If you had to start your hunting gun collection over today.....

[schoolcraft]

If you had to start your mid sized big game hunting (deer up to elk) gun collection over today......What rifle brand, make or model, and caliber would you start with?

[retrieverman]

That is easy! Blaser R-93 Professional receiver with a 308 win "Tracker" length barrel topped with a Leupold VXIII 1.5-5 illumintated reticle in a Blaser QD mount.

And here it is...

[Rifle Loony]

Custom touched 700's, McM stocks, Talley LW's and VX/FX II or III Leupold glass...

Some'd be short chunks, some'd be noodle rods, some'd have a tacticool taste.

.223's, 6mm's, a .257 or two, a couple of 7mm's and at least a 30 forSAG's, mostly AI'd.

Likely have to have a .375 to round things out for the big toothy stuff..........

[bigbulls]

I would still start out with the Winchester 70 chambered for .270 that my grandfather passed down to me.


If I hadn't had that rifle.

30-06 with out a doubt.

For rifle... probably a FN made Winchester model 70 super grade.

[RugerM77.270]

First of all I would get a 30-06 so all the bases are covered and anything added could be more target specific. It would probably be in a Ruger M77, they're tough and reliable, they may not be super accurate out of the box but a little work and you've got a real shooter, plus its a classic. Top it all off with a 3x9 40mm nikon and I'm set. Every gun after that is just gravy.

[Rebel Hog]

In 1951 at the age of 12I started out with a J.C. Higgins .30-06....

[kelbro]

Savage long action and three or four barrels.

[statjunk]

Win Model 70 pre 64 in .308 with in a light weight set up. Ziess glass.

Tom

[RallySoob]

I would have gotten an AR10 in .308 with a Trijicon TR21 Accupoint scope.

This will be my next weapon though



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[bugsNbows]

I'd start with a Dakota model 10 in .30/06 wearing either a S & B Flashdot or an Illuminated Swaro Z-6.