which rifle will you be taking
09-09-2004, 07:15 AM
#22
RE: which rifle will you be taking
After bow season and muzzleloader season (don't own a ML [&o] ), I will be using either:
Marlin AS30 30-30 rifle
Remington 870 Express 12GA (slugs or 00Buck)
Butch A.
Marlin AS30 30-30 rifle
Remington 870 Express 12GA (slugs or 00Buck)
Butch A.
09-09-2004, 09:11 AM
#23
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bowling Green, KY
Posts: 73
RE: which rifle will you be taking
I have the misfortune of selling my old gun and picking up three new guns this year. At some point all will come with me. I will be hunting in KY and will go to Mississippi and Arkansas with family members.
Marlin 1895 45/70 with open sights
Tikka 7MM stainless laminate Pentax Lightseeker II scope
Ruger #1 .270 Stainless laminate with Pentax Lightseeker II scope
I think I am looking forward to the 45/70 the most.
Marlin 1895 45/70 with open sights
Tikka 7MM stainless laminate Pentax Lightseeker II scope
Ruger #1 .270 Stainless laminate with Pentax Lightseeker II scope
I think I am looking forward to the 45/70 the most.
09-09-2004, 09:23 AM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Wewahitchka Florida
Posts: 3,273
RE: which rifle will you be taking
Remington 7400 semi auto 30-06 with a bushnell sportsman(?) scope in 3-9x40 and ill be useing 168gr. winchester premium silver ballistic tips
and during black powder season ill be useing a Traditions lightning with the synthetic stock and fluted nickel barrel with a muzzle break topped with a cabelas pine ridge scope in 2.5-7x32 and ill be useing 100gr. of pyrodex Triple se7en pellets and a 295 gr. power belt with winchester 209 primers
and during black powder season ill be useing a Traditions lightning with the synthetic stock and fluted nickel barrel with a muzzle break topped with a cabelas pine ridge scope in 2.5-7x32 and ill be useing 100gr. of pyrodex Triple se7en pellets and a 295 gr. power belt with winchester 209 primers
09-09-2004, 10:26 AM
#28
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cranberry Twp, PA
Posts: 8
RE: which rifle will you be taking
Remington 700 BDL .243 with a Leupold VX-I 4-12X40
Not sure which ammo yet, I've been shooting Federal Vital-Shok 100gr and Hornady 100gr Light Mags so far. Its my first time hunting and I just got the gun recently.
Not sure which ammo yet, I've been shooting Federal Vital-Shok 100gr and Hornady 100gr Light Mags so far. Its my first time hunting and I just got the gun recently.
09-09-2004, 12:37 PM
#30
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location:
Posts: 6,357
RE: which rifle will you be taking
I'll be using my Winchester Model 70 featherweight in .243 with a Leupold VariX-III 3.5-10X. I'll be using Winchester SuperX 100 grain cartridges. I'm also using this rig on my first pronghorn antelope hunt in mid-October this year in Wyoming. I bought the rifle new last fall and have not taken a game animal with it yet. I took a buck with my .25-06 and then switched to the .243 to take a doe, but missed the one shot I had on a doe that season. The doe stuck her nose out from behind a tree, reaching up to nibble persimmons. Then her head was out in the open. Then her neck was out in the open. I was freaking out. Then when her body was out I think I got impatient and shot over her back. The heavy manufacturer's trigger -- 6 LBS measured by the gun smith who lightened it to 2.8 LBS after the season -- may have contributed to my miss, also. The shot was about 150 yards and I was in a kneeling position: should have been able to make the shot, I just muffed it. I followed it up carefully but found no signs of a hit, and I didn't think I had hit at the time either.