05-28-2009, 03:08 PM
Rounding up a lot of past gun talk:
Essentials are coming down to
1. Shotgun
2. Rifle
3. Sidearm
I'm pretty clear on which shot guns and hand guns I like now (I've been shooting 12 gages and I'm going to try out more handguns at the range).
For the shotgun: Remington 870 or Mossberg 500
For the sidearm: Glock 17 or Sig P226
For the rifle: ???
Thudz/Anyone
Help me digest some of what I'm reading at the Weatherby, Remington and Bushmaster sites. What are your recommendations for rifles? The primary purpose would be long range hunting, i.e. the animal can't even smell me from that far away. I want to be able to add a scope, take down big stuff, i.e. deer and larger (assume I'll be hunting little stuff with the shotgun), and have a rifle that's not too expensive.
The rifle Thudz posted doesn't seem to be made anymore (at least by that name) on the Weatherby site and I assume that's a really expensive one anyway.
Thoughts?
Essentials are coming down to
1. Shotgun
2. Rifle
3. Sidearm
I'm pretty clear on which shot guns and hand guns I like now (I've been shooting 12 gages and I'm going to try out more handguns at the range).
For the shotgun: Remington 870 or Mossberg 500
For the sidearm: Glock 17 or Sig P226
For the rifle: ???
Thudz/Anyone
Help me digest some of what I'm reading at the Weatherby, Remington and Bushmaster sites. What are your recommendations for rifles? The primary purpose would be long range hunting, i.e. the animal can't even smell me from that far away. I want to be able to add a scope, take down big stuff, i.e. deer and larger (assume I'll be hunting little stuff with the shotgun), and have a rifle that's not too expensive.
The rifle Thudz posted doesn't seem to be made anymore (at least by that name) on the Weatherby site and I assume that's a really expensive one anyway.
Thoughts?
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