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bswiv · May 2, 2009, 05:53 PM

Concidering where I am, NE Florida, and the fact that this late in the game I get much more satisfaction from being close to my quarry than in seeing how well I can shoot a rifle at 300 yards I'd stick with my old Marlin in .35 Rem.

I've got a Rem. 700 in 25-06, had it sense I was 15 which is 37 years! Shoots very good to this day and I've taken lots of deer and hogs with it, some at less than a dozen yards, but in the last 10 or 12 years it's hardly left the safe except to have the sights checked.

The .35 Rem is more than enough for what we hunt at the ranges we shoot them. Have a Red Dot on it.

If I was in the West I'd probably have a different opinion........maybe the .25 would leave the safe more often.........

May 2, 2009, 05:53 PM	#6
bswiv Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2006 Location: NE FL....... Posts: 1,081	Concidering where I am, NE Florida, and the fact that this late in the game I get much more satisfaction from being close to my quarry than in seeing how well I can shoot a rifle at 300 yards I'd stick with my old Marlin in .35 Rem. I've got a Rem. 700 in 25-06, had it sense I was 15 which is 37 years! Shoots very good to this day and I've taken lots of deer and hogs with it, some at less than a dozen yards, but in the last 10 or 12 years it's hardly left the safe except to have the sights checked. The .35 Rem is more than enough for what we hunt at the ranges we shoot them. Have a Red Dot on it. If I was in the West I'd probably have a different opinion........maybe the .25 would leave the safe more often.........