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I've been searching for a dedicated "woods" rifle and I'm not one for picking a caliber that is "common". My property is typical woods where the farthest shot would be 150 yards and that's a stretch. I already have .243, .257 Roberts, and .270 which seem like they don't really "fit" for the type of hunting I do. They do the job just fine, but seems like are better suited for other hunting scenarios.
So I've been looking at calibers that are suited for whitetail hunting within 200 yards and closer and the same common calibers come up that you would expect. However, I ran across the 7-30 Waters and it has that "unique" status that I tend to gravitate towards and sounds like the "perfect for me" woods rifle. I'm thinking about a blued T/C Contender G2 with a walnut stock and T/C makes a factory 23" 7-30 Waters barrel so I wouldn't have to custom order or buy an aftermarket barrel that would be very expensive. A short, handy T/C Contender in 7-30 Waters sounds like just the thing for me. At least I seem to think so right now. And I already have significant trigger time behind a T/C Encore Pro Hunter as I had one in 25-06 and 300 Win in the past and took several deer with them. Any suggestions or recommendations?
And I would be reloading for the round, so I've been reading up on reforming 30-30 brass to 7-30 Waters and seems like a pretty simple process to me. Any advice or suggestions about that?
So I've been looking at calibers that are suited for whitetail hunting within 200 yards and closer and the same common calibers come up that you would expect. However, I ran across the 7-30 Waters and it has that "unique" status that I tend to gravitate towards and sounds like the "perfect for me" woods rifle. I'm thinking about a blued T/C Contender G2 with a walnut stock and T/C makes a factory 23" 7-30 Waters barrel so I wouldn't have to custom order or buy an aftermarket barrel that would be very expensive. A short, handy T/C Contender in 7-30 Waters sounds like just the thing for me. At least I seem to think so right now. And I already have significant trigger time behind a T/C Encore Pro Hunter as I had one in 25-06 and 300 Win in the past and took several deer with them. Any suggestions or recommendations?
And I would be reloading for the round, so I've been reading up on reforming 30-30 brass to 7-30 Waters and seems like a pretty simple process to me. Any advice or suggestions about that?