Any rifle owners or hunters here?

[August]

It'd be hard to go wrong with a Remington model 700. I have a left handers version that I am particularly fond of.

[les green01]

actral when it comes to hunting i myself prefere the plain rifles to fancy ones my experiance they going get stratch up bang around main thing is pratice alot that way you wont even notice when it going fire also if you got a sling wrap around your arm it steady you up and the recoil wont be bad,i have seen people shoot with their thumb sticking up lmao they learn quick

[mcf1]

It is difficuly for me to find a rifle. Although I'm right handed, I'm left eye dominant
and I must aim using the left shoulder.
But I own a scoped benelli R1 and because of the scope I don't have problems with aiming
from the right, also own a beretta 92 steel-I pistol.

[LukeFF]

Rifle owner? Oh yes, but this baby doesn't do any shooting:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...F/100_0685.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...F/100_0678.jpg

1944 K98, made in Brno. Hardly a ding or scratch on this beauty.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

It'd be hard to go wrong with a Remington model 700. I have a left handers version that I am particularly fond of.

It was good enough for the Army snipers so I guess it is good enough for hunting

[mcf1]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

Rifle owner? Oh yes, but this baby doesn't do any shooting:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...F/100_0685.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...F/100_0678.jpg

1944 K98, made in Brno. Hardly a ding or scratch on this beauty.

She's a real beauty
My grandfather has got a P08 Luger, His father (my grand grandfather) was a rebell
during the WW2 and took it from a german officer.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

It was good enough for the Army snipers so I guess it is good enough for hunting

Yeah and for pretty much the same reasons; Simplicity, Ruggedness and Dependability.

[Platapus]

How much did your lefty cost you?

Even though I am right handed, I shoot rifles left handed. I have been thinking of getting back to rifle shooting.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

How much did your lefty cost you?

Even though I am right handed, I shoot rifles left handed. I have been thinking of getting back to rifle shooting.

About $300. That was back in 1998 tho, it's probably more now.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by August

It'd be hard to go wrong with a Remington model 700. I have a left handers version that I am particularly fond of.

Yes, it's still one of the affordable (mid to upper $400 to $2500), good quality, must have rifles. Not bad for a 46 year old. Police sharpshooter is a 700 and both Army, and Marine sniper rifles are based on the 700. Can't get a much better recommendation than that.

[Yahoshua]

Aaronblood, got a few more questions for you:

1. What calibers have you fired before and are comfortable with?
2. Are you a big guy with lots of meat on your shoulders?
3. Have you ever hunted before, or gone on long outdoor camping trips with alot of weight being carried around?
4. Are deer and boar the only animals you plan on hunting for now or do you eventually plan to move up to elk and mountain sheep?


And just and FYI, there are some rifle models you should avoid ie. Remington 710 and a few others which I can't remember right now.

[Radtgaeb]

Hmmm...Remington 700: Always a good decision.

I personally own:
1-Yugoslavian SKS...by far my best and favorite.
2-Yugo. K98...It's actually a different designation, but the name escapes me.
3-New England Arms Pardoner 12g shotgun, for home defense.
4-Hi-point 9mm carbine. A fine home-defense gun, if I do say so.
5-A Black powder/20g Shotgun interchangable Rossi. It's...not the greatest. Then again, muzzleloaders are a b!tch to clean.
6-Mosin/Nagant M44. Just a damn reliable weapon. It'll shoot and shoot and shoot....not awfully accurate, but not so inaccurate that it detracts from it (wear earplugs, though!)
7-Romanian .22 training rifle...my first gun. Still use it to shoot wild tomcats....God knows that the last thing we need in our neighborhood is more cats...

I'm working on assembling an AR-15 as a summer project...

[Hitman]

I own a lot shotguns and two rifles. My father loved to hunt and inherited all shotguns from his relatives -whose sons or daughters didn't like to hunt- so I inherited them all myself I used to hunt with him years ago, but due to not following his hint -learn shotgun first, rifle later- I became proficient only with rifle, and am quite bad with the shotgun

My .22 rifle is good for hunting rabbits and I even managed to kill a savage dog with it some years ago (My master shot of all times: Straight between the eyes from 150 metres and standing up will never be able to repeat that ).

My 30 06 (7.62 mm) has seen way less use, since it is too powerful to shoot at anything else but deers and such, which I don't like to hunt.

If you are planning to have a polivalent weapon, get something with low caliber

[August]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

And just and FYI, there are some rifle models you should avoid ie. Remington 710 and a few others which I can't remember right now.

Are you talking about the use of plastic parts in the 710? I read somewhere that Remington fixed that problem.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Hitman

My 30 06 (7.62 mm) has seen way less use, since it is too powerful to shoot at anything else but deers and such, which I don't like to hunt.

:rotfl:

I once lived in a converted shop behind a house. One of the guys who lived in the house saw my .30-06 and asked "If you get a burglar, are you going to shoot him with that?" I said "No, that's what the pistol's for. If I shot him with this, it could go through him, through the wall, through your wall, through you, out the other wall and maybe kill someone across the street!"

A bit of an exageration, but not worth finding out how close to the truth it might be.