What's in your

[onesonek]

hunting battery?
Heres mine

(top to bottom) 30-06, 7BRM, 9.3x74R, and 6mm AI

(left to right) .45-.410, .454 Casull, 6.5x57 AIR, .243 AI (mounted)
with a .308 pistol barrel in process.

XP-100 6mmAI

#1 .220 Swift

Wants,,, Encore 12ga. and .223 barrels, and I think I'm covered.

Dave

 

[JD338]

Nice collection! IS that Georgia Jim wood on the Encore hand gun?

JD338

 

[longwinters]

Real nice collection. Makes my one Contender 7x30 Waters seem pretty humble even with the Georgia Jim furniture.

Long

 

[Guy Miner]

Several rifles & handguns, useful for game from sage-rats to mastadons should the need arise. However, mostly I hunt mule deer, with an occasional varmint or predator hunt thrown in and now and again a hunt for elk or bear.

The most used center fire rifle in recent years, a .25-06 700 CDL with a 6x scope:

Favorite though is a Marlin 39A:

I feel truly blessed to have several rifles. Most of my life I had a .22 and one center-fire, sometimes two. Only in the past 10 - 15 years or so have I been able to acquire a few others. It's nice to have some specialty rifles instead of making a .30-06 do for everything from varmints to elk, although it certainly can.

Regards, Guy

 

[YoteSmoker]

Currently...

204 ruger CZ 527 varmint

22 hornet, 22-250, 264 wm, 7mm08 (2), 30-06 209x50 (2) 20 ga Encore (2) for me and my fiance to argue over barrels lol

7mm rem mag M70

22lr CZ 452 american and her 22lr Savage mk II

30-06 03 springfield sporter and 22lr '06 winchester (both heirlooms)

243 Browning a-bolt

44 mag 5.5" Super Blackhawk

I think that's it....currently

 

[YoteSmoker]

forgot to add...38 spcl+p s&w and 40 xd sub-compact...both hers....or will they be "ours"? ...to be determined... I'm guessing "hers".

All I know for sure is I better not piss her off!

 

[onesonek]

JD, the wood is from Boyd's. The forend is the heavy barrel rifle, and I have the "standard" as well. The grip I modified to fit me better with a dremel, by adding the finger grooves and deeping the web area as well the thumb rest. Then finished with tung oil.

Dave

 

[nitis]

onesonek

you must be one hell of a shot not one repeater in the buch

 

[Divernhunter]

Pistols-Hunting
2 Buckmarks in 22RF
Encore W/454casull-223-257Roberts-308win
Ruger SRH 454casull
Ruger RH 44mag and other pistols not used to hunt with.

Rifles-Hunting
Several 22RF
Savage-204Ruger
Tikka -7mm-08 & 6.5X55
Rem 308win/30-06/223(heavy barrel)
Ruger 6mmRem/257Roberts/25-06/30-06/7mmRem Mag/300win mag/338win mag
Armalite AR50 and a Viper in 50bmg loaded with 600 or 647gr Barnes X-Bullets(Nosler should make a BT or AB bullet in 600-647grs)

Many other rifles which could be used but will not use to hunt(IE-Mini14 and 30/M1A/M1Garands/30-40Kraig(killed my first deer with one) etc

Black Powder
Pistols
Ruger Rev 44cal
CVA 50cal single shot pistol
Rifles
T/C 54cal traditional style
Knight 50cal in-line

Use Nosler bullets in most.

 

[Larry in SD]

The rifles in the above photo are the only centerfire Rifles I currently have. Top is a DPMS Panther Bull 20, center is a Remington Model 700 SPS .308 and the near one is a Bushmaster 16" M4 Optics Ready Carbine.

I shoot way more Rimfire Rounds per year than anything else, and yes I do hunt small varmints with my Rimfires.

Above is my pride and joy. It is a Custom Ruger 77/22 that I put together myself. I used a Clark Custom Guns 20" Stainless-Steel Bull Barrel and Volquartsen Laminated Wood Stock that I have modified from it's original form. Truth be known I have recently did some more reshaping to this stock and my nephew currently has it putting a finish on it.

This is the very first Ruger 77/22 I ever bought, a K77/22VBZ. It had horrible barrel droop and a horrible barrel shank to receiver fit so I ended up shimming the barrel. I had sold this Ruger and recently was able to purchase it back. Since then I have had the barrel cut and recrowned at 20".

This one was quite a project. I bought a used 10/22 for $100.00 and the guy said he didn't even know if it shot or not. After a lot of cleaning I test fired it. I was pleased so the modifications began. It is set in a Nordic Components AR-22 Receiver Chassis with an AR-15 6 Position Collapsable Buttstock, Pistol Grip and Free Float Tube. It wears the factory Barrel that I had cut and crowned at 17" and installed a Green Mountain Barrel Shroud to give it the look of a bull barrel without the weight.

Above is my favorite packin pistol. It is a Ruger MKIII 22/45 with a 4" Bull Barrel. I had the rounded portions of the grip milled off and installed 1911 Grip Screw Bushings with Hogue 1911 Grips. It has a Volquartsen Custom Target Sear, Clark Custom Guns Steel Ruger Trigger (added since this photo was taken) and a HiViz Fiber Optic Front Sight.

Last but not least is a very, very special Ruger MKII. This one is special as it belonged to my late brother. To make it more special I have added the following, Burris Fast Fire in the Burris Mount, Clark Custom Guns Steel Ruger Trigger, Volquartsen Custom Target Sear, Extended Bolt Release and Volthane Target Grips and an On Target Guns Blast Shield.

For daily concealed carry I acquired a Kel-Tec P-11 9mm a few months back. I do not have a photo of it but I have been shooting the heck out of it. So far in all the rounds I have fired through it I have had one stovepipe. I have even purposely mixed different brands, types and bullet weights of ammo in the same mag and have still only experienced one stovepipe. This little gun is a joy to shoot and actually shoots much better than I ever thought it would.

Larry

 

[bullet]

The planned order of use for my hunting rifles:

358Win - big game of any description

30-06 - big game of any description

260Rem - Deer and like game

5.56mm - varmints

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

Varmits
22-250 in Rem 788
.223 in black
.223 NEF handirifle.

Medium rifles.
.270 Winchester, one for everyone in the house.

Elk gun:
Winchester Model 70 Classic in .338 Win Mag

Long distance rifles.
Winchester Model 70 in 7mm STW
Remington 700 in .308 Win

Hunting sidearm:
Ruger Vaquero, Stainless, Ivory, in .44 Mag.

These are my Core hunting arms. I find I can do most anything with this mix.

 

[onesonek]

onesonek

you must be one hell of a shot not one repeater in the buch

I know some that are better :wink:
It's not so much my ability, but how I go about it.
First off, I'm right handed and left eye dominate, that and I started out with single shot .22. When it came to getting my first "high power" rifle, there wasn't alot to choose from in left hand bolts, other than the .30-06, 7mm Mag., and the .270. I decided on a custom built Ruger #1. in a .30-404. Later had a .30-74R, and a few .280 AI's made.
I did get a Rem. 742 in a .30-06, and used it one season on deer, but sold it after I realized I didn't need it's capability. I just decided to stay with single shots, and the TC Encore makes that rather easy.
I do play at long range on paper and "diggers", but prefer to hunt big game within a comfort zone. I determine that by practicing on various size steel gongs, depending the size of the animal. For deer I use a 5" gong, or roughly 1/2 the size of the intended animals kill zone, and set up for PBR, backing up and shoot from different field positions. When I can no longer put 3 consecutive shots on the gong, the last distance is my personal limit to range with that set-up. The 1/2 size gongs, give me some margin for error, and "murphy's law".
When hunting, I work to within that comfort range, and if I can't, I pass.

,,,,,Some nice fireams being posted here!!!!!

Dave

 

[Guy Miner]

I like a Number One myself:

 

[jmad_81]

Savage 17 HMR

Savage 12 .243 22 yotes on this gun in eight months.

My wifes Rem 700 7-08

My go to gun. Winchester M70 338 WM.

375 R Ruger Hawkeye.

Soon to be joining them is a custom savage 110 in 280 AI!

 

[DrMike]

Jake,

Some nice looking muleys there. That arsenal will do for whatever you want to hunt.

 

[jmad_81]

Thanks. They sure don't some easy. Both of those bucks were last weekend bucks. I passed on the one with the 375R onpening day because I had seen a really nice 26" heavy muley hanging out in the area, but after a week and a half of looking, I had to get back to school.

 

[SJB358]

Here are some of mine.

Browning BLR 358 Win

Marlin 1895G 45-70

M70 270WSM

NEF 10 gauge

Rem 11-87 SuperMag

M70 338 Win Mag

Weatherby 7mm Rem Mag

M700 CDL 35 Whelen

Ruger M77RBZ 300 Win Mag

Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 Rem Mag

Kimber DET ONE 45

There are a couple more, like some of my other shotguns, my 22 Mag, Savage 22-250, wifes 308, sons 243, but that is the bulk of them, tons of overlap, and not a 30-06 in the bunch! Still growing though. Scotty

 

[jmad_81]

Scotty that is one impressive bear! And A fine collection of weapons!

 

[Guy Miner]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing...