MallardAddict
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Southern Precision Rifles 6.5 saum will get the call this year.
1982(IIRC) Browning BAR 3006, also hunt with a 2001 mkII safari 3006 I like almost as much, but the 82 is the softest shooting rifle I've ever touched. I have a personal idea that the gas port may be sized slightly off, or perhaps it was just a perfection of tolerances on the day it was built. The newer safari is no slouch either, and is the only rifle I've ever shot a whitetail hat trick with, what a night of cleaning.
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I bet that thing is a real cannon! I had a 7600 in 243 when I was 13(1986) and ran it up until I was 15 and got my first Model 70. It was way too big for me at 5'1", but it wasn't a single shot 20!i kill more deer with my rem 7600 carbine in 3006.
I have always been wanting a BAR Safari Grade IV in .243. Just because!1982(IIRC) Browning BAR 3006, also hunt with a 2001 mkII safari 3006 I like almost as much, but the 82 is the softest shooting rifle I've ever touched. I have a personal idea that the gas port may be sized slightly off, or perhaps it was just a perfection of tolerances on the day it was built. The newer safari is no slouch either, and is the only rifle I've ever shot a whitetail hat trick with, what a night of cleaning.
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Love those Coopers!Here's a sampling of mine left to right. Wby. Altitude in 6.5 CRDM (130 Accubond); Cooper Custom Classic in .243 (24" bbl). My go to bullet in that is an 85 grain Sierra HPBT for deer and chucks and a Cooper Jackson Game in .25-06 (115 Nosler for deer, 90 grain Sierra Blitzking for chucks).
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