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like you all know lately i have been doing my homework for my next purchase. it has come down to several calibers . it is ashame some that i wanted to get i had to turn away from due to either remington and ruger only chambering them or that the gun' s feeling awkward in my hands.
i have been out of work due to back surgery and have decided to got out with my girlfriend to get out of the house. i am thinking about getting a new gun tommorrow and hopefully will return home with one.
now i am leaning twards these calibers....

A-bolt composite stalker 25-06rem

A-bolt hunter 7mm-08rem

Ruger international 308win

win sporter LT. / compact 7mm-08rem.

unfortunatly there are others but they either did not fit me or did not come in a gun i liked or has iron sights.

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The A-bolt comp stalker in 25-06 would make a great pronghorn rig. The Ruger International chambered in .308 would make an awesome woods rifle. The A-bolt hunter and Win Lt Sptr Compact both in 7mm-08 should be superb do-all rig for medium to large non-dangerous game out to 300-350 yards.

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Quilly I was looking at a Browning Stalker at a gunshow today and it is a nice rifle . I thought about buying it but didn' t raise my hand quick enough . What do they normally go for anyway . This one they had was new and went for $425.00 which seemed pretty reasonable to me .

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Halcon...

if will be used for deer and if i get a chance black bear. it seems that you guys are the only ones that seem to want to give me your advice and i thank you both for it.
i really wanted i ruger mark II ultra light in 257roberts but decided against it after i would have to spend more $$ putting a new trigger into it and glass baedding the barrel. there also was the 260rem but did not like the ruger compact and the remington model 7 ( will never buy a rem again ! )
but i decided on not going up today due to me ripping stiches in my back last night while sleeping. but i am goning up this week sometime.

does anyone know if i can install iron sights on a browning? i am thinking of the composite stalker in 25-06rem.

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A bolt hunter 7mm-08. would love it out here, great deer round and easy to pack around.[8D]

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How' s come?, say it ain' t so[:o] Also the ruger compact has only a 16.5" barrel seems about 1.5" -2.5" short even for a woods rifle.

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the ruger compact' s don' t feel right when i shoulder them. maybe it is the stock length. too small for me.

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I think I would opt for the A-Bolt or the Winchester in 7mm-08. Great round in great rifles. I like the shorter bolt throw and three lug bolt on the Browning but I have always really liked Winchesters. They allways seem to just work.

By the way Quilly, I' ll never buy another Remington either. Had a 7600 once and traded it on a Ruger M77 7mm mag. Bought a 597 .22LR and have had problems with it ever since I bought it. Called Remington and after the crap service they gave and the way this rifle functions, or doesn' t function, they won' t be getting any more of my money. It only takes one time!

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i am down to the ruger international in 243win. or the A-bolt composite stalker in 25-06rem and the BLR 81 in 358win.
atleast the ruger and the BLR have iron sights.

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Quilly you must be looking over my shoulder ,the guns you like are the ones I like too . I bought a Ruger #1 RSI with the full stock in 243 Win today along with a Winchester model 70 FW Classic in 6.5X55 . I think I got a pretty good deal , I paid $ 400 for the #1 and $325.00 for the model 70 . They were both new in the box . It might take me awhile to get out of the dog house but I just had a weak moment . LOL Halcon