Opening Day Firearm And Ammo Roll Call

So what will you be carrying into the woods on Saturday morning, and why?

I've decided to go with my first deer rifle, a Remington ADL .270 and Remington Core Lokt, 130 gr ammo. Both have been good and depenable, at least to me.

If I hunt the stand I plan to with no shots over about 300yds then I'm taking the WBY Accumark 257roy shooting 100gr hornady spire points.


If I decide at the last minute I need to stick to the open field for bucks cruising then I'll take a Remington 700 XCR I in 270wsm shooting 140gr Accubonds.

If my wife oversleeps or for some reason can't go then it'll be a Remington AWR II 300RUM shooting 180gr Accubonds.

DPMS AR10...168 gr Barnes vortex for deer and 122 gr FMJ for turkey. Why? because they DRT.

Remington 700 in 30-06 with 150 gr. core lokt is my old go to gun, but I have a new to me Remington 700 in .243 with 100 gr. core lokts that I may use if I can get to the range before the opener.

30.06 custom mauser 150gr core-lokt

Me:
Browning A-Bolt 25-06 with Hornady 117 grain BTSPs
My wife:
Ruger M77 heavy barrel with Federal Premium 85 grain BTHPs

Marlin 7mm-08with 130winchester silver tips

Gonna try out the Mark V 257 Roy if the weather is dry, probably take the 5r mil spec 308 if its wet. 120 grain Nosler Partition and 168 grain Sierra GameKing on ammo. Good luck everyone!!!!

Winchester model 70 .270 with 130 grn core lokt Remington.

.270 Rem 700 XCR with Rem A-frame 140 gr

A-bolt 270 shooting 130 grain federal premium nosler ballistic tip.

Browning BAR 7mm wsm with 160 grain winchester XP3

Win m70 .270
130 gr triple shocks

.50 cal traditions smoke pole 249 grain power belt bullet white hots powder
I hunt public but at 200 yards I can hit anything with this gun.

Remington 760 .257 Roberts with 117grain Corelokt's.

Marlin 336 30-30, Winchester Power Point 150gr.

.270 Remington SPS 700 BDL shooting 130 grain Remington Corelokt or .223 Remington 700 BDL with 55 grain Remington ammo.

Weatherby Vanguard 270 sending 130gr Remingtion Accutips

.270 with 130 grain core locks, .223 with 55 grain hand load ballistics.

Custom 12" 6.8 build
AAC SDN-6

SSA 85gr Barnes

Ill have the Pro Hunter in 280.

Me: savage 110 LH 338-06 with 225gr Hornady interbonds.

Wife: Tikka T3 Lite 7-08 with 140gr fedral fusion.

Me: My Dad's Remington 700 Classic in 7mm08 with 140 gr Nosler BTs EDIT: Or a bow, depends on wind and what the cameras say

Wife: MY Remington 700 BDL 270 with 130 gr Sierra ProHunters

Ruger 77 25-06, Hornady 117gr BTSPs

Custom built 7mm Rem Mag and 180 gr Berger VLD hand-loads.

But I'll be on a mountain in Colorado.

Good luck, and if you miss, I wouldn't mention it on here. You can only blame BC so much...

Carring 257wby




Wife will have her 243

ARP barreled 6.8 AR I built using SSA 110gr Accubonds.


And this one for the end of a bad hunt

Who has the rangefinder?

Sako Bavarian .270 with 130 grn core lokt Remington. Tikka T3 backup .270 with 130 grn core lokt Remington. Both sighted in to the same point of aim.

Browning Stainless Stalker in 300 WSM topped with a 96 model Aetec, shooting 165 grain Sierra Game King hand loaded. Hold it on em y'all!

Wife with a Browning A-bolt 25 WSSM shooting 117grain Sierra Game King hand loads.

Not Saturday, but Monday I'll carry my Win 70 Stainless Boss 300 WM, shooting 165gr Accubonds.

Marlin X7 in .270, shooting 130 gr Interbond hand loads.

Also bringing the Savage 99 in .308 in case I decide to still-hunt the creek bottoms.

Panasonic Lumix with 4gb SDHC card!

Oh sorry...

Savage 99CD in .308 or might drag the old Marlin 35rem with me just in case!

For Deer: Tikka T3 30-06 w/180 Winchester 180gr Silvertip
For Pig: Noveske N4 .223 Winchester RazorbackXT (Using Thermal Imaging and NV Rifle Scope)
Clays: Baretta A400 Explor Lite

Going to be a fun weekend full of shooting!

Ruger .270 with core lockt or my .243 with core lockt.......it will be a game time decision!!

For the last 5 years I've been using my old cowboy 45-70 with home rolled ammunition.
I just love to watch them get knocked off their feet and no tracking, just drive up and load them.

Remington 700 30.06 with 168 grn Winchester Ballistic Tips

If hogs are bad, I load the 30.06 with 150 grn corelokt's and use them as double duty.

My little ol Remington .243. Does the trick every time.

Cooper 25-06

Its Mason most the blinds are set up for 222's.

Winchester Model 70 30-06 w/ Remington Core Lokt 150 gr

or

Mossberg 800B .243 w/ Remington Core Lokt 100 gr


Going to see how i'm feeling in the morning.

Rem 700 BDL 30-06, 150 gr win super-x. tried and true, has never let me down.

Savage 111 chambered in 30-06; loaded with Hornady 165gr SST.

257 Roy

Son - Remington 700 .25-06 with 120gr Sierra HPBT hand-loads
Wife - Winchester 70 Featherweight 243 WSSM with 85gr Sierra HPBT hand-loads

Me - Either my Winchester 70 .25-06 with the Sierra HPBT hand-loads, or my Winchester 70 Coyote 25WSSM with 110gr Nosler AB hand-loads. I'll also bring my 6.8SPC with a magazine full of Fusion ammo, and my Winchester 94 30-30 with 160gr Hornady LeverEvolution.

Dang, I hope we have room to bring food with all of these guns!

weatherby 25-06 with nosler partitions

Ruger M77 in .308 launching Hornaday 150gr SST. Last year was first time playing with this equipment. 5 deer taken, none took a single step. DRT. Gotta love the performance of the round from 30' to 300 yrds.

Looking forward to Saturday. Y'all have fun and be safe.

Archery only this year so I'll still be carrying my bow on opening day. Then my 30.06 when I head south.

.300 WSM Winchester Stealth with 150gr. Winchester Silvertip Ballistic Tips.

Hahahahaha!

If I miss I won't mention it. But if I miss it'll be from a bad wind call, not BC.

Ruger M77 30-06 tossing Federal 150 grainers

Custom Remington 700 30-06 with 168 Nosler's loaded with varget.

Custom 98 Mauser in .280, shooting 150-grain Partitions...but I might change my mind and use an Interarms Mk.X chambered in 6mm-284 shooting 95-grain Partitions. I am more confident in the first but still undecided.

Rem 700 270 with 130gr core-locks

Winchester model 70 feather lite in a .270 with 140gr accubond....., smacks. 'em like the hand of God!!!!!

At my brother's place, a Remington 700 in .25/06 and at my place, a Savage 10 in .243. Core-Lokt doesn't have any Core-Lokt right now, so it's Hornady Superformance in both.

Tikka T3 in .300 wsm with 150 gr Silvertips

My 16" AR15 build, Spikes lower on mostly PSA parts with a Primary Arms Micro Dot on top.

Deer: 55g TSX
Hogs: Hornady 55g SP or Federal 62g Fusion
Rabbit: FMJs

Tikka T3 270 WSM 150 Ballistic tip

Weatherby in 270WSM eating some 150gr XP3's.

Savage Model 11 .308 with Winchester Super X 150's.

Custom 308 Savage...20" Bull barrel with a Timney trigger. 150 gr. Hornady SST...lights out

Gotcha...then there won't be any excuses this time....

Savage 257 wby shooting 100 gr matchkings over 73 gr of imr 7828.

My wife will be shooting my rem 700 sendero 270 win with 150 grain NP's or 110 grain sierra pro hunters.

Normally it's my trusty old Remington 700 30.06 w/150 grain Core Lokts but the area I'm hunting / seeing the most activity is in the brush & can be covered with my handy old iron-sighted Winchester Model 94 30/30...the animals don't like either one too much. Then again, my son's Rem 700 .243 shoots nice but he'd cringe if I took it...

Ruger Blackhawk .41 mag. I will be good up to 100 yards but prefer to be less than 50.

Ruger hawkeye in .260 Rem - 140gr SGKs

AR chambered in 7.62x39, Hornady 123gr. SST. Gotta be ready for pigs too.

custom 308 win, AAC 7.62 SD with 165gr SGK

Ruger M77-Tang Safety in 7-08.

Remington 700 25-06 w/ hornady superformance 117 grain sst's

Remington 700 .308 w/ remington core lokt 150 gr

300 Jarrett w/ 150 gr. Nosler CTs

Savage 10 FP in 308; 4-14x40 Mark 4 Leupold on it; (unless I get relegated to a brushy short range stand, then I have the dilemma of the Remington 750 or Sig 716) All are 308's...

Wife will have her Savage 10 FM Sierra in 308...

A bolt in 7 mag with 150 grain BST

DPMS LR-308 Recon. Hornady American whitetail 150gr Interlock SP. Knocks them out, piggies too!

If I hunt by myself on Saturday morning I'll be toting my custom built LH 700 in .280 Remington slinging 140 gr. Accubonds.
If my grandson hunts with me instead of his dad I won't even carry my rifle as he will be doing the shooting if the right one comes along. He will be toting his custom built LH SS 700 in .257 Weatherby Mag slinging 110 gr Accubonds.

Marlin XL7 30-06
Remington Cor Lokt 150 grain

Win 70 featherweight in .243 with 100 gr core lokts

Howa .308 with 168gr Barnes ttx.

Only shot a pig with this set up but that bullet impressed the heck out of me.

Reminton XCR, Compact Tactical, .308
Fed Gameking 168 gr.

Ruger 77 (tang safety) in .280 Rem loaded with 140 Rem Core Lokt 'cause they've never ever failed me. My back up is a Ruger MkII compact in .260 Rem loaded w/ 140 grain Core Lokt because, again, they've never let me down. My son will tote the ol Ruger Mk II in .257 Roberts loaded with a Hornady mini mag something blah blah I forget with a 117 gr bullet of some type. My hunting partners mostly shoot .270s with Winchester silver tip ballistic bullets and it seems we're always having to track their deer.... (though we don't shoot many. Deer lease has become more about the fire, a good peach cobbler and quality conversation (or peaceful peace and quiet) that it is about the shooting.

Very simple! Rem ADL in .223, custom loads 55grn Noslers, one shot, one deer hanging by 9am. Meat hunter hr, cant eat horns! yea they look pretty, but im a saugage fan!
Then we are hunting our short legged bXXXXXXXXXs next!
Night vision hr we come!

Remington 700 BDL .270, Nikon 4-14X scope with 150 grn Nosler partition handloads.
Tikka T3 Lite .270, Nikon 4-14X scope shooting same 150 grn Nolser.
Glock 30SF on my hip.

^^this exactly^^

Thompson 25-06..100gn barnes ballastic tip
Ruger American 308 150gn ballitic silver tip

Custom 98 Mauser in 7x57, 139gr Hornady SST handloads for the serious work. Will probably carry along an AR in 300 aac in case pigs show. Daughter will be sitting next to me with a 20 gauge loaded with 3" mag buckshot for anything edible that strays to within 25 yds or so of us.

6.5 Grendel AR-15 I built last year. 123 gr. SST

Remington 700 300 WM, with Hornady...SST....uh, well, hell I don't know, whatever kind I bought last year. Whatever they are, they kill things pretty good.

Built Bushmaster ORC 308 with a YHM QD 762 Ti. Shooting 168 grain A-Max

Ruger 25-06 with 120 core-lokt

Weatherby Vanguard S2 7MM REM Mag With 154 Grain SST's.

Savage Axis 25-06 117 gr. SST

338-06 handloaded 210 gr ttsx or 270 with the 130 gr hornady gmx. Both are savages. Not going in the am. But I'm taking both guns and will pick one depending on the stand I hunt

Remington 700 .243 and I roll my own...100 grain BTSP

Interestingly enough I will also be in my blind with my Remington 700 ADL, .270 and Remington Cor Lokt 130g ammo. (Also my first and only deer rifle) I will also have a life preserver on as I'm in Hardin County and I had to wade into my camera today after the flooding rains we had yesterday. Hand corned a bit but most of the corn from the feeder is underwater. Still wouldn't miss it for the world.

Remington 700 CDL 25-06 w/ Hornady 117 grain BTSP

260 rem

Thompson-Center ICON 308. 150gr Superformance SST.

Sako A7 stainless fluted barrel .308 with Bob's super duper handloads.

Ya can't go wrong with that! .270 and .280 is almost always an instant kill. Or 30 yards or less.

Win. Mod 70 Super Grade .270 Win. Roll my own 130 grain Sierra ProHunters.

Tikka T3 Hunter .308 Win. as backup. Roll my own 150 grain Sierra ProHunters.

I won't be hunting in the morning as I have to work in the am but am getting off early enough to get to the stand for the evening hunt. I will be taking my dad's ol .243 he bought at western auto years back...it was my first deer rifle that he handed down to me, it was the rifle I took my first deer with, also I haven't hunted with It in over two or three seasons so I figured I'd take it out of the safe this year and hunt with it. Well good luck to all and hunt safe everyone.

Tikka T3 30-06 with federal premium 165 gr. Great combination!

Remington 700. In .308

Camo Browning XBolt in .25-06 with Double Tap 110gr Accubonds. Can't wait!

Rem 700 270
the freezer filler

Savage model 110 .25-06 with my crisp accutrigger.

117 gr federal v-shock

Today it's Browning A Bolt in 270 win with 130gr Remington Core Lokt

After that it just depends on my mood that day
Hiowa 308 win 150gr Federal Fusion
Remington 770 7MM Mag with 150gr Winchester Super X

Marlin Zane Grey Edition 30-30 W/Hornady 160gr Lever Revolution

Browning BAR in 7mm-08 w 140Gr Sierra Pro-hunter

If I was out hunting id be using my Browning A-Bolt in 270 shooting Federal Fusions.

AR15 in 6.8 with the upper built by Ident Marking in Rockwall using ARP goodies. Shooting 110gr Silver State Armory Sierra Pro Hunters. Never shot anything with it but hopefully that changes soon!