#544815 - 12/31/07 01:30 AM
Ever have one of them rifles
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Steve Eggers
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you cant consistantly leave at home?
Mine is a 700 Mountain rifle in 260 Rem . It has a Mcmillian swirly stock that TiminTN Pillar bedded for me along with some trigger work and Polishing the crown . Other than this its stock.
It shoots 1/2 -3/4 Moa with several load choices and the only complaint is that it heats up really quick with the small barrel at the range
Thinking about it tonight I have killed more deer with this gun that any other that I own now or have owned.
I thought once or twice about rebarreling it to something else but I probably never will.
I have 2 other rifles at present, a 7mm/300 Win Mag (7mm Claunch Magnum) and a 338-06, both customs
Both shoot farther and harder by far than the little pop gun but It seems to be my Go To Rifle
And strangly enough I have killed my two largest bucks with it even though I hunt with them all about the same amount. Including the one I shot Sat Morning
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#544877 - 12/31/07 07:39 AM
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My Kimber 8400 in 270 WSM is like that. Everything I have shot with it has fell dead in its tracks.
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#544920 - 12/31/07 08:38 AM
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stik
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every deer i have ever killed with a rifle, with 1 exception, was killed with my model 70 featherweight 270. one was killed with my tikka 30-06.the winchester is my "go-to" gun. i've had it since 1987.
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#544951 - 12/31/07 09:17 AM
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Heavy barrel Ruger 77 in .243. It weighs a ton but when I swing it up for an offhand shot, it just seems to lock on target. A lot of my buds have made fun of me for lugging that heavy beast around all day but it's worth it when it comes time for the shot...besides, I can use the exercise. I've been using my .30-06 A-bolt more lately since the 100th aniv but I still think of the .243 as the deer rifle and it drops them in their tracks a lot more reliably than the '06.
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#545092 - 12/31/07 12:27 PM
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smstone22
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My 700 ADL in 260 is my go to now.
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#545175 - 12/31/07 02:02 PM
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Rem 700 SPS in 300wsm.
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#545320 - 12/31/07 05:04 PM
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I wish I had one of them. Instead, I have to choose from one of my Model 70's.
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#545321 - 12/31/07 05:04 PM
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shanel
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you cant consistantly leave at home?
Mine is a 700 Mountain rifle in 260 Rem . It has a Mcmillian swirly stock that TiminTN Pillar bedded for me along with some trigger work and Polishing the crown . Other than this its stock.
It shoots 1/2 -3/4 Moa with several load choices and the only complaint is that it heats up really quick with the small barrel at the range
Thinking about it tonight I have killed more deer with this gun that any other that I own now or have owned.
I thought once or twice about rebarreling it to something else but I probably never will.
I have 2 other rifles at present, a 7mm/300 Win Mag (7mm Claunch Magnum) and a 338-06, both customs
Both shoot farther and harder by far than the little pop gun but It seems to be my Go To Rifle
And strangly enough I have killed my two largest bucks with it even though I hunt with them all about the same amount. Including the one I shot Sat Morning
700 mtn.rifle in 25-06,it just feels better.
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#545602 - 12/31/07 08:45 PM
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Tikkabuck
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Yep ,Tikka Whitetail Hunter in 7mm-08,it's got an old Baush and Lomb on it and it's flat deadly with a 140gr load and dead on with a 154gr load.
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#545949 - 01/01/08 09:24 AM
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Whelen Man
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Mine's a 358 Winchester built on a Mauser Action in a Bell & Carlson stock with a 20" Douglas barrel & Timney trigger. It just feels good in the hand and unless I'm hunting box blinds over long fields it's the one I take most often. Truth be told it would do for 95% of the shots I might ever get even in the box blinds.
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#548508 - 01/03/08 12:34 PM
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Yep.
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