Opinions sought on which .308 Win rifle to buy. - Page 2

sexobon · 08-03-2011, 05:25 AM

Cold blue steel for your cold blooded hobo killin's?

footfootfoot · 08-04-2011, 01:20 PM

Looking at a barely used Savage 10 with a Bushnell 3-9x40 scope, synthetic barrel for $400. A cantilevered rifled slug barrel is about $210.

Thinking of putting the Savage on layaway even though I don't care for the stock.

TheMercenary · 08-05-2011, 08:01 AM

F3, consider where you will doing your primary hunting. If you are in the wide open planes of the midwest you need a good gun scope combo. If you are hunting mostly in the woods or, like me in the southern pines, I don't need a scope on a gun. There are a few places I go that I take a different gun and scope but they are few in the deep south. The other factor to consider is that you have to carry it. So avoid rifles with a bull barrel or other fancy stuff. Savage is a good manufacture, but I don't think they are great. JMHO. A used Remington 700 ADL or Sportsman should be easy to find, new they are around $450. Browning A-Bold Stalker is a very good buy, around $475. Glass is as important if not more important than the rifle. So keep that in mind as you budget this stuff out if going new, that is why a used one might be a better option. Gun shows are great places to find bargains.

footfootfoot · 08-12-2011, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

F3, consider where you will doing your primary hunting. If you are in the wide open planes of the midwest you need a good gun scope combo. If you are hunting mostly in the woods or, like me in the southern pines, I don't need a scope on a gun. There are a few places I go that I take a different gun and scope but they are few in the deep south. The other factor to consider is that you have to carry it. So avoid rifles with a bull barrel or other fancy stuff. Savage is a good manufacture, but I don't think they are great. JMHO. A used Remington 700 ADL or Sportsman should be easy to find, new they are around $450. Browning A-Bold Stalker is a very good buy, around $475. Glass is as important if not more important than the rifle. So keep that in mind as you budget this stuff out if going new, that is why a used one might be a better option. Gun shows are great places to find bargains.

Here is a typical view of my area. The woods are fairly open mixed hardwood, mostly maple and oak. Most of the fields are either corn or alfalfa. As I mentioned most deer are taken between 60 and 110 yards. I think mainly because any "across the field or valley shots would cross houses at some point. Also there's the coyotes. A number of bowhunters have arrived at their deer after the coyotes.
Probably not an issue with rifles.

I will definitely need a scope. My eyes are getting more astigmatic.

Tomorrow is the final class in hunter safety and then the test.
I've already lined up a few places to hunt!

ZenGum · 08-06-2011, 07:55 PM

Just give me a big gun that holds lots of bullets and shoots them real fast.

TheMercenary · 08-10-2011, 10:06 PM

Unfortunately the Gun Grabbers and PETA would not allow such an approach to gathering Meat for consumption.

footfootfoot · 08-12-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Unfortunately the Gun Grabbers and PETA would not allow such an approach to gathering Meat for consumption.

At hunter safety class they are trying to spin that as a "sportsmanship" issue. Imagine how much quicker we could have wiped out the buffalo with automatic weapons!

infinite monkey · 08-12-2011, 10:17 AM

*envious*

Not for the shootin'. I ain't shootin' nuthin'.

But look at that scenery. Ahhhh, upstate NY is gorgeous.

footfootfoot · 08-12-2011, 10:30 AM

yes, it is a little slice of heaven

glatt · 08-12-2011, 10:40 AM

I hate you, foot. This is what it's like around here.

Griff · 08-12-2011, 03:36 PM

That's no NEPA but it'll do.

I have twin bucks hanging around my house right now, little fellas, but they'll grow.

BigV · 08-12-2011, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I hate you, foot. This is what it's like around here.

dude... looks like there could be some good shootin around that area.

footfootfoot · 08-12-2011, 07:19 PM

Yeah. The problem is seems is that, as usual, a few assholes ruin it for everyone. You practically have to either own a big parcel of land or have pictures of a farmer doing something sexy to a tractor (like that?) to use as blackmail to get permission to hunt.

Lucky for me I have such a charming and winning personality.

TheMercenary · 08-14-2011, 02:15 PM

Yea man, you need a scoped rifle. Great hunting areas.

08-04-2011, 01:20 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Looking at a barely used Savage 10 with a Bushnell 3-9x40 scope, synthetic barrel for $400. A cantilevered rifled slug barrel is about $210. Thinking of putting the Savage on layaway even though I don't care for the stock. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-05-2011, 08:01 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	F3, consider where you will doing your primary hunting. If you are in the wide open planes of the midwest you need a good gun scope combo. If you are hunting mostly in the woods or, like me in the southern pines, I don't need a scope on a gun. There are a few places I go that I take a different gun and scope but they are few in the deep south. The other factor to consider is that you have to carry it. So avoid rifles with a bull barrel or other fancy stuff. Savage is a good manufacture, but I don't think they are great. JMHO. A used Remington 700 ADL or Sportsman should be easy to find, new they are around $450. Browning A-Bold Stalker is a very good buy, around $475. Glass is as important if not more important than the rifle. So keep that in mind as you budget this stuff out if going new, that is why a used one might be a better option. Gun shows are great places to find bargains. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-06-2011, 07:55 PM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Just give me a big gun that holds lots of bullets and shoots them real fast. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-10-2011, 10:06 PM	#6
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Unfortunately the Gun Grabbers and PETA would not allow such an approach to gathering Meat for consumption. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-12-2011, 10:30 AM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	yes, it is a little slice of heaven __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-03-2011, 05:25 AM	#1
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Cold blue steel for your cold blooded hobo killin's?

08-12-2011, 10:17 AM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	envious Not for the shootin'. I ain't shootin' nuthin'. But look at that scenery. Ahhhh, upstate NY is gorgeous.

08-12-2011, 10:40 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I hate you, foot. This is what it's like around here.

08-12-2011, 03:36 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That's no NEPA but it'll do. I have twin bucks hanging around my house right now, little fellas, but they'll grow. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-12-2011, 07:19 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Yeah. The problem is seems is that, as usual, a few assholes ruin it for everyone. You practically have to either own a big parcel of land or have pictures of a farmer doing something sexy to a tractor (like that?) to use as blackmail to get permission to hunt. Lucky for me I have such a charming and winning personality. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-14-2011, 02:15 PM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yea man, you need a scoped rifle. Great hunting areas. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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