Thread: Whats your rifle of choice for stalking?

Originally Posted by 308

I agree with this first post by Gamehunter - your choice of calibre isn't that important say 270,303,308,7mm08 what have you but if you stick a can on the end and cut the barrel down then that'll make more of a difference
to you and your dog's ears and over typical bush ranges then whatever has got the knockdown power will do.

You can walk in with your short gun then screw the suppressor on when doing the biz.

+1 for floor plate, I find that mags can stick out and fall out. Keep it simple

Half the trouble with budget rifles is they come with blind mags and after a few outing with others using a rifle with blind mag alot of them don't like the idea of cranking the bolt to get rounds out for safety reasons which is fair enough while I like the marlin X7 rifles I will not get another till they come out with a floor plate mag purely for the safer ability of emptying the mag, and is one of the reasons I am considering to go with a howa as my next rifle if I am to go the budget route again is because they have the floor plate mag which is far safer than working a bolt to empty a mag out while keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.