Sighted in, ready to go!

I haven't hunted for several years, but I still love to shoot my old deer rifle. It was my grandfather's gun, and I inherited it. It's a Winchester Model 88 lever action rifle, in .243. However, if you are unfamiliar with the Model 88, don't picture your classic Winchester lever action (Model 94, in .30-30). This gun shares more in common with a bolt-action rifle than most lever guns. Details for the curious here.

Roughly the same thing as mine, though mine is a darker finish.  It's one of my two 30-06s, though probably my lesser favorite of the two.  Both have Bushnells on them.

I use my .68 caliper...

Second story down...

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Shub wrote: I haven't hunted for several years, but I still love to shoot my old deer rifle. It was my grandfather's gun, and I inherited it. It's a Winchester Model 88 lever action rifle, in .243. However, if you are unfamiliar with the Model 88, don't picture your classic Winchester lever action (Model 94, in .30-30). This gun shares more in common with a bolt-action rifle than most lever guns. Details for the curious here.

Very nice gun.

I've been using a Weatherby Vanguard model

I used to hunt when I was younger, but don't really anymore. I never really got into it. My dad asked me yesterday if I was going with him to Michigan for deer season. I declined.

Old Winchester Model 94, I missed one this weekend though because it was already walking back into the woods when I snuck up on it.  Terrible weekend to hunt, too cold and snowing 24/7 so they all were hiding in the woods :(


There is no safety really....sort of unsafe but it shoots pretty decently!

How is that unsafe? Don't chamber a round till you need to, then keep your finger off the trigger.

This summer sees me taking to the field with a custom double .375 Holland and Holland.

KBK

Just can be unsafe when unloading the gun, which you have to keep using the lever over and over, putting the hammer into firing position, of course it's easy to pay attention to that and make sure it doesn't go off, but I hate unloading it every time...

sinisterNorth wrote: Gross Anatomy is preventing me from hunting this year, but I would be using my old Savage Arms .30-30.

How's that going for you?

We're just wrapping up the digestive system (We've passed all the difficult crap)... Nothing like smelling that Fermalidhide (s/p) and working with the corpse every other day ;)