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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1502470" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Yes, <em>Long Range Hunting </em>is the name of this site therefore most of us here are hunters. (Some, like me, also shoot long range competitively)</p><p>However here we talk about hunting rifles.</p><p></p><p><strong>But there are many types of hunting rifles:</strong> (mine in parenthesis)</p><p>1. woodland fast handling deer rifles (.308 Savage 99 lever action)</p><p>2. bean field longer distance deer rifles shot from elevated blinds</p><p>4. western long distance rifles (.300 Win mag Browning A-Bolt)</p><p>5. western mountain rifles (6.5 CM Browning X-Bolt Pro)</p><p>6. prairie dog and groundhog rifles</p><p>7. even squirrel rifles (Ruger 96/.22 WRM lever action)</p><p>8. semi-auto hog rifles</p><p>9. many others including muzzle loaders</p><p></p><p>Arguing over <em>types </em>of rifles is meaningless. We use what we like, reason be damned.</p><p>Remember however, our site is dedicated to Long Range rifles. <em>Than means, at the least, long range capable cartridges, LR capable rifles and beautifully accurate rifles.</em></p><p></p><p>Discussing <em>within</em> types which work best has merit. Most of what we discuss here is in this category. Which woodland deer rifle?, which mountain goat/sheep rifle?, which hog rifle?</p><p></p><p>Say for example my new X-Bolt Pro mountain rifle.</p><p>->Would I like a lighter Proof Research CF wrapped barrel on it? Hell YES! But the CF stock's fore arm is too narrow to accept it.</p><p>->Would I like a 24" barrel for more velocity instead of the 22" factory barrel? Yep.</p><p>->But why then didn't I buy the X-Bolt Pro Long Range with a 26" barrel? Because it was <em>too </em>long, unnecessarily long for a 6.5 Creedmoor.</p><p>->Will I likely someday replace the barrel with a nice 24", 5R Bartlein barrel? Oh yes!</p><p></p><p>And so it goes. Within the mountain rifle type, like the other types, we discuss our "druthers". And it educates some of us, infuriates others and puts still others to sleep.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1502470, member: 54178"] Yes, [I]Long Range Hunting [/I]is the name of this site therefore most of us here are hunters. (Some, like me, also shoot long range competitively) However here we talk about hunting rifles. [B]But there are many types of hunting rifles:[/B] (mine in parenthesis) 1. woodland fast handling deer rifles (.308 Savage 99 lever action) 2. bean field longer distance deer rifles shot from elevated blinds 4. western long distance rifles (.300 Win mag Browning A-Bolt) 5. western mountain rifles (6.5 CM Browning X-Bolt Pro) 6. prairie dog and groundhog rifles 7. even squirrel rifles (Ruger 96/.22 WRM lever action) 8. semi-auto hog rifles 9. many others including muzzle loaders Arguing over [I]types [/I]of rifles is meaningless. We use what we like, reason be damned. Remember however, our site is dedicated to Long Range rifles. [I]Than means, at the least, long range capable cartridges, LR capable rifles and beautifully accurate rifles.[/I] Discussing [I]within[/I] types which work best has merit. Most of what we discuss here is in this category. Which woodland deer rifle?, which mountain goat/sheep rifle?, which hog rifle? Say for example my new X-Bolt Pro mountain rifle. ->Would I like a lighter Proof Research CF wrapped barrel on it? Hell YES! But the CF stock's fore arm is too narrow to accept it. ->Would I like a 24" barrel for more velocity instead of the 22" factory barrel? Yep. ->But why then didn't I buy the X-Bolt Pro Long Range with a 26" barrel? Because it was [I]too [/I]long, unnecessarily long for a 6.5 Creedmoor. ->Will I likely someday replace the barrel with a nice 24", 5R Bartlein barrel? Oh yes! And so it goes. Within the mountain rifle type, like the other types, we discuss our "druthers". And it educates some of us, infuriates others and puts still others to sleep. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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