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My three would be...
Sako Bavarian Carbine in 9.3x64. Small little thumper great for deer to bear. If it was imported I would own one, but it is not.
Weatherby UL in 257 Roy. Should be effective on varmints up through deer and give some needed range.
Marlin 1894 in 45 Colt. I just love the 1894 Marlin. It is legal for deer in Ohio and simply fun to shoot.
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10/22 And 12ga as given a must!
223
270 or 30/06 (endless debate)
338
All tikkas with a 2.5-10
Last edited by Dre; 02/29/16.
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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It is unlikely in the extreme that I'll ever outside the US and even Alaska is highly doubtful.
Thus my "three rifle battery" would look like this:
.22 LR
7mm RM
Yes, I can count. That combo sufficed for 20 years, small game and light varminting to elk.
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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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scottfromdallas - just came across your post and like minds think alike. Rather than than the .257 Bob I have a .25/06, .338 Federal and the 9.3X62. Pretty much covers a lot of critters. Homesteader.
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Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Pretty much doing this now. Going to be:
223
6.5 Creedmoor
30-06
All will be customs on 700 clones in McMillan stocks.
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![[Linked Image]](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah139/Hayst2711/a_zpstmys154p.jpg) These are what I have settled on...mainly as I enjoy using them. Top to bottom. 1958 ZKW 465 22 hornet 1950 model 21 7x64 Brenneke 1958 model 5 22 lr
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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22LR
338 Fed
375 H&H
That, and a 12ga, and I could do everything I'll ever do.
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For me here in N.C.
.22LR Henry
.30-30 Marlin 336
.30-06 Stainless Ruger UL boat paddle
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Gotta have four rifles, three CFs: 22 LR 243 Win for varmints to deer 270 Win, probably my 70 FW (because it pizzes Ingwe off  ) 375 H&H Mine is a Ruger MkII Magnum But this is an exercise that blows my brain apart. I can't imagine not having a .308, .30-06, 7mm, 223, 338, etc., etc., etc.
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Seriously doubt that I will ever get down to three rifles...rock on! 
Ben
Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...
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Not only that mudhen, but who would want to????
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my 3 rifle battery choices for centerfire cartridges, out of my collection of stuff, would be...
1) 243 Win - for it's dual purpose role (and either my Ruger #1 or my Remy M700)
2) 7mm STW - for its long range accuracy prowess in my Sako 75 SS
3) 416 Rigby - for anything big, in my Ruger M77 MkII Magnum rifle.
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Whew, thread from the basement.....
223 - 75 Amax
260 - 123 Scenar
7RM - 162 Amax.
Might even get down to 2.
223- 75 Amax
270- 140 NAB
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After giving this some thought, I'd say to the ideal 3 rifle battery would be 1. A relatively low power rifle with readily available ammo for small game. 2. A rifle adaptable to a WIDE variety of game(basically yotes to elk) once again with an easy to obtain ammo supply. and 3. an "Oh [bleep] that things got some teeth" rifle for knocking down things that need to be knocked down NOW.
That being said...
1. 22lr
2. 270 Winchester
3. 458 Winchester Magnum
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22 l.r.
223 Rem
308 or 30/06
Those will cover anything I ever want to hunt.
drover
223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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If I were limited to only 3 it would be....
CZ-452 .22RF
REM-700 BDL 30-06
Browning 1886 SRC 45-70
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.22-250
.308
.338
Perhaps not my favorites but playing the 3 rifle game this should cover 98% and I'd be OK with it. Six would be better :-) just sayin
Why does a man who is 50 pounds overweight complain about a 10 pound rifle being too heavy?
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I love these threads!
My 3 cartridge battery would be
.22lr
.223Rem
.300 Win
There would be many rifles in these cartridges I could live with but I do like My Ruger 77/22 a lot and My Remington model 700 XCR II's are some of My favorites.........Hb
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Not only that mudhen, but who would want to???? I'm in this boat. Beware of the man with more than 3 rifles...  He may just know how to use them... 
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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