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Deer hunting rifle? (maybe elk too)

Started by c_rex, July 03, 2008, 11:59:04 AM

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ducatiz

#15
July 05, 2008, 04:55:06 AM
+1 on elk.  It stores well too if you get them late in the season.  The fat stores the meat really nicely. 

It doesn't marble, don't get me wrong, but you get a nice strip of it which cooks well.
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#16
July 05, 2008, 06:13:25 AM
I had elk breakfast sausage, yesterday morning, and an elkburger for dinner.   [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]
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ducatiz

#17
July 05, 2008, 06:41:32 AM
Quote from: Sinister on July 05, 2008, 06:13:25 AM
I had elk breakfast sausage, yesterday morning, and an elkburger for dinner.   [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

please don't post anything about your elk poop later, mmmkay?
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#18
July 05, 2008, 06:47:31 AM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on July 05, 2008, 06:41:32 AM
please don't post anything about your elk poop later, mmmkay?

I just let an elk fart slip out...
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lethe

#19
July 05, 2008, 06:53:45 AM
Quote from: Sinister on July 05, 2008, 06:47:31 AM
I just let an elk fart slip out...
Does it sound like this?


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#20
July 05, 2008, 06:59:15 AM
omg.... i think i saw bigfoot in that video  :o

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#21
July 05, 2008, 07:16:21 AM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on July 05, 2008, 06:59:15 AM
omg.... i think i saw bigfoot in that video  :o


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Sinister

#22
July 05, 2008, 11:27:59 AM
Why he no shoot???  Beautiful bull, wow!
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c_rex

#23
July 05, 2008, 09:26:47 PM Last Edit: July 05, 2008, 10:01:45 PM by c_rex
Quote from: Sinister on July 05, 2008, 11:27:59 AM
Why he no shoot???  Beautiful bull, wow!

+1
nice camera work too!


was browsing rifle info and meandered into info wrt a soon to be released FN .308 (7.62mmx51) called the FNAR.  I could see this being loads of fun too and it's not overly 'tactical' looking... I don't think.  Obviously it doesn't need to be weighted down with a lot of gear on the rails but it could be more fun at the range as well as for hunting?  The action is apparently based on the BAR. Supposed to have been released at the beginning of June but...    ???
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#24
July 07, 2008, 09:17:56 PM
'mkay.... reviving my thread with a new question.  I think I'm scrapping the idea of the Benelli R1 in favor of the Browning BAR.  Too many "iffy" reviews for the Benelli, whereas the BAR gets all kinds of thumbs up. 
So- back to caliber.  Talk to me like the n00b I am if you would please.  What is 'Short trac' versus 'Long Trac'?  Is it simply the length of throw for the action?  Are there pros and cons to this? 
I'm thinking .270 WSM, .308 Win, or .30-06 now. 

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Got Duc

#25
July 08, 2008, 03:09:57 AM
.270

I used this for my moose. 

Which BTW made the book!  ;D

Flatest shooting round out there.

I also have a 30/30 contender pistol which I use these days as I can use it in Shotgun land  ;D

308 and 30-06 are both awesome guns.
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#26
July 08, 2008, 06:16:09 AM Last Edit: July 08, 2008, 06:19:37 AM by ducatizzzz
Quote from: c_rex on July 07, 2008, 09:17:56 PM
'mkay.... reviving my thread with a new question.  I think I'm scrapping the idea of the Benelli R1 in favor of the Browning BAR.  Too many "iffy" reviews for the Benelli, whereas the BAR gets all kinds of thumbs up. 
So- back to caliber.  Talk to me like the n00b I am if you would please.  What is 'Short trac' versus 'Long Trac'?  Is it simply the length of throw for the action?  Are there pros and cons to this? 
I'm thinking .270 WSM, .308 Win, or .30-06 now. 

Thanks again all!

just Browning's nomenclature for the length of the action, depends on the cartridge.

It is an excellent rifle, there is not really any thing bad to say about them.  They are 100+ years old design and work very well.

For comparison, check out the Remington 7400.. 

The Long/Short trac models aluminum receiver, the Safari is steel.  Doesn't really affect much for a hunting rifle
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#27
July 08, 2008, 09:48:54 AM Last Edit: July 08, 2008, 09:55:10 AM by triangleforge
Hopefully not (too much of) a threadjack; where does the BAR acronym for these nice semi-autos come from?  Before I clicked on the link, I thought the suggestion was to go after deer & elk with a BAR like this:



I poked around a bit on the Browning site & couldn't find an answer; is it also "Browning Automatic Rifle"?
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ducatiz

#28
July 08, 2008, 10:36:27 AM
Quote from: triangleforge on July 08, 2008, 09:48:54 AM
Hopefully not (too much of) a threadjack; where does the BAR acronym for these nice semi-autos come from?  Before I clicked on the link, I thought the suggestion was to go after deer & elk with a BAR like this:



I poked around a bit on the Browning site & couldn't find an answer; is it also "Browning Automatic Rifle"?

BAR just means that..  The name of the rifle you show in the photo is a M1918 or a "Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918" commonly known at the time as a BAR for sanity's sake.

Browning uses the BAR nomenclature for any of its auto rifles, but that is just part of the name.

Also, there is no reason you COULDN'T hunt deer with the M1918 as it is .30-06 in the US MIL form but you'd probably use it in semi-auto mode and not full auto.

But there are probably more accurate platforms around...
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c_rex

#29
July 08, 2008, 02:23:14 PM
and if you stare at it long enough it doesn't look all that different from the current BAR.   [laugh]
Thanks for the tons of insight Ducatizzzz!   I looked up that Remington 7400 btw- I think it's been replaced by the 750 Woodmaster(?).  That too seemed like a nice rifle and is offered in a carbine length for some calibers.  The barrel is 4" shorter which seems nice but wouldn't that affect the potential velocity of any given cartridge?  Cheers!
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