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Post by chicobrownbear on Aug 18, 2006 14:43:53 GMT -5
I've taken 5 with the smooth bore wingmaster 12 guage that was Dad's. Lots of sentiment. All one shot under 30 yards. Last one was taken with the Encore 209 x 50 at a whopping 15 yards, which is the current rig that I love.
What do you tote into the woods?
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Post by birddog on Aug 18, 2006 14:49:26 GMT -5
Me I shoot a Knight .50 cal Bighorn w/ a 3-9 Leupold scope,rifle flat shoots!!!!!
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Post by danf on Aug 18, 2006 14:49:33 GMT -5
'ole faithful for me has been the Mossberg 500 that Dad bought for me probably 10-12 years ago. 24" rifled barrel and scope. I've taken one doe with my .357 MAX Contender, and used to carry both guns, but gave up the T/C a few years ago. I might start carrying it again someday.... The doe with the T/C was the only deer I've ever had to shoot twice, and had I been using hollow points to begin with, I wouldn't have had to do that.
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Post by tskiller on Aug 18, 2006 15:24:06 GMT -5
Mossberg 695 bolt action 12 ga. I shoot Lightfield hybrids. The thing kicks like a mule, but I get really nice groups at 100 yds.
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Post by wolfhound on Aug 18, 2006 16:19:16 GMT -5
I have a few but my main rifle is a 50 caliber Knight Disc Extreme Muzzleloader topped with either a 2-7X32 Bushnell 3200 or a 3-9X44 Burris Fullfield II. My main load has been 100 gr of FFG 777 pushing a 260 gr Winchester Platinum Tip at 1985 fps. I've also used the 250 Barnes MZ Expander with 2 Pyrodex pellets and once even used 3 triple seven pellets with it on game. This year I'm using 90 gr of FFG 777 and a 250 Barnes MZ Expander.
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Post by indianahick on Aug 18, 2006 16:43:44 GMT -5
Knight D.E. 50. 150 pyro, 300 gr hpxtp sabot. 4 x 44 simmons scope. I like thru and thru.
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Post by hoyt1166 on Aug 18, 2006 16:50:56 GMT -5
T/C Omega .50 cal with a 3x9 T/C scope.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 18, 2006 17:01:36 GMT -5
For Wisconsin hunting I use a Remington 740 that is about 50 years old. It still shoots Remington factory 165 grain loads into an inch at 100 yards when I do my part. My go to rifle in Indiana is a Savage muzzleloader shooting smokeless powder and Hornady 250 grain XTP. It will also shoot into an inch at 100 yards. I have a Nikon Monarch Gold 1.5X6 with the German #4 reticle on it. It has been third pillared and bedded and a Sims pad added. Oh yes stainless and black synthetic.
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Post by tenring on Aug 18, 2006 17:19:10 GMT -5
Just an old 870 Wingmaster with a slug barrel added. Keep my shots to under 50 yards, have 48 notches on the buttstock[literaly]. 2 1/2 power Tasco on top.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Aug 18, 2006 21:37:56 GMT -5
Mossberg 695 bolt action 12 ga. I shoot Lightfield hybrids. The thing kicks like a mule, but I get really nice groups at 100 yds. Great gun. Marlin made a similar one I think. |
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Post by chicobrownbear on Aug 18, 2006 21:39:42 GMT -5
Wolfhound...
Looking real hard at the Burris fullfield series for the .223. How do you like it?
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Post by lugnutz on Aug 18, 2006 21:43:56 GMT -5
Killed a bunch with the 870,,,,,can't take the abuse anymore, last season i bought the CVA Optima Pro decked out in camo, .50 Cal, 200gr dead centers, with 100gr 777 pushing the way.. She's dead nutz 125yrds. I'll NEVER shoot a slug gun again!
Lug
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Post by bsutravis on Aug 19, 2006 2:03:07 GMT -5
Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag with a Simmons Pro-Diamond shotgun scope.
I keep 'er plugged with 3 slugs....if I can't drop it with 3, why do I need 5???
Prevent lead poisoning.......kill it with the FIRST shot!
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 19, 2006 5:07:55 GMT -5
For here an 870 wingmaster with a Hastings rifled barrel added this year (yeah those 400gr platinums are punchy). For the other states a Savage in 30-06 with a Leupold 3-9 on top.
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Post by cambygsp on Aug 19, 2006 5:51:57 GMT -5
Just an old 870 Wingmaster with a slug barrel added. Keep my shots to under 50 yards, have 48 notches on the buttstock[literaly]. 2 1/2 power Tasco on top. Dang, I had to go check my gun safe to make sre you didnt have my gun!!! |
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Post by wolfhound on Aug 19, 2006 7:18:30 GMT -5
Wolfhound... Looking real hard at the Burris fullfield series for the .223. How do you like it? I like mine a lot but they've changed production on their Fullfield II's since I bought it in 2002. They're now made in the Philippines while mine was made while they were still 100% made in the USA. I'm not sure if there's any difference. Without owning one of the newer production scopes I'm hesitant to recommend it. I keep 'er plugged with 3 slugs....if I can't drop it with 3, why do I need 5??? The extra weight will help reduce the recoil slightly. Not sure if you'd feel it though.  |
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Post by huxbux on Aug 20, 2006 17:45:34 GMT -5
870 express smoothbore with factory rifle sights for the last 30 yrs. It shoots 4" groups at 75yds. using the Rottweil Brenneke slugs. This year I'm upgrading to a rifled barrel because they quit making that load, and I've found no other that will shoot anywhere near that well in that particular barrel. If it's dry weather, the mood suits me, or it's ML season, my .50 cal. CVA Gamester, sporting a Bushnell 1.5-4.5 VP scope. That setup shoots 1" groups with a well-patched roundball. No, it won't nail 'em to the ground, but I've yet to lose a deer shot with this gun.
BTW..... The best deer I've ever taken was at the unbelievable range of........ 5 yds!
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Post by hunter480 on Aug 20, 2006 18:01:07 GMT -5
I shoot a Remington 11-87 Cantilever in 12 ga. She’s topped with a Leupold 2X7. I`ve been shooting the Winchester Hi-Impact slugs, since that`s what she really likes, but Winchester quit making them. I had found a bunch of them from a guy at work and bought them from him, but they`re not all the same lot number and they don`t seem to shoot as well. This season I`m going to try to shoot the Lightfield slugs at the range and see if she likes those.
I had been shooting a Knight MK-93, a great little rifle with a black composite thumbhole stock and a SS barrel. She really liked the Knight, (Barnes) Red Hot bullet in 250 grain pushed by 110 grains of Pyrodex Select. This year I`m trying to get a load worked up for my new Knight Disc Extreme. I have NEVER been good at working up a load for a muzzleloader, but I`m going to try shooting 100 to 110 grains of Triple Seven pushing the same Knight, (Barnes) Red Hot 250 grain sabot.
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Post by steiny on Aug 20, 2006 20:50:28 GMT -5
The question was regading deer RIFLES. For that I use a Ruger 77, all weather, 270 Win, topped with a 2x7 Leupold.
Round these parts where we're forced to use these stinkin shotguns & front stuffers, I use either a custom Savage bolt action 12ga topped with a 3x9 Leupold, or an 870 12ga, with rifled barrel and a 2x7 Leupold.
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Post by polypros on Aug 21, 2006 6:31:15 GMT -5
I usually carry a Mossy 500, but this year I will be going Encore 7mm-08 pistol or change barrels to my 50x209. with 90 grains of Goex Pinnacle pushing 250 Hornady XTP
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