Island rules
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I have a nightforce shv 4x15 sitting around doing nothing. For the local deer around here .243 is a perfect caliber. most shots are under 200 yards. What is your favorite flavour?
Getting caught up on vines when crunching through vegetation is my gripe with them. Your habitat may vary.I don’t like detachable magazines on hunting rifles FWIW, too easy to forget or drop them accidentally.
More information would help. You a weatherproof or wood stock guy? Sitting in stands or stalking through the woods? Suppressor or no? Budget?
I don’t like detachable magazines on hunting rifles FWIW, too easy to forget or drop them accidentally. It also usually interferes with carrying the gun one handed. I could see it being handy for a kid’s gun though.
Getting caught up on vines when crunching through vegetation is my gripe with them. Your habitat may vary.
Do you mean the removable mag would be perfect? If so order the parts from ruger. Its $40ish for the parts to make the switch. If you google it you can get the parts list.Ruger Frontier Scout is mine. Love that thing. Mag would be perfect.
Okay, 100 grain .243 pills ought to be the ticket on sitka. I live where deer can be tiny or nearly midwestern in size. .243 will do, but I've lost more than one with a good shot. The .243 just doesn't leave a good blood trail.as far as calibre; island deer are little things...
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say what? I don't see how any of the above happens anymore. I mean maybe way back when AR and AK were not common but now?
Mine was wood and blued, had it painted up. Would do it again or go with Ceracote.
canada doesnt let you supress anything. i mainly hike or drive. I dont have the patience for sitting still to long.
budget 2k and under. I like wood i like synthetic. Probably stainless over blued just because it rains so much here.
Im also considering the sig sauer cross in 6.5 Creedmoor but im not sure i can slow that down enough for the small sitka deer in the charrlotes. Unless i want to practice headshots, it might be overkill as far as meat damage goes for those tiny deer up there.
I will end up buying both the sauer cross and a relatively nice .243
Okay, 100 grain .243 pills ought to be the ticket on sitka. I live where deer can be tiny or nearly midwestern in size. .243 will do, but I've lost more than one with a good shot. The .243 just doesn't leave a good blood trail.
You could argue that it’s a stretch or you could forget/lose anything, but a detachable mag serves ZERO purpose on a hunting rifle. I don’t understand why people are so enamored with them.
True, but some people use their hunting rifle for more than just hunting. My buddy just got started shooting and hunting. He bought a Ruger American 6.5cm with the detachable mag because he wants to try a local club PRS league. Its a decent rifle that will do both.All I can say is crap happens. No, I’ve never forgotten an AR magazine going to the range, but it’s different when you’re packing for a hunting trip at 11 pm after a few bourbons or at 4 am before any coffee.
I literally forgot my entire rifle in the truck on a hunt last year. Boots, check. Thermacell, check, backpack, check, climber, check. Walked in and found a good spot to hang the stand, realized my gun was back in the truck.
Same hunt I dropped my cell phone out of the stand, same can happen with a magazine fumbling with it after getting settled in.
Stuff gets unorganized after opening week too, you get back to the truck, take the magazine out, toss it on the seat, it falls down underneath. Next hunt you assume its in your pack and head out there. Had it happen with a headlamp before waiting in a buddy that was so late it was after daylight when we finally walked in. Took it off my head, threw it in the truck, forgot it wasn’t in my pack next hunt when I shot a deer right before dark.
If you hike in with your rifle strapped to the pack, most bolt guns have stupid big flappy paddle mag releases thst could easy get hit with a vine or branch.
You could argue that it’s a stretch or you could forget/lose anything, but a detachable mag serves ZERO purpose on a hunting rifle. I don’t understand why people are so enamored with them. Again, the only possible situation I can see it being useful is if you’re carrying it to ensure a kids gun is empty and you hand it to them in the stand, it’s easier for them to do than pushing cartridges in the top.
They are for sure, like a lot of modern mass produces rifles, but the one I got ticked all the boxes for me. 10 round mag, pic rail, 24" threaded barrel, I don't hunt anymore, but it had no problem hitting a torso sized target at over 1300 yds, and if I do sometime pull tags it will be the one I take.Tikka‘s are usually shooters too, but kinda “plasticky” for my taste.
The only issues I see here is you not being organized. Stop throwing shit wherever it’s convenient and your problems are solved. When I get to the truck, everything goes into my pack or hunting coat pockets. Nothing just tossed wherever it lands.All I can say is crap happens. No, I’ve never forgotten an AR magazine going to the range, but it’s different when you’re packing for a hunting trip at 11 pm after a few bourbons or at 4 am before any coffee.
I literally forgot my entire rifle in the truck on a hunt last year. Boots, check. Thermacell, check, backpack, check, climber, check. Walked in and found a good spot to hang the stand, realized my gun was back in the truck.
Same hunt I dropped my cell phone out of the stand, same can happen with a magazine fumbling with it after getting settled in.
Stuff gets unorganized after opening week too, you get back to the truck, take the magazine out, toss it on the seat, it falls down underneath. Next hunt you assume its in your pack and head out there. Had it happen with a headlamp before waiting in a buddy that was so late it was after daylight when we finally walked in. Took it off my head, threw it in the truck, forgot it wasn’t in my pack next hunt when I shot a deer right before dark.
If you hike in with your rifle strapped to the pack, most bolt guns have stupid big flappy paddle mag releases thst could easy get hit with a vine or branch.
You could argue that it’s a stretch or you could forget/lose anything, but a detachable mag serves ZERO purpose on a hunting rifle. I don’t understand why people are so enamored with them. Again, the only possible situation I can see it being useful is if you’re carrying it to ensure a kids gun is empty and you hand it to them in the stand, it’s easier for them to do than pushing cartridges in the top.
The only issues I see here is you not being organized. Stop throwing shit wherever it’s convenient and your problems are solved. When I get to the truck, everything goes into my pack or hunting coat pockets. Nothing just tossed wherever it lands.
All I can say is crap happens. No, I’ve never forgotten an AR magazine going to the range, but it’s different when you’re packing for a hunting trip at 11 pm after a few bourbons or at 4 am before any coffee.
I literally forgot my entire rifle in the truck on a hunt last year. Boots, check. Thermacell, check, backpack, check, climber, check. Walked in and found a good spot to hang the stand, realized my gun was back in the truck.
Same hunt I dropped my cell phone out of the stand, same can happen with a magazine fumbling with it after getting settled in.
Stuff gets unorganized after opening week too, you get back to the truck, take the magazine out, toss it on the seat, it falls down underneath. Next hunt you assume its in your pack and head out there. Had it happen with a headlamp before waiting in a buddy that was so late it was after daylight when we finally walked in. Took it off my head, threw it in the truck, forgot it wasn’t in my pack next hunt when I shot a deer right before dark.
If you hike in with your rifle strapped to the pack, most bolt guns have stupid big flappy paddle mag releases thst could easy get hit with a vine or branch.
You could argue that it’s a stretch or you could forget/lose anything, but a detachable mag serves ZERO purpose on a hunting rifle. I don’t understand why people are so enamored with them. Again, the only possible situation I can see it being useful is if you’re carrying it to ensure a kids gun is empty and you hand it to them in the stand, it’s easier for them to do than pushing cartridges in the top.
It looks like a sporter barrel but whats with the heavy nightforce tactical scope with the parallax knob? Kinda stupid for hunting unless youre planning 500+yd shots. Not to mention costing twice what the rifle does.Nice. I’m confused by the photo of the PRS style stock though. And the bull barrel if this was meant to be a close range stalking rifle.