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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: JakeM on January 03, 2011, 09:04:56 PM

Title: What gun?
Post by: JakeM on January 03, 2011, 09:04:56 PM: What gun do you bird hunt with or gun you big game hunt with?
Just thought it would be cool to see.
I use a Winchester SX3 for bird hunting and a .243 or .300 for big game.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 03, 2011, 09:48:57 PM: Browning bps 3.5" and a sako 300 win mag when i am hunting with a rifle.
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Post by: bobcat on January 03, 2011, 10:24:00 PM: Browning A Bolt 270 Winchester is my main hunting rifle. Also have a Weatherby Vanguard 30-06 that I grab out of the safe occasionally. For muzzleloader seasons I'm currently using a Lyman Deerstalker. For birds my favorite is my Remington 1100 20 gauge which I've had for 30 years. When a 12 gauge is needed I have a Remington 870 pump and a Beretta 686 over/under.
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Post by: Bob33 on January 03, 2011, 10:28:29 PM: Rifles/big game: Weatherby Ultralight 257, Tikka T3 30-06 , Browning X Bolt 270 WSM, Winchester Model 70 300 Win Mag.

Shotguns: Sears pump 20 gauge (about 40 years old), Remington 1100 12 gauge.

Anyone who claims to use just one gun is either poor, a liar, or very smart. :chuckle:
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Post by: uplandhunter870 on January 03, 2011, 10:54:45 PM: rifle (deer/coyote/varmits): ruger hawkeye .243, only rifle with a scope of the 2 i own

birds: remington 870 20ga used 80% of the time, will break out the 870 .410 when i want to challenge myself on quail or am hunting one of my smaller spots and dont want the shot to carry as far

Quote from: Bob33 on January 03, 2011, 10:28:29 PM

Anyone who claims to use just one gun is either poor, a liar, or very smart. :chuckle:

when i was shooting competitive trap my shooting mentor, old wise extremely decorated shotgunner, once told me to fear the shooter who only uses one gun
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Post by: BlackRidge on January 03, 2011, 11:10:19 PM: Rifles (Big game): T/C Venture 270 & T/C Encore 300win

Rifles (Small game): OlyArms AR15 .223 & T/C R55 Classic .22lr

Shotgun: Mossberg 500a

If I was limited to 1 gun, it would be the ruger 10/22 ;)
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Post by: allen on January 04, 2011, 11:02:29 AM: For years used a BSA in 30.06 that my dad gave me when I was 14. Bought a 300 Savage & used it one year, then bought a Ruger in .243 & used it one year, Then a Win. Mo. 70 in .270 & used it for about 15 or 20 years. Last year I went back to the .243, but next year I'm planning to go retro with an early 1900's rifle & handloads. Either a Rem Mo. 8 or 14 both of which are .30 Rem or my Big 5 $89 specials, the 91/30 or the carbine in 7.62x54.
Title: Re: What gun?
Post by: 6x6in6 on January 04, 2011, 11:07:54 AM: Quote from: Bob33 on January 03, 2011, 10:28:29 PM

Anyone who claims to use just one gun is either poor, a liar, or very smart. :chuckle:

:chuckle:

With fur: Ruger M77 - 243, 25-06, 270, 7mmRM, 338WM. Tikka in 7mmRM.
With feathers: Browning BPS in 3"
Title: Re: What gun?
Post by: birdwacker on January 04, 2011, 11:18:33 AM: For birds weatherby orion 20ga over/under. For big game weatherby ultralight 270win, TC Icon .308 or tikka t3 338 federal.
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Post by: Mike450r on January 04, 2011, 11:23:13 AM: Big Game: Savage 110 .308win, Savage 110 .30-06, Marlin .444, Marlin .35rem, Wby Vangaurd .300wby,
Wby Vangaurd .257wby, Mossberg 4x4 .270win, Browning BLR .325wsm, Rossi single shot .243win

Birds: Winchester model 12 12ga, Remington 870 12ga, Mossberg 500 20ga, Rossi single shot 20ga

I make sure I alternate and get them all good and bloody
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Post by: Raul Duke on January 04, 2011, 11:27:00 AM: This year I wil try and stick to just one rifle for deer & elk.
My Winchester Model70 .308
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 04, 2011, 11:30:19 AM: Remington 700 in .270 for deer
Remington 870 for birds and ducks
Bow for elk

...but... I just bought a Remington 700 in 7mm mag with a fluted barrel and topped it with a VXIII Leupy scope with the CDS Dial.... so depending on how comfortable I get with it over the next 9 months that may take over as my primary weapon for big game...
Title: Re: What gun?
Post by: GoldTip on January 04, 2011, 11:56:45 AM: For deer/elk and any other big game, if I was just gonna use one rifle out of the safe it would be my Ruger 77 all weather with the boat paddle stock with handloaded 180gr in 300 winny. That gun has just killed too damn many critters for me to give up if I had to go with just "one".

For birds I use the Benelli SBE in 12ga.
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Post by: Alchase on January 04, 2011, 12:29:31 PM: Sako Finlight, 300 win mag, for deer, elk, bear, cougar.......and grouse, lol
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Post by: Emptyhanded on January 04, 2011, 12:47:05 PM: Rifles: Ruger Hawkeye .243 or Tikka T3 lite .300 WSM
Shotgun: Usually Remington 11-87 12 ga. but sometimes I shoot a Ruger Red Label 12 ga.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on January 04, 2011, 01:22:20 PM: Shotguns: Browning citori o/u, Browning a-5 Belgium made, Remington 11-87
RIFLE : sako 7mm08
Title: Re: What gun?
Post by: 7mag. on January 04, 2011, 01:31:36 PM: For big game:
Win. M70 7mm win. mag.
Ruger M77 MKII mountain rifle in 30.06

Small game:
Rem. M700 in 22-250

Birds:
Rem. 870 12 gauge
H&R single shot .410

These are what I usually use to hunt with. I have a few others that I rarely take out of the safe, except to clean.
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Post by: superdown on January 04, 2011, 01:47:28 PM: For Big Game : Browning A-bolt II 325.wsm topped with a leupold VXIII 2.5-8x36 or a T/C northwest explorer 50.cal muzzy
For Small Game : Browning 20 gauge bps upland special or a Henry golden boy 22.lr
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Post by: mr.ktm95 on January 08, 2011, 06:57:11 PM: Big game: 7MM MAG or 30-06

Birds: Stoeger M2000 12 guage

Trap: Browning citori over/under 12 guage
:)
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Post by: p-ohana on January 08, 2011, 07:14:49 PM: For elk Howa .338 WM, deer .50 knight bighorn and my back up is a browning 300wsm.
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Post by: Rainstorm Hunter on January 08, 2011, 07:19:52 PM: For Big Game and Coyotes I use either my Winchester model 88 .308 or my Remington model 700 in 7mm Rem Mag.
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Post by: SquirrelHunter on January 08, 2011, 07:22:22 PM: Small game Marlin .22, just got a .17 HMR so thatll be the new small game rifle
Anything bigger than a rabbit mossberg .338 winmag
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Post by: Jamieb on January 08, 2011, 07:22:48 PM: Shotguns.
870 wingmaster 12gauge
870 express 12gauge
Winchester bolt action 410

Rifles, it depends where/what I'm hunting that day, theres a safe full of choises