Help, I need a new pronghorn rifle!
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Brian in Montana
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On threads like this, I always tend to recommend a Tikka T3X. I sold it a while back when I got into building my own, but the last pronghorn I shot was with a T3X Hunter stainless in .270 Win. Light weight and very accurate. I've had several Tikkas. They are excellent hunting rifles right out of the box.
Letthemgrow
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One of my all-time favorite factory rifle/caliber combos.
Hem
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And to think I picked mine up at a pawn shop in nearly new condition.
D4570
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Will I think... No, I can't say that. My Granddaughter is 90 pounds soaking wet and 5'3".
She is 16 now, but started big game hunting big game at 10 and gophers/varmints at 6 years. Why am I telling you about her when you're asking about a rifle? Because she has been in "training" since before that. She has perfect form when shooting; she can shoot off a bench, prone, off a backpack, bipods, and with shooting sticks.
She started with a 10/22, then a Howa Mini in 6.5 grendle, and now a Ruger American, which we rebarreled to 7mmx57AI. Over the years, she has shot maybe a thousand shells, maybe more. Most of the shooting is "Hunting." Gophers, Prairie dogs, coyotes, antelope, deer, and elk.
What I'm seeing is it's not necessarily the "Gun" or campaigning. It's how well you can shoot the gun. Trigger time. In my mind, you need to pick a gun and shoot it, not just a box, not just on paper targets. It takes work to make ANY gun shoot. I have seen her shoot a 300-yard 8"gong, she will hit it on avrage 99% of the time, in hunting situations. Off a bench, she shoots well under a half inch. Sorry for the lecture, carry on, please.
She is 16 now, but started big game hunting big game at 10 and gophers/varmints at 6 years. Why am I telling you about her when you're asking about a rifle? Because she has been in "training" since before that. She has perfect form when shooting; she can shoot off a bench, prone, off a backpack, bipods, and with shooting sticks.
She started with a 10/22, then a Howa Mini in 6.5 grendle, and now a Ruger American, which we rebarreled to 7mmx57AI. Over the years, she has shot maybe a thousand shells, maybe more. Most of the shooting is "Hunting." Gophers, Prairie dogs, coyotes, antelope, deer, and elk.
What I'm seeing is it's not necessarily the "Gun" or campaigning. It's how well you can shoot the gun. Trigger time. In my mind, you need to pick a gun and shoot it, not just a box, not just on paper targets. It takes work to make ANY gun shoot. I have seen her shoot a 300-yard 8"gong, she will hit it on avrage 99% of the time, in hunting situations. Off a bench, she shoots well under a half inch. Sorry for the lecture, carry on, please.
Dougfirtree
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That's an impressively bad streak of luck with rifles, I have to say...
noharleyyet
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.257 Wby Magnum w/92gr Hammer Hunters or 100gr Barnes TSX
Sheltowee
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The Good Lord designed pronghorn to be killed with quarterbores. I'd spend $300 on sending that .257Wby to the gunsmith for a bedding job and tune-up, then see if you can get the Weatherby loadings of the Hammer Hunters to shoot.
I'd go with a Tikka T3X in 6.5PRC if you are dead set on a new rifle.
I'd go with a Tikka T3X in 6.5PRC if you are dead set on a new rifle.
