OT: again deer hunting rifles

I prefer superior accuracy to multiple shots or wounded animals.

Steve

Simple. Leave the barrel on and chuck up on the squarish receiver with a four-jaw. Machine the muzzle end in a steady rest and follower rest. I did this after sawing four inches or so off the barrel. Remaining pin holes were plugged and machined smooth.

Bob Sw>> On the SKS as a POS !

"Steve B" wrote

When game hunting in a foreign country, you pay for blood. Let's say an eland is $900. If you cause any blood to be shed, you are charged $900 whether you end up bagging it or not. The economics of good guns applies in some situations.

We have a full mount Desert Bighorn Sheep in our house that my wife got. She's only one of a handful of women in the world who hold this honor. We have since donated all our African, Spanish, and New Zealand hunt animals to museums.

One shot with a .243 Savage and a not too expensive scope.

You can have accuracy for not a lot of money.

It all depends on your shooting, your wallet, and what bang you want for your bucks.

Steve

and what bang you want for

lol

That's kinda punny. :)

I just got it.

LOL

Steve

Okay, you sold me. Now I'll have to come up with the money.

hmmm, I eat too much, maybe if I take up fasting three times a week I can raid the grocery money, and still not starve to death.

tschus pyotr

So do I, however you somehow think that anything other than a sub MOA weapon requires multiple shots or leaves animals wounded.

And frankly..you are dead wrong. Shrug

Im curious though..what do you consider to be the threshold of "accurate".

Be as specific as you can.

Gunner

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

So the handful of kudus I bagged in Rhodesia with the old H. Peiffer

Odd...I could have sworn they really did. And made a marvelous series of BBQs....

Gunner

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

ayup. Works good.

And for the guy who asked what mount to put on..you can either buy an SVD mount or make a much better side mount from scratch. I detest the cover style mounts. The Scout concept, with either a red dot or very low power scope mounted forwards of the receiver is superior to any

Gunner

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

The Yogos are pretty decent and are relatively cheap these days.

Sigh..when the Russian SKS's hit the market in the 80s, I was buying a NOS SKS, and a spam can (440 rds) of ammo for $75 at the gun shows, or 4 sets for $225.

I ah er....put "several" away for rainy days over the years.

Course lots of people did. In fact..the run on 8" PVC pipe and caps was noted in the plumbing industry. Doesnt take much work with a post hole digger to make a hole deep enough to tuck things way. Course..ya got to toss some old bolts, scrap metal and whatnot around area of the the hole after you fill it in. Makes finding things with a metal detector a bit more problematic....

Along chain link fence posts was also pretty good to dig holes.....

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

Gunner, thanks, that is very useful....

I can testify to that. About ten years ago, my wife killed a deer with a single shot.

In the neck.

At ninety-five paces.

With a slug fired from a 16-ga shotgun.

I said, "Jerked the trigger a bit, didja?" She said, "Nope, that's right where I was aiming."

Me: "Why???" She: "Its chest was behind a tree." Me: "So why take the neck shot, instead of waiting? Don't you know that's a low-percentage shot?" She: "It's dead, isn't it?"

LOL. Good comeback!

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:13:07 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm, "Steve B" quickly quoth:

As other posters have said, even little girls can get one shot kills with them. Why fight the truth?

'Nuff said.

.-. Life is short. Eat dessert first! ---

Gunner wrote: !

Excellent summation, Gunner.

I paid $99.95 for my NOS Yugo last Spring.

Should bought several, they are up to $139.95 now. Less than a Ruger 10/22.

Rex

Doug, your wife is pretty cool :)

I agree. I paid more for my Russian NOS SKS, but I like it a lot.

I will check out that mount that Gunner recommended. Would be good to try out red dot scopes, also, for a change.

I put a Williams peep sight on mine, but I have yet to shoot it.