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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Dman on June 19, 2007, 03:50:57 PM

Title: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: Dman on June 19, 2007, 03:50:57 PM: I've owned Savage, Winchester, Remington, Weatherby and Marlin. My Weatherby .300 mag synthetic is the toughest gun I've owned. I've dropped it on rocks, scrambled through miles of brush and it stays right on the mark with no dings in it.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: boneaddict on June 19, 2007, 03:56:01 PM: theoretically I would try to avoid dropping them on rocks, but any weapon made by those manufacturers are good guns if taken care of. (back to the rock dropping reference.)
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on June 19, 2007, 04:07:29 PM: Love my weatherby. tuff as they come IMHO
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: jackelope on June 19, 2007, 04:15:32 PM: i usually take it easy on my rifle, a browning a-bolt SS, so i can't really say it's been tortured...but i have a charles daly shotgun my gramp gave me when i was 12 that i have put through hell and back and continues to work like a champ to this day(i'm 34 now). i killed ducks and 2 turkeys with it last year...it's never skipped a beat, just waiting for it to croak, but i don't think it ever will. the best/worst thing is that i'm sure it's a cheapy shotgun....just can't kill it.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: Krusty on June 19, 2007, 04:43:58 PM: My rifle was designed to beat down doors, and bash in skulls, and to work full of mud and blood, heck it came with a fixed bayonet long enough pass all the way through a man's chest. :o

When I dropped it in the talus, and it bounced around like a tennis ball, my brother and I laughed (well he laughed, then I laughed a few hours later).

They left the factory with dings, because they made them so fast they threw them in piles, after test firing them.

The very best of them, sat frozen in a Finnish battlefield for half a year, before the Tikka factory refurbished them.

To me the most durable hunting rifle is a mil-surp. ;)

Turkish Mausers, Mosin-Nagants, the AK-47/SKS, and AR's, are all tough enough to beat most North American game animals to death.

Krusty (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.prodigy.net%2Frogerlori1%2Femoticons%2Fwave1.gif&hash=a79b2b094946ae3edb92c1d87183753de8213bad)
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: Dustin on June 21, 2007, 04:05:33 PM: On my way to bass pro right now!!! We will have to see what I decide to purchase. LOOKING today buying next month!!
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: Dustin on June 22, 2007, 06:28:50 PM: Might have found one. They have a Savage Americain Classic on sale in 300 win mag, wood stock, for $565.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: littletoes on August 10, 2007, 01:53:58 PM: The Marine Scout Snipers, as well as the Army Snipers have used the Remington 700 for years.....

Theres always something to be said about "Marine Proofing" something, so I guess that alone speeks yards.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: GoldTip on August 10, 2007, 01:57:31 PM: I've been damn hard on my ruger stainless synthetic, the old style with the skeletonized looking stock, and before I got the SIms recoil pad it did plenty of getting even. But it's been through a lot and continues to deliver more than it's owner can even hope for. Been pretty happy with that gun. :)
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: Antlershed on August 10, 2007, 04:36:27 PM: I have a Remington 700 BDL SS in .300win-mag. I'm not too hard on mine either. Except for a couple spots on the barrel, it looks brand new.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: tlbradford on August 16, 2007, 08:53:28 PM: My Benelli Nova is my toughest gun, I think you could use it to pry your rig out of a mudhole and keep on using it. My
Savage model 12 in .204 gets beat around the most (riding in the truck nearly year round, and hunted with about 80 days a year) and it keeps shooting. Of course if it cost more, it would probably get babied more.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: ICEMAN on August 17, 2007, 08:21:05 AM: My toughest is a rifle handed down to me by my dad. A Remington 721 in .270 cal. This rifle has dropped over 40 deer, and 4 Elk. Been thru hell. I hand sanded the millling marks off the barrel and re-blued it years ago. Stock has been refinished maybe four times. Pre 63' rifle, very tough. This has been my most durable rifle. Most used. Most abused.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: bobcat on August 17, 2007, 08:53:19 AM: That 6.5 x 55 should work great. I think it's balistically similar to the 260 Remington. I can't imagine a more perfect deer cartridge than that. Except maybe my 270. ;)
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: 1371Marine on August 26, 2007, 11:34:24 AM: Quote from: littletoes on August 10, 2007, 01:53:58 PM
The Marine Scout Snipers, as well as the Army Snipers have used the Remington 700 for years.....

Theres always something to be said about "Marine Proofing" something, so I guess that alone speeks yards.
Built on Remington actions yes, $2-3000+ if you want one built to spec. A buddy had one built for him in Quantico before he got. I'm jealous.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: model70man on September 07, 2007, 01:35:20 PM: I got a 20yr old Sako FinnBear deluxe and the rifle has worked very well for me. I took the rifle on some very hard hunts in Wyoming, Wisconsin, Colorado, Washington and Montana Its always held up and still looks great !
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: sffguitar on September 07, 2007, 09:25:17 PM: Mine is my savage 840 30-30 bolt action rifle...it was given to me from my uncle a while back....still a tack driver. The other day at the range I was literally making one hole bigger and bigger. Its ugly as hell but it shoots as beautiful as heaven.
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: shag on September 09, 2007, 12:07:08 PM: Quote from: GoldTip on August 10, 2007, 01:57:31 PM
I've been damn hard on my ruger stainless synthetic, the old style with the skeletonized looking stock, and before I got the SIms recoil pad it did plenty of getting even. But it's been through a lot and continues to deliver more than it's owner can even hope for. Been pretty happy with that gun. :)

+1

This will be my first season with my Ruger! I call 'em Boat paddle stocks. I can't imagine a tougher gun!
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: Quick Draw on September 25, 2007, 07:43:27 PM: I own three Savage rifles so I might be just a little biased. I think that Savage is the best.
Quick Draw
Title: Re: Most Durable Hunting Rifle?
Post by: russ on September 25, 2007, 07:57:41 PM: its a toss up between my marlin lever action and my savage 99. both feel and work flawlessly.