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Whats your go to gun?
Mine is a marlin model 1894 lever action .32 special w/ 3x9 scope with over under sights.
Question by jestr1. Uploaded on October 29, 2009
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Answers (33)
My rifle is a Weatherby Vanguard bolt-action with 3-9x40 Tasco scope.
Tikka T3 270 win. Synthetic stock. Blued barrel. Leupold FXII 4 x 33 scope installed with Optilock bases and Extra Low Optilock Rings.
Ruger M77 Mark II left-handed model, .270, Leupold VX-II 3-9x40, walnut stock
Pre-64 win based 220 swift, with Leupold vx-II 6-18x40
elderly Remington 788 (before those hideous carbines) with a bit of customizing, in .308 Winchester.
An old Remington 760 rebarreled in .35 Whelen. It just plain shoots. 225 gr .358" diameter bullets hit hard and leave a big hole without damaging much meat.
i think i have the same gun it shoots the shells out the top of the gun
Belgian made Browning(BAR) leupold 3x9 VX II in .308
Ruger M77 Mark II in .270 Winchester, synthetic stock, stainless barrel and a Nikon Buckmasters 3-9X40 scope
Remington 700 chambered in .35 Whelen with 3-9x40 VX-II Leupold scope.
My mossberg 4x4 bolt action in .270. It has a gray laminate finish on the stock. It has a 3-9x scope.
Rem 700 in 30/06 up to elk, 375 H7H anything bigger or with fangs and claws
My Go To Gun depends where I am about to "go to". Generally it would be either a 300 Win Mag or a 416 Rigby. As I get older my 06 seems to appear more often
The 300 Win Mag is on a customized Remington action, McMillan stock and a Shilen barrel (the third barrel). The Rigby is ancient by Griffin and Howe on a Mauser action, no idea what barrel. The 06 is on a Mauser action also.
Oh, they all have one thing in common, they all shoot straighter than I do.
MLH, I wish I could see that 760. I'm anxiously awaiting a Ruger 77 that was rebarreled from .270 to .338-06, can't wait, can't wait.
Plain vanilla Winchester model 70 .270 with Nikon Monarch 2.5x10.
A rem. 7600 308 with a bushnell dusk to dawn.
Tikka T3 lite .243 win, Burris Euro Diamond 3-12, pistol, S&W 6inch 7shot 686 stainless .357mag...
Winchester mod 70, 270 WSM, Leupold scope; Rainy weather it would be my pre 64 30-30 iron sights, killed more deer with this gun than any other I own.
Unless the hunt or the terrain dictates otherwise, I seem to reach for a Winchester Model 70 Lightweight Carbine in .250 Savage. It is one the most versatile and accurate rifles I own. Many others have been bought and sold, but this (among a few others) remains, and it is one of my favorites.
I have that same 32 thats a great brush gun without a scope while making drives! When im sitting I have my remington Model 700 .270
i use my remmington mohawk model 600 in .243 for deer and tuasus pt 145 .45apc for personal protection
Remington model 7 chambered in .260 Remington. I carry my Savage Model 219 chambered .30-30 more often, but for some reason, every time I take the .260 out I come home with a deer...heck for the price of the ammo (about $2.00/round), it better be lucky! My version of sighting it in is taking 1 shot at a sporting clay at 100 yards. If the clay explodes, it's good enough because target practice with that gun is too expensive otherwise!
98 Mauser in 25-06 with a 4-12x42 Nikon Monarch.
Of course my mod 63 Win 22 gets the most use.
marlin model 336c,30-30cal,iron sights.never let me down.
M98 Mauser in .300 Dakota (first 40,000 rounds + were in 25-06) and that is what made it my "go to" but I just like the rifle so much that even with the .30 caliber barrel it is still my go to gun. For serious hunting I still go to my 25-06 which is now in a Weatherby Ultralight so it is easier to carry in the rough woods.
.308 Winchester made by savage fire arms. I use a 160 grain Hornandy and sierra bullet with a 3x9 Sightron scope.
I'm with 007, I have an elderly Rem 788 in .308 with a Bushnell 3X9 scope. No customizing, though. 165 Gr. handloads.
However, my 5 foot nothing, 108 pound farm-wife daughter has absconded with my Ruger Mini-14 in .223 as her "go-to" gun for everything from coyotes in the garden to deer.
After I thought about it, my Remington is indeed customized. Didn't like the fact of no sling swivels, added them. Didn't like the finish on the stock, changed it to tung oil. Didn't like the issue rear sight, looked for a receiver sight without finding one, now wears a Model 700 rear sight. So, lightly cutomized.
By the way, when my daughter asked to "borrow" the Ruger, she showed me she could shoot it by shooting 10 rounds at 3 soda cans at approximately 100 yards, paced off. Nine solid hits and 1 Dent is reasonable for hunting accuracy, isn't it?
Marlin 336 in 30-30 with peep sights
.300 Win Mag!!!
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Tikka T3 270 win. Synthetic stock. Blued barrel. Leupold FXII 4 x 33 scope installed with Optilock bases and Extra Low Optilock Rings.
An old Remington 760 rebarreled in .35 Whelen. It just plain shoots. 225 gr .358" diameter bullets hit hard and leave a big hole without damaging much meat.
Belgian made Browning(BAR) leupold 3x9 VX II in .308
Ruger M77 Mark II in .270 Winchester, synthetic stock, stainless barrel and a Nikon Buckmasters 3-9X40 scope
My rifle is a Weatherby Vanguard bolt-action with 3-9x40 Tasco scope.
Ruger M77 Mark II left-handed model, .270, Leupold VX-II 3-9x40, walnut stock
Pre-64 win based 220 swift, with Leupold vx-II 6-18x40
elderly Remington 788 (before those hideous carbines) with a bit of customizing, in .308 Winchester.
i think i have the same gun it shoots the shells out the top of the gun
Remington 700 chambered in .35 Whelen with 3-9x40 VX-II Leupold scope.
My Go To Gun depends where I am about to "go to". Generally it would be either a 300 Win Mag or a 416 Rigby. As I get older my 06 seems to appear more often
The 300 Win Mag is on a customized Remington action, McMillan stock and a Shilen barrel (the third barrel). The Rigby is ancient by Griffin and Howe on a Mauser action, no idea what barrel. The 06 is on a Mauser action also.
Oh, they all have one thing in common, they all shoot straighter than I do.
MLH, I wish I could see that 760. I'm anxiously awaiting a Ruger 77 that was rebarreled from .270 to .338-06, can't wait, can't wait.
Plain vanilla Winchester model 70 .270 with Nikon Monarch 2.5x10.
Unless the hunt or the terrain dictates otherwise, I seem to reach for a Winchester Model 70 Lightweight Carbine in .250 Savage. It is one the most versatile and accurate rifles I own. Many others have been bought and sold, but this (among a few others) remains, and it is one of my favorites.
My mossberg 4x4 bolt action in .270. It has a gray laminate finish on the stock. It has a 3-9x scope.
Rem 700 in 30/06 up to elk, 375 H7H anything bigger or with fangs and claws
A rem. 7600 308 with a bushnell dusk to dawn.
Tikka T3 lite .243 win, Burris Euro Diamond 3-12, pistol, S&W 6inch 7shot 686 stainless .357mag...
Winchester mod 70, 270 WSM, Leupold scope; Rainy weather it would be my pre 64 30-30 iron sights, killed more deer with this gun than any other I own.
I have that same 32 thats a great brush gun without a scope while making drives! When im sitting I have my remington Model 700 .270
i use my remmington mohawk model 600 in .243 for deer and tuasus pt 145 .45apc for personal protection
Remington model 7 chambered in .260 Remington. I carry my Savage Model 219 chambered .30-30 more often, but for some reason, every time I take the .260 out I come home with a deer...heck for the price of the ammo (about $2.00/round), it better be lucky! My version of sighting it in is taking 1 shot at a sporting clay at 100 yards. If the clay explodes, it's good enough because target practice with that gun is too expensive otherwise!
98 Mauser in 25-06 with a 4-12x42 Nikon Monarch.
Of course my mod 63 Win 22 gets the most use.
marlin model 336c,30-30cal,iron sights.never let me down.
M98 Mauser in .300 Dakota (first 40,000 rounds + were in 25-06) and that is what made it my "go to" but I just like the rifle so much that even with the .30 caliber barrel it is still my go to gun. For serious hunting I still go to my 25-06 which is now in a Weatherby Ultralight so it is easier to carry in the rough woods.
.308 Winchester made by savage fire arms. I use a 160 grain Hornandy and sierra bullet with a 3x9 Sightron scope.
I'm with 007, I have an elderly Rem 788 in .308 with a Bushnell 3X9 scope. No customizing, though. 165 Gr. handloads.
However, my 5 foot nothing, 108 pound farm-wife daughter has absconded with my Ruger Mini-14 in .223 as her "go-to" gun for everything from coyotes in the garden to deer.
After I thought about it, my Remington is indeed customized. Didn't like the fact of no sling swivels, added them. Didn't like the finish on the stock, changed it to tung oil. Didn't like the issue rear sight, looked for a receiver sight without finding one, now wears a Model 700 rear sight. So, lightly cutomized.
By the way, when my daughter asked to "borrow" the Ruger, she showed me she could shoot it by shooting 10 rounds at 3 soda cans at approximately 100 yards, paced off. Nine solid hits and 1 Dent is reasonable for hunting accuracy, isn't it?
Marlin 336 in 30-30 with peep sights
.300 Win Mag!!!
Post an Answer