Thread: Short deer/pig/goat rifles for the tight stuff (lets see em)

Here's a couple of zastava, top one is a grendel, bottom a 223 in a youth stock. Both have barrels around 14 inch

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I used to hunt with a 24 inch 308.

Didn't find it hard but did get caught up with the crap a lot.

I have a few 20 inch factory rifles and that seems like a nice compromise.

My next rifle will be chopped short though.

Originally Posted by hillclima

Here's a couple of zastava, top one is a grendel, bottom a 223 in a youth stock. Both have barrels around 14 inch

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Deadly!!! Cute pup, Viz?

Yep he's a wire haired vizsla

Yeah the grendel is great to carry

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Originally Posted by berg243

how is velocity from that grendel? looks pretty handy.

2400 with the 123g so pretty good for a short barrel

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Originally Posted by 7.62

These are both non-compliant with @Gibo ‘s strict eligibility criteria (their barrel lengths are above 18”), but to hell with the rules, these are what I use in the bush! 308 top, 243 bottom

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How do you decide which one to take?

Here are mine

Howa 7.62x39 with DPT supressor and DIP bottom metal - main wallaby gun (swapped for 'evil semi' before the confiscation)
Marlin 1894 44 mag with 16 inch barrel (i bought it like that).

Cheers

Originally Posted by Basenjiboy

Here are mine

Howa 7.62x39 with DPT supressor and DIP bottom metal - main wallaby gun (swapped for 'evil semi' before the confiscation)
Marlin 1894 44 mag with 16 inch barrel (i bought it like that).

Cheers
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I have a hankering for a nice old lever. Hows that old girl shoot?

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Better that i can hold with the iron sites - i can keep all 7 rounds on an A5 at 100 yards.

Shoots like a laser at 100m.

Zastava .308x39 15.5" barrel



Desert Tech SRS 19" lightweight fluted 6.5 Creedmoor




Zastava 13" .22 Grendel barrel




CZ 527 6.5 Grendel 14.5" barrel




CZ 527 varmint .22 TCM 16" barrel

Originally Posted by Larskramer

Shoots like a laser at 100m.

Drool. .....er, ahem...

What caliber Browning, X boltish?

Originally Posted by Shearer

How do you decide which one to take?

I flip a coin

The 243 is for meat hunting when I’m targeting smaller bodied animals (red yearlings/spikers, or fallow). The 308 is for anything else (stags in the roar, or open country where longer shots might be required). I used to meat hunt with a 223 but replaced it with the 243; some situations that were marginal or off the table for the 223 are completely doable with the extra punch of the 6mm, it’s a good little round!

Originally Posted by Larskramer

Shoots like a laser at 100m.

So fire it in the general direction, and walk it on to target?


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Originally Posted by Wingman

Zastava .308x39 15.5" barrel

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Desert Tech SRS 19" lightweight fluted 6.5 Creedmoor

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Zastava 13" .22 Grendel barrel

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CZ 527 6.5 Grendel 14.5" barrel




CZ 527 varmint .22 TCM 16" barrel

Like the Grendel. Verry nice.