Thread: Your go to rifle

Originally Posted by Shearer

308win. I have 4 different loads for it. 168 ELD-Ms which I have taken game at 400 yards+, 160 FTX as a soft shooting bush load, 190 Sub-X subsonic load which I have shot everything from rabbits to deer with and a new 110 Maker TRex load which I have only made one kill with as yet. Keen to see how that goes over time. I just find it a very versatile rig.

Tempted for a 5th? 90gn XTP subs makes a great small game option... 4.5gn of powder (in mine) makes hardly a peep with a suppressor!

Originally Posted by Shearer

308win. I have 4 different loads for it. 168 ELD-Ms which I have taken game at 400 yards+, 160 FTX as a soft shooting bush load, 190 Sub-X subsonic load which I have shot everything from rabbits to deer with and a new 110 Maker TRex load which I have only made one kill with as yet. Keen to see how that goes over time. I just find it a very versatile rig.

interesting you have looked at 110 grain -with DOC back in eighties I was given 200 rounds of ex NZFS 110 grain .308 little stubby nosed bullet - My boss at Opotiki said the goat cullers did not like it - gave it to me to shoot some escappee goats Waioeka gorge - dropped deer well - but in my 18 1/2 barrel 788 was not nice to shoot bloody hell it was noisy ( no suppressors then ) no wonder the Goat boys Opotiki did not like it - was not pleasant to shoot at all

Me,
Kimber Adirondack in 308 running 190gr SUB-X @ 1060fps and another Adirondack in 6.5CM to push a little further.
Anyone got another caliber that they want to sell?

There's been a bit of a rejig in my rack, if it's a lone mission the dear old 1920s Mauser Oberndorf original sporting rifle "Kurz"model rebuilt in 6.5x47L still gets a walk, but it's not suppressed. Since I've been mostly hunting in company recently, if it's wallabies/goats/fallow the Schultz and Larsen Legacy in 223 gets the call, if there's the possibility of anything bigger then it's a fairly recent addition that I'm enjoying shooting a lot - a Kimber Hunter in 308.

mine has to be my 18inch 300 saum built on a defiance ruckus action , proof barrel, march scope and manners stock, load developed for 178g @ 2950fps, and we dropped a stag at 628m 2 weeks ago uptop of the tarasuas,

Originally Posted by Larskramer

mine has to be my 18inch 300 saum built on a defiance ruckus action , proof barrel, march scope and manners stock, load developed for 178g @ 2950fps, and we dropped a stag at 628m 2 weeks ago uptop of the tarasuas,

Great caliber and set up. There would be a bit of pressure on those bolt lugs?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Great caliber and set up. There would be a bit of pressure on those bolt lugs?

she does kick like a bit of a mule, but the muzzle braked suppressor helps there alot.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

interesting you have looked at 110 grain -with DOC back in eighties I was given 200 rounds of ex NZFS 110 grain .308 little stubby nosed bullet - My boss at Opotiki said the goat cullers did not like it - gave it to me to shoot some escappee goats Waioeka gorge - dropped deer well - but in my 18 1/2 barrel 788 was not nice to shoot bloody hell it was noisy ( no suppressors then ) no wonder the Goat boys Opotiki did not like it - was not pleasant to shoot at all

The 110 Makers are a machined all copper projectile, so a slightly different kettle of fish.

Originally Posted by Larskramer

she does kick like a bit of a mule, but the muzzle braked suppressor helps there alot.

I think he’s referring to how hot that load is when talking about recoil lugs not how much of a dirty little horse she is on your shoulder

Bolt lugs sorry

For something a bit old school and definitely different from the crowd, my go to is now a 358 Winchester M700. 20” barrel suppressed, was in one of my own custom walnut stocks- but about to go carbon. 200gr bullets at 2500fps give or take.

It’s the only usable centrefire I have, hence it’s the go-to

Originally Posted by Kelton

Bolt lugs sorry

No pressure signs prob at the edge though, I dropped.aboit 1gr back from the start of a semi heavy bolt lift.

Originally Posted by Larskramer

No pressure signs prob at the edge though, I dropped.aboit 1gr back from the start of a semi heavy bolt lift.

I no how well defiances hide bolt lift pressure signs haha rl17?

7x57 (top most rifle in pic)
Go to for anything that doesn't fly and bigger than a rabbit.
Even though I reload, every deer so far has been shot with PPU 140gr

Originally Posted by Kelton

I no how well defiances hide bolt lift pressure signs haha rl17?

yes sir, primers look fine, no ejector swipe etc.