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I will tell you had that 11-87 been purchased from the store I worked at we would have replaced that gun ourselves. There is no way we would leave a customer holding the bag for a brand new gun that would not fire out of the box. Remington would have been dealt with directly and they would have got an earful, there is no way we would have held the bag for a brand new defective gun either. The defective 11-87 would be sent back to their repair shop pronto and I bet it would have been repaired and repaired quickly, not no nine weeks. Al

Bashing Remington seems like it is the in thing to do these days and I don't get it. I have looked over the new models closely and the quality seems as good as it was when I was selling them 30 years ago on all their bread and butter arms.. Sure there are some models especially on the low end I am not too fond of but anyone that knows bolt action rifles intimately can say with pretty good certainty when it comes to the Remington 700 bolt action including today's production they have long set the standard for moderate priced production bolt action rifles. With the right ammo they will shoot as good as any and better than many. Go to a bench rest match and see what actions they are using on the firing line and also take a look at the records that have been set for decades and what was and is still winning matches today. chase0218 said "It's crazy it took them 10 years to figure out if you add another 3/8" of an inch to the rubber pad it will help with recoil." ==================================== As for their new recoil pad there is a lot more to it than just being thicker, my best analogy would be it is made from something like super memory foam. Personally I do not think it has to be quite as thick as it is. That being said if the discomfort from recoil is as bad as the OP is experiencing a 53% reduction is something worth noting. Al

Going by your stated criteria as per shoulder situation and it's problem taking recoil this is my recommendation, the full size Remington 700 CDL in 243 Winchester. You should be able to shoot this gun all day long without batting an eye.

I can not comment on the shorter barreled Guide model as I have the regular 1895 model with the longer barrel which was my Dad's and passed down to me. The accuracy on mine with Winchester factory 300 gr HPs amazed me, it shoots groups as good and better than some bolt action hunting rifles I have had. My Dad took his last deer with this rifle and I have since taken a couple myself, it is a good all around woods rifle with all the accuracy needed for that type of hunting although a little on the heavy side. I do have the 1894 mini version in 44 mag with only a 16 inch ported barrel and a regular 94 in 357 mag and they too amaze me with their accuracy. I have always been more of a bolt action guy but these Marlins have given me a strong respect for lever actions especially when it comes to accuracy. So with my experience going three for three in the accuracy department with three different Marlin lever actions I personally would have no qualms purchasing the shorter barreled model 95 Guide model for short to moderate range woods hunting, the odds are strong that Deer hunting accuracy will be there. Al

There are several factors that will determine the felt recoil, the weight of your gun, the weight of your bullets and what the butt plate is made from. If you are missing the target because of pain to your bad shoulder you should go to the mildest recoiling gun you can because if you can not hit anything with confidence you might just as well stay home. Now that being said a rifle still has to have enough power to put down a Deer reliably. I would say your best bet for relatively painless shooting and keeping you active with Deer hunting is a 243 Winchester firing 100 gr Nosler partition or a copper Barnes bullet in a full size bolt action or better yet in an autoloader with a good quality recoil pad will put down Deer with authority and have the least amount of felt recoil. Al

Yes the left controls the media and they have been hammering Trump since he announced and are still hammering away, but for all they are putting into their smear campaign it does them no good, the people of this country see right through their malarky and that is why he is President elect and folks like you are having a mental meltdown. I love it!! Al

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Depending on the manufacturer magnum primers can be slightly harder and will usually require a good hard strike to ignite them. My best guess without seeing your gun and cases is you are getting too light of a strike from your hammer with those CCI primers and why they fire on a second strike. A switch to another brand will probably solve the problem, another option if you are determined to stick with CCI is to put a heavier hammer spring in your gun to increase striking power. Al

I have hunted in public areas a lot years ago that received a ton of heavy hunter pressure, and I would hunt them completely different from an area I was hunting in when by myself. When the pressure is heavy normal Deer movement is thrown completely out the window. Deer are looking for places to hold up and hide in the daylight hours and will not move unless driven out. I would always try to identify those hideouts and the escape routes to and from them. I would sit on the escape routes in a spot where I had good visibility and wait. Through the course of the day sooner or later hunters would start beating the bush looking for those hiding Deer and my plan was always hoping I picked the right spot and those Deer trying to avoid those hunters would present me with a shot as they tried to slip away. I had some pretty good success using that method. Al

Not a chance!!! Voted in a lot of elections and I have never been so happy and elated as the outcome of this one especially for hunters and shooters! Al

The scope is moving because the rings are not tight and it could be a problem because for all you know the scope could have made a big move on the last shot you took. I know it will be a pain in the ass but I would not wait. I would remount the scope immediately and resight, better be safe than sorry because it is never too late to correct a known problem. Al

I believe there is a big difference between shooting someone involved in peaceful protests and those involved in liberal riots!

Through the years I have seen and read many articles where various gun writers would set up experiments and shoot at targets through a maze of simulated brush conditions trying to find an answer to the brush buster question. From what results I have seen there is no caliber or bullet type that will reliably fly true to the target after hitting any brush type material. Hitting brush or anything like it upsets the flight and causes bad wobble of the projectile. Once that happens predictability goes out the window. After conducting these experiments the writers all recommended precision shooting through an opening in the brush instead of trying to bust through it because from what they saw there was no such thing as a true brush buster. On a personal note on a moose hunt I fired a shot at a distance of about 75 yards with a 7MM Rem Mag at a nice bull, I took a heart lung shot as he was going through some fairly thick brush. At the shot he turned and started away from me in the opposite direction which provided me with an open shot at his neck which I took and it dropped him on the spot. When we took off his hide we found the first shot had hit some brush and keyholed, it was found just under the skin almost in perfect condition. For me it is best to wait for a open shot if possible if that does not happen try to find that good opening in the brush that offers a clear bullet path and have a gun that you are confident in so you can pull it off. Al

The areas I hunt I get to know pretty well so actual distance never much came into play as long as I thought I could get any Deer I happened to be lucky enough to take out of the woods by myself if need be. I try to evaluate the weather (mostly wind) and the hunter pressure of an area I hunt and will head to a place in my mind that will provide me with the best chance of seeing a Deer in range to take a shot. Sometimes it could be a fairly close walk, other times I would take a hike. Al

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I am a big time rimfire shooter and do a lot of shooting and as anyone who has tried to purchase 22 ammo knows that even if it could be found the prices have been ridiculous the past eight years. I always bought it when it was available and cut down on my shooting so I had enough to last through these dark days. Well hopefully it is time for the good times to roll again. I picked up 300 rounds of CCI mini mags at the Runnings store for $6.99 a hundred (I paid $9.99 a week ago), a price I have not seen in a good long time and there was plenty in the case to be had. Happy days appear to be here again, I wonder why? LOL Al

My biggest pat on the back for for getting out the board's Republican vote goes to our own member "UPTOWNREDNECK", he should have been on Trump's payroll. Nobody on this board did a better job of firing up the Republicans here and sending them to the polls, from me to you a well deserved congratulations and thank you uptown. Al

Looking at the photo of your rifle it appears to be a very nice fast handling sporter that will make a great Deer killer. I have several high magnification scopes and some have a large objective lens but they are all on varmint rifles or target guns for which I use for very long range shooting at small targets like Chucks, Crows and Squirrels along with some precision target shooting. For me I would want to keep with the theme of the rifle and mate it a quality fast handling scope with some magnification but not too much and a big field of view with good eye relief. As I have written here several times I am a huge Leupold fan and especially the 2X7 for most big game hunting. The Leupold scopes are bullet proof quality, fog proof, recoil proof and accurate adjustments along with a lifetime guarantee that is actually backed up, your Leupold will never let you down when it is needed most. I know there are plenty of scopes to choose from some cheaper and some a lot more expensive but I can tell you with certainty when the dust settles that little 2X7 Leupold will handle 99.9% of any Deer hunting situation you will ever throw at it here in NY. Al

She is intent alright, we had a tug of war just before the wife snapped the photo, if you take a close look she has a mouthful of wing feathers. Al

Took my young female Airedale Harleigh out after Pheasants this morning and had no luck with them but Harleigh did make a nice locate and flush of a Grouse, her first, and also made a decent recovery and retrieve. Al

Had the exact same thing happen to me with a Caribou standing out in the open at about 50 yards eating, I let him have one with a 338 Winchester Mag and he just stood there and continued eating, I thought I had to have missed. I was about to give him another one and I could see him in the scope start to get shaky in the legs and all of a sudden he dropped. Al

The one certainty when a Deer is hit with a well placed shot with a decently constructed bullet or arrow head is that it is going to die. The big uncertainty is their reaction after the shot, using Forrest Gump's analogy "Shooting a Deer is like a box of chocolates, you never know how they are going to react" would not be a stretch. Almost every Deer I have ever taken has been targeted and hit in the heart-lung area just behind the front shoulder with a wide variety of hunting weapons and some of the reactions to those shots can and have varied widely. Many dropped in their tracks, some humped up a stumbled a few steps and keeled over while others would make a dramatic death sprint anywhere from a few to several hundred yards even though they were shot in the identical place with the same gun and same bullet at the same range, crazy ain't it? The most amazing feat of tenacity was a small four point buck I shot at a distance of less than 20 yards with a Marlin 95 45-70, a cartridge that played a large part in decimating the American Bison which will easily weigh over 1000 lbs, yet this 125 lb Deer hit perfectly behind the front shoulder sprints several hundred yards through the woods before dying. What makes that even more puzzling is the year before with the same rifle and almost the same distance I nailed a similar 6 point buck hitting him in the exact same spot behind the front shoulder, yet he drops where he stood. The point of all this is for a young hunter that may give up too early, if the crosshairs-sights were on the right spot when your gun went off remember they all do not drop in their tracks and that even though they make make one of those ungodly long sprints that seems impossible to do that Deer is going to be dead somewhere. It maybe tough to find sometimes but it can be found with persistence. Al

For me there is nothing like a good snow cover that has been on the ground for several days, it can really provide some valuable info to read about how when and where they have been traveling within an area. Don't look like that is going to happen any time soon. Al

You made the right decision and will not regret it, sounds like a nice scope, good luck. Al

Good choice, good caliber and a fine looking rifle to boot. Now mount a nice Leupold 2X7 on her and you will be all set. Al