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Offline NYH1

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What rifles/carbines do you use to hunt deer, hogs and black bear size game?  Do you have one rifle/carbine for all your big game hunting?  Do you use different rifles/carbines for different situations and conditions?  Do you use different rifles/carbines just to use them?   
 
I have three rifles/carbines I use to hunt deer, hogs and black bear.
 
My main big game rifle/carbine in my Remington 7600 Carbine 30-06 Spr.  It has a Redfield one piece base and Leupold low rings and a Leupold VX-II 2-7x33mm Scope.  I use Fusion 165 gr. factory ammo.  It's zeroed at 100 yards and shoots 1 1/2" groups.  It's the perfect all round rifle/carbine for my hunting.  It carries really nice, is quick and handles great.  I use it when my shots will be from 2 to 200 yards, which is about 70% of my big game hunting.  Anything from sitting and watching, still hunting and just all round hunting.
 
My open sight rifle.  My Marlin 336C 35 Rem.  It has XS Ghost Ring Sights.  I use Remington 200 gr. SP Core-Lokt factory ammo.  It's zeroed at 75 yards and shoots baseball size groups.  I'm not that good with open sights.  It carries really nice without having a scope and is quick to aim and shoot fast.  I use it for hunting in thick brush, deep thick woods, some still hunting and drives when my shots will be within 75 yards or so.
 
My long range rifle is my Remington 700 Classic 280 Rem.  It has a Leupold one piece base and medium rings and a older Redfield Tracker 3-9x40mm Scope.  It will probably be replaced by either a Leupold VX-II 3-9x40mm or VX-II 4-12x40mm Scope.  I use Remington 140 gr. PSP Core-Lokt factory ammo.  It's zeroed 1 1/2" high at 100 yards and shoots an inch group.  It shoots Remington 165 gr. SP Core- Lokt's to the same windage and just about zeroed at 100 yards.  So I can use either if I needed to without any adjustment on my scope.  I use it for watching fields, clear cuts and power lines or anywhere I think my shots might be over 200 yards.  The Remington 700 Classic is my favorite rifle and the 280 Rem. is my favorite cartridge.
 
Thanks, NYH1!  ;)     
 
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I use a combination also:
.45-70 Buffalo Classic for heavy stuff.  Shooting 350gr. FP at an estimated 2400 FPS
.45 LC Classic Carbine for deer and easy carry:  Shooting 300 gr. XTP Magnum at 1800 FP
7.5x55 1911 Rifle for 250+yard shots:  shooting 180gr. BTSP @ 2640 FPS
Always have the 5.5" .45 LC Blackhawk also.  ;)
Tacklebury --}>>>>>    Multi-Barrel: .223 Superlite, 7mm-08 22", .30-40 Krag M158, .357 Maximum 16-1/4 HB, .45 Colt, .45-70 22" irons, 32" .45-70 Peeps, 12 Ga. 3-1/2 w/ Chokes, .410 Smooth slugger, .45 Cal Muzzy, .50 Cal Muzzy, .58 Cal Muzzy

also classics: M903 9-shot Target .22 Revolver, 1926 .410 Single, 1915 38 S&W Break top Revolver and 7-shot H&R Trapper .22 6" bbl.


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Tikka t3 lite in 300wm, topped with a 3X9X50 VX II in Warne rings. In addition a Marlin 1895 45-70 topped with a 1.5X5 Illuminated Reticle VX III in Warne QR rings. Honestly what one won't do the other will.


The Marlin snaps up quicker and is handier in dense timber and the illuminated reticle is nice for late arriving bears. The quick release rings free up the irons for nasty weather, and make it carry like a dream. Stand that 45/70 on end and you see the inspiration for the Red Bull can. ;)  Not to many critters are going to walk off a 405 gr bullet. My daughter shoots Springfield loads with no complaints and you pretty much add powder till you knock fillings out if need be. I make life simple by limiting shots to 150 yards.


If I want to reach out and touch something the Tikka easily gets the nod. When I'm on my game breaking CD's at 300yds is not much of a feat. It will carry nicely over the miles involved in western hunting, and if a power line cut needs watching over, it has the legs to get to the game easily. If a 30-06 is the everything cartridge the 300 WM is the everything cartridge... with a big block engine. I don't drive it everyday so who cares what gas costs.
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In shotgun only seasons and areas it is a Savage 220 slug rifle in 20 gauge mounting a Sightron SII Big Sky 3-9x42 scope and throwing Federal 3" Barnes 5/8 ounce tipped Expanders.

In Muzzleloading season it's a Savage 10ML II smokeless powder rifle, same scope, 300 grain .452 non-magnum Hornady XTP or a 300 grain Barnes original .458 semi-spitzer.

For centerfire rifle it is a CZ 550 full stocked rifle .308 with a Burris 1.5-6x40 Euro Diamond loaded with either Sierra 165 grain GameKings or Barnes 168 grain TTSXs.

I'm in NY-like yourself- and mostly hunt deer in WMU 7F.

Lance