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The Basics, Starting Out
Rifle length, weight, forgiveness. What is an easy to shoot hunting setup?
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<blockquote data-quote="nralifer" data-source="post: 2574415" data-attributes="member: 94556"><p>Strangely enough, the rig I used 2 years ago on a coastal Black Bear hunt was just perfect. Compactness and ruggedness were the key as the weather was for the most part cold and snowy except for the one day it cleared when I got the Bear. We were constantly in and out of boats while looking for bear sign along old snow slide areas. My rifle was an 8 lb 20" 308 Win with an American Rifle Co. short action with a magazine length capable of housing and feeding a 2.975" loaded round. The barrel was carbon wrapped 1:9 twist and the stock was a polymer Magpul Hunter 700 tactical stock with a short Harris bipod. I knew conditions would be wet, so a polymer light stock proved to be just the ticket. The rifle shot 1/2 MOA and could hit the point of aim regardless of the ambient temperature. For your application I would highly recommend a 7mm caliber in a short magnum case. The best I think, is the Sherman 7SS shooting a 160 gr Badlands Precision Bulldozer 2 at 3100 fps with a G7 BC of 0.353. (G1=0.690) from a 1:7 barrel but a 260 Rem shooting a 135 gr SBD2 (G7=0.358) from a 1:7 barrel should work equally well. Brass and dies are commercially available. The main thing is getting comfortable with shooting 400-500 yds. A 300 yd zero with those flat shooting bullets should allow you to just point and shoot to 400 yds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nralifer, post: 2574415, member: 94556"] Strangely enough, the rig I used 2 years ago on a coastal Black Bear hunt was just perfect. Compactness and ruggedness were the key as the weather was for the most part cold and snowy except for the one day it cleared when I got the Bear. We were constantly in and out of boats while looking for bear sign along old snow slide areas. My rifle was an 8 lb 20” 308 Win with an American Rifle Co. short action with a magazine length capable of housing and feeding a 2.975” loaded round. The barrel was carbon wrapped 1:9 twist and the stock was a polymer Magpul Hunter 700 tactical stock with a short Harris bipod. I knew conditions would be wet, so a polymer light stock proved to be just the ticket. The rifle shot 1/2 MOA and could hit the point of aim regardless of the ambient temperature. For your application I would highly recommend a 7mm caliber in a short magnum case. The best I think, is the Sherman 7SS shooting a 160 gr Badlands Precision Bulldozer 2 at 3100 fps with a G7 BC of 0.353. (G1=0.690) from a 1:7 barrel but a 260 Rem shooting a 135 gr SBD2 (G7=0.358) from a 1:7 barrel should work equally well. Brass and dies are commercially available. The main thing is getting comfortable with shooting 400-500 yds. A 300 yd zero with those flat shooting bullets should allow you to just point and shoot to 400 yds. [/QUOTE]
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