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Posted: 5/8/2017 4:21:34 PM EDT

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I'm in on this thread. Been shooting a 1955 Husqvarna in .270 Wichester for all my life. Have killed deer, antelope, hogs and one Elk about 30 years ago. Settled on 140 grain bullets as a universal bullet weight. Plenty of different bullet construction options to suit whatever game you seek. CRF but no DBM, but thats ok with me. It is essentially an FN commercial Mauser action. Extremely strong action and a very accurate rifle too. It's a never sell gun due to the family history that goes with it.

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Great to have a rifle with that family history.

For some reason, the .270 is one cartridge for which I have an irrational dislike.

Best thing about a .270 is that it is almost a .280.

Posted: 5/8/2017 4:31:03 PM EDT

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I hunt with an AR15/10, Rem 700 and a Win M70? I pick the right tool for the hunt.

Posted: 5/21/2017 9:34:46 PM EDT

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If I don't get a hunting rifle forum soon, I am gonna be forced to turn my hunting rifle into a precision rifle!!!

Posted: 5/27/2017 8:08:54 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/28/2017 10:15:12 PM EDT

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Grooming and haberdashery!!??? Fucking grooming and haberdashery and we don't have a hunting rifle subforum?? This is an outrage. By the way what in the hell is haberdashery?

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I had to google that the first time I saw that forum.

Posted: 6/21/2017 10:11:37 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/22/2017 10:01:04 AM EDT

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Never stop never stopping, OP.

Posted: 6/29/2017 2:13:25 PM EDT

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Im with ya OP
A Hunting Rifles fourm on here would be great

We could discuss the awesomeness of CRF bolt guns

Posted: 7/30/2017 12:59:48 AM EDT

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Im with ya OP
A Hunting Rifles fourm on here would be great

We could discuss the awesomeness of CRF bolt guns

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Love me some Model 70

Posted: 7/30/2017 8:41:13 AM EDT

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OP is fer real.

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Maybe we should just start the conversation somewhere else. Some forums on here get zero traffic.

Posted: 8/29/2017 10:44:52 PM EDT

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Maybe we should just start the conversation somewhere else. Some forums on here get zero traffic.

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I have been doing that somewhat in the safari forum.

But a hunting rifle forum would be quite nice.

Posted: 9/9/2017 3:31:14 PM EDT

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Bought a Savage 12fv in 6.5 Creedmoor. Backordered. Maybe by the time I get it there will be a home for it here on Arfcom.

If not I'll post it in the Grooming forum.

Posted: 9/9/2017 5:23:15 PM EDT

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If not I'll post it in the Grooming forum.

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Don't get banned for trolling in there. It's happened before

Posted: 9/9/2017 7:01:24 PM EDT

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Don't get banned for trolling in there. It's happened before

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That might be a sacrifice I am willing to make.

Posted: 9/12/2017 9:32:34 AM EDT

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I have a co-worker wanting an AR.. I was thinking of selling him my oldest one and turning it into a Ruger American .450 Bushmaster

Anyone have any good/bad on them?

Posted: 9/13/2017 2:20:49 PM EDT

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I have a co-worker wanting an AR.. I was thinking of selling him my oldest one and turning it into a Ruger American .450 Bushmaster

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The hot Ruger right now is the Ruger American Ranch. 7.62x39, .310 bore for steel ammo, and uses Mini-30 mags.

That 450 is gonna be expensive to feed if you don't reload.

Posted: 9/13/2017 3:03:11 PM EDT

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I have a co-worker wanting an AR.. I was thinking of selling him my oldest one and turning it into a Ruger American .450 Bushmaster

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Fucking bolt doesn't lock when on safe. Hate it. Just hate it.

Other than that our RA was a lightweight affordable accurate rifle.

Posted: 9/13/2017 3:32:27 PM EDT

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The hot Ruger right now is the Ruger American Ranch. 7.62x39, .310 bore for steel ammo, and uses Mini-30 mags.

That 450 is gonna be expensive to feed if you don't reload.

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I have a co-worker wanting an AR.. I was thinking of selling him my oldest one and turning it into a Ruger American .450 Bushmaster

https://images.kygunco.com/Products/1890.jpg

Anyone have any good/bad on them?

The hot Ruger right now is the Ruger American Ranch. 7.62x39, .310 bore for steel ammo, and uses Mini-30 mags.

That 450 is gonna be expensive to feed if you don't reload.

We can only deer hunt with straight walled cartridges.

And I do reload. It probably won't see a factory round.

Posted: 9/13/2017 3:34:15 PM EDT

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Fucking bolt doesn't lock when on safe. Hate it. Just hate it.

Other than that our RA was a lightweight affordable accurate rifle.

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I have a co-worker wanting an AR.. I was thinking of selling him my oldest one and turning it into a Ruger American .450 Bushmaster

https://images.kygunco.com/Products/1890.jpg

Anyone have any good/bad on them?

Fucking bolt doesn't lock when on safe. Hate it. Just hate it.

Other than that our RA was a lightweight affordable accurate rifle.

I don't have a bolt rifle that does that off the top of my head. The 77/44 can be but doesn't have to.

Posted: 9/13/2017 3:35:08 PM EDT

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We can only deer hunt with straight walled cartridges.

And I do reload. It probably won't see a factory round.

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Posted: 9/13/2017 4:15:36 PM EDT

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I don't have a bolt rifle that does that off the top of my head. The 77/44 can be but doesn't have to.

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Savage. Tikka. Sako. Howa. All ours are Savage, and the idea of not locking is foreign to me. Rifle in a gunbearer or on a pack should have a locking bolt.

Posted: 9/13/2017 7:09:59 PM EDT

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My other bolt rifles are all Remington 700's. I like being able to lock the bolt but I don't think it's ideal to have to deactivate the safety to unload the rifle.

Posted: 9/13/2017 7:21:11 PM EDT

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In for the support. I love my Ar's, but there is something about a Blued and Walnut stocked bolt gun.

Posted: 9/13/2017 8:36:18 PM EDT

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My other bolt rifles are all Remington 700's. I like being able to lock the bolt but I don't think it's ideal to have to deactivate the safety to unload the rifle.

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Hence the Remington lawsuit. Or at least that's what the owner of the lgs told me.

And hey, if you can't trust that guy.......

Posted: 9/26/2017 9:11:22 AM EDT

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In for the support. I love my Ar's, but there is something about a Blued and Walnut stocked bolt gun.

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What's wrong with ARs for hunting?

If only we had the proper forum to discuss the merits of one vs the other.

Posted: 9/26/2017 11:35:40 AM EDT

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What's wrong with ARs for hunting?

If only we had the proper forum to discuss the merits of one vs the other.

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Pokey to carry. Don't fit scabbards. Loud to chamber a round. Unreliable.

Posted: 9/29/2017 9:53:39 PM EDT

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What's wrong with ARs for hunting?

If only we had the proper forum to discuss the merits of one vs the other.

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Nothing.

Posted: 9/30/2017 7:55:09 AM EDT

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Posted: 10/4/2017 1:21:32 AM EDT

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How accurate is your rifle?

I have heard mixed reports on Remington's pump and semi auto centerfire rifles.

Always wanted to pick up one of each. Always a couple of used ones in the local pawn shops.

Posted: 10/4/2017 8:45:23 AM EDT

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How accurate is your rifle?

I have heard mixed reports on Remington's pump and semi auto centerfire rifles.

Always wanted to pick up one of each. Always a couple of used ones in the local pawn shops.

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How accurate is your rifle?

I have heard mixed reports on Remington's pump and semi auto centerfire rifles.

Always wanted to pick up one of each. Always a couple of used ones in the local pawn shops.

I didn't shoot it much. My grandpa bought it a long time ago (he died before I was born)
My uncle has kept it most of that time, but I borrowed it in 2012 to take on a deer hunt. I sighted it in and shot a deer with it and gave it back.

Posted: 10/9/2017 2:37:54 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/10/2017 3:04:19 PM EDT

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The model airplane guys got a forum.

Posted: 10/10/2017 3:42:11 PM EDT

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The model airplane guys got a forum.

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I tried, sorry

Posted: 10/10/2017 4:01:25 PM EDT

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The model airplane guys got a forum.

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Holy fuck! That's it. The stupidity has reached epic proportions.

Posted: 10/10/2017 4:12:32 PM EDT

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WHAT THE FUCK

Posted: 10/10/2017 5:03:53 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/10/2017 5:45:56 PM EDT

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GD needs to know of this struggle. It is real. It is now. It is powerful.

Posted: 10/10/2017 5:54:57 PM EDT

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GD needs to know of this struggle. It is real. It is now. It is powerful.

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But how powerful?

Rimfire and Pistol calibers?
AR Variants?
Precision Rifles?
50 cal?

What forum for the powerfulness you describe?

Posted: 10/10/2017 8:43:01 PM EDT

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But how powerful?

Rimfire and Pistol calibers?
AR Variants?
Precision Rifles?
50 cal?

What forum for the powerfulness you describe?

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All of the above. If it hunts, it's included. Including air rifles. Those new ones are awesome.

Posted: 10/17/2017 8:52:34 PM EDT

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Starting shit in GD.

Posted: 10/17/2017 11:59:45 PM EDT

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Starting shit in GD.

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Might as well

Posted: 10/18/2017 12:11:44 AM EDT

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Might as well

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haha

dont get me locked here

Posted: 10/18/2017 11:25:39 PM EDT

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Hell yes I'm in... right now my favorite is my 257 weatherby vanguard but I'm buying an accumark from a buddy new in box so once it's paid off I'm gonna see what a real weatherby is all about

Posted: 10/18/2017 11:57:15 PM EDT

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I've worked a number of 'Sight In Days' events at my local club, helping hunters get their rifles sighted before the season starts. What I've found from this...

Most hunters don't know jack about ballistics or their own equipment, generally.

Many of the 'hunting rifles' have old cheap Tasco and Redfield scopes that have issues, and I'd throw them away if I were them. Unserviceable (e.g.; bad, rotted seals, older greases causing internal parts to stick when adjusting, etc)

Most of the optics haven't been set up very well, had misalignment issues when made, have worked loose, have worked loose just in the course of firing 20 rounds that day, etc.

A lot of others are old guns with dirt and rust anywhere that can't be immediately seen. Warped wooden stocks. Pitted bores. Chambers that need to see a chamber brush.

There are a number of good rifles too. Quite a few. But no where near as many people that simply know the fundamentals, know their equipment very well, or know what their trajectory looks like at various ranges.

The rest, lately, have been the Axis's and American's. Quite a few of those. Watch them group two and throw one all day long.

My honest take away... there are a bunch of adults out in the woods just trying to hit something who can't call their shots. I know 'ethical kill' is sort of backwards, but that's what I'd require of myself.

Lots of stories of misses and drawn-out kills from deer hunters. Work Sight In days and you'll understand why.

And as for the rifles... generally not very well taken care of and taken out once a year. Lots of old ones, from grandpa's that passed away or something. The owners are almost never serious shooting types. Just once a year. Not sure you could make a sub forum or section out of them. Even the Precision Rifle section here pales to some of the others.

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You just described every Pennsylvania hunter. Except you left out beat up innaccurate Remington 760 gamemaster In .30-06 and see through rings.

That said...I did pick up a Ruger American in .30-06 when Walmart has them on clearance for $199. It shoots 1.25” five shot groups at 100yds with cheap Remington corelokt 150gr ammo. That’s plenty good for most any hunter... on the east coast anyways.

Posted: 10/18/2017 11:58:19 PM EDT

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Where else would I be able to discuss a CZ527 conversion to 6.5 Grendel for use hunting everything from Pdogs to Antellope to Elk?

(Currently I'm trying to decide on barrel contours. Bouncing between a Shilen #4, # 5.5, or wondering if something heavier would be better for supporting a suppressor.)

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