stand so well, is a joy to carry, and drives tacks at 100 yards. If you felt like giving the new Remington a chance that’s a great option to consider and is a good one to have in the collection for kids and women.

any quality rifle in a carbine model; I would stay within the old fogey "boring" calibers, 30-06, 270, 30-30, 308. Plenty of ammo options to see what the barrel "likes" for accuracy. Always stocked somewhere. for a scope, get a 1-4 LPVO scope. Suppressor adds length if you're trying to stay compact.

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let’s try to keep it in the 5-7k range

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We are talking in the 100-120 yards max, and 75-100 is probably more realistic max

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P.S. let’s try to keep it in the 5-7k range, if possible.

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I'm in WTF zone, then I see

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Posted on 10/23/23 at 10:44 pm

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Oh. How's the hangover?

I think I already have it.

Ruger American Predator in .308 with a Magpul American hunter stock.
Leupold VX5 HD 3-15x44
Q Thunder Chicken silencer

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Oh. How's the hangover?

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Takes more than 10:44 to give me a hangover.

For some reason I thought y’all shot a lot of custom guns. I am wanting to put a suppressor on it and that means the barrel needs to be short. 16” tops and overall length, with roughly a 6” suppressor, would preferably be shorter than 40”.
That might need to be a custom job or like some have mentioned the Rancher fits that pretty close. There could be better options also. I wouldn’t mind using subsonic rounds IF they are reliable. I don’t know where that technology is right now.
It could be that AR platforms would best fit what I am looking for.

I asked because I figured there would be multiple options that I hadn’t heard of, like the Rancher by Ruger. I had never seen or heard of it, but I have only been around/shot Remington, Browning, Tikka, Cooper or Custom guns in regards to rifles to hunt big game.

I’m either duck hunting, in a tree or box stand from basically beginning of November until the end of January. It isn’t over complicating it. I bet most people here have smart phones when they don’t really need one, but it is a luxury we choose to have. People busting balls about possibly spending UP TO 5-7k on a gun when they should be adding up all the money they have spent on Cellphones the last 5-10 years.