modern mountain man rifle

PayetteRucker said:
the iron sights are completely useless. I HIGHLY recommend the Ruger Target Grey Frontier. It's even smaller, with a thicker stainless steel barrel and a comparable price, I got mine for around 400 dollars. I put a burris scout scope on it and the combination is unbeatable. 1.25 MOA with 15 dollar a box walmart ammo is the norm, with factory matchgrade it is consistantly sub-moa out past 300 yards. The scope is a bit heavy but screams "quality" and "durable". I'm waiting for them to come out with a similar scope with a fat, simple ballistic recticle so you have some idea as far as ballistic and windage adjustments...
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Leupold will install a bunch of different reticles into their own scopes as an after-market option for a very reasonable price, or for your Burris you might look at some of the other outfits like Premier Reticles, I'm pretty sure they do Burris.

Love the Ruger Frontier - as soon as I can find one in .308 it's mine...


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Do it all? That’s pretty tough. Probably a .30-06 bolt action of you preferred make and model with a low magnification scope like a 1-4x.

I need to get away from this thread before I start daydreaming about a Marlin Guide Gun again. Completely impractical for me. I have a good deer rifle, I live in Missouri where the scariest thing we have to shoot is a whitetail. All that said, I’ve wanted one for years and will most likely have to get one.
 
adaman04 said:
Do it all? That’s pretty tough. Probably a .30-06 bolt action of you preferred make and model with a low magnification scope like a 1-4x.

I need to get away from this thread before I start daydreaming about a Marlin Guide Gun again. Completely impractical for me. I have a good deer rifle, I live in Missouri where the scariest thing we have to shoot is a whitetail. All that said, I’ve wanted one for years and will most likely have to get one.
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I have to agree. I don't need a Marlin Guide Gun, but I keep trying to think up good reasons why I should get one. The new version with the extended tube (6 rounds) is especially interesting.
 
XMP said:
I have to agree. I don't need a Marlin Guide Gun, but I keep trying to think up good reasons why I should get one. The new version with the extended tube (6 rounds) is especially interesting.
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I’ve kept up with gun news nearly to the minute for years, but as soon as I stop watching, things like this come across! I hadn’t even seen this yet! I could do without the scout rail, but the rest of that gun is sweet.
 
No rifle expert having only used three rifles but I would go with what I know and thats .303 enfield with iron sights. Few moving parts and accurate out to 300m. I would be aiming to get within a third of that if hunting.
 
J_Curd said:
A scoped Ruger No. 1 in .270 would be pretty hard to beat in North America.
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I'd have to agree w/ that assessment- they have a light sporter that has iron sights (if the scope happened to go to sh1t)

I shot one a fair bit (not a sporter) in .25-06, it was a tack driver- it was damn pretty too :D
 
My Win Model 88 lever action in .308 is pretty nice. Just need to find a couple extra mags. :thumbup:
 
Moff8 said:
No rifle expert having only used three rifles but I would go with what I know and thats .303 enfield with iron sights. Few moving parts and accurate out to 300m. I would be aiming to get within a third of that if hunting.
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Yep. Love my Enfield. Nice and basic, and accurate, like you said. Thank goodness Prvi Partisan makes affordable factory ammo for it, else it would be a bit too pricey to shoot much.
 
adaman04 said:
Do it all? That’s pretty tough. Probably a .30-06 bolt action of you preferred make and model with a low magnification scope like a 1-4x.

I need to get away from this thread before I start daydreaming about a Marlin Guide Gun again. Completely impractical for me. I have a good deer rifle, I live in Missouri where the scariest thing we have to shoot is a whitetail. All that said, I’ve wanted one for years and will most likely have to get one.
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LOL. You sound like me! Although we do have black bears here in NY. I just put in an order for the H&R Handi-Rifle in .45-70, now I'm considering a Marlin 1895 or 1895G.

Take a look at this website for more info on the .45-70:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/45-70_big_game_hunter.htm
 
adaman04 said:
I need to get away from this thread before I start daydreaming about a Marlin Guide Gun again. Completely impractical for me. I have a good deer rifle, I live in Missouri where the scariest thing we have to shoot is a whitetail. All that said, I’ve wanted one for years and will most likely have to get one.
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Not really impractical. One reason I loved my 1895 when I had it is that the .45-70 is a slow round and does not do a lot of meat damage -- meaning it doesn't leave a lot of bloodshot meat, even if you hit bone, like a higher velocity round will do.

Nice, soft-shooting 300-gr or Remington 405-gr loads do just fine on everything in the lower 48 and HI.

There, now you have a reason to go buy a rifle you don't need. ;)

You can thank me later. :cool:
 
Here's my new toy.Ruger CR(compact Rifle).308, 6lbs3oz, with Leupold 2X7, 16" barrel.Going to work on losing some of its weight.Shoots very good:)



Another is my Browning take down ,22 auto.Used to carry it when I traveled on the Harley.Make a good survival rifle.Cased in a Bills custom case.:)
 

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