Why do you shoot what you shoot?

Jack - On a quick over view I suppose your right. This was intended to be a discussion on the reasons you like your particular type of fire arm and why you've gone the way you have in your firearms choice. The origional question was not crafted well and for that I take the blame. But, heres a for instance of what I was driving at. Mauser likes German based rifles and actions, with all the quality actions available today why a German action?
 
The craftmanship for one thing, the value of the per war actions, many of the big name gun builders have made some very fine rifles from the per war actions. There is nothing wrong with todays actions and a lot of them have the mauser influnce in thier design. The German work enthic before WW11 was for the best craftmanship possibly. Roy Weatherby built many of his origal high quality rifles on Mauser actions,John Browing made rifles on the mauser,Rigby another one, I just like them and the per 64 is close behind Mauser If it works don't fix it
 
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This is a general gun question:
Tell me why you shoot the type of gun you shoot the most?




"Beware the man who shoots one rifle and knows how to shoot"
I have one rifle for general purpose shooting. It started out as a Remington LTR rifle in 308 Win. caliber. I had it re-barreled to 260 Remington and use it for everything from hunting to tactical shooting to pure target shooting.
I know that rifle inside and out and what it will do from one week to the next. My come-up's are verified and memorized out to 1000 yards for both Winter and Summer condition locally as well as for up in the mountains at 6500 ft. elevation. It weighs about 8 1/2 pounds field ready and has a superb Leupold M3 scope 3.5-10X that was designed for field use by the military.
Mostly, I have confidence that the rifle will do it's part to get a first round hit on just about anything I care to pull the trigger on.
 
Wow, quite the question. My answer is not as simple as some. My current coyote gun is a Heavey barrel Savage 110 with a laminate stock chambered in 22-250. I shoot it becuase I'm confident in using it. I am in the market for a new Winchester Coyote lite in 22-250. My Savage will be retired for praire dogs only. When going after deer my Win model 70 classic in 30-06 comes out of the safe. If I'm hunting something smaller, a Ruger 77 in 243 will go with me. I shoot semi-competitive trap using a Browning XT Trap over/under. I shoot this because I'm good with it. In the field, my Browning Auto-5 is the only one. I have many others, but these same guns are the ones that go with me time and time again. Last year for Dove hunting I bought a Franchi over under 20 gauge. Sweetest little think you ever seen, I loved to hold it, loved to look at it, loved to talk about it, problem was, I hated to shoot it. I wanted my Auto-5 back in my hands. The reason I grab these guns is simple, I have confidence in my ability to shoot them and usually hit what I'm aiming at. Usually, being the key word. A few years ago I missed a Coyote at 35 yds with my 30-06, shot 4 times. Hmm, I'm still teased about that one.
 
A while ago I was hunting with a fellow that said with great confidence, "I've never missed a coyote". Fairly quickly and without fully thinking about it I said, "That means that you haven't shot at many coyotes." As it turned out I was right. But he was a good guy and we were friends through the club we both belonged to for many years until he dropped out and we lost touch. If we never miss, we are just killin'.
 
I've never missed a coyote either! I miss my family and friends and even my daughters dogs sometimes, but I've never a missed a coyote. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I will admit to hitting rocks, sand, dirt, bushes, etc., while pointing my rifle in the (too) general direction of a coyote. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
My first rifle was handed down to my father who handed it down to me it is a single shot rolling block Rem Mod 4 in 22. I learned a lot about shooting with that rifle like how important shot placement is, and realizing that one shot is often all that one will get in most cases. From there I got my first deer rifle which was a Marlin 30/30 that I still deer hunt with from time to time. Then I got into bear hunting and bought a used Ruger 77 .300Mag for a song at a local gun show. The rifle was right handed and I'm left handed, so after several seasons I finally replaced it with a left handed version. This rifle has accounted for more than a few dead bear. I bought a Rem mod 700VSF not quite a year ago and it shoots great although could use a little trigger work so I guess it's not my favorite yet. For christmas last year Santa brought me a 25-06 barrel for my TC Encore for Christmas so it remains to be seen whether it will be a winner or not. I like to keep things simple and still love single shot rifles, although many cuss them for a multitude of reasons. I just love single shot rifles and have a particular fondness for the Ruger No.1 rifles. I bought one in .270Win several years ago and it has definitely become my go torifle. It has proven very repeatable accuracy to me, I know others will say that there is just to many problems with the forearm on these rifles,but that is just not the case with mine. So to answer you question why do you shoot what you shoot, I say Ruger No.1 in .270Win because it provides a challenge to make that one shot count much like the old Rem mod 4,I learned on and it's dead accurate as long as I do my part.
 
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