tucker301 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Someone sent me a PM with questions on the R1 for deer, moose, elk vs the Browning BAR. My apologies. I accidentally deleted the message when cleaning out my PM's. As I recall the questions, here are the responses. The 30-06 or .300 would my choice. The .308 will certainly put a moose or elk down, but the others will do so more effectively. The .270 WSM would be another very good choice, although the ammo for those things runs around $2.00 a shot. I believe you said you were left-handed? Browning made a limited run of the BAR Shortrac and Longtrac models with walnut furniture in LH configuration last year. There is still a decent supply of new ones around. http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=91487369 I sold my R1 and have settled on the BAR Shortrac in .308. No moose or elk around here, so it's an easy choice for a light recoiling medium-sized game rifle. The R1 is a nice rifle, but I just didn't have much faith in its durability. The BAR has been getting it done for years and I took a couple of nice bucks with mine this year. No complaints so far. I hope I've addressed all of your questions, working from memory. If not, please post or send another PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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