Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters More than one rifle in the same caliber?

7 each-.30-06 & .45-70. Wow, didn't realize it till I counted them up!

I only have multiple rifles in interesting and useful calibers .......



.277. ......... .284 . ....... .308 (caliber not cartridge)



WHY? Because I like them, no one else has to like/agree.

Well I have a neighbor that hunted a lot and he hunted all over the world, he said to me one, I was very young at the time 13 years old that, he dose almost all his hunting with a 7mm RM, since there was little dangerous game hunting left, this was the 1960s, and when he died, all his guns when to the local gun shop to be sold, he had just three rifles a pair of 7mm RM well cared for but shot and hunted with and a 375 H+H, I seem to recall that JOC traveled a lot with a pair of 270 Winchester M-70, reasoning being if one should break the hunt can go on with out a hitch and simply ammo . I had a lot of guns chambered for the same cartridge, I don't anymore, then again I don't hunt like I use to either or shoot as much as I use to !

More than one rifle in the same caliber? A DAMN good START!

(2).270 Win (2) 7 RM (2) 300 WSM These are my favorite calibers and they are zeroed for different loads and have different scopes and stocks.

Also have other rifles including a stainless 30-06 that I like a lot.

Actually caliber is the diameter of the bore,There are many 308 caliber rifle CARTRIDGES.308 Win,30-06,30-30 yada yada yada.

True but there is a reason for a little ambiguity.

I answered the OP ? Correctly and yet protected the family 'jewels'. <G>

4 in 222 mag and it is still not enough...

Schrapnel where do you get brass for that cartridge today?

Crap!


Ive only got three .223AIs�.


But I can feel good about them because they are all about the new fangled materials�stainless and synthetic.

I keep searching and have gotten well over 1,000 from various sources, all Remington of course...

Aah.....OK thanks!

That's good stuff right there...don't know how I missed that before.

HnS: A bit of glib humor directed toward my sentimental favorite...

I use it for the same reasons some hunt with muzzleloaders..I like to be handicapped sometimes.

When I get over it, I grab a 7 magnum.

Yeah this is along the lines I was thinking. Classy choices too! I think the '06 is a viable LR cartridge, and a perfect short- and mid-range one too. I can even see the benefit of #3 gun, set up for cast bullets only, and #4, set up with light bullets and light for youngsters.

I'm enamored with 30-06! The funny part of that is I detested the round for decades, because it was 'overkill', and the yay-hoos all shot 30-06 when I was growing up. They have been replaced in my mind with 300 RUM shooters today.

Bob, I like that: the 270 Handicap. Worth getting custom brass made!

HnS: If you wanna make things really tough on yourself,top the 270 with a fixed 4X.

This may be the ultimate expression of mediocrity on the CF....unless of course you have a 30/06 similarly outfitted.

Hey wait! I got one of those, too!

Shrapnel, you should open a petting zoo stocked w/ your gun collection. I would definitely make the trip and bug you for a fishing lesson while I was there.

mike r

When I used to sell/trade them off to fund the next project, I never kept more than one in a given chambering. I seldom trade them off any more, so have ended up with multiples in same chamberings. Currently, there's multiples laying around in 22 LR, 223, 7x57, 270, 30-06, 300 H&H, 9.3x62, 45-70 and 45 ACP.

Bob, I've done my best and longest shooting on game with my fancy variable left on 8x. In fact, I just left it there last season, even in wooded areas. 8x seems to 'fit' me.

The majority of the animals I've taken, 4x would have been ideal. Too bad they don't make a 4-8x variable in a light, trim profile with good glass. 8x is plenty for making good shots at big game at 600, and 4x gives plenty of FOV, even at spear-range.

I know 6x fixed is the preferred here on the fire for many with much experience. To me it seems like a compromise. Maybe I'll set my optics to 6x and run them that way this season, to test thoroughly the hypothesis.