What is the most hated deer rifle you owned ?

vern.284 said:

Boat paddled M77 in 270. Just no give to that stock. Still have it thinking of making it into a 404 Jeffery

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blvette75 said:

The only Rifle I have owned that I have had repetitive issues with is a Browning BAR in 300 win mag which I purchased used it is an old steel frame model. I have had on occasion got it to group only to have it revert back to inaccurate, to me it was unusable for hunting. At least an MOA at a 100 yards with a 3 shot group has been my criteria. I currently have my old dog troubleshooting scope on it and been developing loads for it, currently have a combo that is now grouping. I will continue to develop this load per the nuances I have discovered with this rifle and that will have to do. As the brass must be a little shorter than typical as does the COAL, why I have no idea, but have tracked these issues over time. It has been a pain to measure each round in a factory box to get the data on what makes a difference. Once upon a time I had Nosler make me some ammo for it which shot well, made some of those but now those bullets aren't available. Tried factory ammo again and now I started over with reloads for it currently have been using the ELD-X bullets 220grn, which are grouping. The list of weird things that have gone wrong with this rifle is long. I was going to sell it a couple of times, but it is such a very nice looking rifle, from a fit and finish perspective is why I haven't given up on it. I understand Semi auto rifles are a bit more finicky than bolt guns. Once the new load development is done will swap an existing scope from a rifle that is shooting well and upgrade the scope on the BAR rifle. But it has been an adventure.

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blvette75 said:

The only Rifle I have owned that I have had repetitive issues with is a Browning BAR in 300 win mag which I purchased used it is an old steel frame model. I have had on occasion got it to group only to have it revert back to inaccurate, to me it was unusable for hunting. At least an MOA at a 100 yards with a 3 shot group has been my criteria. I currently have my old dog troubleshooting scope on it and been developing loads for it, currently have a combo that is now grouping. I will continue to develop this load per the nuances I have discovered with this rifle and that will have to do. As the brass must be a little shorter than typical as does the COAL, why I have no idea, but have tracked these issues over time. It has been a pain to measure each round in a factory box to get the data on what makes a difference. Once upon a time I had Nosler make me some ammo for it which shot well, made some of those but now those bullets aren't available. Tried factory ammo again and now I started over with reloads for it currently have been using the ELD-X bullets 220grn, which are grouping. The list of weird things that have gone wrong with this rifle is long. I was going to sell it a couple of times, but it is such a very nice looking rifle, from a fit and finish perspective is why I haven't given up on it. I understand Semi auto rifles are a bit more finicky than bolt guns. Once the new load development is done will swap an existing scope from a rifle that is shooting well and upgrade the scope on the BAR rifle. But it has been an adventure.

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436 said:

When I was 19 years old I bought a Russian Mosin-Nagant 91/30 7.62x54R surplus sporter, the thing was a beast back in the 60s you could buy them for the change in your pocket, and two boxes of surplus ammo, I missed every Deer and Coyote I shot at, it took me a year to stop flinching with a rifles after that one. Cheers

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niteowl1 said:

I killed it 12 pt Buck with one but got rid of it because it didn't take well to a scope.

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Muddyboots said:

Can we all just agree the M77 Paddle Stock was designed by an anti hunter? Or the world's most wicked BDSM Mistress? I never owned a PACT recoil shoulder pad until I had one in 7Mag! Horrific recoil with recoil "pad" of solid hard plastic. I had steel butt plate Win 94 that felt like a kiss in comparison. I swapped out stock in maybe less than 50 rounds.

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DJ Morrison said:

I would have to say a ruger #1 in 338 wm. Shot it 8 times traded it for a hs precision in 338 wm. totally different critter.. It didn't require any dental work after shooting!!

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DJ Morrison said:

I would have to say a ruger #1 in 338 wm. Shot it 8 times traded it for a hs precision in 338 wm. totally different critter.. It didn't require any dental work after shooting!!

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