Help, I need a new pronghorn rifle!

[Mountain Mule]

Sell a few of those pieces of 5hit and buy a nice rifle. My son bought it nice hunting rifle earlier this year. It’s a 6.5prc that shoots tiny groups with factory ammo even. It’s a hell of a good bargain for the price and checks all the boxes but lists for $1800 I think. Seekins PH3.
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Ive seen almost a hundred elk harvested in the last 3 years with Seekins PH2, I highly recommend this rifle if its in the budget. If not, go with the Tikka T3x, you wont be disappointed.

 

[D4570]

I’m an experienced and capable shooter, I’ve been shooting for over 60 years and am capable with several different weapons. Whenever I get a new firearm I take the time to master it, unless I see that it’s just not capable of doing what I require of it to begin with. I shoot, on average probably 300 rounds a month and have been doing so for years. I’m a retired Navy Gunners Mate and former Naval Gunnery School instructor. I have also worked as a professional gunsmith. I’m not saying this to toot my own horn, just to let you know that I’m not the bumbling idiot that you insinuate. I know how to shoot and exactly what it takes to make a gun shoot. No disrespect to your granddaughter but please don’t compare me to a child with limited experience.

I definitely did not intend to diminish your experience or ability. I must have missed that point in your question, sorry. I was just meaning that the time behind a trigger is as important as the trigger.

 

[std7mag]

Yes, I always check the torque on the action screws. I also check the feeding with dummy rounds. If applicable, I will remove the scope base and degrease the base screws and add a tiny bit of low strength loctite and torque those screws as well.

Checking the torque and tuning the action are 2 different things.

I've seen a lot of people torquing to 50+ inch lbs. And still have accuracy issues.

Follow the steps listed in the link I provided and you will actually see your groups open and tighten.

 

[BobT1105]

I definitely did not intend to diminish your experience or ability. I must have missed that point in your question, sorry. I was just meaning that the time behind a trigger is as important as the trigger.

No worries, sorry if I sounded harsh. By the way, thank you for teaching your granddaughter to shoot and to hunt! The young ones, especially the young ladies are our future.

 

[6mm Remington]

I should add that there is a gorgeous little No. 1B in .257 Roberts Ackley at the Lone Tree BPS that I was pawing over last night. Would be a killer pronghorn rig but the No. 1s can be inhabited by some accuracy gremlins, to my understanding.

I've heard that the #1's can be finicky but I have two 1B's and they both shoot great. I shot this 3 shot group today at the range. I've been out about every 2-3 weeks with my 1B in 30-06 shooting a few rounds just to stay sharp. I drew a Gardiner Montana bison tag, 1 of 40, and I'm sure hoping the weather is going to kick in sometime here before February 15 so I can head down to try and find a bison cow/bull. I have a Leupold fixed 4x scope on my 30-06 and this was three shots at 100 yards.

 

[MTLabrador]

A wood/blued .257 weatherby or .25-06 would be pretty sexy, but a Tikka T3X lite or hunter in .270, .243, or 6.5 PRC, or 1-8 .22-250 would be my choice for a dedicated antelope rifle. The seekins would be a good choice too.

There’s also nothing wrong with the .308 in a better rifle.

 

[Lmartin5]

I would go with the .270.

 

[6mm Remington]

A wood/blued .257 weatherby or .25-06 would be pretty sexy, but a Tikka T3X lite or hunter in .270, .243, or 6.5 PRC, or 1-8 .22-250 would be my choice for a dedicated antelope rifle. The seekins would be a good choice too.

There’s also nothing wrong with the .308 in a better rifle.

I like your thinking. The 25-06 or 6.5 PRC would both work great.

 

[Rack Daniels]

Just use your .308 that’s a “stellar performer”

First thing I thought.

 

[brockel]

Tikka 243,6.5 creedmoor,7mm-08, 6.5prc, or 270.

 

[mtmuley]

70 pages of what rifle to kill an antelope. mtmuley

 

[Hem]

70 pages of what rifle to kill an antelope. mtmuley

I think i have about $800 max in to my go-to.
Granted.

 

[Rack Daniels]

No shit. Appreciate the OPs interest in variety and “tool for the job” outlook, but there is no other “Minute of Dead”. Lol unless you plan on going military sniper from 1400 yards away and not blowing the antelope in half, but that’s not the sounds of it… besides, you are literally a professional on the gunnery topic, so asking these questions are simply in good conversation…
thank you for your service, Sir.
Good luck killing an antelope with whatever projectile you choose lol