Advice on new rifle purchase
09-22-2003, 12:44 PM
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Fork Horn
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Advice on new rifle purchase
I am going to be purchasing a new rifle soon and am interested in recommendations from the forum. I would like to get a " mountain" type rifle in .260 rem. I hunt mainly whitetail in the mountains of VA. I would also like it to be a weather beater as all we have had all year is rain and I expect that to be true this fall also. I look forward to hearing any recommendations and/or direction. Thanks for the help.
Mike
Mike
09-22-2003, 02:42 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Advice on new rifle purchase
Check the Ruger M-77' s " All Weather" Stainless w/synthetic stock.Mine has been is some nasty weather and still looks like new.I' m not sure if it comes in 260 but I believe it does. www.ruger-firearms.com
Ruger Redhawk
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09-22-2003, 02:50 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Advice on new rifle purchase
look also at the remington model 7 , it' s light weight , is available in the .260 rem. , and comes in a stainless/synthetic stock.
the model 700 mountain rifle LSS is also available in the .260 rem. , and is a stainless/laminate stck rifle
www.remington.com
the model 700 mountain rifle LSS is also available in the .260 rem. , and is a stainless/laminate stck rifle
www.remington.com
09-24-2003, 04:31 AM
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RE: Advice on new rifle purchase
what about a browning micro hunter. or the hunter series rifles? maybe in 7mm-08rem? i hunt in maine where the rain/sleet are the nrom. my medallion ( browning ) has had no probs in that kind of weather.
09-24-2003, 06:39 AM
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RE: Advice on new rifle purchase
In addition to the Remington in Model 7 and 700 SS and synthetic consider looking at Ruger' s Compact in .260 Remington. You can have it in SS and synthetic and with a barrel length of only 16.25" . Very compact indeed!
09-25-2003, 11:20 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Advice on new rifle purchase
Any of the above in the near-perfect .260 Rem will serve you very well. In fact, it would serve all of us very well, indeed, except this " magnum craze" has most of us believing we need a .338 Win mag for deer and elk!
