I'll likely never get down to one rifle. I don't see a need to and I have no desire to. Others milage may vary. I could have made every shot I have ever taken in 50 years of hunting from Alaska to Georgia with either a 22 LR or 30/06. I like hunting with different rifles varying the calibers and actions. I like buying an older rifle and getting it back in good hunting shape. I like taking a new rifle and changing it to suit my needs. It is not about whether or not I could have done the job with one rifle. It is more whether I enjoy carrying and shooting a particular rifle. Some days I feel like a single shot, some days an automatic and on other days it might be a bolt action.
While I have reduced the count in my gun safe in the last few years and will continue to do so by giving them to my sons, there are some firearms that I just like hunting with. I plan on keeping them until I can't hunt any more and then I'll pass them on to my sons.
