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What is your favorite medium game rifle? #7555738 07/14/19 02:59 AM
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I have several bolt and AR rifles but my favorite for medium/big game is my 12 year old Ruger Hawkeye in 338 Federal. It's in a McMillan Classic and currently wears a 2-7 Leopold VXR Firedot. I like 180 Accubonds or old ballistic tips at 2750-2800 FPS and would move up to 200 Accubonds or 210 Partitions if going after something big.

I'd likely have to limit shots 300 yards but that's fine with me.



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That’s a great scope for that rig. I really liked my 338-06. I don’t understand why it never gained a following unless it was because Weatherby put out rifles with the chamber cut wrong. Guess that would sour me if that was my first experience.

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I keep trying to move on but my 16" Horizon Firearms 6.5 Creed is my go to rifle. I've got two other 6.5s that are nice and a 6.8 Wilson Combat SBR that is a close second but I carry the HF every time I go to the field.

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TexFlip, is that one before or after he made it big time? Personally, I don’t think I could ever part with it myself! He does good work. Doesn’t Predator Pursuit use his builds?


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7mm-08ai. It's on a surgeon 591 in a McMillan stock with a fluted bartlien barrel on it and has a premier 3-15 scope on it.


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Originally Posted by FiremanJG
17" suppressed 7mm-08 A.I. Tikka action, Manners EH-1

162 gr ELD-X 2640 fps MV.


I can see how a shorter barreled suppressed bolt would be ideal. My favorite may change when my suppressor finally arrives.



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TexFlip, is that one before or after he made it big time? Personally, I don’t think I could ever part with it myself! He does good work. Doesn’t Predator Pursuit use his builds?

2014 is when he built it.


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Originally Posted by scottfromdallas
Originally Posted by FiremanJG
17" suppressed 7mm-08 A.I. Tikka action, Manners EH-1

162 gr ELD-X 2640 fps MV.


I can see how a shorter barreled suppressed bolt would be ideal. My favorite may change when my suppressor finally arrives.


I crunched lots of numbers in the ballistic calculator, and that's what I decided to go with. For my purposes I was correct, I wouldn't change a thing.


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This is tough as I do not have a single rifle that is well suited for all of the environments that I hunt every year.

When in the AZ mountains chasing game or checking cameras, I always take my Savage 16 Lightweight Hunter. She's chambered in 308 Win, topped with a Vortex Razor LH (3-15), shoots Hornady Precision Hunter very well, and has been absolutely accurate out to 600 yards (sub-MOA). She's light (7# fully loaded), shoulders well, and I would not hesitate to shoot anything in the lower 48 out to 500 yards. The 20" barrel does kill velocity (2500 FPS), she won't win any beauty contests, she has a sloppy bolt, and the barrel heats up quickly. With that said, this is probably my most instinctive shooting rifle.

When the terrain is more open, my first choice is my Savage 116 FCSS (Weather Warrior). She's chambered in 6.5x284 and will do a dime-sized group at 200 yards using handloads. No issues with taking shots at deer/black bear/cow elk at extended ranges. She's a bit heavy for my tastes and won't win any beauty contests but she is 100% lethal. Despite having more kills with this rifle, shooting this rifle is not as instinctive as my 308. This is probably due to the longer ranges and wanting to get everything right.

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Being in the East makes my choice simple. I've been using a Wilson Combat 16" 300 HAM'R for the past year for just about all of my hunting. 100 yard shots are about the norm and out to 200 on rare occasions, The NC mountains eliminates long shots and deer and bears are our only medium to large game.

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Have several go to rifles.

If where I am hunting all shots will be inside 100 yards - Marlin 1894 357 Mag
Longer shots or walking a lot CZ 527 in 6.5 Grendel
If where I can see and shoot a long ways Cooper 6.5-284

If the gritters expected are LARGE Remington 700 in 350 Remington Magnum

Sometimes though my first centerfire riflehas to go hunting Remington 788 in 7mm-08

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I have a couple as well.

My first is a Browning A-Bolt in 7mm-08. It has taken more deer and hogs than I care to count.
My second is a custom AR in 6.8SPC.
I have a TC Encore with an MGM barrel chambered in 6.5 Grendal that is really fun to shoot and will put deer on the ground as well.

Now, I have two more being built that will probably become my favorites. The first is a custom Turk Mauser that I just rebarreled to 7mm Mauser and is at cerakote right now. The second is a Tikka action that is currently being rebarreled to 7mm-08AI and will be housed in a McMillian Game Warden stock.

Now I just need to find more places and things to hunt so I can start using them more!


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My WC15 16" suppressed 300 HAM'R with a Trijicon 3-9x40 Accupoint will handle anything I need to do here in NE TX, however I still like my WC10 16" suppressed .358 Win with the same scope awfully well. Both shoot sub inch with loads that kill hogs and deer really well.

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Originally Posted by Wilson Combat
My WC15 16" suppressed 300 HAM'R with a Trijicon 3-9x40 Accupoint will handle anything I need to do here in NE TX, however I still like my WC10 16" suppressed .358 Win with the same scope awfully well. Both shoot sub inch with loads that kill hogs and deer really well.


I have a few 3-9x40 Trijicons but mine are Accupowers. Love those scopes. Recently put one on an AR-15 in 224 Valkyrie.



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7/08. I’m one of the few that’s never owned a .308. I have owned a lot of rifles. I still don’t know why anyone thought a .308 was the way to go?

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