Hunting Rifle?

[bamachem]

I have several, but my "tool" that I prefer to use the most is my HOWA 1500 chambered in 270 WIN. I stiffened the forearm via some 1/2"x1/2"x1/8" aluminum angle bar-stock and epoxy, plus I have floated the barrel and bedded the action. I topped it off with some Leupold Rings and Base, and mounted a Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14x50MM scope. After all that, I camo'd the whole thing.

On box ammo (Winchester Silver Ballistic Tips, 130gr), it will drive TACKS. It averages about 1/2" three-shot groups at 100 yards off of sand bags, and my best grouping w/ box ammo is an amazing 0.10" from the bags. Not bad at all for a sub-$1000 package!

So far, I have taken 9 deer with it, most of them head-shots. My longest head-shot to date is 201 yards, on a doe, and longest kill is 284 yards, broadside. Both of those were from a shooting house on a green field in Mississippi.

Want to show yours off? Tell your story! Don't forget to post some pics!

[bottom is mine. top is a buddies that i camo'd for him]

[Texas Jim]

Why the inner city camo job for deer? TJ

[bamachem]

inner city? lol... i hunt in the south in the winter. the woods are full of grays and browns at that time of the year and not much green...

[Texas Jim]

Bamachem, yes, that's the urban camo design it used to go hunting at night in the cities...LOL TJ and the woods in the south...lol

[bamachem]

urban camo "design"... hmmm, that's odd since i PAINTED IT MYSELF.

[Texas Jim]

What did your local sporting good store call it's design? Did you just pick colors and then paint it? Was it one of those pre laid-ed out patterns? If you just painted it it looks really good. Any SWAT guy would love to have it. TJ

[bigwapitijohnny]

I'll play. Mine is a Weatherby Ultralightweight in a 7mm Rem Mag . Scope is a Swarovski pH 3x12x50. I sent my gun to falcon gun finishing, and got a matte black ceramic finish to it (used to be fluted stainless). Anyway, I took my first bull elk 2 years ago and ever since then, I have been hooked on chasing the wapiti. [img width=800 height=600]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u38/bigwapitijohnny/4runner/IMG_0016.jpg[/img]

[randver]

i love my good old remington 870 wingmaster

[bamachem]

What did your local sporting good store call it's design? Did you just pick colors and then paint it? Was it one of those pre laid-ed out patterns? If you just painted it it looks really good. Any SWAT guy would love to have it. TJ

I literally just bought flat camo spray paints and used sticks and leaves to do reverse stenciling to do the camo in my garage.

I have a writeup on it that I'll dig up if you're interested...

[Roadrunner]

My favorite deer rifle is my Rem 700 BDL in 30.06 topped with a Leupold VX scope.