I have a 1 in 7.5 twist barrel for my .25-06 and I recommend it. The lighter bullets are super accurate and the Berger 135 grain are .25 moa with my kreiger barrel.
I've had good success with 2-7 power scopes. Lots of them available. You're exactly right. Carry it on a low power setting, so you can find a target quickly. Plenty if magnification for a short shot. If presented with a longer shot that wants more magnification, there's plenty of time to crank it up.
I bought my first LH Savage 110DL 7mm mag in 1970 when I was 14. This rifle has taken dozens of Elk, Antelope, and deer over the years. In 1970 that was my only bolt action choice. Over the years I have obtained other LH Savages, Browning X Bolts, and a Heym SR20 375 H&H. I have several Ruger #1s. My favorite and potentially last Rife is a Thompson Encore Pro Hunter. I love that rifle!! My go to Rifle for plains game in South Africa,anything in New Zealand, and beyond. Craig Boddington is my LH Hunting Hero.
With the left handed shooting bit, I think it’s important for people to know that you should shoot based on your dominant eye, not your dominant hand. I know plenty of lefties who shoot right handed because their right eye is dominant. I also a know a guy who is right handed who shoots left handed because his left eye is dominant. It’s easier to retrain your hands to shoot a certain way than it is to retrain your eyes, generally speaking.
I am one of those people that is right handed but left eye dominant. I can shoot either way but left handed is more natural to me and I've used right hand bolt guns all my life and it's no problem. I wouldn't know how to shoot a left handed rifle. As a matter of fact I usually shoot a rifle left handed but a handgun right handed.
I have 2 sons. One left handed/right eyed and one right handed/left eyed. My righty shots a Browning A Bolt in 7mm-08 that is a left handed gun and my lefty shots a Ruger#1 in 300 Weatherby magnum.
My little boy is right-hander but left eye dominant. He is only 6 so I have time to work with him. He aims much better left-handed but really doesn't like it. Any advice?
My grandfather and brother both are leftys shooting right handed rifles and both are fast and accurate, my grandfather passed in 2019 but neither would reach over top to grab the bolt just hold the rife against their shoulder with their left and cycle the bolt with their right hand. I always wondered seeing people reach over top as to why they did it that way,
yep my dad too he just never even bothered to try and find a left bolt or whatever and taught himself to shoot right. Fishes right too even though it is a lot easier to find left handed reels for fishing than say, a left extracting lever action or a left bolt but he still shoot his shotguns lefty. But he isn’t naturally ambidextrous either so it is fun to watch him.
@@markchapman2585 I'm lefty/right eye dominant. I have no trouble with side by sides. I learned early to shoot with both eyes open and it made all the difference in the world.
@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Really that's awesome. I never shot a side-by-side before. I'm trying to use both eyes but my left still more dominant. Was it hard training both eyes.
Lefty rifles that are common, mostly on the used market.Remington 700, savage 110, Winchester has made a few left handed bolts, Ruger no.1 is a fabulous rifle for leftys, Heym made some nice left handed rifles, Zastava model M70 is a great Mauser action that’s made in a left hand bolt that’s still available new in a lot of cool calibers, they are out there!! Good luck
I'm left eye dominant and ruger makes both the m77 mark2 , and variants of the ruger American, tikka makes a damn fine rifle in left hand as does sako, savage makes almost all levels of thier bolt guns left handed, cz used to make leftys but they quit so f
Ron thanks for the great info as usual.i will say that I do love Leopold 1 .5 x5 scope and I do keep mine at 1.5 the reason super fast target acquisition and target and crosshairs are in one plane plus the wide field of view.if I'm hunting a open area I turn the magnification up.awesome work keep it up
Hello friends , 25-06 with 117 to 120 Gr nosler partition bullets with modern powder will within reason do whatever it is you want , don’t get caught up in the hype of faster, twist barrels, so you can shoot 130 grain bullets, stick with what you have and use the bullets suggested as you reload , you’ll love it ! PS. All this hype is about selling product that you dont need !
I found some 150 grain .224 bullets. I load them in the Goesboom. The powder is 223 grains of Hodgdon 50bmg. It takes a 1:3 twist for those necked down 50bmg cases. I don't know how fast because the muzzle blast tore open my chrony.
Thank you Ron. I really enjoy your content. I wish I could hunt with you. I'm an old 30-06 guy. I have been taking game, nearly everything large that I have had the opportunity over the last 40 years, with a 30-06. I shoot a 6.5CM for my long range target shooting, though. Any game I take in the future I will probably take with my 30-06.
My grandfather was left handed and was an avid deer Hunter. His favorite gun was the Reminder pump action 244. That was much better than a bolt gun made for right handed people.
It might be useful for some to know that the whole purpose behind the 360 Buckhammer was to make an effective levergun cartridge that can be used in the States that require "straight-wall cartridge with a case no longer than 1.8 inches." Of course, many traditional levergun cartridges like the 35 Rem and 30-30 are bottle-necked, but many straight walled cartridges like the 375 Win, 444 Marlin and the old faithful 45-70 have cases that are too long. I suspect that Ron will do a review of the 360 Buckhammer and will cover this eventually.
My dad was whitetail hunting with his number one 30-06. He had his scope on 9x because he was using it to look at deer. On his walk back he saw a beautiful 10 point buck. He says he just put the brow in the scope in the general area of the lungs and fired. He did not get it. Since then he has always kept his scope on 4 power
For all the lefty shooters, savage is king for options. Ruger and others do have some options. As far as shotguns go with mossberg 500 or browning bps. The tang safety is awesome. Some double barrels also have tang safety. I'm a forced southpaw, very limited vision in my right eye, but I'm right-handed. One bonus to consider; when bird hunting you can take the right side and your buddy the left of a piece and have a more natural swing to the outside that way.
My choice for a rifle scope is a 2 to 10 power. Barrel length 24 inches. Caliber anything using an 06 case (my preferences 25-06 with 100 grain bullet, .270 with a 140 grain bullet and 35 Whelen with a 180 grain bullet. Very excited about experimenting with longer bullets for the 25-06 and the .270. Play time!!!!......lol
Ron, if you don't like "a big, heavy 12 gauge" get a smaller one, or even a 20. Still love my tiny little lightweight H and R single shot for the limited shotgun deer hunting I do. We all love precision, but if we manage expectations, a 6" circle is all you have to hit. Close range is the name of the game anyway. Mod choke and regular rifled slugs work fine inside 100 yards.
If you want to use long 257cal bullets you might as well get a 264cal. The twist rate is right and they already have plenty of long for caliber bullets.
Hey Ron, as far as the 25 cal bullets go for the fast twist barrels out there give Patriot Valley “Cayuga” is a solid hunting bullet at 117 gr the BC is really high if you haven’t checked those out they’re pretty cool. Same with Badlands Precision Bulldozer 2 and Hammer has a 130 grain. Give them a try in your 25-06 AI and let us know what you get for velocity and accuracy!
@@jerrymartin5100 of course he did 🙄 because it's a video about 25/06 that makes perfect sense. " next week on Fudd hour ....why the 270 is better than 17 hmr".
@@jerrymartin5100 yeah that's sounds about right for an rso video these days. " let's talk about 30-06 vs 12 gauge * Title reads " 6.5 grendel for squirrel ".
The 12 GA shot gun is plenty capable for deer inside 75 yards. It tends to spoil more meat than smaller rifle rounds in my own experience. The OLD weaver K3 rifle scope has put more meat on the table and in the freezer than any other scope. Its a fix power scope and has never let me down.
My HR single shot 12ga with hvy rifled barrel and scope will shoot 3" groups at 200 yds with modern sabot slugs and will absolutely knock a deer off their feet with a high shoulder placement, and kill them dead as a stone if you hit them in the breadbasket. As a kid we killed deer out to 50 yds with 00Buck out of smoothbore guns, but technology mandated by shotgun only zones in Canada, and many Midwestern States until recently allowed shotguns to reach out and take deer cleanly at ranges far beyond what was reasonable with the old foster slugs, or even rifled slugs and a bead sight. The extended range of modern shotguns/ammunition is the reason that many Midwestern States are now allowing rifles of specific calibers to be used for deer hunting.
I was lucky because I bought 72-73 year model Remington 700 bdl 30-06 in 1988 and then a Winchester model 70 270 win pre 64 ( found out later it was made about 1961) in early 2000s that both shot accurately with factory ammo, and they are beautiful rifles in every way. The BDL I had floated as well as bedded, put a better adj trigger on it and with 165 accubond hand loads it shoot .75 groups at 100 yards. The model 70 was bought because loved OConnor hunting stories and well it has to be in the safe beside a bookcase full of his books and stories. Great content
Hey Ron, something to think about with left vs right handed rifles, is which eye is dominant. I have several friends who are left handed, but right eye’d, and shoot better right handed because it is their sight picture which determines how well they shoot, not handedness.
I’m left handed but right eye dominant. I can shoot both, but mostly prefer to shoot righty due to the eye dominance issue. It’s rare to meet a left who is actually left eye dominant also.
Aussies- apologies on my ignorance or if my information is really skewed to one side of the “aisle”…. but i had totally thought that the Aussie politicians had totally taken away all yall gun rights and hunting rights or had made it cost-prohibitively difficult? Well I am glad to hear people are still hunting in Australia.
Ive had a bit of a problem with to much power on my scope. I use to have really good eye sight but welding messed it up. In my welding I would look at every little thing in a weld puddle. Which makes me want to be able to count the hairs on an animal. I have a 56 power target scope on my rifle. I need to learn and use the lower powers especially in AZ. The heat waves are nuts out here. Thanks for the advice this will help.
I think the 25-06 being able to use longer and heavier bullets is going to be a game changer! I agree with you Ron on the 7.5 or 8 barrel twist and have been pondering that before I built one. Now that I know you are building one I'm going to let you be the Guinea Pig........lol. Anyway, can you imagine having a rifle that can be loaded from around 90 to 180 grain bullets and having it shoot good across that spectrum? Is there such a thing as one gun does it all? Maybe.
Hunted deer with Slugs in Southern Michigan for 40 years. I used a 20ga with Sabots for the last 15 years and made several 200 yard kills but now that we can use straight wall rifle cartridges, I switched over to the 460S&W Magnum.
One of my favorite scopes is my Vortex 2-7X32 Crossfire II!! I have it on my muzzleloader and its great! I Usually leave it on 3. It's not super big or heavy so it would be an excellent choice for you! Great price and even better quality! Unlimited lifetime warranty.
There are some very good alternatives for left handed shooters. Pump actions, lever actions, brake actions and semi autos. All of which can be found in very accurate versions and large variety of calibers. One example is the Browning BLR which can be found from 308 up to 300wm and quite accurate.
You have the issue that spent (hot) brass ejects back and to the right. Nothing quite like getting an ejected shell down your shit. There's a reason southpaws had brass deflectors for the M-16 series.
7:54 I think a straight 4 or 6 power is perfect for anything under 300 yards. also no need for the huge optics that 50mm glass doesnt necessarily give you a wider view. a straight 4X32 or 6x32 is plenty for most hunts.
pretty sure Texas still has an open but short Mulie season. Problem there is good mulies and good pronghorns in Texas are about 500 miles apart even if it’s all still in Texas😂 Dalhart to Alpine! Haha so I might be wrong but that is what I remember about it. Of course it could have changed over the years.
correction to myself i checked the season dates…. didn’t know the pandhandle had a mulie season too like far west Texas does. So correcting myself because one could in theory head out to Dumas and get a pronghorn and a mule deer. Interesting!
Love the podcasts I’ve listened to pretty much all of them now. For options on left handed rifles browning makes the xbolt and the a bolt, tikka makes the t3 sako has some models in left hand, Christensen arms mesa, Bergara in the b14, savage 110, ruger makes the 10/22 the American and scout and weatherby makes the mark v as well. These are the ones I know of being a south paw from north. 🇨🇦
All my scopes live at 4x and rarely move up or down regardless of distance. I like consistency more than magnification. In fact, with an AR platform, I’ve used a 4x Acog out to 700 yards just plinking steel.
I'm a lefty extraordinaire and I've mostly traded off the right hand rifles for left hand bolt actions and the ambi leveractions. It's made a difference to the good for me. Ruger if you reading this please bring back the Compact Magnum Hawkeye in lefty 308win again. That version of the Hawkeye in blue and stainless is about the perfectly proportioned rifle. Bring it back to us lefties in 308win, 6.5creed, maybe 243 at least in some limited runs and ill quit calling you out. I'll purchase 2 of them.
Hey Ron here lately the gun ads I've been seeing have been for left handed mark v vanguard weatherbys I don't know what all calibers they're offering but I'm sure they offer the most popular ones
@@blueduck9409 , my son runs an old K3 with a post and crosshair on his left handed .270. I like that scope and have a newer Weaver with that reticle on a .257 Roberts.
As for a 1 power scope Easter woods when a deer frequently comes out under 20 yards walking through the woods 1 power can mean the difference between you finding your animal quick enough to get a shot in the brush. The standard where I hunt has always been 3x9 power and I have had multiple times where 3 power was to much once 1x6 power became popular I love them and haven’t looked back
I have a Savage 110 in 30-06 with a laminated stock (1982-3). It is a .5 inch gun with Winchester 150 grain power point. I have taken Deer from 20-350 yards. I have shot 50+ Deer from 1984 - 2010. 0
Right handed and left eyed. CAN shoot any rifle I get ahold of but love my Rem 760. I have several bolt action I love shooting too. I've never had an issue Autoloaders as the empties are usually gone from my field of view before I notice it. I RARELY use much over 4 to 6 power scope adjustment.
The Remington 7600 is noted for bolt-like accuracy. In my experience the BAR sporting and Rem 7400 are 1.5" groupers with loads they like. That's good enough to hit an 8" circle at 500 yards.
There are lots of options for a left-handed rifleman - Savage, Remington, Tikka, even Winchester made the Model 70 in a left hand version - I own three. A variable scope starting at 1X is almost required for Dangerous Game hunting. I have a Leupold VX6i 1-6X 24mm. Works great when you are shooting large game in close cover.
The trick is finding one. I was looking for a lefty Tikka CTR and they are an endangered species in the states. Others in that kind of format are hard to find too.
In regards to Western States hunting, Texas has a decent option. Because Elk are considered exotics in Texas, there is no season. So you could start with a Pronghorn hunt in October. Then go for an Elk. Aoudad are another great hunt. They are considered exotics as well. So then you go after an Aoudad. And if you find a place to hunt that is enrolled in MLD program for mule deer, it would not be long before that season started. And in between, to kill some time, hunt coyotes and hogs.
Stag arms and Rock River arms offer great left handed ar15s love my Rock I also find the Remington 1100 Lh to be a great semi auto shotgun And Christensen arms has a great selection of high quality lefty bolt guns When it comes to pump actions and lever guns it doesn't matter what eye you're dominant in they're very ambidextrous
I absolutely love my 7.5 Twist 25-06 AI. Currently doing load development and finally found pressure at 3195 FPS with the 134 ELDM out of a 24" with Retumbo. Its more than hype 25-06 AI is the bees knees
On the SST at the end, i have been shooting them at red deer with a 270 and it always seems to drop them on the spot no problems, so use them they are a great bullet choice, and they are shot at a fps of 3060
Ruger American Ranch .350 Legend: Primary Arms 1-6x24 LPVO SFP. NOVA illuminated recticle, Talley low rings, (pic rail was too high for my liking and for my 12 year old son to get a full field of view) Fantastic pairing for rifle and cartridge. I am still undetermined on what ammo to use but have tried several after bore sighting. Shot .25 inch group at 20 yards just plinking. I have purchased five different scopes in varying sizes as well as rings. I still think i might buy the extra low talley rings from their website and I believe I will have this rifle for life. Buying a Witt can for it as well. I only hunt 100yds and in
As a lefty, I grew up shooting right handed rifles. I finally decided to get a high quality left handed rifle. What a difference it makes out in the field. If you're left handed, my top 3 suggestions, not in any order, are browning, tikka, and Christensen. Savage makes them in their lower end rifles and the bolts are rough and loud, the triggers are gritty. I'm not a fan of them. Ruger makes some but their made cheap. Yes, the ones I suggested are going to cost close to or over $1,000 just for the rifle, but they're well made rifles and I own 2 of the 3. Only reason I didn't go with a browning is because I didn't want a wood stock
In an AR15 platform the 6.8 SPC is hard to beat on whitetail size game. In the AR10 there is only one way to go to insure ammo availability, .308 Winchester. Often 7.62x51 can be found when .308 can’t be.
My favorite modern rifle is the browning x bolt medallion, beautifully made with an actually good high gloss walnut stock and glossy barrel with the accuracy of a modern gun
Most of the newer rifles are not built to become heirlooms; their value is never going to be higher than the day they were purchased. Many of the well-built guns from the past, if cared for by their owners, have become far more valuable. That pretty much covers my feelings on older versus newer rifles, with a few notable exceptions.
Wow. What a lot of new cartridge b.s. Home defence??? A second hand double 12 gauge shortened a bit.. or a pump, auto, single shot.. With a pretty wooden stock.
I sold my new 30-30 model 94 when I found out that it couldn't out shoot my 12 gage with a smooth bore deerslayer barrel. All my hunting was done in heavy woods or Tamarack swamps and have taken many deer with that old Remington.
I’m a lefty I have to second the savage rifles solution. The 110 and 111 left-handed rifles are excellent! And one of my good friends has size 19 feet!
On the subject of thermal scopes I heard a guy at one of the local gun stores say that he would freeze pennies and put them on the target to get a big thermal contrast for sighting in if I remember correctly.
Some people use the chemical packets sold as glove or hand warmers to create a hot spot that will last through the sighting-in session. They are also cheap enough that you can replace ones that get shot.
What I find at gun store is the good old guns not just rifles if they are really good they cost as much or more than modern rifles that of good quality
I have a 1 in 7.5 twist barrel for my .25-06 and I recommend it. The lighter bullets are super accurate and the Berger 135 grain are .25 moa with my kreiger barrel.
Been thinking about this myself, only 25-06AI
That is strong. I've been considering a Kreiger. Anything I should know before ordering. Thanks!
Hi Richard , what length barrel do you have for your 25-06 please
Thanks!
I think a fixed 4x scope is hard to beat for all around big game hunting. But a good 3-9 are very common and inexpensive.
I've had good success with 2-7 power scopes. Lots of them available. You're exactly right. Carry it on a low power setting, so you can find a target quickly. Plenty if magnification for a short shot. If presented with a longer shot that wants more magnification, there's plenty of time to crank it up.
I bought my first LH Savage 110DL 7mm mag in 1970 when I was 14. This rifle has taken dozens of Elk, Antelope, and deer over the years. In 1970 that was my only bolt action choice. Over the years I have obtained other LH Savages, Browning X Bolts, and a Heym SR20 375 H&H. I have several Ruger #1s. My favorite and potentially last Rife is a Thompson Encore Pro Hunter. I love that rifle!! My go to Rifle for plains game in South Africa,anything in New Zealand, and beyond. Craig Boddington is my LH Hunting Hero.
I really love the 25-06. I had one and miss it. It was so accurate, but low bc and sd.
Great video and thank you for answering my question.
Regards from south central Indiana.
With the left handed shooting bit, I think it’s important for people to know that you should shoot based on your dominant eye, not your dominant hand. I know plenty of lefties who shoot right handed because their right eye is dominant. I also a know a guy who is right handed who shoots left handed because his left eye is dominant.
It’s easier to retrain your hands to shoot a certain way than it is to retrain your eyes, generally speaking.
I am one of those people that is right handed but left eye dominant. I can shoot either way but left handed is more natural to me and I've used right hand bolt guns all my life and it's no problem. I wouldn't know how to shoot a left handed rifle. As a matter of fact I usually shoot a rifle left handed but a handgun right handed.
Im the opposite. I shoot handguns left handed and@russellkeeling4387
I agree on the short barreled rifles, they are handy to handle and carry but the muzzle blast is horrendous?
"Left handed" shooting is not dependent on being Left handed, but Left eye dominant. Which are far fewer. Take it from a lefty.
I'm right handed and left eye dominant. 😜
I have 2 sons. One left handed/right eyed and one right handed/left eyed. My righty shots a Browning A Bolt in 7mm-08 that is a left handed gun and my lefty shots a Ruger#1 in 300 Weatherby magnum.
@@MrDDiRusso as is my brother. Not a fun configuration.
@@davidmcneil1550 as it is with my brother and myself.
My little boy is right-hander but left eye dominant. He is only 6 so I have time to work with him. He aims much better left-handed but really doesn't like it. Any advice?
My grandfather and brother both are leftys shooting right handed rifles and both are fast and accurate, my grandfather passed in 2019 but neither would reach over top to grab the bolt just hold the rife against their shoulder with their left and cycle the bolt with their right hand. I always wondered seeing people reach over top as to why they did it that way,
I'm left eye dominant right-handed dominant weird. I would be no good with a side-by-side shotgun but that's okay I don't have one
yep my dad too he just never even bothered to try and find a left bolt or whatever and taught himself to shoot right. Fishes right too even though it is a lot easier to find left handed reels for fishing than say, a left extracting lever action or a left bolt but he still shoot his shotguns lefty. But he isn’t naturally ambidextrous either so it is fun to watch him.
@@markchapman2585 I'm lefty/right eye dominant. I have no trouble with side by sides. I learned early to shoot with both eyes open and it made all the difference in the world.
@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Really that's awesome. I never shot a side-by-side before. I'm trying to use both eyes but my left still more dominant. Was it hard training both eyes.
@@markchapman2585 No. I even shoot most rifles, and all handguns with both eyes open. Start with a shotgun first.
Lefty rifles that are common, mostly on the used market.Remington 700, savage 110, Winchester has made a few left handed bolts, Ruger no.1 is a fabulous rifle for leftys, Heym made some nice left handed rifles, Zastava model M70 is a great Mauser action that’s made in a left hand bolt that’s still available new in a lot of cool calibers, they are out there!! Good luck
CZ and Browning also do left hand rifles.
I'm left eye dominant and ruger makes both the m77 mark2 , and variants of the ruger American, tikka makes a damn fine rifle in left hand as does sako, savage makes almost all levels of thier bolt guns left handed, cz used to make leftys but they quit so f
Interesting talk, keep it up. I appreciate the help
Ron thanks for the great info as usual.i will say that I do love Leopold 1 .5 x5 scope and I do keep mine at 1.5 the reason super fast target acquisition and target and crosshairs are in one plane plus the wide field of view.if I'm hunting a open area I turn the magnification up.awesome work keep it up
Ruger Hawkeye M77 left hand, love it
Hello friends , 25-06 with 117 to 120 Gr nosler partition bullets with modern powder will within reason do whatever it is you want , don’t get caught up in the hype of faster, twist barrels, so you can shoot 130 grain bullets, stick with what you have and use the bullets suggested as you reload , you’ll love it !
PS. All this hype is about selling product that you dont need !
I found some 150 grain .224 bullets. I load them in the Goesboom. The powder is 223 grains of Hodgdon 50bmg. It takes a 1:3 twist for those necked down 50bmg cases. I don't know how fast because the muzzle blast tore open my chrony.
This ^^^^^^^^^
Got the same rig. Never tried to chronograph it but killed a deer at 30 yards with the muzzle blast.
Thank you Ron. I really enjoy your content. I wish I could hunt with you. I'm an old 30-06 guy. I have been taking game, nearly everything large that I have had the opportunity over the last 40 years, with a 30-06. I shoot a 6.5CM for my long range target shooting, though. Any game I take in the future I will probably take with my 30-06.
My grandfather was left handed and was an avid deer Hunter. His favorite gun was the Reminder pump action 244. That was much better than a bolt gun made for right handed people.
It might be useful for some to know that the whole purpose behind the 360 Buckhammer was to make an effective levergun cartridge that can be used in the States that require "straight-wall cartridge with a case no longer than 1.8 inches." Of course, many traditional levergun cartridges like the 35 Rem and 30-30 are bottle-necked, but many straight walled cartridges like the 375 Win, 444 Marlin and the old faithful 45-70 have cases that are too long. I suspect that Ron will do a review of the 360 Buckhammer and will cover this eventually.
Right you are Fess. And, yes, I have the 360 rifle and ammo in the loop.
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My dad was whitetail hunting with his number one 30-06. He had his scope on 9x because he was using it to look at deer. On his walk back he saw a beautiful 10 point buck. He says he just put the brow in the scope in the general area of the lungs and fired. He did not get it. Since then he has always kept his scope on 4 power
If I'm walking into an area to sit and take moderate long shots, (250-500 yards) I'll keep it on 4 for the walk in and out.
@@OldSchoolParatrooper when this happened it was the 90’s. To this day he hasn’t shoten at a buck as big as that one
Thank you
For all the lefty shooters, savage is king for options. Ruger and others do have some options. As far as shotguns go with mossberg 500 or browning bps. The tang safety is awesome. Some double barrels also have tang safety. I'm a forced southpaw, very limited vision in my right eye, but I'm right-handed.
One bonus to consider; when bird hunting you can take the right side and your buddy the left of a piece and have a more natural swing to the outside that way.
I think we will start seeing more of the 25's in the next couple years
Hopefully a 25 PRC
@@DefectiveSquash I'd like to see something like a 25-7mm rem
@@combatcurt 25-7mm has my interest
@Michael Bogaski I have a lathe... finishing a 6mm/06 right now but maybe in the future
@@combatcurt I think a 25-270wsm tailored to the new 130s could be incredible.
My choice for a rifle scope is a 2 to 10 power. Barrel length 24 inches. Caliber anything using an 06 case (my preferences 25-06 with 100 grain bullet, .270 with a 140 grain bullet and 35 Whelen with a 180 grain bullet.
Very excited about experimenting with longer bullets for the 25-06 and the .270.
Play time!!!!......lol
way up here in Nove Scotia we love ya i have been a gun guy and hunter my whole life and look up to you bro
I appreciate that, Dickie. I'll try to live up to your expectations. Cheers!
Ron, if you don't like "a big, heavy 12 gauge" get a smaller one, or even a 20. Still love my tiny little lightweight H and R single shot for the limited shotgun deer hunting I do.
We all love precision, but if we manage expectations, a 6" circle is all you have to hit.
Close range is the name of the game anyway. Mod choke and regular rifled slugs work fine inside 100 yards.
If you want to use long 257cal bullets you might as well get a 264cal. The twist rate is right and they already have plenty of long for caliber bullets.
Hey Ron, as far as the 25 cal bullets go for the fast twist barrels out there give Patriot Valley “Cayuga” is a solid hunting bullet at 117 gr the BC is really high if you haven’t checked those out they’re pretty cool. Same with Badlands Precision Bulldozer 2 and Hammer has a 130 grain. Give them a try in your 25-06 AI and let us know what you get for velocity and accuracy!
Love my 260 bolt guns, and my ar10 in 260, Aero Precision upper and lower, with a fluted Wilson Combat 24 inch barrel, a real shooter.
Completely irrelevant to the conversation.
@Jack trout did you watch the podcast, if you did you would have heard Ron speak on ar 10s and 308 platform cartridges.
@@jerrymartin5100 of course he did 🙄 because it's a video about 25/06 that makes perfect sense. " next week on Fudd hour ....why the 270 is better than 17 hmr".
@@jacktrout5807 multiple topics, even 12 gauge slugs, 25-06 was less than 2 minutes.
@@jerrymartin5100 yeah that's sounds about right for an rso video these days.
" let's talk about 30-06 vs 12 gauge *
Title reads " 6.5 grendel for squirrel ".
Building a .257 Sherman LA for the 133 EH Berger.
Exciting!
The 12 GA shot gun is plenty capable for deer inside 75 yards. It tends to spoil more meat than smaller rifle rounds in my own experience. The OLD weaver K3 rifle scope has put more meat on the table and in the freezer than any other scope. Its a fix power scope and has never let me down.
My HR single shot 12ga with hvy rifled barrel and scope will shoot 3" groups at 200 yds with modern sabot slugs and will absolutely knock a deer off their feet with a high shoulder placement, and kill them dead as a stone if you hit them in the breadbasket. As a kid we killed deer out to 50 yds with 00Buck out of smoothbore guns, but technology mandated by shotgun only zones in Canada, and many Midwestern States until recently allowed shotguns to reach out and take deer cleanly at ranges far beyond what was reasonable with the old foster slugs, or even rifled slugs and a bead sight. The extended range of modern shotguns/ammunition is the reason that many Midwestern States are now allowing rifles of specific calibers to be used for deer hunting.
That’s the “Let me do it for you” cartridge. 😅
Yup great advice Ron! 2-7 compact is ideal for the 350. I use a Leupold fixed-4 on my Rem 7600 in 35 whelen :)
Ron, check out Berger .25 133 and 135 Gr bullets! Planning on my own .25/06 with a 1-7.5" twist. GOD Bless!
I was lucky because I bought 72-73 year model Remington 700 bdl 30-06 in 1988 and then a Winchester model 70 270 win pre 64 ( found out later it was made about 1961) in early 2000s that both shot accurately with factory ammo, and they are beautiful rifles in every way. The BDL I had floated as well as bedded, put a better adj trigger on it and with 165 accubond hand loads it shoot .75 groups at 100 yards. The model 70 was bought because loved OConnor hunting stories and well it has to be in the safe beside a bookcase full of his books and stories. Great content
I've used an 20 guage 870 with a rifled barrel since the mid 80's and it's my go-to brush gun. Out to 150 yards, it's perfect
@clickonmy.profile Yeah, I dont think so
Just bought a Savage 2506 I know they used to be popular back in the 60s
With regards the thermal scope, purchasing a canted rail for easier adjustments for close range engagements.
Hey Ron, something to think about with left vs right handed rifles, is which eye is dominant. I have several friends who are left handed, but right eye’d, and shoot better right handed because it is their sight picture which determines how well they shoot, not handedness.
The rattle" part make me smile.
I’m left handed but right eye dominant. I can shoot both, but mostly prefer to shoot righty due to the eye dominance issue. It’s rare to meet a left who is actually left eye dominant also.
YES TRY SAVAGE!!!!! YOU GOT IT RON.💥💥💥💥💥
My grandfather was a lefty and his favourite deer rifle was a Remington pump in 244. Because most bolt guns where for right hand operation.
I have A708 in a Rock River and love it
Aussies- apologies on my ignorance or if my information is really skewed to one side of the “aisle”…. but i had totally thought that the Aussie politicians had totally taken away all yall gun rights and hunting rights or had made it cost-prohibitively difficult? Well I am glad to hear people are still hunting in Australia.
Ive had a bit of a problem with to much power on my scope. I use to have really good eye sight but welding messed it up. In my welding I would look at every little thing in a weld puddle. Which makes me want to be able to count the hairs on an animal. I have a 56 power target scope on my rifle. I need to learn and use the lower powers especially in AZ. The heat waves are nuts out here. Thanks for the advice this will help.
I think the 25-06 being able to use longer and heavier bullets is going to be a game changer!
I agree with you Ron on the 7.5 or 8 barrel twist and have been pondering that before I built one. Now that I know you are building one I'm going to let you be the Guinea Pig........lol. Anyway, can you imagine having a rifle that can be loaded from around 90 to 180 grain bullets and having it shoot good across that spectrum? Is there such a thing as one gun does it all? Maybe.
I think you'll be lucky to get up around 150's gr or so for the 25-06.
I'm thinking about that also!
Nice moving to all fast quarter bores for MS whitetails. 25-06 and 257 Roy
Hunted deer with Slugs in Southern Michigan for 40 years. I used a 20ga with Sabots for the last 15 years and made several 200 yard kills but now that we can use straight wall rifle cartridges, I switched over to the 460S&W Magnum.
One of my favorite scopes is my Vortex 2-7X32 Crossfire II!! I have it on my muzzleloader and its great! I Usually leave it on 3. It's not super big or heavy so it would be an excellent choice for you! Great price and even better quality! Unlimited lifetime warranty.
Just added the CF 2-7 to my daughterd .350 Legend. Very light should.be easy to hike the TN mtns for boar
There are some very good alternatives for left handed shooters. Pump actions, lever actions, brake actions and semi autos. All of which can be found in very accurate versions and large variety of calibers. One example is the Browning BLR which can be found from 308 up to 300wm and quite accurate.
Or, they could just learn to shoot, the right way!
I had a .30.06 in BLR
You have the issue that spent (hot) brass ejects back and to the right. Nothing quite like getting an ejected shell down your shit.
There's a reason southpaws had brass deflectors for the M-16 series.
I own a BLR in 30-06. Perfect for leftys. Never had a problem with shell ejection.
7:54 I think a straight 4 or 6 power is perfect for anything under 300 yards. also no need for the huge optics that 50mm glass doesnt necessarily give you a wider view. a straight 4X32 or 6x32 is plenty for most hunts.
Sir, thank you for ANOTHER great video. You're a tremendous asset to the shooting community.
I would use hand warmers to help sight in the thermal. Puts them behind or in front of the target 👍
pretty sure Texas still has an open but short Mulie season. Problem there is good mulies and good pronghorns in Texas are about 500 miles apart even if it’s all still in Texas😂 Dalhart to Alpine! Haha so I might be wrong but that is what I remember about it. Of course it could have changed over the years.
correction to myself i checked the season dates…. didn’t know the pandhandle had a mulie season too like far west Texas does. So correcting myself because one could in theory head out to Dumas and get a pronghorn and a mule deer. Interesting!
Love the podcasts I’ve listened to pretty much all of them now. For options on left handed rifles browning makes the xbolt and the a bolt, tikka makes the t3 sako has some models in left hand, Christensen arms mesa, Bergara in the b14, savage 110, ruger makes the 10/22 the American and scout and weatherby makes the mark v as well. These are the ones I know of being a south paw from north. 🇨🇦
Thanks for filling us in, Steven!
All my scopes live at 4x and rarely move up or down regardless of distance. I like consistency more than magnification.
In fact, with an AR platform, I’ve used a 4x Acog out to 700 yards just plinking steel.
It's the cnc and machining that makes the new rifles so good
I'm a lefty extraordinaire and I've mostly traded off the right hand rifles for left hand bolt actions and the ambi leveractions. It's made a difference to the good for me. Ruger if you reading this please bring back the Compact Magnum Hawkeye in lefty 308win again. That version of the Hawkeye in blue and stainless is about the perfectly proportioned rifle. Bring it back to us lefties in 308win, 6.5creed, maybe 243 at least in some limited runs and ill quit calling you out. I'll purchase 2 of them.
In New York if you previously owned one before the band went into place then you can hunt with it my go to now is mini 30
Hey Ron here lately the gun ads I've been seeing have been for left handed mark v vanguard weatherbys I don't know what all calibers they're offering but I'm sure they offer the most popular ones
Love my lefty Savage 110 DL in 270 Win. It will go to my lefty granddaughter.
As scopes go, I always loved a Leupold 1.5-5. Killed a awful lot of deer with a .243 with that scope on it.
Fot me, it was the old weaver K3, made in 1959.
Same here with my .30-06.
@@blueduck9409 , my son runs an old K3 with a post and crosshair on his left handed .270. I like that scope and have a newer Weaver with that reticle on a .257 Roberts.
I have a savage bolt action 20 gauge with a rifled barrel. At a 100 yrds. I put a sabot 1 in. Off the bullseye.
As for a 1 power scope Easter woods when a deer frequently comes out under 20 yards walking through the woods 1 power can mean the difference between you finding your animal quick enough to get a shot in the brush. The standard where I hunt has always been 3x9 power and I have had multiple times where 3 power was to much once 1x6 power became popular I love them and haven’t looked back
Remington and Browning sell left-hand, and CZ. I have a M700, x-bolt and 452.
I have a Savage 110 in 30-06 with a laminated stock (1982-3). It is a .5 inch gun with Winchester 150 grain power point. I have taken Deer from 20-350 yards. I have shot 50+ Deer from 1984 - 2010.
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Right handed and left eyed. CAN shoot any rifle I get ahold of but love my Rem 760. I have several bolt action I love shooting too. I've never had an issue Autoloaders as the empties are usually gone from my field of view before I notice it.
I RARELY use much over 4 to 6 power scope adjustment.
Here in southern indiana where i live, the 12 guage slug gun was king up until about 10 or so years ago when they finally let us use rifles.
The Remington 7600 is noted for bolt-like accuracy.
In my experience the BAR sporting and Rem 7400 are 1.5" groupers with loads they like. That's good enough to hit an 8" circle at 500 yards.
There are lots of options for a left-handed rifleman - Savage, Remington, Tikka, even Winchester made the Model 70 in a left hand version - I own three.
A variable scope starting at 1X is almost required for Dangerous Game hunting. I have a Leupold VX6i 1-6X 24mm. Works great when you are shooting large game in close cover.
The trick is finding one. I was looking for a lefty Tikka CTR and they are an endangered species in the states. Others in that kind of format are hard to find too.
In my experience with modern high speed 12 gauge slugs is the fact that they hit pretty darn hard on both ends.
Have you done a segment on the 22-250 Rem caliber?
In regards to Western States hunting, Texas has a decent option. Because Elk are considered exotics in Texas, there is no season. So you could start with a Pronghorn hunt in October. Then go for an Elk. Aoudad are another great hunt. They are considered exotics as well. So then you go after an Aoudad. And if you find a place to hunt that is enrolled in MLD program for mule deer, it would not be long before that season started. And in between, to kill some time, hunt coyotes and hogs.
Stag arms and Rock River arms offer great left handed ar15s love my Rock
I also find the Remington 1100 Lh to be a great semi auto shotgun
And Christensen arms has a great selection of high quality lefty bolt guns
When it comes to pump actions and lever guns it doesn't matter what eye you're dominant in they're very ambidextrous
I absolutely love my 7.5 Twist 25-06 AI. Currently doing load development and finally found pressure at 3195 FPS with the 134 ELDM out of a 24" with Retumbo. Its more than hype 25-06 AI is the bees knees
On the SST at the end, i have been shooting them at red deer with a 270 and it always seems to drop them on the spot no problems, so use them they are a great bullet choice, and they are shot at a fps of 3060
Thanks mate, do you get pass throughs on the bigger stags?
@@italian_badger1660 Not usually, it dumps it all inside
Ruger American Ranch .350 Legend:
Primary Arms 1-6x24 LPVO SFP. NOVA illuminated recticle, Talley low rings, (pic rail was too high for my liking and for my 12 year old son to get a full field of view)
Fantastic pairing for rifle and cartridge. I am still undetermined on what ammo to use but have tried several after bore sighting. Shot .25 inch group at 20 yards just plinking. I have purchased five different scopes in varying sizes as well as rings. I still think i might buy the extra low talley rings from their website and I believe I will have this rifle for life. Buying a Witt can for it as well. I only hunt 100yds and in
Browning has a factory fast twist 270 Winchester 🎉😊
About left hand rifles, places as GunBroker have plenty of any brand, in several state retailers
As a lefty, I grew up shooting right handed rifles. I finally decided to get a high quality left handed rifle. What a difference it makes out in the field. If you're left handed, my top 3 suggestions, not in any order, are browning, tikka, and Christensen. Savage makes them in their lower end rifles and the bolts are rough and loud, the triggers are gritty. I'm not a fan of them. Ruger makes some but their made cheap. Yes, the ones I suggested are going to cost close to or over $1,000 just for the rifle, but they're well made rifles and I own 2 of the 3. Only reason I didn't go with a browning is because I didn't want a wood stock
Savage Arms makes a lot of their rifles on both left and right handed. May have to order it, but they do advertise them.
In an AR15 platform the 6.8 SPC is hard to beat on whitetail size game. In the AR10 there is only one way to go to insure ammo availability, .308 Winchester. Often 7.62x51 can be found when .308 can’t be.
I owned a Rem BDL 700LH in 308 excellent riffle
My favorite modern rifle is the browning x bolt medallion, beautifully made with an actually good high gloss walnut stock and glossy barrel with the accuracy of a modern gun
Most of the newer rifles are not built to become heirlooms; their value is never going to be higher than the day they were purchased. Many of the well-built guns from the past, if cared for by their owners, have become far more valuable. That pretty much covers my feelings on older versus newer rifles, with a few notable exceptions.
Might use that to nail a timber wolf or a wild boar. Bam!! Smoked razorback is likely a tasty meal. Serve it to folks in say Muskogee, OK.
Here in the Southern Tier of NY( S. Of Buffalo & Rochester); his best best bet is either 308 or 6.5 Creedmoor.
Wow. What a lot of new cartridge b.s. Home defence??? A second hand double 12 gauge shortened a bit.. or a pump, auto, single shot.. With a pretty wooden stock.
In Florida, I have a few 3-9x scopes and leave it down near 3. Most shots are less than 100 yards
I think the savage axis is available easily for lefties. Cheaper than the right handers on gunbroker last I saw, at least for 30-06
I'm left eye dominant and have no problem shooting right handed rifles. When a problem occurs it's not the action which poses a problem but the stock.
350 legend AR for the New York guy
I sold my new 30-30 model 94 when I found out that it couldn't out shoot my 12 gage with a smooth bore deerslayer barrel. All my hunting was done in heavy woods or Tamarack swamps and have taken many deer with that old Remington.
I’m a lefty I have to second the savage rifles solution. The 110 and 111 left-handed rifles are excellent! And one of my good friends has size 19 feet!
On the subject of thermal scopes I heard a guy at one of the local gun stores say that he would freeze pennies and put them on the target to get a big thermal contrast for sighting in if I remember correctly.
Some people use the chemical packets sold as glove or hand warmers to create a hot spot that will last through the sighting-in session. They are also cheap enough that you can replace ones that get shot.
+1 on hand warmers. Fold them in 1/2 and staple to target works like a charm
A scope in 1x10 or 1x8, at 1X work like a dot sight. Most are Illuminated reticles
What I find at gun store is the good old guns not just rifles if they are really good they cost as much or more than modern rifles that of good quality
In the Midwest is quite common it's a lot just you shotguns because of the flatland.