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What should I get for my first rifle??

Posted on 12/27/2009 7:35:20 PM PST by wheathead

My wife bought me a hunting rifle for Christmas. Actually, she gave me "permission".( haha) I already have a nice assortment of shotguns and .22's. I'm looking for a drop and stop rifle. One that will drop a deer and stop an "evil-doer". So, what should I get???


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To: davetex

Have to checked on GunBroker.com? Fantastic site.


141 posted on 12/28/2009 10:53:15 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: davetex

Have you checked on GunBroker.com? Fantastic site.


142 posted on 12/28/2009 10:53:35 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

My son and I each have a Howa/Hogue in .308 with the Nikko Sterling..consecutive serial numbers, also. We’re both impressed with the way they shoot. Perfect field rifles, too, with the synthetic stock and plain jane finish. Can’t really be hurt.

Don’t get me started on the Savage 250-3000. I had one I inherited from my grandfather, model 99 lever action. Had the original sling on it. Some jerk broke into my apartment and stole it.

I was sick when I found out.

I’m planning on purchasing another rifle late in 2010. I’m either going with a Weatherby in a belted magnum round or buying a stainless Savage in 250 with the accu-stock.


143 posted on 12/28/2009 11:12:58 AM PST by stylin_geek (Greed and envy is used by our political class to exploit the rich and poor.)
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To: stylin_geek
"Don’t get me started on the Savage 250-3000. I had one I inherited from my grandfather, model 99 lever action. Had the original sling on it. Some jerk broke into my apartment and stole it."

I'm so sorry about the theft. My Savage 250-3000 is much older than I ... my late FIL bought it, probably in the late 1930's. It is a model 99 lever action with a single power scope and a piece of (used to be) white cotton rope for a sling. I never changed the scope or piece of rope because it had become part of the tradition associated with the gun.

My FIL killed many a deer with that rifle, my husband killed his first deer with it some 50 years ago, and I killed my first deer with it 5 years ago. My youngest son never harvested a deer with the Savage before he bought my Howa. However, his wife is now target practicing with it and will hopefully use it to kill her first deer this year.

We love the tradition.

144 posted on 12/28/2009 11:32:21 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: MHGinTN

I don’t know about TN but in NC faster and easier would in fact be “less of a pain”. But thanx anyway.


145 posted on 12/28/2009 11:58:13 AM PST by csmusaret (Pelosi and Reid have controlled Congress for three years. This is their recession.)
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To: MHGinTN
You didn’t ask about easier or faster, so now you’re just being gotchaesque. Bye by.

Well, he sorta did. He obviously objected to the only method he knew of on the grounds that it was inconvenient. So if you offer an alternative that's technically possible but no more convenient, could see his reply.

146 posted on 12/28/2009 12:58:13 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: wheathead

A good bolt action rifle (I prefer Ruger) chambered for .308, but then what would you expect someone with a user name of 762X51 to recommend???


147 posted on 12/28/2009 1:06:57 PM PST by 762X51
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
In November I bought a Browning X-Bolt in walnut, 25-06

You bought a nice gun!!

148 posted on 12/28/2009 1:15:08 PM PST by Osage Orange (“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It”)
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To: Osage Orange
Thank you, I'm really loving it. (check out my home page to see the results)
149 posted on 12/28/2009 1:43:35 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
Drop tine!!

Love it!!

150 posted on 12/28/2009 3:28:22 PM PST by Osage Orange (“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It”)
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To: wheathead
sell one shotgun and if you can scrape up 1100 go for the dpms ap4 308,(look on gunbroker.com) if you just cant go over budget
i would get a ak74. Ammo is super cheap and it tumbles on impact with flesh making a huge wound channel,its a little light for deer though , you could use a sabot slug in a shot gun for deer.
151 posted on 12/28/2009 4:49:43 PM PST by bandit123 (RULE #1 NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE ENEMY)
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To: wheathead

Just make sure you pick weapon #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, ETC.. at the same time so you can get them ALL!!!


152 posted on 12/28/2009 4:51:16 PM PST by surfer
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To: Travis McGee

one other gun just came to mind
saiga 308 semi auto , based on ak action made in russia
about 600 dollars


153 posted on 12/28/2009 4:54:41 PM PST by bandit123 (RULE #1 NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE ENEMY)
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To: bandit123

I have seen used 308 saigas for as low as $400..of course not when I had enough money to buy one that is.

Thats the rifle I really want. Ive an AR-15 and an SKS but this one intrigues me.

The poor man’s M1-A


154 posted on 12/28/2009 4:56:40 PM PST by Armedanddangerous (The dead night tiger made whole by the Master of Sinanju)
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To: TPluth

BEFORE you get the Mini, go to www.cdnninvestments.com and order several of the ruger factory made 20 round mags. Aftermarket mini 14 mags are notoriously unreliable.


155 posted on 12/28/2009 4:59:01 PM PST by Armedanddangerous (The dead night tiger made whole by the Master of Sinanju)
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To: bandit123

Years ago I found that “nails” fired from a 3.75 rocket tube on an airplane provided by the US Gumint killed most things in the vicinity of detonation.


156 posted on 12/28/2009 5:06:09 PM PST by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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To: OldSmaj
ever last one, except for that old rusty single shot twenty gauge, got blowed up in the air from a tornado this past summer.

Mine fell into a vat of cosmoline. Terrible, terrible accident. Gave them all a decent burial, though.

157 posted on 12/29/2009 4:56:38 PM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: wheathead

Not to be left out of the suggestion box-I vote for a Saiga .308 with a holographic sight. If you find the sight cheap, you can come in around 600 bucks.


158 posted on 12/29/2009 6:48:27 PM PST by sockmonkey
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Yes, I looked all over. Finally found one about 60 miles up the road, got it this morning!!!


159 posted on 12/30/2009 8:22:21 PM PST by davetex (If it's in stock, we've got it.)
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