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[Jay Oliver]

Very true Bill! It's something like that here in little Rhody. I feel fortunate that there are as many shooting opportunities as there are.

There is a 300 yard range I have heard about, but I am not a member. That would be all I would need.

On the plus side, I live 10 minutes from a Sporting Clay place and Addeiville East(another well know sporting clay place) is 35-40 minutes away.

[Joe from MO]

For Western Deer and Antelope, my .280 Rem Model 52 Cooper Classic.

For deer here in Missouri, Ruger No1 in 6.5x55 Swede.

That said, I have a lot of others I sure like a lot too. 38/55 Win 94 & a 1961 Marlin 336 SC 30/30 come to mind.

[Mills]

My new favorite is a Model 70 .308 with old Burris sight. Not too much to look at, but I dropped two deer with it this season. One fell dead in its tracks and the other made it about 20 feet. Handles well with a light trigger pull

[Stan Hillis]

Ruger No.1V 7mm Rem Mag
Ruger No. 1 .45-70
Ruger Precision 6.5 Creedmore
Husqvarna Sporter .220 Swift
Ruger 77/22M
Ruger 10/22 Sporter
Spikes/Rock River AR15 .458 SOCOM
Spikes/???????? AR15 .300 BO w/ ATN Thor thermal

I assume this is for breechloaders only so I will not list the muzzleloaders.

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[bob weeman]

Another Winchester 71 fan. Have my dad's that he bought new and a custom stocked one. Shoot them both a lot as I managed to stock up on both Hornaday and Remington core-lokt bullets for reloading. Favorite load is 59.0 IMR4350. When the hunting gets rough a Marlin Glenfield in 35 Remington goes out.

[Bob K]

My favorite is an early Remington 760 carbine in 280Rem. Most of our hunting is in hilltop scrubs and swamps, both deer and bear havens. Foul weather backup is a Winchester model 70 in 7MM08.

[bob lyons]

Thinking about this one, not the one that has taken the most deer, however the one that I like to carry the most.
It usually stays in camp unless the weather is cooperating.
Hunting mid coast maine, shots from 20 yards to 300 plus.
While walking I remove the scope and it handles like a shot gun, but while hunting in a stand the scope goes back on.
270 drops them like a rock.

[todd allen]

I love the classics. Here's one:
Winchester M 94 SRC.jpg
This was owned by one of the early Nevada cowboys from days long gone now.
Built in the year 1900.
He was a rifleman, now long gone. Put a lot of meat on the table with this carbine.
This came to me from a descendant of the family about 20 years ago.
I don't understand how family members can let these heirlooms go, but here it is.
Winchester M 94, Saddle Ring Carbine. .30 WCF. If it could only speak.
Lives on my living room wall above a mule deer I took way back in my younger days.
Winchester M 94 SRC.jpg

[6pt-Sika]

This little 18” Mannlicher Schoenauer in the somewhat anemic 6.5x54 MS has worked its way into the fav category . I’ve killed four deer with it using four different 140 grain bullets .

[C.O.B.]

I recently took custody of a custom build (maybe my last as the smith has retired). I came across a shortened Mauser action allegedly done by Pete Grissel. I had it stocked in a nice piece of American Black Walnut just to be different from all the English on other guns. With the scope (Leopold VariX3 2.5-8) it weighs just 7lbs. Caliber a classic of course 250 Savage.