Just got back from deer hunting (warning - dead deer pics)

[gunner]

dastier,

the K98 can be good shooters as Dan wrote. With a good selfmade ammo and heavy bullets they will work somtimes excellent. I use a SK scopemount on my LE so it isnt ruined. The lever action rifles are here very rare to see with hunters. The most hunters over here are very conservative. They hate to use synthetic stocks for some idiotic reasons. For me the synthetic stocks are very good, no problems with rain, scratches and they are cheap. They cost, depending on the maker appr. $500 -$600. Some of the wooden stocks are at $ 1400 and if you have a very high quality stock you have to pay $ 2000 and more. My gunsmith has a Blaser R93 with a luxury stock for $ 36.000 !!! So take this rifle, go hunting and be afraid with every movement to scratch that stock ! Must be funny. They also hate Rifles that dont look like a hunting rifle like semi auto`s. If you use this here, nobody will talk with you. I also use a Blaser R93 in .308 win. This straight pull rifle is a good choice. You can hold your target and load it again. I made more than 1000 rounds with it and had no problems. And the company is around the corner. The EoTech with the 3x power magnifier is a very good sight, but very expensive $ 900 -$ 1000.

Best Regards

Gunner

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[dastier]

Thanks gunner,

My other hunting rifle is a Tikka T3 Lite in .270WSM - synthetic stock, scoped with a Nikon Monarch 3.5-10X. Its very accurate but where I'm hunting these past seasons, too much gun and the scope is too much magnification.

The Savage 99 is scoped low power in Leopold rings but they're not quick release. Sometimes I wish I didn't have the scope for taking shots at close deer that are running - I can't follow them in the scope when they're too close and then loose them in the bush. The XCR with the 552 would enable me to follow the deer as they run and take quick shots. Being a semi would give me the fasts follow shots. The flip to side magnifier would give a bit more reach when taking a static long shot.

The XCR would also allow me to participate in carbine/military fun shoots. Right now I don't own anything suitable and have to borrow my friend's AR15.