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Brad, there is a Roberts in the safe as well!
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These two will work for anything I do, 243 and 270. ![[Linked Image]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/A%202015/Spring%202015%20002_2.jpg) Good choice, Sam. Can't argue with that pair.
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Start young, hunt hard, and enjoy God's bounty.
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These two will work for anything I do, 243 and 270. If those were 223 and 308, I'd say you had the two rifle battery dialed in.
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I suspect that when most guys list a cartridge they actually picture a specific rifle in their minds.
For me, a Sako L461 which happens to be a .222 would fill the light rifle spot. Would be happy with this rifle chambered in any cartridge it would handle. .222/.223/.17Rem.
On the heavier end, I could use practically anything .24 cal or larger. Today I'd likely go with my Redneck built Model 70 featherweight in 25-06.
While recognizing that the various 6.5s will always be handicapped by the need to special order loading components and/or ammo, I'd also be happy with this rifle if rebarreled as a swede or .270.
OTOH, the heavier slot might also be easily filled with a short action rifle. I have both a model 70 featherweight in .243, and one of the MRC X2 1/8 .260s. The MRC hasn't even had a scope mounted or the first round loaded for it yet.
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To be honest, when I was 19 I had a 10/22 Carbine and a "Centurion 98" 30-06(Mauser sporter by Century Arms) in a Butler Creek plastic stock. Both were wearing Weaver Classic(K4 and V9 respectively) scopes and I honestly did not know that I needed anything else...
Loaned out my 30-06 and didn't get it back(not the guy's fault and he made it up to me) when I was 28. Bought a CZ550 Premium in 270 and STILL didn't think I needed anything else...
Then I decided to get a Savage 99 a few years ago as I had always thought they were cool, then I decided to get that .300 Win Mag I wanted when I was a kid, then by some miracle my old 30'06 found its way home(turns out it had been locked up in a police evidence locker for years with no charges ever filed, got a phone call out of nowhere asking if I was ever going to pick up my rifle or should they dispose of it), then...I've found once you get past that "2 Rifle Battery" it's a VERY slippery slope.
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Brad, there is a Roberts in the safe as well! I remember Sam... it's lonely  Will say though, I've always thought a 243 and 270 the finest, practical, two-rifle pairing for Montana. I just happen to be a Rbt's nut.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I shudder at the thought...but if I had to:
22LR
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30-06 and
375 Ruger Alaskan, because my wife bought it for me on our #1 wedding anniversary, and it plays hell on whitetails and elk
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#1- 22long rifle
#2 - a medium bore(.338 up),relatively high velocity, that when hand loaded up or down can be used for any situation. Also,can use cast bullets(adequate bore dia.) for hunting purposes. memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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For my big game hunting I am very quickly settling down to just using my .308s and .300WMs.
Quite frankly though, the older I get and the less and less time I have to fiddle with stuff, the more I think just using (centerfires) .223, .308, and .300WM for everything makes sense.
Then I play with a 6.5 and it all goes out the window.. We think a lot the same. I thought my .308 world was perfect and now have 2-.260 projects. I wouldn't want to but a .22LR and 30-06 would serve well.
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257 Roberts and a 30-06
That would work.
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My three rifle battery was a 22LR, 35 Remington and a 30/06. If I've got to drop one, it would have to be the 35 Remington just because I might get a long shot in a few locations I hunt. The 30/06 will work up close, but past 150 yards I don't want to use my 35 Remington.
So : 22LR and 30/06
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A light 260 and a handy 338WM for all of N.A.
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Why does a man who is 50 pounds overweight complain about a 10 pound rifle being too heavy?
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These two will work for anything I do, 243 and 270. My pair is a .257 Roberts and a .280AI. Tom
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