jimbo91

So once a year, around income tax time my wife allows me to go all out on a gun that I may want that year. I buy and sell guns throughout the year, but I never really spend over a few hundred dollars. Last year I wanted an AR-15, but instead I was convinced by a friend to buy a hipoint 995ts, which I firmly regret. I spent about 600 after tax on the gun with all of the accessories, and it sits in the safe. I am determined not to be deterred again this year lol. I have 3 guns in mind that I would like some input on. The first being an AR-15. I was looking at assembling my own from parts off of palmetto state armories website. For around 900 I would have built a pretty nice rifle. The cons to an AR-15 IMO are that they are kind of costly, they are loud as hell, and other than coyote hunting, there is really no practical application to the .223 / 5.56. Pros are they are fun to shoot, and extremely customizable. My second choice would be a very nice long range / hunting rifle. I have wanted a Remington 700 for awhile now. I want one with a heavy barrel, a wood "monte carlo" stock, and an aftermarket jewell trigger. I would also buy a 4-12x40mm scope, probably a nikon or a redfield. The pros to this gun are it would be a very nice addition to my collection, and it really would be a multi purpose long range and or hunting rifle. The cons. one, I am torn between two calibers. 7mm Rem Mag, or .300 Win Mag. I hunt white tail, and we see the occasional bear around here but no one around our camp has gotten a shot. I think both of those calibers are overkill for the type of hunting I do. I am extremely interested in you guys' opinions, as I do not have much experience with either of these calibers. I have shot the 7mm rem mag, but I have never owned either. The final gun on my wish list would be a nice trap gun. I realize that is kind of broad, and the reason being I really don't know what I would buy as a dedicated trap gun. I was thinking about a baretta al391 Urika. I have shot one of these at the sportsman's club, and I absolutely loved it. Con to this gun would be that it is very expensive and would be pretty much dedicated to trap shooting. That being said, it would be used every single Thursday night, so I wouldn't just sit it in the safe. I'm not entirely sure what I'm gonna do this year, what do you guys think? What would you do and why?

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Oh ok so I can put a regular express magnum barrel on the supermagnum reciever? Ive seen those barrels, just not the super mag

Honestly I detach myself a little bit. I'm not saying I'm a monster, but I try more to focus on the victory of bagging another deer than what I'm actually doing to bag it. That being said I spend many many hours shooting guns at the range and even out of my stand in the summer. i practice different shots at different distances. I know you absolutely cannot prepare for every possible situation, but I try as hard as I can to make sure when the time comes that I have to pull the trigger on the animal, its a good shot. That being said, things happen, and bad shots are a part of hunting. My young cousin started hunting last year, and shot a young doe in the neck quite like you did. He dropped it and couldnt bare the sight of the suffering deer. He didnt want to finish it so I did. It happens. I told him to take that experience and try to learn from it. What went wrong? why? He seemed to feel a little better and then I told him just to focus on the fact that he got his first deer!

Hey guys I have a remington 870 Express Super Magnum, with a vent ribbed barrel. Are there any cantilever express super magnum barrels out there? I hav elooked and cant seem to find any.

Thats true maybe Ill jump on it sooner than next summer. I think it would definitely be a helpful scouting map after a year or so.

Im gonna have to look into that. I wanted to start plotting things this summer so that will work. thanks

Thats awesome Ive never heard of that. Is that one on the Iphone as well?

Me either. Like I said, agree that its capable...

Aside from permanents, we only have two lock on stands. We leave them up all year. We like to go out there in the summer when were down there just to see what we see. Its pretty serious, like hunting without guns lol. sometimes carry the walkies and everything

Field and stream is developing an app. From what I understand it will be called deer camp scout map. Its a little interesting. It uses GPS to let you mark scrapes, rubs, droppings, sightings and tracks and compiles a map for you to see movement patterns of deer. Its in the works but from what I've been reading its kind of innovative. Just letting you guys know.

Thats a good point. No rebuttal here. Duely noted. I agree that its capable, but less likely. I dont know. Didnt really want to initiate this kind of thread just share an opinion. Agree to disagree?

I understand that it is quite effective, and like I said some guys are deadly accurate and it is pretty impressive. Im just saying a low end compound bow will produce a faster arrow than a long bow, thus reducing the chances of jumping the bowstring and getting bad shot placement. I'm not saying that it isn't effective, didn't pioneer bow hunting, and by no means telling anyone what to do, which is why I said that it was my opinion

I love that fox mount, ive never seen that before. Definately different

^ was a joke lol just to clarify