All Around Whitetail Deer Rifle weight
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RE: All Around Deer Rifle weight
The Sendero would be my absolute gun of choice if I knew my hunting would be a short walk, long shot and plenty of horsepower. Mine is a .300 Win mag. Sometimes my hunting is all of that and sometimes long walks and much shorter shots make it a poor choice. If the Sendero didn't shoot so well it would have went down the road along time ago. Perfect rifle for long shots at antelope in the winter wheat on the farm and no cover
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I agree that lighter is not necessary for a deer rifle especially when most people walk a couple of hundred yards to a stand at most but I tried hunting with a Sendero one year and I no longer have one.
For me something in the 9 - 10 pound range feels best.
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RE: All Around Whitetail Deer Rifle weight
oldelkhunter: Sorry to put you off. I'm no expert. I just don't see the necessity of super light weight rifles. More to the point, I don't see that a 10 LBS scoped rifle gives up anything to a 6 LBS/7 LBS/8 LBS rifle. But opinions vary, and that is OK. The only reason for throwing in the backpacking thing is I often hear people say for mountain hunting, naturally, you just gotta have the lightest possible rifle. I don't think that changes the considerations a bit. With respect to tracking deer in the Maine woods, probably you are talking a lever action .30-30 with iron sights that weights about 5 LBS, so that very specific kind of deer hunting need not perturb the analysis of rifle weights (if that is your main kind of deer hunting, just go get an open sighted .30-30 and have done with it).
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RE: All Around Whitetail Deer Rifle weight
actually we carry iron sighted/ peep sightedcarbine pumps in 35 whelen and 30-06 and often carry model 7's and 700's that have been cut off to cArbine legnth and had the stock cut an inch or so chambered in 30-06 and 350 rem mag. as far as lever guns we have 32 specials but they rarely come out to play anymore
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RE: All Around Deer Rifle weight
you would not want a 9-10 lb rifle trackin deer in the north east. especially maine. about 6 pounds is it!
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But opinions vary, and that is OK. The only reason for throwing in the backpacking thing is I often hear people say for mountain hunting, naturally, you just gotta have the lightest possible rifle. I
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RE: All Around Deer Rifle weight
7 1/2 lbs is a heavy 7600.thats what remington prints but ive weighed all of mine and have only one, (in 243) that weighs 7.7 lbs my whelen carbine only weighs 6.66 lbs perhaps if you load it up w/ a scope and rings it would push the 8.5 lb mark but the weights will vary depending on the bore size and rifle or carbine and stock work. dont go gettin all humped up over it. you carry your crow bars and ill carry mine. and if your all amped up after runnin up a mountain or doin jumpin jacks or whatever it is you do theni doubt a few ounces are gonna make bit of differance
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dont go gettin all humped up over it. you carry your crow bars and ill carry mine.
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RE: All Around Deer Rifle weight
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I never understood the "light rifle" craze. Personally, I'd rather have a rifle that is a bit on the heavy side. It is steadier for me, easier to shoot accurately, and doesn't have as much recoil. I guess I'm still fairly young and still have lots of energy. I may change my tune when I'm 60. For me something in the 9 - 10 pound range feels best.
I never understood the "light rifle" craze. Personally, I'd rather have a rifle that is a bit on the heavy side. It is steadier for me, easier to shoot accurately, and doesn't have as much recoil. I guess I'm still fairly young and still have lots of energy. I may change my tune when I'm 60. For me something in the 9 - 10 pound range feels best.
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