For long range, it's this 300 RUM. Trued Rem 700 with Jewell trigger and 28" Bartlein in a McMillan A5. Brother just took an antelope with it at 865 yards.
What is your favorite rifle in your arsenal?
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My go to kill anything/everything rifle is my .338 RUM. On it's third barrel in almost 5 years. Not pretty at all, and not near as accurate with this latest barrel. Best it will do is with 236 Hammer Hunters at the 3000 fps mark and 3/4 moa groups. Had it threaded for a barrel nut, along with a factory take off .300 RUM barrel. Hoping the .300 will do better.
John Klingenberg
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I go through guns too. Get bored and build something else. The one ive stuck with is a franken gun. Its an old 722 with bdl bottom metal in an sps stock with a truck axle sized kreiger stainless. The action is parkerized. Its topped with a beat the heck Leupold VX1 3x9 that leupold refurbed for me twice. Its a .308 and I shoot a 165 gameking (now the TMK) behind plain old 4895. Its piled up untold hogs and upwards of 200 deer on culling.
Savage 110C .270 Win I bought when I was 18 51 years ago. Swapped out barrel last year for SS and it just feels right. Guess after 50 + years every little nick in stock feels right. Still a really good shooter and loves the Hornady 145 ELDX with RL26. There is something about smacking a deer with the first rifle you ever bought 50+ years ago....
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I am not a trader/seller and have way too many for varied occasions to pick just one, but for pure hunting memories and more game down than I can ever recall, I still own a 1975 purchased M700 in 30-06 with a close second 1960's model Belgium FN in .270Win. Both of those have been used to kill everything from crows, coyotes, bobcats, deer, elk, etc, etc. Before I ever considered owning a magnum rifle, I could shoot these out to 1/2 mile and occasionally beyond. Those rifles became an extension of my arm/hands and have snap shot many fleeing animals. Now for LR/ELR large game, I use a couple of 300RUMs.
In the varmint or so class, I would say my old 1979 M700 in 222Rem has taken more varmints and up to deer sized game than any other varmint rifle I own. Several barrels have lost their throats to that old action, and countless thousands of varmints and game. It saw many 3-500rd days on the dog towns, but now with age and far less shooting done, I like something with a little more reach and less drift. So, I take out a 22/250AI in 8" twist whenever I can.
It is interesting to think back on this question and realize that all the newer, fancier, faster and most costly customs and some production rifles do not jump into my memories as a "favorite" like those old well-worn trusted friends do.
In the varmint or so class, I would say my old 1979 M700 in 222Rem has taken more varmints and up to deer sized game than any other varmint rifle I own. Several barrels have lost their throats to that old action, and countless thousands of varmints and game. It saw many 3-500rd days on the dog towns, but now with age and far less shooting done, I like something with a little more reach and less drift. So, I take out a 22/250AI in 8" twist whenever I can.
It is interesting to think back on this question and realize that all the newer, fancier, faster and most costly customs and some production rifles do not jump into my memories as a "favorite" like those old well-worn trusted friends do.
zb338
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Sako Finnbear action, custom stock with a .338 custom barrel
and a Leupold scope. Shoots an inch all day long at a 100 and
has enough killing power to drop most anything.
Zeke
and a Leupold scope. Shoots an inch all day long at a 100 and
has enough killing power to drop most anything.
Zeke
rem 700 in 280 rem or 280 ackley
Skimbleshanks
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H&R Sportster in 17hmr. Has a silencerco spectre II suppressor, zeiss conquest 3-9x50 scope and cheap gun shop bipod. Painted my own flectarn inspired camo. Shot so many ground squirrels with this rifles years ago at a vineyard I worked at. And again recently at the new house im in. Kill squirrels almost weekly with it. It just works, it wasn't stupid expensive either and is way more accurate than a $150 gun has any right to be. Not the coolest gun I own but it has easily put in the most work. Its that or my Glock 17L. When im shooting those guns i don't take myself too seriously and just have fun.
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Aoudad shooter1975
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Had Pete do some work for me years ago--good metal man..I miss Tip Burns too...good gunsmiths.
Mine is easy...mine is a HK 300 my parents bought for me in the late 80s...first really nice rifle I owned, I hunted a lot of stuff with it and killed bigger stuff than I should have with it..It was a stretch for them-but they knew I really wanted it...I'll die with it...
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cjuve
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In the moment type of hunter. Ruger American 450 Bushmaster, Leupold 2-8x33 Illuminated. Dead nuts accurate with factory Hornady Black at 100 yds, holes are so big and overlapping I'll call it .5 moa, Laugh all you want, drops whitetails!
For longer ranges its a factory Remington 338 Lupua Mag MLR with an Elite Iron suppressor. Bought it when they first came out, paid less than $900. I really just started working up a load with H1000 with 225 Accubonds. No chrony data yet but shot 1/2" 2 weeks ago at 200 yards. I was using a custom load from a local police dept they had made up, we trained together for years as snipers and they rarely shot it. Its was 185 grain Accubonds! I've tried looking for them but cant find anything but 225's.
For longer ranges its a factory Remington 338 Lupua Mag MLR with an Elite Iron suppressor. Bought it when they first came out, paid less than $900. I really just started working up a load with H1000 with 225 Accubonds. No chrony data yet but shot 1/2" 2 weeks ago at 200 yards. I was using a custom load from a local police dept they had made up, we trained together for years as snipers and they rarely shot it. Its was 185 grain Accubonds! I've tried looking for them but cant find anything but 225's.
