Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What is your one favorite bolt, lever , rimfire and shotgun?

Mine:

Pre 64 Model 70 Fwt in 30-06, wears a Kahles 4X
Savage 99F in 358 with a K3
Browning A5 12 ga (dont have one yet, but looking)
Marlin 39A with Redfield Receiver sight

Despite many more, all these guns are me.

Jeff

This is tough but if I HAD to pick...

Winchester 70 .300 H&H Mag w/ Leupold 3.5-10x40
Savage 99 .375 Win w/ Burris 1.75-5x20
Benelli 121 SL 80 12ga
CZ 452 FS .22WMR w/ Burris 6x Compact

1962 Vintage Remington 700 ADL in .280 w/6X Burris
Rebarreled Early Sako Vixen in .223 (was 222 Rem mag, shot barrel out) w/6X Burris
Remington Model 7 MS in 250 Savage w/2x7x33mm Leupold
70's era Belgian Browning 20 Ga, 25" IC
First year production Ruger 77/22 .22LR w/4XSteel Weaver
1958 vintage Marlin 336 SC 30-30, open sight

Great Lever Guns above!

Mine:

1953 Vintage Marlin 336 30-30 w/2.7 Burris
2005 Ruger UL Stainless Synthetic 30.06 w/3x9 Burris
Ancient(old as hell) Savage single shot .22
Ancient(old as hell) Spanish Double Barrell .20 ga.

First one is the best handling deer gun ever and was my Grandpa's
Second one is my all weather deer gun that shoots great to.
Third one is old but shoots like a lazer and was my Grandpa's
Fourth one is a great bird/sporting clays gun.

M200 Sauer 30-06 with a old B/L 4X
Late `30s vintage M94 Winchester in 32 spcl
CZ-452 FS 17HMR wearing a 2x7 Weaver RF
1100 Remington 12 ga

There are a couple others close in the running but these are never going anywhere.

Ruger 77 35 Whelen
Tie between my Win 94 30/30 and 44 mag
Don't have a rimfire, that is where my 44 mag lever comes in.
Win 97 12g. Classic!!

There are others but these are the ones which feel like an extension of body.

Winchester model 70 classic 300wsm.
Savage model 99 in 300 Savage, was Gramps.
Kimber H.S. in a sporter stock.

I was too quick and forgot the Beretta DT10L.

My Remington 700 BDL Varminter 25.06 is my favorite. Currently customizing it. I've had it completely re-blued to a matte black and a target crown added. It has a Timney trigger set to 3 lbs. I've set a Leupold VX-II 6x18x40 AO atop with Burris Signature rings mated to Leupold bases (Weaver style). I'm waiting for my HS Precision stock, due any day now, and a new bottom plate/trigger guard from Williams, also due any day. To this I'll be adding a Harris 8-13" swivel bipod, and a black leather sling when I find one worthy.

When I get it altogether, I'll post a few before and after pics.

I'm pretty certain RAS can guess my favorite lever.

Favorite bolt is most certainly the Bumblebee, shotgun in an older 870 in 16 gauge, and rim is my first rifle, a Ruger 10/22 Deluxe.

rimfire...61 Winchester for shooting. The shots I've made with that...

rimfire...52 Win Sporter for looking and a different sort of shooting.

Bolt... I guess I've got a mind-meld with my Model 7 for some reason, so there it is. It's a .358 but it still felt electric in my hands as a 7-08.

Lever... they have come and gone. I couldn't say. Perhaps the old beater 30-30 I gave my brother. The 44 mag Marlin I still have is bitchin'. I do like my platypus BLR a lot, but it's a fairly platonic relationship.

Shotgun... easy... Citori 12-ga Upland FW (or something like that). Only, I had one that I killed a LOT of grouse and quail with, and a few pheasants. It was a plain-jane, field-grade gun that I beat around pretty good. Then I had to go and get it replaced under warranty, and the bastards went and sent me a PURTY Citori. So, same gun... sort of... and I like it a lot... but it hasn't yet reached the status of the first one, and with the mountain quail and good grouse hunting an $80 tank of gas away... it's gonna take a while.

.22... the one I had in high school that lived behind the seat of my '79 Chevy Scottsdale with the anemic 305 V8. It was a Winchester semi-auto that would double up sometimes. I could walk my rounds into a running jack rabbit with that rifle. Bought it in a pawnshop in Albuquerque before a ZZ Top concert. Had to buy the magazine tube at the pawnshop next door because they couldn't sell me both at the same shop... wierd.

I guess the fav bolt I own is kind of boring, mid/early 90's production M70 push feed walnut/blue featherweight in 30-06. Burris FFII 3-9 40mm bplx. Dad bought me that one.

I really struggle with the lever and rimfire question because I almost want to say they are one and the same. 9422M traditional (straight grip walnut stocks with checkering) in .22 mag.

If I had to pick a centerfire lever I suppose I'd go with my post 64 M88 in .308 with fixed 4x loopie. Nicest pressed checkering I know of, the basket weave & the acorn/oak leaf clusters with a simple oil finish are out of this world. Although the trigger is trash when compared to the triggers we hope for in our bolt rifles it adds a bit of personality to the rifle, you have to know it pretty well to be good with it.

pump shot gun?

Only pumps I've ever had is 870's

I'm not an artsy or precision shotgun guy. If we are to think of a shotgun as a tool then I'd say my shot guns are kind of like a pipe wrench, not pretty at all, but very strong & functional, the work they do is not glorious & they are cared for about the same.

Dave

Bolt:Win Model 70 Pre 64 Supergrade in 270
Lever:Win Model 94 Pre 64 in 32 Win Special
RimFire: Ruger 10/22
Shotgun: Beretta A303, have both 12 and 20 gauge

Bolt: M70 Winch.
Lever: none
Rimfire: Rem. M541T
Shotgun: Any SKB, but of those the M880 Crown Grade's my #1

Bolt: Winchester M70
Lever: Winchester M64,and Winchester M71;but not enough to own either one.
Rimfire:Kimber 22;Winchester M52
Shotgun(s):Winchester M12, Rem 870,Win.M21;Browning Superposed and Citori.Like the Benneli's in more modern shotguns.

Sorry, I can't pick just one.....

Bolt- Remington 700

Lever- Marlin 1895GS

Benelli- Super Black Eagle 2

Weatherby Mark XXII

-FMP

Bolt: Model 98 Mauser action
Lever: Marlin 1894C in .357 magnum
Rimfire: Scoped Marlin bolt
Shotgun: Don't have one
Autoloader: SKS

(You left out autoloader.)

Rem 700 .270
Marlin 336C 30-30
Win 52B
Beretta 686 O/U 12ga

Bolt: This is a tough one, but "today" it's Mel's Rem 700 Classic in 250 Savage, with a Swaro PF 6x42 on top. It's hugely accurate.
Lever: Martini Cadet in 218 Bee
Rimfire: A tie (How's that for diplomacy ) CZ 452 22RF Prestige Model with excellent wood, with a Leupold 3-9 on top. Then, a Ruger 10-22 Sporter all tricked out with a Claude Gatewood Walnut stock that will knock your eyes out.
Shotgun: Traditions SxS 410 gage