Author Topic: Need assistance with selecting a hunting rifle (Read 3121 times)

Airhead · « **Reply #165 on:** May 26, 2004, 09:11:13 AM »

Morpheus, what do you guys get for one of those wood canoes? They might be kind of heavy to lug around, but man o man they look cool.

LLv34 Jarsci · « **Reply #166 on:** October 26, 2004, 02:08:48 AM »

A little update:

I went for the 45-70 Marlin , with Aimpoint Comp red dot sight.

Never looked back since!
The gun is just perfect for our hunting ground where shooting distances are short and lots of bushes and branches spoiling your line of fire. The bullet doesn´t mind whacking through some obstacles while screaming into the target , its so heavy

Also red dot sight is just perfect under 100 m ranges.

One elk down already and my father has started using MY rifle when I´m not around , says that its better than his .308 because its breech mechanism and overall using is more user friendly than bolt action.

And also our 7 month old "puppy" is working well also, 1 elk down and going stronger every day. At first our hunting club guys said that " Oh no, puppy training, we don´t want to go with them , no game!!!"

Now its like " His dog is working well, we should take it because then we will get some action"

Lots of situations where the dog has done its job but theres no room for a shot.

SASMOX · « **Reply #167 on:** October 26, 2004, 03:03:49 AM »

Hi Jarski,

It is nice to hear that your dog working so well.

In this year I have only seen dead elks. The nearest one were about 400 meters away on my hunting post. May be i'm luckier later in this year.

We have very low numbers of elks in our area in this year and we are going to keep a little pause in hunting. We contiune our hunting after 3 weeks.

Here is some pics I took 3 week ago.

Leslie · « **Reply #168 on:** October 26, 2004, 05:21:59 AM »

Good choice Jarsci!!! Marlin levers are made for deer hunting in the woods. And the Aimpoint sight should be right at home on the Marlin.

SAX those pictures remind me of my hunting days when I was in a club. The woods even look similar, along the roads at least. Is that part of the Taiga forest where the pictures are taken?

Les

SASMOX · « **Reply #169 on:** October 26, 2004, 05:53:04 AM »

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Originally posted by Leslie
SAX those pictures remind me of my hunting days when I was in a club. The woods even look similar, along the roads at least. Is that part of the Taiga forest where the pictures are taken?
Les

Hi Les,

Pictures are taken from Finland. In the first and second pictures you can see young finnish pine forest and in the last picture you see what it looks like after 30-40 years.