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My perfect hunting rifle would be a trued up Rem 700 in .308. 20 inch fluted barrel, detachable magazine and lightweight synthetic stock.
Top it with a Schmidt and Bender.
Top it with a Schmidt and Bender.
YOUR perfect hunting rifle
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Shanghai McCoy
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A Mauser action mannlicher full stocked carbine with the butter knife bolt handle in 7x57. A small 1.5 x 4 power scope to top it off but with a reciever sight for backup.
That should handle my needs for the game,places and time that I probably will be able to hunt...
(I hunted with one of these about 45 years ago. Must be one of those "flashback" things...)
That should handle my needs for the game,places and time that I probably will be able to hunt...
(I hunted with one of these about 45 years ago. Must be one of those "flashback" things...)
BrokenSailor
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Semi-Auto M14 in nice wood with a 5 round mag that doesn't show past the bottom, and a nice light sensitive scope. Nothing like having the ability to get two shots into animal fast... For hunting pigs...great!
I live and hunt in Maine, under almost every terrain from swamps to long fields and I think 3-9X scopes are the best for most conditions, especially if you don't have an any-deer permit and have to verify antlers before shooting.
Just practice with the rig and you'll find it's great!
Just practice with the rig and you'll find it's great!
sixgunner455
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Depends on what it's to be perfect for. If it's for everything, then that's a challenge, but if it can just be perfect, then that's purpose-driven.
Perfect prairie dog rifle: I could go with either a Cooper in .223 or a heavy 24-26" AR in .223. 4x16 Burris or Zeiss or something. Perfect all-around varmint rig would probably bump up the caliber to a 6mm, probably a .243 AI (since we're being fussy and perfect), and make it one of those fancy Coopers again, wearing Claro Walnut and a Zeiss scope.
Perfect walking-around, rough country rifle for everything from coyotes up through deer: A lightweight Savage in a synthetic stock, with a Redfield 2x7 or 3x9, chambered in .243 Win (or possibly .260 Rem or 7mm-08, if I decided I needed heavier bullets, but I really like the .243 and it's easy to find ammo off the shelf in a pinch), with a QD scope base and iron sights, and a QD bipod for setting up on ridges and hitting Coues deer and coyotes when you can't get close to 'em.
Perfect Utah mule deer rifle: a T/C Hawken, .50 caliber is great for mountain hunting mule deer. You can stalk up close to them. Winchester 94 in .30-30 would do great for that, too, and black bears.
Elk rifle: Winchester Mod 70, .30'06, grey synthetic stock, Nikon 3x9. My brother sold it to someone else without telling me, the jerk. The only .30'06 I've shot that I actually liked.
See, I just can't get ONE perfect gun. They're all perfect for what they're for.
Perfect prairie dog rifle: I could go with either a Cooper in .223 or a heavy 24-26" AR in .223. 4x16 Burris or Zeiss or something. Perfect all-around varmint rig would probably bump up the caliber to a 6mm, probably a .243 AI (since we're being fussy and perfect), and make it one of those fancy Coopers again, wearing Claro Walnut and a Zeiss scope.
Perfect walking-around, rough country rifle for everything from coyotes up through deer: A lightweight Savage in a synthetic stock, with a Redfield 2x7 or 3x9, chambered in .243 Win (or possibly .260 Rem or 7mm-08, if I decided I needed heavier bullets, but I really like the .243 and it's easy to find ammo off the shelf in a pinch), with a QD scope base and iron sights, and a QD bipod for setting up on ridges and hitting Coues deer and coyotes when you can't get close to 'em.
Perfect Utah mule deer rifle: a T/C Hawken, .50 caliber is great for mountain hunting mule deer. You can stalk up close to them. Winchester 94 in .30-30 would do great for that, too, and black bears.
Elk rifle: Winchester Mod 70, .30'06, grey synthetic stock, Nikon 3x9. My brother sold it to someone else without telling me, the jerk.
The only .30'06 I've shot that I actually liked.See, I just can't get ONE perfect gun. They're all perfect for what they're for.
T.R.
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Browning BLR lever action in 35 Whelen with 23 inch barrel.
Twist should be 1 - 14". Mounts by Millet. Scope by Simmons or Redfield.
Custom stock with basket weave checkering and monte carlo cheek piece.
TR
Twist should be 1 - 14". Mounts by Millet. Scope by Simmons or Redfield.
Custom stock with basket weave checkering and monte carlo cheek piece.
TR
Well since I already have my BIG game rifle, an M77 all weather 30-06. Ill put down what Ive been thinking about lately.
Oly arms new umar lower reciever, timney trigger. 20" pencil barrel chambered in either 25wssm or 300 ossm, lightest carbon float tube I could find, Ace ultra lite stock. USO 1.8-10x scope.
That would be about my perfect wolf/cat calling rifle where I may have the oppurtunity to take a big mule deer or under the right conditions elk rifle!
For calling in the THICK timber and close quarters Id like the ability to quickly put a few heavy(ish) hitting rounds down range, while still keeping it a very light and packable rifle.
Oly arms new umar lower reciever, timney trigger. 20" pencil barrel chambered in either 25wssm or 300 ossm, lightest carbon float tube I could find, Ace ultra lite stock. USO 1.8-10x scope.
That would be about my perfect wolf/cat calling rifle where I may have the oppurtunity to take a big mule deer or under the right conditions elk rifle!
For calling in the THICK timber and close quarters Id like the ability to quickly put a few heavy(ish) hitting rounds down range, while still keeping it a very light and packable rifle.
DM~
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For more than 25 years now, i've used my "go to gun" for all of my hunting, from moose and bear down to smaller big game. (8x57jrs, loaded with 200NP's) Once again for this hunting season, it was in my hands when i shot this really nice white tail,
I also decided to dust off my old Rem. 700 that P.O. Ackley bbled for me, chambered in 240 Wby., that for deer, i load with 100NP's... I used it a few days ago to shoot this nice fat doe for the freezer, (that i pulled into my orchard before takeing the pict.)
I'll probably hunt with the 240 the rest of the season,
DM
I also decided to dust off my old Rem. 700 that P.O. Ackley bbled for me, chambered in 240 Wby., that for deer, i load with 100NP's... I used it a few days ago to shoot this nice fat doe for the freezer, (that i pulled into my orchard before takeing the pict.)
I'll probably hunt with the 240 the rest of the season,
DM
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