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Post by zatarain6 » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:49 am

i used to hunt with two remington 700 adl 270 til my wife bought me a browning abolt 270 . now my brother and father-in-law have the remingtons and i am going to try to use my remington 721 270 this year . killed numorus deer and elk over the years with all the rifles .

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Post by sheephunter » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:00 pm

I shoot a Winchester model 70 lightweight chambered in 280, the one they put out for a few years with a laminated stock. So far I have taken 7 species of big game with it, and if I can ever draw a moose tag hopefully I'll make that 8 species. The rifle is pretty beat up and looks like it has been used for a walking stick (OK, I guess a few times when I've been out in some cliffs or some other terrain where I didn't belong, I actually DID use it as a walking stick). A couple years ago I had a new model 70 chambered in 300WSM I was just about ready to buy, but I just couldn't do it...I felt it would be like hunting birds and leaving your favorite old dog at home, and that just ain't right!

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Post by Touch 'em all » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:53 pm

My dad purchased a Remmington 7600 30.06 for me on my 13th Birthday. It is a pump and has killed 4 elk and 3 deer. The first was with open sights. He bought the Remmington 760 pump back in the 60's or 70's and still uses it today. Maybe one day I will inherit it as well. Since then I received a Ruger MKII 25.06 for my wedding and has become my new 'deer' rifle. It is very quick! I like the Ruger so much that I bought another 30.06 in the all weather version for tough hunting situations. I can't get away from the .06. It is a great caliber for most hunting conditions.

One gun that I would like to get from my father is a .22 caliber rifle that was used by children in Germany as a training rifle during World War I. It weighs about 8 pounds and is very accurate if you can hold it up. It is quite the colectors item.

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Post by Hiker » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:23 pm

My first big game rifle was a 25-06 Remington 700 ADL, with a 3x9 Bushnell on it. I put it on layaway at Dave Cooks Sporting Goods and paid $25 dollars per paycheck on it. After many weeks I finally paid it off. I was one happy young man when I brought it home. That fall I shot my first muley buck with it and Wow did it do the job. I hunted with it for 5 seasons and killed more big game with it but I thought it was a little under powered for Elk, so I saved up my money and purchased my dream rifle. .300 Winchester Magnum in a Weatherby Vanguard, brand new in the box. It had a beautiful blond wooden stock and the wood grain on the stock was terrific. I took it to a gunsmith and had him add a KDF on the muzzle to save my shoulder and to keep me from flinching. I put a Redfield Widefield Illuminator scope on it, took it thr range and I was in love. I have hunted with this gun since then and have killed over 50 big game animals with it. It still shoots "right on the money". Last year my boys and I were cleaning our weapons and the youngest, Levi age 3 said, "Dad I want that gun when I get old enough to hunt" and his older brother Luke age 7 said, No! I want it! So it looks like Ole' AT&T needs to be put in the gun case and I need to purchase another rifle to start building another legacy with, so I can pass down one rifle to each son.
As of now I'm thinking of a Kimber 8400, .300 Winchester Short Magnum and a nice scope, not sure which one yet. Oh, that 25-06 is now my wife's weapon. I shortened the stock, put a good recoil pad on it and added a Redfield Widefield Illuminator scope on it. So far she has killed a Bear, Muley buck, Bull Elk and 2 buck antelope with it. My daughter used it this fall to kill both of her antelope.
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Post by bigbuck92 » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:09 pm

great storys all. Touch 'em all that 22. sounds like a very interesting gun and the rest of you ill say again great storys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by a3dhunter » Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:06 pm

I thought I would add some info. on some other guns that have been passed down to me. I have a 22 that my grandpa took off a sniper in WWII and sent home, it is a single shot bolt action rifle that we have shot and hit a five gallon bucket at 1/4 mile. I also have two 03 springfield 30.06 rifles from my grandpa, they weigh a ton with the stock all the way to the end of the barrel!

The Remington 30.06 that I mentioned in an earlier post is a model 740. I couldn't find a year model on it though.

The JC Higgins model 50 that I mentioned earlier is a 1952 year model.
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Post by Hiker » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:39 am

mdbrown, Welcome to Muley Madness. :)

That's is the way to break in that new rifle. :thumb
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Post by bigbuck92 » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:16 am

wow did your grandpa ever tell you the story about the gun he took off the sniper?
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Post by Coloradobuck » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:26 pm

i shot a .308 winchester coyote moldel70 .
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