Ok I have to know what you consider what make of rifle to be a good one for DG. I myself think a REM 700 Rifle in what ever cal you choose is fine. I really do not understand why people say a Controlled Feed rifle is better can someone explain this to me? I mean if they say a Controlled Feed does not jam I have a Ruger 77 and A Win Pre 64 that will jam once and a while if you cycle the bolt really quick so why is there a difference?

I have shot a number of buffalos, elephants and leopards with push feed rifles, and that fact never bothered me at all.

If you like the rifle and you can handle and shoot it well, go ahead and use it.

dakor, I think you have it backwards. Everyone around here usually says that the controlled feed actions are better. (I'm not necessarily in that group)

You were right I changed it.

PF vs CRF - here we go again...

Check out the bigbore forum - I think they have a recent thread (started by collins I believe) that will take you through the whole saga...

Have fun...

This is about the oldest topic in the book, and just about the most dreary.

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Come one Allen Cheer up life isnt that bad. I just asked because I am new here and I never have heard that argument before I have just read some comments over the last couple of months about the controlled Feed and just wanted to hear some reasons why it is supposed to be better. I have asked people around where I live but nobody really has a whole lot of DG experiance including myself unless you count Black Bears but I dont count them as DG and I am going on my first Brown Bear hunt next fall with my brother in law as the guide and I am going to be using a REM 700 in a 375 H&H and wanted to know why it might not be a good choice.

Allen is exactly right. If you want arguement and opinion on the subject, do a search on this site and others similar to it. It will keep you busy for days. Oh, and bring a shovel and hip waders.......



Chuck

I am sorry everyone I didnt know it was a old can of worms so to speak. I will do the research and I will have waders on.

Dakor,

You mentioned having a 375 built. Unless it is a single shot I don't think it makes a bit of difference what action it is built on as long as you are intimately familiar with it. Shoot it alot, have fun and kill a bear.

Regards,

Mark

I am building it on a Savage 112 action and thanks Mark I need all the luck I can get!

CRF Only !!

Hauptjager,

I have enjoyed the the No.1'S I've had and shot but I personally just don't consider them a DG rifle because of them being single shot. I've found the ability to deliver a quick aimed second shot to be necessary on more than one occasion. I just think that extra second it takes to load a No.1 could make a difference in the final outcome of your hunt.

Regards,

Mark

The Internet is a piss poor place to research a dangerous game rifle. Wading through cyber ghost opinions can leave you wanting if not wondering which way is up. I suggest doing a lot more footwork yourself. In my opinion, a rifle that is suitable for dangerous game is also suitable for anything else. The reverse isn't necessarily, and probably isn't, true. So all of my rifles will be built to DG specs, within reason, even though their calibre says they aren't. Personally, I have owned several guns in my young life, including Savage, Ruger, Browning, Winchester, and Remington, some off the shelf, some custom. Being a picky bugger, I haven't been satisfied with anything I've owned. Mechanical failures have left me sour and prompted searches for something better. I began to research, spending countless hours on the phone with both custom gunsmiths across North America, and individuals that have owned and used more guns than the local game club. I have also driven far and wide to visit gunsmiths in their shops to handle and shoot their wares and waded through hundreds of articles in Gazettes, Books, Magazines etc. Maybe do the same. It's a pile of fun.



Chuck

I wish people who use letters would also put the meaning in (parentheses) all of these acronyms give me a headache.



Once again I am going to ask what the �7734� does "(DGR)" mean?



BTW (By the way) If you don't know what "7734" is look at it upside down.



Also what is the big deal if a person posts a question that has already been asked? If your teacher told you that "You already asked that" how would you learn anything?



I thought we were here to help not criticize IMHO (In My Humble Opinion).

Funny it took me a wyle to get the "7734" thing! but DGR is "dangerious game rifle"

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Also what is the big deal if a person posts a question that has already been asked? If your teacher told you that "You already asked that" how would you learn anything?

I thought we were here to help not criticize IMHO (In My Humble Opinion).

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You are very right. I would also add that with new members comes new ideas and better ways of answering questions. Just my HO.

I prefer a CRF rifle. I like them a bit better.

But a PF isn't neccesarily going to let you down.

They both work. Find the rifle tht works for you, and use it...

Chuck has a good point, this can be a terrible place for research, at the same time this illustrates something else; there are as many answers and opinions in mags, books and shops, and in the end it is going to be what you have put together yourself and your own experiences that decide it all for you. My local gunshop has much different ideas about what is all right versus what my gunsmith thinks. (the gunsmith is the one with more knowledge by the way).

I guess what I am trying to say is, read up, listen to people, look at things, then just sit back, relax and do what you feel like doing!

CRF is the best though! ;-)

Red