School Me on Deer Rifles

[Glenn]

Remington 742 Woodsmaster with Tasco 3-9x40 blister pack scope. Make sure to get the see thru rings. Core lokts in 30-06. The 1980s will call and ask for their rifle back

Or he'll get recruited to move to Wisconsin/Minnesota

[Huntinjunkie]

Or he'll get recruited to move to Wisconsin/Minnesota

Maybe he can reconnect with Jimmy

[FULLCHOKE]

I agree on a pretty gun. My top three (all in high gloss wood of course):

Rem Model Seven .243
Rem Model 700 BDL .270
Browning A-Bolt .270WSM

You already didn’t listen on the shotgun and got a camo’d up Benelli, but maybe you can redeem yourself on the rifle.

[mello_collins]

Get something with a little weight to it. Or be ready to add some weight. The current fad is a rifle as light as possible. If you are hiking miles or up and down mountains it makes a difference. Not in a SC deer stand. Had an associate that wanted to deer hunt. He bought a ruger American in 270. Good little rifle as much as I like older actions. He couldn’t maintain a 12 inch group at 100yds. With his rounds I could shoot 1.5 inch groups. The rifle was so light he had developed a flinch quickly. Didn’t bother me.

That vx5 in trading post is a great scope for the money.

[We Jeep Inn]

I’d have to side with 2th. 270win Remington 700 and a Leupold within your budget. 130gr Nosler ballistic tips. Will kill anything in SC or the southeast.

I haven’t personally looked through all the higher end scopes but it’s hard to beat the eye relief in a Leupold

I would agree. I have an early 90's 700 in .270. I put a VXIII on it after one season with the package Tasco that came on it. I used to shoot Corelokts then went to Win ballistic silver tip 130 gr. Now a buddy handloads Nosler ballistic tips. Hard to be the setup and the only missed/lost deer were purely my fault.

[Luvin' Labs]

You don't have to get fancy unless you want to. I shoot a Ruger American in 30.06 with 150 gr Corelokts and a Vortex Scope. I haven't missed yet.

[Whackumstackum]

Ty told me to shoot Bergers and he kills a lot of shit, so I shoot Bergers. I’ve killed all the shit I’ve shot with them and they’ve all been really dead

If you reload it’s one thing but its a tough pill to swallow for a lot on here at near $50/box for the factory loaded stuff. Just my opinion. I have no opinion on their performance as I’ve never killed anything with one although I know they make a quality product. I’m not trying to go full PJ on you and argue………

[Highstrung]

Remington 742 Woodsmaster with Tasco 3-9x40 blister pack scope. Make sure to get the see thru rings. Core lokts in 30-06. The 1980s will call and ask for their rifle back

ha, my 700 had see through rings.. I carried it a good bit dog driving, actually used them every so often. It was either that or an old woodgrain mini 30, it had a tasco. I killed a pile of deer with it in my teens during drives and in stands with it.

[TheVisorGuy]

Tikka bergara or savage. Vortex or leupold glass and its hard to mess any of those combos up. 308 because it is good enough and usually readily available

[2thDoc]

be sure to ask Glenn which forked stick his daughter likes best bc she obviously knows what she's doing...

and by "forked stick" i mean expensive bipod.

[Whackumstackum]

Tikka bergara or savage. Vortex or leupold glass and its hard to mess any of those combos up. 308 because it is good enough and usually readily available

Those new savage rifles look terrible and I’m a model 10 and 11 fan………

[joshua2]

Bergarra .308
Bergers
Leupold VX-5

What he said except I roll with Winchester BST in 168 gr. Easy to find online and makes a mess of deer. Get the short barreled version and suppress it. Sounds like a 22 long and kicks like a .410 (maybe) Mine is 8 year old approved.

[SCBUCKSLAYER]

My favorite for reasonable price is my browning x-bolt .30-06 with Swarovski 2.4x12x50 z5. Whole setup with mounts is only around $2200 I think. Pretty dang good combo without spending a fortune for a custom rifle or more expensive scope.

[trkykilr]

If you reload it’s one thing but its a tough pill to swallow for a lot on here at near $50/box for the factory loaded stuff. Just my opinion. I have no opinion on their performance as I’ve never killed anything with one although I know they make a quality product. I’m not trying to go full PJ on you and argue………

I figured a man with a Freeman wasn’t worried about the cost of bullets. PJ means well, he’s just not overrun with sense

[smitch320]

Remington 700 in 30-06 with some decent glass. Core lokt 165 gr.

If your future involves much more deee hunting you can add more to the arsenal but that is a fine platform to get started.

Many old timers I know still shoot their old Remingtons, Rugers, Winchester’s etc.

[Chessbay]

I shoot the same Remington 700 30-06 that my dad bought me from Walmart sometime in the early 90’s…..like 91’ or 92’………….I’m 45 now and still grab it 9 out of 10 times.

Go buy something and kill shit.


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[Whackumstackum]

I figured a man with a Freeman wasn’t worried about the cost of bullets. PJ means well, he’s just not overrun with sense

I forgot Bart had a freeman, he won’t flinch at $50.

[Highstrung]

We had the same gun.. I remember sitting downstairs in your house when we were like 16 trying to talk you into putting more powder in when you were loading your own.

Mine is actually sitting up at the store, 10 years have past since started to refinish mine.. I've got the scope and rings off.

[Chessbay]

We had the same gun.. I remember sitting downstairs in your house when we were like 16 trying to talk you into putting more powder in when you were loading your own.

Mine is actually sitting up at the store, 10 years have past since started to refinish mine.. I've got the scope and rings off.

I still have my little book where I wrote down the grams of powder and whatever else I kept up with then. It has those “loads” written down…….what a bunch of dumb asses we were…….”come on man, don’t be a pussy…….just put a little more in it”.


That 700 above survived a bunch a stupid shit.

[MediaGuy]

https://palmettostatearmory.com/stev...nut-18838.html
It will do what you need and you can put $500 to the glass and rings, get 2 boxes of bullets and still be right around $1k tax and shipping.