Whats your backcountry rifle/ caliber?

[crabcreekhunter]

Easiest Cheapest way to cut weight is off your body, which i need to do after this long winter

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Thank you for fixing that, althpugh eatimg healthy is getting pretty darn expensive.  Effort is cheap though.

[robescc]

7wsm from a custom Remington 700 with a Benchmark barrel. Topped with a Vortex VIPER PST 6-24X50 FFP. Good glass is more important than the gun in my opinion.

[JasonG]

Well I ended up buying a weatherby wilderness in 30-06  . I need to get a scope and start shooting. This will be my first hunt ever. Never to late to start. Scouting beings asap.

[ArcherTL]

Winchester model 70 300 wsm or a tikka m695 6.5x55

[Magnum_Willys]

Scouting beings asap.

[starbailey]

Remington 700 titanium chambered in 7mm SA Ultra Mag running 160 grain Nosler accubonds. Topped with a Leupold 3.5x10-40 it is still light enough for the steepest backcountry.

[grade-creek-rd]

Kimber Mountain Ascent in .280 Ackley Improved topped with a Vortex Razor 2-10x40mm, I also have and shoot a Savage Lightweight Hunter in 7mm-08 topped with a Leupold VXIII 2-8x28mm...I love both rifles/scopes!


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[csaaphill]

never went much back country that is, but when I did I took my .270

[SteelheadTed]

I dont think lighter is always better when it comes guns, backcountry or not.

Yeah, I hear "lighter is always better" from a lot of dudes, many of which who've never actually shot a really light rifle.  If it works for you, great, but I think more folks need to actually hunt with one and kill an animal before banging the "lighter is always better" gong.  A lot of times that extra weight helps stabilize the rifle while firing and firing the light weights can feel like letting off a fire cracker and less like firing a rifle.

[SteelheadTed]

This may sound funny but its a little trick I started years ago.  I start out the season bear hunting with about a 10lb Remington 270.  Carry it around for awhile to get my arms used to carrying a load ( I don't use a sling).  Then I change it out for the 7lb Kimber and it literally feels like you are carrying nothing. Really makes a difference on long days.   I don't use a sling cause I hunt some thicker stuff and the time it takes to take rifle off of sling is sometimes the difference.

Have you tried the safari slings?  I can have the rifle ready to fire in the same time it would take if I were carrying it.  I'm a believer and frees up my hands to climb over stuff and use my binos. 

[hunter399]

I also like the 270 it is my go-to gun .rem 700 270 put a plastic stock on it .lighten it up a bit.

[VortekNW]

Custom Ti/Carbon 6.5 GAP 4S and a Kimber MT in .280AI

[yakimanoob]

I use a Savage 16 Lightweight Hunter in 7mm-08 with a Nikon Prostaff 5 2.5-10x40mm.  I got it for Christmas so haven't hunted with it yet, but it shoots like a dream and is about 2lbs lighter as a package than the Remington 30.06 I carried last year. 

Really, there are lots of great options.  I chose the Savage because of the low cost, stainless metal and 3-position safety.  I almost bought a Ruger American Predator in .308 but after knocking the action open walking through brush a few times with the Remington, I decided a locking safety was the way to go. 

Last year I packed in my 12lb Sendero 338 rum a ways further than I should of but if I didn't have that rifle I would not of filled my tag.   I am pretty sure a couple people told me I was crazy to pack it into the area but it worked out.

Why do you think you wouldn't have filled your tag without that specific rifle?    

[Duckslayer89]

Custom Ti/Carbon 6.5 GAP 4S and a Kimber MT in .280AI

Was that the GAP non typical or which model GAP?

[Taco280AI]

RBros lightweight 280AI