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It would suck to settle on just one. Think I'd go 1-8" twist .223AI for the versatility. Top one. ![[Linked Image]](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/lZtZcK.jpg)
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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I'd have a medium weight .308 put together. If forced to go with a production rifle, I'd try to find a MRC XWR and I'd top it with a 3-9 SWFA SS.
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If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Just like I am having built right now.
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Socialism for big corporations and military industrial complex
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Rugged individualism for the individual.
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Pre 64 winchester model 70 in 300 magnum.
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For me the last one I would give up would be my LH Rem 700 in 243. Bullets from 55 to 105 gr would cover anything I'm going to shoot. A 5.56 AR would be a close second but I would get more versatility out of the 243.
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The thought of one rifle is depressing.
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The thought of one rifle is depressing. Maybe some are getting ready for Madame President.
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Let me change the response a bit. I have twenty some odd rifles. If I could only keep one, it would be a toss up between my Browning Safari .308, built on a small ring Mauser and an early commercial FN custom stocked .30-06. Both are plenty accurate, the .308 scary accurate. And throw my advanced age into the equation, the .243 that matches the .308 might not be a bad choice.
I am through with the hard hunts likely involved with things larger than deer, hogs, and antelope. It was fun, but now memories. Even the mule deer spot and stalk two or three miles are history. I know where some easier hunting for them exists.
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"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero
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The thought of one rifle is depressing. Maybe some are getting ready for Madame President. On that theme, if I could only buy one more rifle in life, I think I'd wait to see if Madame President got shot. I'd then go out and buy the exact rifle used so I could sit around and fondle it and imagine I was the one who did this country such a huge favor! 
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I have a Remington 760 game master in 30-06, for same reason.
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Only one would be my first bolt action, a .30/06 commercial Mauser which has been treated to Roguard and NP3 and a MPI stock. Currently wears a 4x scope, but a 2-7 or 3-9 would be equally at home.
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I only hunt varmints and deer . Sako A1 6x45 3x9 Swavorski 7lbs 1 oz 58 gr Hornadys and 85 gr Nosler Partions ![[Linked Image]](http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad59/TimLanigan/Phone%20Pics%20Oct%2021st%202015%20120.jpg) 357
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Every time is see this I have the urge to go buy another rifle
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really most of us could go buy a 243 and factory ammo and be fine. we just love to make it more complicated lol
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I have a job. I can buy more than one rifle.
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Not a gunwriter, but, will offer my opinion. I have varmint rifles, deer rifles and a "medium bore" just in case a cape buffalo escapes from the local zoo. I have one "all-purpose" rifle that will be the last to go in the event of zombie apocalypse or democrat election victory. I could happily hunt, defend the homestead and plink with my faux-NULA CLR in 30-06 for the rest of my days. With JB's 165gr Partition load, I wouldn't feel undergunned on anything but the big 5, and the smaller stuff can't be too dead.
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I prefer classic.
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