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<blockquote data-quote="Montana&#039;eer" data-source="post: 1847806" data-attributes="member: 113417"><p>I'd shoot that 7mm-08 and get it dialed in before the big bore!</p><p></p><p>I didn't buy my first 'big' game rifle until I was about 27. Prior to that I used what my dad had passed down- a Marlin .35 and Belgian Browning A5 12 ga. I moved to WV and started hunting with a friend and we had access to corn and soy fields. I was used to woods hunting- not fields. So went to a local sporting goods store that sold used rifles, and they had a 100yard underground range. Sparks Sporting goods in Martinsburg, WV. They had a custom Mauser .243 and they permitted you to shoot used guns but you pay for the rounds. I took that .243 and I mean it flat out shot. I grouped a dime first go around. And the rifle was inexpensive. </p><p></p><p>My buddy kept telling me I needed a .30-06 which is what he shot. He kept telling me the .243 was just too small, and I had my doubts too. So the only other rifle I could afford was a pump action .30-06. Didn't shoot nearly as well and frankly I sucked with it. Plus the fore end rattled in a tree stand and 180gr Core-Lokt's thumped my butt. Yeah I killed deer with it but I missed a lot at any distance. </p><p></p><p>About 5 years after that, my father in law sent me his rifle and shotgun- he hadn't shot them in over 25 years. The rifle was a Remington 722 in .257 Roberts. I loved shooting that rifle and I knocked the snail snot out of whitetail with that rifle! I could shoot it all day long and I had no problems up to my comfy range of about 300-350 yards. </p><p></p><p>I got rid of that shoulder bruising, clanky pump, lol. </p><p></p><p>Always regretted not getting that Mauser. But I passed that 722 down to my son, and now I have a 98 Mauser .257 Ackley built by Kevin Weaver. I... love...that..rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Montana'eer, post: 1847806, member: 113417"] I’d shoot that 7mm-08 and get it dialed in before the big bore! I didn't buy my first 'big' game rifle until I was about 27. Prior to that I used what my dad had passed down- a Marlin .35 and Belgian Browning A5 12 ga. I moved to WV and started hunting with a friend and we had access to corn and soy fields. I was used to woods hunting- not fields. So went to a local sporting goods store that sold used rifles, and they had a 100yard underground range. Sparks Sporting goods in Martinsburg, WV. They had a custom Mauser .243 and they permitted you to shoot used guns but you pay for the rounds. I took that .243 and I mean it flat out shot. I grouped a dime first go around. And the rifle was inexpensive. My buddy kept telling me I needed a .30-06 which is what he shot. He kept telling me the .243 was just too small, and I had my doubts too. So the only other rifle I could afford was a pump action .30-06. Didn't shoot nearly as well and frankly I sucked with it. Plus the fore end rattled in a tree stand and 180gr Core-Lokt's thumped my butt. Yeah I killed deer with it but I missed a lot at any distance. About 5 years after that, my father in law sent me his rifle and shotgun- he hadn't shot them in over 25 years. The rifle was a Remington 722 in .257 Roberts. I loved shooting that rifle and I knocked the snail snot out of whitetail with that rifle! I could shoot it all day long and I had no problems up to my comfy range of about 300-350 yards. I got rid of that shoulder bruising, clanky pump, lol. Always regretted not getting that Mauser. But I passed that 722 down to my son, and now I have a 98 Mauser .257 Ackley built by Kevin Weaver. I... love...that..rifle. [/QUOTE]
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