my deer hunting rifle, whats yours?

[400out]

 

[Woodchuck]

We may let you slide on your scope only being 10x. I am just not sure how you expect to see what others hunters hats say with only a 10 x scope.  I do have to ask though, do you have a little pink skirt to put around the end of the barrel where the brake is? 

I'm learning in sewing class how to make one that will stay on...so we're working on that. I need to reinforce the elastic where the waist band on the skirt would be because the muzzle blast keeps blowing it off 10-15 yards away.

I'm glad you are a good sport

[KimberRich]

My favorite is a (pre detachable magazine) Rem 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 with a Brown Precision stock.

Awesome rifle and great caliber.  I prefer the non-detachable magazine.  I've been looking for a really clean one in a .280 for a while.  I've found a couple but they were beat.

[KimberRich]

There's some really nice guns in this thread for sure but I'm not a fan of packing a 9 or 10 lb. gun through the woods all day..  But I may just be a sissy!

Just set up a Featherweight M70 in .257 Roberts w/ a 3.5-10 Leupold on it for this year.

I've hunted with a Kimber w/ a 4.5-14x40 Leupold the last few years and with the scope and sling it's under 7 lbs. It's awesome to carry and shoots great. 

Cool thread.  It's interesting to see what everybody uses.

[MtnMuley]

My favorite is a (pre detachable magazine) Rem 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 with a Brown Precision stock.

That's the first new rifle I ever owned, but in a .270.  I also put a Brown Precision stock on and absolutely loved that rifle.

[BULLBLASTER]

Ill be using my sendero in 300 rum for deer. With 210 Berger handloads and a brake. It has a 50mm lens and goes to 20 power. Not sure if I am a sissy or not. But if I am oh well. Ill use my bow on a deer this year also to even it out.

[jackelope]

Ill be using my sendero in 300 rum for deer. With 210 Berger handloads and a brake. It has a 50mm lens and goes to 20 power. Not sure if I am a sissy or not. But if I am oh well. Ill use my bow on a deer this year also to even it out.

With a RUM, a 50mm lense that goes to 20x and Berger handloads, definitely not a sissy, brake or no brake.

[BULLBLASTER]

Whew... thanks jackalope I was giving myself a complex thinking I might actually be a sissy... that was a close one 

[300UltraMagShooter]

I like it. But just be sure to not take any shot that is less than 400 yards. Otherwise you're defeating the entire purpose of having such a rifle. 

why you say that?  it's made for way out there, but i'd be silly to pass up short shots?

[coachcw]

mines a sako trg in 30-378 leupod 4x12 . Nicknamed thors hammer !

[HighCountryHunter88]

Ruger m77 mark II 6mm Rem.

[400out]

I once heard a statement about 300 RUM's " you may hit the deer/elk and if you don't then you might get lucky and it will break a leg falling in the hole the bullet creates"  I thounght that was pretty funny 

[LincolnTWilliams]

I see a bunch of people calling 30 rum's being overkill, some folks say they aren't. I wouldn't think so ... just depends on the bullet. When I bought my 270 the only pills in .277 we had laying around were some old 130gr Remington Bronze Points. I shot both my deer that year with  them and holy crap what a meat gun! No matter if I hit shoulder or not there was a 5 inch hole on the other side! I shot the rest I loaded up at woodchucks and gallon jugs.

Conversly my My dad had a 416 Remington Mag, loaded with 400Gr hornady round noses. He shot a doe with it  and I dont think the bullet hit enough animal to start to expand. Entry and exit were nearly the same size. Now I understand that that a 225 gr 338 bullet is quite a bit smaller than 400gr 416, and the 338 will open up and a deer shoulder but with a quality bullet that is meant to retain it's mass it can not be as bad as/worse than the 270 i described above...


My gun is that same old 270 I bought when I was 14 (29 now), M70 Featherweight classic with a burris 3-10 on top, shooting 130gr accubons. Regretably this round is only slightly less damaging than those old bronze points. I had seen an add for accubons in a Mag that said "No foul, lots of harm!". You better believe it! Punched a nasty hole through my anelope last year. 

[BULLBLASTER]

Too much gun is like too much money...

[jackelope]

Too much gun is like too much money...

Agreed mostly. 
I do wonder if some folks are aware that a 300rum shooting 180 grain accubonds is the same bullet as a 30-06 shooting 180 grain accubonds is the same bullet as a .300 win mag shooting 180 accubonds (or whatever bullet you choose) etc. The only difference is the speed it's moving so.........why is a 300RUM overkill and a 30-06 is not?? A few hundred feet per second here and there can't make too much difference. It's definitely not making a deer more deader. Bullet quality and shot placement is where the meat loss come from. A Nosler ballistic tip is going to grenade when it hits and ruin a lot of meat, be it from a .270, a  .243 or a .300RUM.