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.22 hornet for everything smaller than a caribou.
9.3x62 for everything else
At some point my hobbies became my life.
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.223 accurate bolt gun
.223 mini-14 for fun and SHTF
30-06
375 H&H
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
--- Will Rogers
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4 centerfires?...nice!
1. 223
2. .300 Win
3. 45-70
4. .300 Win
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22 Mag
308
35 Whelen
45-70
I have little use for anything between the 22 Mag and the 308. I am not a long range varmint shooter so the 22 Mag can take care of any thing i want to shoot in that category. Actually, I could live pretty well with only the 35 whelen and the 308.
There was no greater freedom than when I would leave Holiday Park Fish Camp heading my airboat west toward the Big Cypress. Fuel for 4 days, a good machete, an ice chest. No phone, no radio. Just God and me and the Everglades.
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What I use the most:
.222 Rem Anschutz 1531- for all furbearers and varmints
.308 Win Sako L579 Forester- for targets, deer, and "civilized" elk and moose hunting
.30-06 Ruger 77MKII canoe paddle/SS for tough conditions in remote bush camps and pretty much any game
.375 H&H Ruger RSM for anything big or tough or exotic.
to the OP: your four are perfectly good choices, and I really like the .35Whelen, could easily substitute it for my .375.
Last edited by castnblast; 08/29/16.
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25/20, a fun, light weight, centerfire plinker
260 Remington, great light weight deer rifle for open areas
35 Remington, because I like my Marlin 336 T and it is great up close, in the thick stuff.
30/06, because anything I'm likely to be able to shoot from here on out, that needs to be shot with a centerfire rifle, can be shot with it.
Harry
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left handed 223 rem bolt action (can also hand load subsonic rounds to duplicate 22 lr)
left handed 308 win bolt action.
don't know if anyone makes left handed 375 H&H. If not, I'd buy left handed 30-06 and convert to 9.3x62 or 35 whelen which ever one I can find reloading components more available.
Can't think of fourth center fire rifle.
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Of my current battery
1. 223 or 22-250 for plinking and varmints
2. .257 Roberts for deer and antelope and coyotes
3. 270 wcf or 7x57 for deer+
4. .300H&H because I had to pick a 4th
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Out the current inventory:
223 - AR-15
223 - Ruger American Predator
30-06 - Rem700 sporter
30-06 - Rem700 heavy long range rig
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17 Remington left hand
6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer 1905 with a Lyman 36
300 H&H left hand
400 Whelen left hand
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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223 AR
223 Tikka
243 Tikka
308 Tikka
“Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils.” - General
John Stark.
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This is what I have
223 Tikka bolt action LH
30/06 Remington 700 LH
375 Ruger Hawkeye LH
#4 None
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1) cz 452 22 LR
2) cz 452 22 mag
3) rem 700 221 fireball
4) rem 700- 338-06
Would do everything that i could want in a rifle battery
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… going to a four gun battery…
223 plinking
243 coyotes and such
280AI most everything from speed goats to elk
35 whelen elk, moose, and bear
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For my needs (Colorado): 4 guns? .22LR (rifle) .280 Rem/7mm RM/.30-06 (take your pick) 12 ga. (shotgun) .45ACP (1911) 4 rifles? .22LR .223 (AR) .280 Rem/7mm RM/.30-06 (take your pick) .338WM 4 centerfire rifles? .223 (AR) .280 Rem/7mm RM/.30-06 (take your pick) .338WM .45-70 (Marlin)
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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OK, if it's just center fire rifles.
223
6mm Rem (or 25-06 OK)
30-06
375 H&H
Early Remington 700 BDL's with wood stocks. I had better have spare barrels for the 06 though.
I prefer classic.
Semper Fi
I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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Three pre 64 M70 FW 270's and a 375 H&H. Someone give me a knife and a blank check, I will hunt the world.... 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Three pre 64 M70 FW 270's and a 375 H&H. Someone give me a knife and a blank check, I will hunt the world.... Since it's a blank check, I'll tag along. I'll only bring the ol 06 though....  If I need to shoot squirrels, I'll borrow your 270...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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4 rifle battery: 223rem 6XC 260rem/6.5x55 30-06 9.3x62 Oh crap that´s five guns....but that´s as low as I can go  4 gun battery Benelli 12ga. 22LR 260rem/6.5x55 9.3x62
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the boys are making real sensible picks mate!
my thinking:
6.5x55
280AI
338WM
450-400 double
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