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I have multiples of 270 WCF, and 338-06's
Last count was nine 270's and three 338-06's.

How do I choose which one to hunt with? Easy, whichever one I feel like.

This year I am going to carry a new to me 1:8 twist 270 shooting 155gr LRX's or another new to me African style 338-06 shooting 210gr TSX's.

Both model 70 classics.

4- 35 Remington's
3- 308 Wins
5- 22LR
4- 223
3- 7.62x39
3-45 Colt

I have a heavy target type rifle with a high magnification scope on it.

I have a short lightweight bolt action carbine for close range brush hunting with a low powered 1-4X variable scope on it

I have a general-purpose bolt-action rifle with a 22" barrel and an all-around 3-9X40 scope on it.

It makes more sense to me for all of them to be in 308 instead of 3 different cartridges. Each of the 3 rifles serve very different roles, but the 308 cartridge is versatile enough to excel in all 3 roles. Makes life a lot simpler for me.

I do have other rifles in other cartridges, but the 308's are my go-to rifles and I don't really NEED anything else. And there is nothing magic about 308. That's just the way I went, someone could put together 3 very different rifles and chamber them all in any of at least a dozen other cartridges and do the same thing.

This thread makes me feel less looney.

3, in 30-06
5, in 223, 2 bolt action, 3 ARs
2, in 7.62x39, cz 527 and AR platform.
2, in 6.5 CM,
5, 22 LR.

I’d love to see your gun collection!

Have lots of multiples (currently 243, 270, 6.8w, 270 wsm, 280, 308, 30-06, 300 win). Luckily I can hunt pigs year round on top of fall hunts so most make it out every now and then. I of course have my favorites, but my personal rule of thumb is that if I don’t hunt a rifle at least once in 5 years goes down the road as I don’t like it as much as I think I do. Helps me keep a sane (for me) number of guns but my multiples list always changes:)

Lou

4-.223’s
2 6.5x55
Several.22 lr and .22 mag
Now handguns, quite a few multiples, shotguns as well

Two 270win
Four 30-06
Two 300WSM
Two 338 win
Five 348win
Two 375 Ruger
Maybe a dozen 45-70?

I don't need anything just more time.

oops, for about 6.8 SPC, and the 6.5 Creedmoor.

Even after culling the herd the past several years, I still have a few duplicates.

Two 222 Rem.
Five 223 Rem/5.56 mm
Three 6.5 Grendel
Two 6.5 Creedmoor
Two 6.5X55
Two 7mm-08
Three 30-30 WCF
Three 308 WCF
Four 30-06

No rhyme or reason on which one goes to the woods other than weather conditions, terrain and game pursued.

Have plenty of hardware; just need more time in the woods.

StarchedCover

I bet it is awesome

I try not to exceed 10 rifles of the same chambering. Except 22 rimfire, it doesn't count. 223/223AI's are always pushing the max. I should just consider them each as different chamberings so the limit would be upped on them. 6.5 CM, and .308's are the next two that I have to watch.

7, 22lr
2, 22WMR
4, 223
2, 243
6, 257 Roberts
3, 6.5 creedmoor
2, 264WM
2, 6.8 western
2, 270
2, 280 rem
2, 280AI
2, 7mm rem
2, 308
6, 30-06
3, 300 win mag
2, 44 magnum
4, 44-40
2, 45-70

There’s a few more I only have one rifle in, it’s always bothered me to only have one rifle in a particular cartridge, I thought if I was going to keep ammo/components around it needed to be for more than one rifle, starting to reconsider that thought though.

Forgot the 30-30s, 5 of them.

Darn I forgot about
22lr
5.56
30-30
6.8spc
44mag
300 savage

2-22lr
2-7mm Rem Mag, 3 if you count TC Encore (1 of 3 barrels for this)
2-300WSM
2-7-08
4-270WSM
2-35 Whelen including 1 TC Encore barrel

Muzzleloader

3-50 cal including 1 TC Encore barrel

Pistols

5-9mm
2-.40
3-22WMR

4 - 22lr
4 - 223
3 - 243
2 - 240Wby - haven't seen anyone with this one on their list yet
2 - 25-06 - one is an AI
3 - 270
2 - 280 - one is technically my Dad's now, but it still stays in my safe
2 - 7Rem Mag
2 - 30-06

Of multiples
6 223’s
4 22 lr’s

Handguns
2 380’s
6 9mm’s

3 22LR
3 223
4 30-06
2 45-70

223 or 5.56 Rock River predator pursuit, Rock River M-4, Windham Weapons M-4
30-06 Rem 742 carbine (dads) Sporterized 03, Win 70 Featherweight
300 WBY Vanguard and a MKV
I can’t call myself a collector, I seem to accumulate guns I don’t really need just to have them to play with. All of them have Leupold scopes on them. I might hunt 1or 2 days a year. I do take them out to shoot semi regularly.