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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="Bucklowery" data-source="post: 2575910" data-attributes="member: 69506"><p>Stock style and how you shoot it was biggest factor for me. I shoot around home and Longrange is 95% a prone shot so a stock for Longrange works well for that. I shoot traditional and I have a manners t4a that I love for bench and prone. My point is I find traditional style stocks work best for a variety of hunting situations than the other way around. You can go out west for elk and be majority in prone Longrange setups or be in the timber or small parks with 200 yard shot or in areas with combinations of both. I drew elk/ deer tag for Montana last year dreaming off putting my Longrange practice to use. Most of the time we were in the timber. I hunted a area two days that were both open and timbered. A beautiful spot big areas to glass into and big pockets of timber. Second morning we were up top a see a couple big bucks 3/4 mile away. As we were moving to a vantage point for visibility and shot I was going through my mental checklist of things control your breathing, remember to dial your door you know all that. As I sat my pack down I look up and the buck I was after at 500 yrds chased the small buck right at me. I shot him off hand at 60 yds or so. Probably would not have pulled that off with different setup. So you are right find a setup that meets the most variables especially if you are going to be traveling hunting different areas and terrains. It was my first mountain hunt and I was 48 and healthy but not that in shape. My rifle was 9.5 lbs with sling and 9 extra Rounds on the stock 26" barrel. It is not quite perfectly balanced rifle (which is high on my list) but not enough to be annoying. It was a good balance of up close and distance but if I was building again for that I would go shorter with a slightly heavier profile and brake to even things out</p><p></p><p>Thanks </p><p></p><p>Buck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bucklowery, post: 2575910, member: 69506"] Stock style and how you shoot it was biggest factor for me. I shoot around home and Longrange is 95% a prone shot so a stock for Longrange works well for that. I shoot traditional and I have a manners t4a that I love for bench and prone. My point is I find traditional style stocks work best for a variety of hunting situations than the other way around. You can go out west for elk and be majority in prone Longrange setups or be in the timber or small parks with 200 yard shot or in areas with combinations of both. I drew elk/ deer tag for Montana last year dreaming off putting my Longrange practice to use. Most of the time we were in the timber. I hunted a area two days that were both open and timbered. A beautiful spot big areas to glass into and big pockets of timber. Second morning we were up top a see a couple big bucks 3/4 mile away. As we were moving to a vantage point for visibility and shot I was going through my mental checklist of things control your breathing, remember to dial your door you know all that. As I sat my pack down I look up and the buck I was after at 500 yrds chased the small buck right at me. I shot him off hand at 60 yds or so. Probably would not have pulled that off with different setup. So you are right find a setup that meets the most variables especially if you are going to be traveling hunting different areas and terrains. It was my first mountain hunt and I was 48 and healthy but not that in shape. My rifle was 9.5 lbs with sling and 9 extra Rounds on the stock 26” barrel. It is not quite perfectly balanced rifle (which is high on my list) but not enough to be annoying. It was a good balance of up close and distance but if I was building again for that I would go shorter with a slightly heavier profile and brake to even things out Thanks Buck [/QUOTE]
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