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Post by mrlongbeard on Dec 15, 2008 18:38:35 GMT -4
with all the choices of hunting rifles out today whats your favorite action to use.
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Post by jeffpahunter on Dec 15, 2008 18:41:39 GMT -4
Other than my Marlin 30-30 lever action my Dad bought me for my first rifle all of mine are bolt actions. Most accurate action other than a single shot and it's the first one that counts anyway.
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Post by frankinthelaurels on Dec 16, 2008 8:37:34 GMT -4
BOY, this has changed over the last few years.. back in the 60's-70's and 80's I would say the Remington 760 pump in 30/06 was carried by more hunters than any other rifle without question,, since the 90's the synthetic stocked stainless bolts have taken over....I don't even own a wood stocked rifle, shotgun or .22 of any type that has a wood stock... amazing...
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Post by mrlongbeard on Dec 16, 2008 16:32:47 GMT -4
have to agree frank my first rifle i purchased was the 760 in 30/06. it was a great gun i should have never sold it.
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Post by lockedhorns on Dec 16, 2008 16:47:24 GMT -4
Out of 9 votes I am the only one that is still holding on to my ol Gamemaster 760 30-06 pump, I bought it new for 125.00, so I figured I may as well wear it out I have some bolt actions but I like packing my little 760.
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Post by cmreed on Dec 17, 2008 16:43:32 GMT -4
Got to guys in my camp still using there 760's. I myself always used a bolt but now I mostly carry my single shot contender.
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Post by yihunt on Dec 18, 2008 16:27:32 GMT -4
Started out with a bolt action and still use one. I can cycle my bolt and be on target faster than most with a pump or lever. I say MOST not ALL
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Post by jeffpahunter on Dec 18, 2008 18:33:48 GMT -4
Nothing wrong with a pump gun lockedhorns. It's the guys behind one that I've heard say...."I love my pump because I can get the shots off so much faster"..... I know of a guy years ago that during the then 3 day Doe season used 16 shots from his 7600 in 270 to kill one Doe. He started the day with a fresh box of shells. Missed with 4 shots early in the day and on this Deer his 1st shot connected to slow her down but only his last shot connected to finish her. When he was done he commented "that he was glad he got her as that was his last shell"... Again........ the first one is the one that counts. Regardless of what type of action you use if you take your time and make the first shot count there should be little if any need for "rapid" follow up shots. Just my opinion. The same as it's my opinion that "it's not what you shoot but rather how you shoot it".
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Post by lockedhorns on Dec 18, 2008 19:33:30 GMT -4
You got that right Jeff, I use all my guns as if they were single shots, I do like my clip it keeps my ammo quiet.
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Post by jakebird on Dec 19, 2008 5:59:36 GMT -4
Bolt for me, but I think a 760 Remington belongs in every man's gun cabinet. It IS the american deer rifle, imo. I don't own one yet, but when I find the right one on a used rack, with the bluing almost gone, the stock all scarred, and pick it up and imagine all the bucks that fell to it by some guy in woolrich red plaid in Potter county, and can smell the Hoppes and almost feel the snowflakes on my nose....I will have found the one for me. Wouldn't be surprised if it became the favorite as well. Funny how I keep getting more and more nostalgic and sentimental as I age....
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Post by jeffpahunter on Dec 19, 2008 8:58:29 GMT -4
Get used to it Jake as it only gets worse. We grow up and start hunting and yearn for easier ways to take more game and down the road we create harder ways to take less game... And they say we humans are the smart ones...
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Post by lockedhorns on Dec 19, 2008 14:22:58 GMT -4
Bolt for me, but I think a 760 Remington belongs in every man's gun cabinet. It IS the american deer rifle, imo. I don't own one yet, but when I find the right one on a used rack, with the bluing almost gone, the stock all scarred, and pick it up and imagine all the bucks that fell to it by some guy in woolrich red plaid in Potter county, and can smell the Hoppes and almost feel the snowflakes on my nose....I will have found the one for me. Wouldn't be surprised if it became the favorite as well. Funny how I keep getting more and more nostalgic and sentimental as I age.... Good post jakebird, I have retired the ol Woolrich but I still keep it on hand when I look at it, it sure brings back a lot of good memories, but the ol 760 still shoots as good as it did when it was new so it will stay at my side. It's still newer than the Woolrich. As you can se e she does have a few battle scares.
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Post by bigskyscott on Dec 19, 2008 19:35:36 GMT -4
Hey Ol' Lockedhorns ~~~ Glad to see you never fixed that chip you knocked out of the stock's butt-end.... adds more "character" to that great 760 every season.
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Post by lockedhorns on Dec 19, 2008 19:45:52 GMT -4
Hey Ol' Lockedhorns ~~~ Glad to see you never fixed that chip you knocked out of the stock's butt-end.... adds more "character" to that great 760 every season. Hey Ol buddy where have you been? No I don't want to fix that chip, it remindes me to watch out for those slick rocks!!
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