whats your go to rifle ?
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Topic: whats your go to rifle ?
Posted By: Thesteamer
Subject: whats your go to rifle ?
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 8:00pm
| Mine the 223 does any thing ...rabbits ... hares... goats... deer...(fallow) amazing wee cartridge.Over the roar the wsm comes for a walk.Owes me a fortune !$450 suppressed spent bit time on it .Floated, beded, trigger job, polished the bolt (10 hrs plus ) puts 3 into an inch at 100 !Guess what breed it is ? |
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Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 8:53pm
standard weatherby vanguard 223, the 24inch barrel. shot 5 deer with it so far, 4 reds and a fallow and a s**t load of goats. best shot with it so far is an 8 point red stag through the neck at 250 metres on the run, and polaxed it. wicked gun  ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: lemmy
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 10:08pm
| What loads are you using in the .223 that deer looks like its had its head taken off with a .50 BMG. |
Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2011 at 9:11pm
 a knife did that chief i use 62 grain barnaul, cheap russian stuff that is absolutely mental for the price, never had to chase a deer they have dropped on the spot everytime ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2011 at 10:22pm
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my go to was always my Tikka M55 in 222, I fitted it out with a VX111 leupold and was able to take bunnies heads off at 200m it was very accurate, I should never have sold it, shot everything bar Thar with it. cant remember the hand load ratios My other rifle for the big stuff was my Featherweight Winchester in 7mm mag I could link every shot at 100m and was less than 1/2 minute angle at 200 which I had it at 1 inch high at 200m I was able to x hair animals out to 400m and drop them easy from memory the rounds were 140gr spear point and 56grs of 2209 dupont I think it was. I fitted it out with a 3-9 x 50 Leupold VX111, when I sold it back to gun city I put a couple of target shots with it, it sold before days end. before it would shoot I bedded the action in devcon crowned her and got a turn and 1/2 out of the barrel to the action, my hand loads were breach fitted to the case
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Posted By: Monsterbishi
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 8:51am
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My go-to rifle is whatever one is immediately to the right of the one in the safe that I used the last time I was out, when I get to the end of the row, it's back to the start again |
Posted By: Mr.Dundee
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 5:26pm
Eenny meeny minny mo works for me
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Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 9:16pm
 shirt theres a couple of guns there haha ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Mr.Dundee
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 9:47pm
Yeah 1 or two
 enny meeney miinney mo again
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 10:09pm
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hey mate just a question, is that all that is need to secure them? ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Mr.Dundee
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 10:25pm
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Blue Asparagus wrote:Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2011 at 7:21pm
out of interest, what is an armscote? pm me if need be ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: camdog
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2011 at 8:43pm
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Anschutz 1414 .22 with a vx1 3-9-40( soon to be replaced by a vx2) would be my go to gun, shot over 2500 bunnys with it and i love it to bits, its filled the freezer with a lot of venison over the last few years. I have a 308 now so take that out when im going for deer now. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Mr.Dundee
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2011 at 9:50pm
| Armskote think its german for secure room.....might be wrong but thats what we called it in the Army. |
Posted By: Zee
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2011 at 6:24am
| i have heard from a few gunsmiths to stay away from barnaul ammo. apparently it will eventually wreck your action and chamber. Their 308 rounds caused some mean damage to my mates rifle. |
Posted By: Catchit
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2011 at 9:56am
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Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2011 at 2:01pm
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never had probs with it, be keen to know why was his gun a norinco or cheap chinese gun? they had problems with them because the barnaul primer was a bit harder than normal and the norincos firing pin was soft so lots of misfires, dsame as the wolf ammo but that stuff was shet. thats the only problem that i have heard of so far.......... ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Catcha
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2011 at 4:48pm
| winchester featherweight in 7mm,light and accurate.actually brought it for the missus but it so nice to use i cant leave it at home.problems with cheap ammo are normally associated with corrossion and /or ecessive residue build up as some powders arent as clean burning |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 4:24pm
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Same as conners for me, just add a Hardy suppressor, I used to be a big cannon toter, should have changed years ago.
Regarding Barnaul ammo, I am using the 55gn soft point and getting the same results on the bench rest as Remmington 55gn SP.
One of my hunting mates is in pest control, so far he's put over 5000 rounds of Barnual through his Weatherby Vanguard 223 with no problems so far.
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 6:13pm
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guys I am after an SKS stock, I have a synthetic but it makes for a very heavy weapon, any help appreciated. ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2011 at 7:52pm
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Posted By: Wanda_Ra
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2011 at 7:43pm
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Currently my go to's are a heavy barrelled 17hmr Savage lefhander thats a tack driver,good for everything from rats up to fallow. And my Husqvarna 9.3x62 for everything bigger.( though its bloody rough on rabbits who stick their heads up on the return trip of a deerless hunt,have yet to see one crawl away.) ------------- If you think you are too small to make a difference,try sleeping with a mosquito in your tent. |