Best beginner rifle (Vanity)

Vanity ^ | 10-18-03 | Me

[dogbyte12]

I am about to finally leave the urban jungle of Los Angeles and move down to both Louisiana and South Carolina. While I do fish out here, I have only gone hunting a few times with borrowed equipment.

I am interested in starting to hunt, and would love for any freepers to give me recommendations on a good beginner rifle, something that isn't so pricey, but reliable, as well as any other gear that I will need as a beginner.

I am not a stranger to handguns, or to military rifles, I qualified expert on both a .45 and an M16, so I am not starting from scratch, but I am looking for a rifle for deer hunting basically that will not set me back too much money, yet still be a decent value. I plan to not spend that much money so it can be economical. I do know how to fabricate a carcass, and would love to hunt for meat, without the cost of hunting making it more expensive than going to the supermarket.

Any help in this regard, web sites, consumer reports, etc, would be much appreciated. Thanks all.

[biffalobull]

To shoot anything, anywhere, anytime and through any obstruction!

Tex. Mighty fine looking picture there friend. (of you, not the anti-tank gun)

I know things grow big in Texas, but what the hell do you hunt with that cannon?. Regards

[patton]

braggart.

[Squantos]

That's the reason most EOD shop doors remain "locked".......Note the small sandbagged bunker near the door also in many "smart" EOD units. Too many troops and kooks would walk up with a 66mm LAW rocket or Frag grenade they "found" and slap it down on the NCOIC's desk. Asswhuppin was too late to help then .....in some cases........:o) When they knocked on the door we made em show us their hands or drop what they had in the bunker.

Stay Safe !

[petuniasevan]

Congrats for moving out of SoCal. I went back to visit last June...it's even more of a nightmare than I had remembered.


I can't make any recommendations re: hunting rifles BUT I can tell you that the fishing on the back side of Barksdale AFB Louisiana is great!

[humblegunner]

Don't you love it when someone mentions guns! and it turns into a gen-u-ine shoot-em-up thread??!

Hell yes!
I'm in Georgetown at dad's now.. today we sighted in the 270 and the 308
for the big hunt in Menard.. shot me a plum sized pattern at 200 yards.

I called it "good enough."

[autoresponder]

Good post about "starters"

I did a scratch post about starters, safety, and accuracy way back some months here on a FR thread

Like most things the best thing is to start really young and learn from experience shooters and hunters

Small caliber

Target practice

Night hunt rabbits in tall pasture grass without nailing your buddies, the horses, or the Brahmas

It becomes instinctive

Like fastpitch softball or football

Aiming is automatic and accuracy expected

It made those night firing exercises at Jackson easy and helped train others to survive

Interesting how many of those books and articles are so similiar
Coop has some good stuff out there too

But solid experience over time is the real deal

Handgun draws are a whole other thing

Some can get off several well placed shots as their arm comes up

Be careful learning that

Got so I never hunted small game in daylight; no challenge and too easy

Don't miss those military rifles a bit

Colts mostly now, early vintages

Golden oldies in more ways then one

Safe shooting gang

Some good deer hunting in the NC Smoky Mountains

Gut 'em and hang 'em quick

I do prefer antelope for taste, overnight in wine first

Planning on going after boar in WNC/TN

Mean suckers!

Also tear up the forests

Don't forget to teach your kids

They will need it

[Eaker]

shot me a plum sized pattern at 200 yards.

I heard there are some pretty big plums up there.

[patton]

This just gets better... LOL

[philetus]

I've always liked the Remington 870 also.

[patton]

Well done with the plum.

[lodwick]

plums @ 200 works everyday!

Great sighting there.

Cheers, HG.

[I got the rope]

I heard about this POS movie. It takes the typical... liberal..."Guns kill" motif. Apparantly the movie centers around a gun case.

[Eaker]

Are you advocating this...............

That we should teach our children about guns? Won't they just get hurt if they know about them??

Just look at her; she doesn't even know that her finger should be on the trigger.

Ask California's Diane Frankenstien..........she knows what is best for the children.

[patton]

How come she is a redhead?

[humblegunner]

braggart.

What, that little thing?
Texas Cowboy uses that popgun to scare mice out of his garage.

Whats really neat is when he calls in air strikes on stray dogs that bark in the night.

Or so I'm told!

[Eaker]

My friend, Humble could not hit his mouth with a plum.

[dogbyte12]

Anybody have Ann Coulter youth pics? She may not be a natural blonde ya know ;)

[humblegunner]

Thanks, Jim!

Hey, I'm only 30 or so miles north of you at the moment.
We were shooting at a place called "Tony's" on 183.. been there?

[patton]

LOL. Last month, I went to my cabin - my Da' and I spent the weekend splanging mice.