Best 100 yd rifle,caliber,scope magnification,if any.

[mike cardinal]

I Would vote for 7mm

[terminator]

Some great ideas.Many I hadn't even thought of.I expectected to see more going for the ole venerable 30-30 in a lever gun.Think I would go for the 45-70 in a lever gun of some sort and a scope going 1.5-6 or a 3-9 with my old eyes.

[John]

I like my "little gun" for this type of hunting. Although I only hunt deer with it, I'd be confident using it for anything from deer to moose including any bears that may be in the area. Its a 45-79 GBL "guide gun" currently with a 3-9 scope that I plan to swap out for a fixed 4.

[jimincolo]

This is an easy choice for me. I'd use my .358 BLR, topped with 1x4 Leupy. The 35's are very impressive on impact, usually leaving 2 holes & a large wound channel in between.

Jim

[O C hunter]

Moose to Deer would use .300 win. mag Weatherby with 3x9-50 biggest reason is how good it shoot's.

[grizzly340]

Roger seeing you set the bar at 100 yards I would choose my Browning BAR in 30-06 topped with its Leupold 3-9x40 Scope.
It is probably me least Accurate scoped rifle. But plenty good enough at 100 yards.
And you can never go wrong in America with A 30-06

[ccc23454]

"up to 100 yards"  I use a marlin 336 made in 1982 in 35 Rem, has a 1-4 vortex scope with a 30mm tube.  rifle with the fancy hornady ammo shots under MOA at 100yards but is zeroed at 50yards.  I like the scope because most of our deer here are running in front of dogs, with it on 1 power I can shot both eyes open which makes it fast to acquire and with illumination turned on all I see is a red dot and dead deer! if I get lucky enough to find a walking deer 4 power is plenty on deer or bigger game at 100 yards.  I think a lot of people have way to much gun/scope for 100 yard hunting, open site 30/30's have killed many a deer. my 2 cents

chris

[fuonlynu]

14" Contender handgun, 2x7 or 4x scope 7-30 waters, 30-30 or 35 Remington.

[Chris338378]

The possibilities to answer this are as long as the day but her's my choices.  If I was going with a lever action rifle I'd go with a .358 Winchester or a .45-70 Government since both are good calibers that you can get quality heavy bullets for.  As for a bolt action rifle I'd go with a .300 or .338 Winchester Magnum because they will definitely get the job done, have a vast array of quality bullets, and you wouldn't have much of a problem finding ammunition.  As for a scope I'd go with either a 2x7 or 3x9 Leupold Vari X2 or Redfield Revolution because both have high quality lenses and a reasonable price tag besides let's face it you really don't need a thousand dollar plus twenty power scope to shoot out to one hundred yards. 

[Wild Bill Hiccup]

Although there are several different rifles/calibers I would be very happy using under the conditions mentioned, for big game up to the size of large moose, in heavy timber/thick brush/swampy areas, inside 100-125 yards... the gun I would often reach for would be this:


Stainless steel Marlin "big loop" 45-70 carbine with standard factory-installed ghost ring open sights and/or low magnification Leupold scope

My choice of load would more than likely be this:


Buffalo Bore 350 grain at approximately 2,150 fps (2,070 fps from the stubby 18 1/2" carbine barrel)

This load is a bit much for deer but is an excellent moose and big bear load. It is also quite proficient in dispatching those pesky wild bovine such as Asiatic water buffalo.

All this having been said, I'd be just as comfortable with an old bolt action 30-06, souped stoutly with 200 grain Nosler Partitions or 240 grain Woodleigh Weldcore bullets. If big bears are not in the area, hell, just your typical 180 grain "name-your-brand" bullet will suffice... or a handy little .308 Winchester with almost any bullet over 150/165 grains. 

[Michiganhunter]

I have hunted deer for about 50 years in Michigan, Wyoming, New Mexico and Ohio. My favorite 100 yard rifle is a Weatherby 300 with a 210 grain Berger VLD and Leupold vx 2 3-9x50 with heavy duplex. The deer drops where it is shot, no tracking in heavy woods and swamps. I have confidence in it's accuracy to shoot through thru a small opening in brush. This is just my opinion which is based on the comfort I have with this combination of Wby.300, Berger 210 VLD and Leupold with heavy duplex.
I think everyone commenting here has the same confidence in their rifle/scope/bullet as I have in my choice.

[wyominghunter]

Hmm...I'll go straightforward...Winchester Model 70 Super Grade with a fixed 4X scope and chambered in a .30-06.

[.257]

Savage model 99, 300 savage with 165 or 180 partitions. Straight 4 power Leupold  scope.

[ak7an]

Marlin Model 444ss, leupold 2-7x32.280 gr Swift A frame loaded to 2100fps. BAD MEDICINE!!!!

[BB340]

I'd plump for either my Ruger No1 in .460 S&W spitting out 275 grain Barnes XPB's @ 2550 FPS. Wearing a Leupold 1.75-6x36 or just my Win 94 in good old 30-30 with the same scope.