Thread: Whats your rifle of choice for stalking?

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This is what i use in the Kaimais. Open sights, short strap.
None of the really helps cause in not very good at hunting, but at least I look cool

From reading this it seems like get anything you want cause they all go bang.

308 Remington, because it's light and cheap. Had 6.5 for years and I shot a shit load of deer and the odd pig,1 was 218lb, and most were 1 shot kills. Only reason why I sold it, was because I needed a wheel barrow to carry it around in the bush.

Ive got a howa 308 with a can on it and it a pleasure to shoot.

Either of my .270's or my 30-06. These days it is lightness that counts for me so the Savage 30-06 with synthetic stock tends to be taken.

I never quite understand as to why the weight [lack of] a rifle is so important when the general idea is to shoot an animal that weighs far more than any rifle...this animal will be carried for many hours and at the end of it only the meat and maybe the skin will be kept. Take a look at what is thrown away at the end of the hunt and one wonders why we dont just bone out in the bush.

Originally Posted by Spook

I never quite understand as to why the weight [lack of] a rifle is so important when the general idea is to shoot an animal that weighs far more than any rifle...this animal will be carried for many hours and at the end of it only the meat and maybe the skin will be kept. Take a look at what is thrown away at the end of the hunt and one wonders why we dont just bone out in the bush.

Ido but if its not too far all the offcuts etc are good for sausages

Originally Posted by Gibo

Ido but if its not too far all the offcuts etc are good for sausages

I was actually meaning head, skin, legs below the joint, bone, the munched up part where the bullet went.

I lost deer last year, plastered her point blank at the base of the neck with a .270 in thick scrub, she run a good coupla hundred yards (didnt find her till a week later).

Dont even ask me about my experience with .243

In my opinion bush stalking means when you pull the trigger you want the bugger to drop on the spot and that means the bigger the bullet the better.

I now use a 700 .308 with either barnaul 160gr sp (that lead is soft as shit an melts like butter on impact) or fiochi 163gr hp (the hp says it all)

yes blah blah shot placement an all that jazz but end of the day a big bullet will fly straighter through scrub and impact with more energy.

Originally Posted by Spook

I never quite understand as to why the weight [lack of] a rifle is so important when the general idea is to shoot an animal that weighs far more than any rifle...this animal will be carried for many hours and at the end of it only the meat and maybe the skin will be kept. Take a look at what is thrown away at the end of the hunt and one wonders why we dont just bone out in the bush.

when time permits this is a good option but if you shot one in the arvo it dosnt always allow time to bone out.

Kimber Montana 708 chopped with a can and a March 1-10. Light, quiet, short, goes bang.

Originally Posted by Low box

Kimber Montana 708 chopped with a can and a March 1-10. Light, quiet, short, goes bang.

What is a March 1-10?

Originally Posted by Gamehunter

What is a March 1-10?

A scope

I think it is time the forum did a 'newbies" rifle build...six or eight barrels [all different] mounted gattling style or a special rifle and backpack having at least eight interchangeable barrels, four interchangeable stocks, multiple suppressors, at least ten scopes, six different slings and a couple of bipods.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

when time permits this is a good option but if you shot one in the arvo it dosnt always allow time to bone out.

That's why we all have [or should have] LED headlamps in our day bags