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help me pick my next rifle

My current go-to rifle at right about 7lbs. for the setup, pic was taken about this time two years ago lol.
 

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I've used a Ruger Super Redhawk .44 Magnum for several years and dropped deer out to 60 yards with it so I bought a Henry single shot in .44 Magnum and took one at 80 yards the first firearm season. I'm very confident out to 100 yards with it's groupings. It is not a 150 yard set up in my opinion but if you hunt timber like I do it's going to do the job.
 
bowhunthard88 said:
I actually have a Winchester 70 Super Grade French Walnut on order for almost 2 years...
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Gorgeous guns. Saw one in the maple version last year. The maple normally doesn't do anything for me, but this one had a ton of red swirls in the maple. Combined with the gloss it was stunning. Unfortunately it was in the crappy 264 win mag.
 
bowhunthard88 said:
Barrett Fieldcraft with a Vortex Razor LH in a Talley Mfg. mount set.
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Id like a Barrett someday just to support Ronnie Barrett. Not sure if theyre still banned, but a couple years ago you couldn't own a 50 cal anything in commiefornia. A bunch a swat teams wanted to purchase 50 cals from Barrett, and Ronnie made crystal clear if your citizens can't own my weapons neither can law enforcement
 
brydan said:
Believe me, I thought the same thing my entire life until I went out and tested it myself and it changed my mind. Try this simple experiment sometime, shoot a 3 shot group and mark the center of the group. Same point of aim, put 12 more rounds down range and look where the center of the group is. It's possible the center is the same but virtually guaranteed that it isn't. It's the basic statistics of random distributions.

People can say I'm full of it all they want but I put almost 500 rounds down range challenging my own beliefs by shooting different group sizes, shooting composite groups, etc. I'm not saying what anyone else should do but personally I'll never look at 3 shots groups the same way again.
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And I can tell you BILLIONs of zeros have been done otherwise and been just fine. No need to waste all that ammo. Especially if it’s just a hunting rifle. You could zero in single shots. Single shots with time between to allow barrel to cool is best. If you’re zeroed with a cold barrel and then after some round the zero travels that’s normal bc the barrel is hot it’s a known fact that a hot rifle is less accurate from the reference of the original zero but as I said the barrel of your hunting rifle should never be getting hot unless it’s sitting in the sun. The hot barrel mentionings are mainly talking AR platforms. Idk where you heard that 10rnd thing but I’d bet money whovever is pushing that garbage is not a professional.
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
And I can tell you BILLIONs of zeros have been done otherwise and been just fine. No need to waste all that ammo. Especially if it’s just a hunting rifle. You could zero in single shots. Single shots with time between to allow barrel to cool is best. If you’re zeroed with a cold barrel and then after some round the zero travels that’s normal bc the barrel is hot it’s a known fact that a hot rifle is less accurate from the reference of the original zero but as I said the barrel of your hunting rifle should never be getting hot unless it’s sitting in the sun. The hot barrel mentionings are mainly talking AR platforms. Idk where you heard that 10rnd thing but I’d bet money whovever is pushing that garbage is not a professional.
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i think it's awesome to shoot huge count groups....but like you said....i'd make a day out of it and let the barrel cool completely between each shot and shoot every shot like it was important
 
raisins said:
i think it's awesome to shoot huge count groups....but like you said....i'd make a day out of it and let the barrel cool completely between each shot and shoot every shot like it was important
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Every shot IS important. Bullet is the only thing that does it’s job after it’s fired and they’re hard to get back once trigger is pulled I’d argue it’s the MOST important thing you do with a bang stick in your hand. In other news though the guy who started this thread can’t go wrong with either a 270 or 308. Let him sight it in however he wants lol
 
Kimber hunter in 7mm-08.

Remove the gel from the stock.

Pick your sub 16ounce optic of choice.

Sub moa gun with factory ammo under 6lbs that a 10 year old girl can shoot comfortably.


I bought mine cheap when one of the box stores was getting rid of guns. Mine shoots 139gr superperformance less than 1” groups at 100 and I am not a good shot.


Will be cutting 22” barrel down a few inches this off season. Maybe several inches.

Intended it to be a sub 400 elk/mule deer gun that’s easy to pack.

Shot my first two deer this past weekend. One DRT, one made it 15 yards.


Deer are easy to kill with a bullet.



Second place for me is a handi rifle with a 7mm08 barrel cut down as short as is legal, red dot site, and thumb screw for the stock so it can come apart and go in a pack…
 
bigmike23 said:
Shooting through trees when they pull the stop behind the tree stunt lol. 730 grain solid should do the trick...
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Horn said:
@DelaWhere_Arrow , I blame you and your bazooka comment :tearsofjoy:.

are you planning on only full frontal or Texas heart shots to save time gutting? Wouldn't be nothin' left otherwise lol
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Well I don’t hunt with a rifle so I wasn’t gunna comment on this thread but I suppose I’m in it now so school me…would this be the rifle equivalent of a “Ranch Fairy Approved” setup? Seems like you’d have to be able to bust clean through not just one tree, but BOTH trees in order to say you shoot Adult Bullets :triumph::sunglasses:.

Ahhhhhh my arrows are 387 grains, what do I know?
 
Dmathews87 said:
probably going to spend 700-800. brand wise i had pretty much narrowed to bergara, CVA, and Tika. I keep hearing the newer Remingtons just arent what they used to be. Ill check out weatherby for sure, theres a place near by that has some in stock.
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That CVA Cascade is a shooter. I think that rifle in 308 would be hard to beat for deerz
 
Dmathews87 said:
as of right now, thats the rifle on top of my list. sportsman warehouse doesnt have it in stock but i could have it shipped there easily within a couple days...its a fine looking rifle and uses bergara barrels.
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i was trying to buy one before deer season here but money was too tight. i bought a ruger american a couple years ago and i hate it. literally the worst rifle ive ever handled. its accurate. but loud safety, cerakote is ehh, stock is junk, stupid muzzle brake blows my ears out (why would you put a muzzle brake on a 350 legend), horrible action... its gritty and never wants to feed a round (certainly not without waking up the whole county), and the bolt handle will lift magically all day and wont shoot when i need it to until i push it back down.

I'll send it back to ruger after this weekend, im sick of it. getting the bolt situation fixed. i bought a thread cap for the end but i swear they welded that dang brake on. I stripped half the cerakote off the thing trying to remove it and gave up. gun looks like crap now. it kills deer though...when it fires! dont buy a ruger...
 
PEEJAY said:
i was trying to buy one before deer season here but money was too tight. i bought a ruger american a couple years ago and i hate it. literally the worst rifle ive ever handled. its accurate. but loud safety, cerakote is ehh, stock is junk, stupid muzzle brake blows my ears out (why would you put a muzzle brake on a 350 legend), horrible action... its gritty and never wants to feed a round (certainly not without waking up the whole county), and the bolt handle will lift magically all day and wont shoot when i need it to until i push it back down.

I'll send it back to ruger after this weekend, im sick of it. getting the bolt situation fixed. i bought a thread cap for the end but i swear they welded that dang brake on. I stripped half the cerakote off the thing trying to remove it and gave up. gun looks like crap now. it kills deer though...when it fires! dont buy a ruger...
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dont buy ruger, check
 
Is ruger that bad? I'm not gun guy, but I'm honestly not too impressed with my ruger American in 350 either
 
Not a gun guy either but if 95% of your shots are 150 or less, why not set up a good ML and get 2 seasons?
 
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