I know this rifle. Call it Ole Rusty

I love my rifle !!!! It is the perfect hunting rifle!


Sako 85 Black Bear 30-06 Leupold V6HD 3-18 x42 w/a Dead Air Sandman 178 gr ELD-X

My go-to for the last 4 or 5 years has been a Remington 788 in .308 that I picked up for a song on the Cabelas used rack. Topped with a Burris Veracity FFP scope. Longest kill shot was 516 yards.

My son has taken a liking to an old western field Marlin that we found in the back of my FIL's gun safe. It shoots 150 gr core lokt way better than it should. Once we've burned through the ammo on hand, I'll start reloading for it and see if we can make it even better. It wears an old leupold vari-x II. Can't find a picture of that one right now.

I appreciate you sharing this - I like to know what the pros use

Original trigger?

https://texashuntingforum.com/forum...r-paint-my-rifle-which-color#Post9128152

Currently (I say that because it could all change tomorrow haha) ^^^ that is my favorite blind rifle. It's a 6.5 saum w/ a 16" barrel. I just about have all the parts to build a short 25 saum or 6prc...one of those two will be next. I've got to get caught up on all the customer stuff before I can play with my own though.

To follow up on my post.

I've replaced this trigger, and the trigger on my Dad's model 700 with a Timney.

This year I hunted exclusively with a Seekins Precision Havak Element chambered in 300 PRC. Topped with a NF NX8 4x32x50 w/ 212gr Hornady ELDX. Killed 8 deer, two hogs, and 5 coyotes during this season. Still got some more hogs to drop with it. Love this rifle. This upcoming season, I will primarily be using the new Seekins Precision Element Hunter. Excited to take that one for a spin


I will say, one of my favorite rifles is the one JG built for me, which has killed TONS of critters. It's a 280AI, and it is accurate as can be!

How do you like the spartan tripod head? I run their bipods on all my rifles but haven't tried the heads out yet.

It varies from season-to-season for me, but lately I've been enjoying a Remington Sportsman 78 in .243 that one of my lifelong best friends gave me a long time ago. I jazzed it up with a new Remington laminate stock, jeweled bolt, Timney trigger, Trijicon Accupoint scope, and Talley rings. It shoots lights out, it's smooth as glass, and everything I've shot with it has dropped dead.

My knee-jerk response is a Sako A7 300 Win Mag that J.G. developed a load for.

These days my "go-to" is mostly an AR in .260 Remington. All I wanna do these days is murder pigs, and it's the tool for the job.

The rifle was originally built by departed member "Cast" about 12 or 15 years ago. He had gotten into putting together (building? LOL!) AR15s and did a couple of them, and then wanted to do something a little different. He wanted to "build an AR10" or two and asked me what cartridges to go with because he didn't want to do a .308 Winchester. I suggested .260 Remington and .338 Federal. So, he whooped out the checkbook and away he went. Next thing I knew he had a couple of large frame ARs. The one in .260 gave him problems and he stuck it in the safe and never did anything with it. When he passed (RIP, Keith) his ol' lady had a bunch of guns in the safe and his kid only wanted certain ones and took those home with him. A few months later found me playing with AR15s in 6.5 Grendel and 6mm AR and decided I wanted something with more authority, so I waltzed over next door and bought that problematic .260 from his widow. It had a Lilja barrel which I knew had to be fine, but the rest of the gun was one big question mark. It turned out it had the wrong length buffer and spring in it and it was badly overgassed. I basically kept the receiver castings, barrel, and BCG and put it back together the way I wanted it, and it has been a great gun ever since. I put another one together with an identical Lilja barrel so that I'd have one with a thermal and one with a day scope. The one that Keith built has killed most of the pigs because I see them a lot more at night, so one day I'll swap the scopes out to even out the barrel wear.





That's a Witt Machine SME on the muzzle. I have yet to shoot the rifle anywhere but under a metal roof since I installed this thing, which is supposed to reduce the noise level the shooter experiences. It DOES NOT reduce noise under a steel roof (I shoulda anticipated that, but...)! If it's not a lot better shooting out the blind windows I'll put my Smith Enterprises flash hiders back on. And NO, don't try to sell me on suppressors---not interested!

Re: brushcountryhunter - I really like the tripod heads from Spartan. I interviewed the owner and he sent me one to test out. Super light tripod, head swiveled and tightened up nicely. Came in handy on a thermal hog hunt when stalking. If you have a heavier rifle, it might not hold it perfectly on its own, but definitely would help steady up a shot.

Any one of these
Whittled down from too many others that went to new homes

Thanks for the info. I will be looking into them for sure.

Only bad thing about spartan is bipod can’t be left attached as it doesn’t fold forward or rear ward, but it’s probably the lightest bipod and tripod option assuming you can glass off their tripod

I kinda like seeing the 260s. I've grown to like the caliber even though I'm about 20yrs late to the party.

CZ600 American ST2 in 6.5 Creedmoor with Arken LH-4. Camo wrap just to lessen sun glint.

The CZ 600 American rifles are one of the best kept secrets out there! Very nice rifle, my friend!

Thank you.

I really like it. Apart from being a little heavy, which actually helps the already-light recoil, smoothest action on a bolt rifle I've owned, very accurate and consistent, love the push button safety because it's silent when you disengage. And it was affordable. Hard to beat.

The best FEELING rifle I have is a 1970's Rem 700 BDL in .243. It's one of those rifles you love to shoot because its balance, weight and "fit" when brought to the should are just unbeatable.

Marlin lever in .44, .35 or 45-70

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Winchester model 70 classic featherweight. 270

Ruger M77 canoe paddle, stainless, .280Rem.