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For game that I'd ever hunt my current battery would do me fine:
Ruger M77 mkII stain/lam. 280 Rem. w/ Leupold 6X42
Savage M110E lam. in 243 Win. with (soon to be) Nikon Monarch 3-9X40
Remington M760 in 30-06 w/ Leupold VariX-III 2.5-8X
Remington M572 22 rimfire Bushnell 4X
Remington M870 Express 3" with Hasting 24" barrel scew in chokes.
I could get by with two Ruger M77 MkII's in 30-06 and 243 and or 308 and 223 both set up identically in size/stock/scope etc.
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You might could get by with just a 30-06, and leave the rest of it at home. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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270wsm Tikka T3 stainless light w/2x7 It just happens to be under the Christmas tree. 375 H&H stainless w/4 power scope. 45-70 Gov stainless marlin GG. NO scope.
I normally carry a 270 win and have taken every thing but sheep and Mt goats in Wyo. with it.
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My three on pre-64 actions would be 280 Rem/leo 6X42, 338-06w/leo 3.5X10 efr and 375 h&h w/leo 1.75X6 E. with a substitute of a 300 wby for the 338 if extra long range is called for.
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I'll pick the 3 rifles in my safe that I'm most likely to hang on to, no matter what.
1.) Pre-war Savage 99R .250-3000. It wears either a Lyman tang peep, or a Lyman Alaskan ( 2-1/2X w/Lee dot ). For deer/antelope and smaller sized critters.
2.) Ruger No.1A 7X57 w/Leupold 6X36. For deer/antelope up to caribou sized critters.
3.) Pre-64 Model 70 .375 H&H w/ Leupold 3X in QD mounts. ( also has Lyman peep and factory irons ). For big critters and bears. This rifle is probably the rifle I would be least likely to ever part with.
All are blue/walnut.
Jeff Jeff you have a fine colection of guns very nice indead!!!
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Well guys and gals I will probably start a flame in some people but considering the 30.06 and 270win has taken a lot of all game in Noth America and will continue to in the years to come. But my choice and only one gun would be my short fat 7mmwsm with Lost River Bullets at 3300fps 140gr that tacs in a Rem 700 24" Hart barrel and a LPS 2.5 to 10 can do it fine and better than the first mentioned calibers.
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Well guys, I just back from wilderness rifle school. After serious consideration, my suggested battery would be: .22 hornet for any animal up to and including Alaska Moose. (we are talking 300 yards or less here). For big, dangerous game: 30-30 Winchester model 94. (150 grain premium bullets).
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Here would be my three big-game rifle battery if I were to start from scratch today:
1. Primarily for deer and pronghorn, but could be used on elk too: 6.5x55 Swedish/any quality 3-9x scope, using bullets from 100-140 grs for pronghorns to deer, 140-160 grs for elk. 2. Elk-sized game and larger: .30-06/any quality 2-7 scope, using 180-200 gr bullets. 3. Things that bite back-- big bears (if I hunted them): .375 H&H/ any quality scope 1-5 variable, or fixed 2-3x, 300 gr bullets all the way.
"You cannot miss fast enough to win."-- Ross Seyfried
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the .375H&H can do all but the longest range stuff easily. A couple spins of the top turret'll get you to the 1k mark.....
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1. Pre '64 Model 70 Winchester 220 Swift 2. Pre '64 Model 70 Winchester Featherweight 30-06 3. Pre '64 Model 70 Winchester Alaskan 338 Win Mag
The unarmed man is not only defenseless, he is also contemptible. Niccolo Machiavelli
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223, 3006, and 338 Ruger MK II's is what I have. Shotguns too of course.
Good Shooting!
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I'm very simply and like the just off the beated path.
#1.: Sporterized 96 mauser in 6.6x55 wearing a 6x36 leupold
#2: CZ 550FS in 9.3x62 with 4x leupold
#3: Anschutz 1827BT, 22LR with issued peep sights. I could do without my .22 if I had too, but I don't want to.
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I use a wide variety of hardware but if I were putting together a two rifle battery just for North America it would consist of two rifles I presently have. A second generation Model 70 Super Grade 30-06 with Leupold 3.5x10x40 VariXIII in Leupold mounts and a second generation Model 70 Super Grade .338 Win. Mag. with a 4.5x14x40 VariXIII in Talley mounts. This combination will take anything that moves in North America or pretty much anywhere else. Let me have a third and I would reach for my Model 94 Black Shadow 30-30 with an old reconditioned Weaver K3 in Leupold mounts.
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1) 270 Win., pre-64 Model 70 action, McMillan stock, Pachmayr Decelerator pad, 22" Half-Moon bbl., 2.5-8x Leupold Vari-X III scope, custom steel bottommetal, custom milled-steel scopemounts. Weight: 8 lbs.
2) 300 Win. Mag., Model 70 Classic action, 24" Kreiger bbl, McMillan stock, Pachmayr Decelerator pad, custom milled-steel bottommetal and scopemounts, Leica 3.5-10x scope. Weight 8.5 lbs.
3) 338 Win. Mag., Model 70 Classic action, McMillan stock with Pachmayr Old English pad, 24" Kreiger bbl., custom steel bottommetal and scope mounts, Leupold 2.5-8x Vari-X III with additional 400 yd. stadia wire from Premier reticles. Weight: 8.5 lbs.
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"The placing of the bullet is everything. The most powerful weapon made will not make up for lack of skill in marksmanship."
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270 win Rem 700 ss synthetic(factory) 3.5-10 Leupold
338-06 Rem 700 matte black synthetic(Mcmillan) 2.5-8 Leupold
375 H&H Interarms Whitworth safari, walnut Leupold 1.75-6 in QD mounts
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bizymocha, That would be: #1-a quality .22RF #2- a .375 H&H or AI #3- a .223 Rem. or 22-250
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Either a Winchester Model 70 or a Weatherby Sub MOA topped with a Leopold VariXIII 3.5 to 10 x50 or 4.5 to 12 x 50. All synthetic and stainless.
1. 22-250 2. 308 (Probably carry this 95% of the time) 3 338 Win Mag
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a 7mm-08 and a 350 rem mag
I Kill Things......deal with it..
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have done all of my rifle hunting for the past 2 seasons with a blued/walnut sako .22 and a 1957 vintage savage 99 in .300..... i don't feel any real need for any other rifles....
still, there's good reason for hanging on to the model 70 .243, and the sporterized mauser 30-06
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