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Originally Posted by chuck
Its great that we prepare to lay prone and lay low any trophy that dare show his face inside 500 yds. But what about the buck that jumps up at your feet? Unfortunately many of today's hunting rifles tend to be heavy, wear long braked barrels (ear plugs are now needing to be stuffed in your ears), have scopes with pie plate objective lenses that require high mounting, and carry turrets and focus knobs protruding everywhere. These types of rifles tend to handle like overweight vaulting poles, point like a bag of bricks, and are as lively in the hands as a VW beetles right rear tire. Great. Many are not only over gunned, they are over rifled.
Sight in your rifle how you will hunt and then use it that way in practice.
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Agreed. My 7 has a 26" barrel but it's a light gun. All my other rifles are 22". No scopes above max 9 power and my favorite would be the VX-3i. Compact and light with decent glass.
Haven't taken a shot at any big game animal from other than a standing position in probably 25 years. If I'm thinking the sling comes into play.