I know it's been discussed before, but I'm starting a new thread anyway and you can't stop me...
Talk to me about lever action stalking rifles.
I vowed a couple of years ago that I would treat myself to a brand new rifle and scope combination to cover every UK stalking eventuality, and that I'd get good at shooting it, and be happy that whenever I booked stalking or received an invitation, or even got asked to go and look for a fox, I'd just reach in to the cabinet and pull out the only CF in there.
So, I bought brand new Tikka T3x in 308, a brand new meopta 3-18 scope, and had my moderator Cerakoted to match the barrel of the rifle. Job done. I'll never need another rifle for anything larger than a rabbit, anywhere in the UK.
Never need another rifle.
Still, those lever actions look really cool, don't they? And I bet they'd be a lot of fun to shoot. And it's not the same as just buying another bolt action in a different calibre. And even though my Tikka has an 18 inch barrel and a slim, over-barrel moderator it's still a bit long and it's quite heavy...
You can see where I'm going with this.
I know there are a few folks on the forum using various lever action rifles for stalking. I see the 30-30 and 45-70 mentioned a fair bit. I'm not sure if there are other deer-legal chamberings in lever action flavour?
I suppose to make it worthwhile, I'd have to make it quite a specialist tool for close-up woodland stalking. I'm thinking of occasions when I've bumped deer from basically under my feet, or when you stick your head around a rhododendron and theres a deer there staring back at you! I've seen a few on US sites with either reflex/red dot sights or very small, low-mounted scopes. A few seem to prefer the long eye relief models mounted forward of the hammer.
Talk me into doing something silly...
Talk to me about lever action stalking rifles.
I vowed a couple of years ago that I would treat myself to a brand new rifle and scope combination to cover every UK stalking eventuality, and that I'd get good at shooting it, and be happy that whenever I booked stalking or received an invitation, or even got asked to go and look for a fox, I'd just reach in to the cabinet and pull out the only CF in there.
So, I bought brand new Tikka T3x in 308, a brand new meopta 3-18 scope, and had my moderator Cerakoted to match the barrel of the rifle. Job done. I'll never need another rifle for anything larger than a rabbit, anywhere in the UK.
Never need another rifle.
Still, those lever actions look really cool, don't they? And I bet they'd be a lot of fun to shoot. And it's not the same as just buying another bolt action in a different calibre. And even though my Tikka has an 18 inch barrel and a slim, over-barrel moderator it's still a bit long and it's quite heavy...
You can see where I'm going with this.
I know there are a few folks on the forum using various lever action rifles for stalking. I see the 30-30 and 45-70 mentioned a fair bit. I'm not sure if there are other deer-legal chamberings in lever action flavour?
I suppose to make it worthwhile, I'd have to make it quite a specialist tool for close-up woodland stalking. I'm thinking of occasions when I've bumped deer from basically under my feet, or when you stick your head around a rhododendron and theres a deer there staring back at you! I've seen a few on US sites with either reflex/red dot sights or very small, low-mounted scopes. A few seem to prefer the long eye relief models mounted forward of the hammer.
Talk me into doing something silly...
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