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For about 5-7 years, the ONLY rifle I used, other than for predator calling was my .257 Wby. I killed everything with that. Elk, deer, javelin, fox, bobcat, coyotes, antelope, African animals etc. That rifle is like an extension of my arm.

Then, after years of dedicated service, that rifle went to schit accuracy wise, and my 7 LRM was ordered. Ross, Azshooter helped me debug my 257 and now it is shooting 5 shout groups of 110 Accubonds under an inch.

My 7 LRM will now get the majority of the work as it was too damn expensive and too nice of a rifle with too nice of a scope to leave in the safe.

It kills me to leave my Kimber 300 WSM in the safe. The rifle is absolutely a hammer, dependable and accurate. Every time. I just have very little use for it, and I would sell it if it was not the gun I bought for Africa.

The rifles I keep coming back to and the ones that get carried in the bush the most are a Ruger Ultralight tang safety in .250 Savage, a Ruger Hawkeye .257 Roberts, another Ruger Ultralight in .308 and a Ruger No.1A in 7x57.

I have a few other rifles that are probably nicer like my Brno 601 .30-06 with custom stock, a Sako Grizzly in 8x57 and a .280 Rem with HS Precision stock but the four above rifles are the ones that I seem to reach for the most. I have a .25-06 but it hardly ever gets a run as my Roberts does all I want with 100gn bullets in .25 cal. I also have a No.1 in .303B and am about to purchase another No.1 in 9.3x62 but really I already know that when I want to hunt with a No.1, I'll be reaching for the 7x57 most of the time.

And it just occurred to me that the four rifles I hunt with the most are all Rugers.

Way too many to count and the m7 ss 7-08 gets the most use followed by an old adl 243 and a slew of 270's. Killed deer with 7 different guns in last 2 seasons

scouttracker,

I have a .223 which is sometimes used for varmits. I have two(2).375's. One (my first) a box-stock Win. model 70, the other a semi-custom .375AI on Win. Model 70 action. The .375AI has been my "ONLY" hunting rifle since 1989. There are a few other rifles in the safe, just there for ballast!!! memtb

Shrapnel, you elevate suck to a very lofty level indeed.

Friend of mine owned a Lightning for a time then sold it behind my back. It wasn't a .44-40 or anything really cool, but I still think he keeps a .270 in the closet just because, well, those are one of the niftiest things Colt ever put together. Why on God's green earth would one sell a perfectly functional and accurate Lightning?



Second place might be a SAA.

Double Suck if there ever were.

I shoot .22 shorts a lot. In fact I got blood on my flip flops a couple days back on account of shorts. It's Florida...flip flops in winter.....check.

I shoot a ton of .22LR all summer and to a lesser extent 308 and 30-06.

22 lr
.223
6.5 creedmoor primary hunting gun
6.5 creedmoor (truck gun)
6.5x284
280 AI
12 guage

I use the 6.5 creedmoor the most when hunting and shooting paper.

I mainly use three calibers (4 guns):
243
25-06
7mm-08

Soon as the 358 Winchester gets back, I'll use it just for grins.

I have a variety of .22 rimfire rifles; .45, .50, and .54 caliber BP rifles; and a good mix of centerfire rifles from .224 to .375 caliber. I shoot and hunt with my .300 Weatherby the most.

.264
.284
.308
.323
.338

JAPPF,

GWB

I use and shoot a .223/.223AI more than anything else, probably more than everything else combined (excluding rimfire). After the .223's would be .308's. The .223's and .308's do a lot of hunting as well. I hunt with a lot of different calibers but don't spend nearly as much time shooting them...the .223 and .308 calibers send the most lead down range.

My 7mm rifles get used more than any of the others (7-08, 280 Rem and 7mm Rem Mag), followed by the .277 stuff (Win and WSM), then probably a tie between .223 and .243 (22-250 and 243 Win).

Top use and hunting in no particular order:

Savage 12 in 308

Remington 700 in 300WM

Remington 700 in 308

CZ 452 in 22lr

S&W 629 4 inch barrel in 44 mag (just because I love it)

.260 for the prairie hunting , .243 is always in the truck regardless of season.

Will be doing a lot of shooting with a rem 700 308 and a browning 71 in 348 win.

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As far as what rifle I "use" the most, I would say my rolling block in 40-65 that I use in Schuetzen matches. For big game this year I used a 256 Newton, 250 Savage, and a 30 Newton. For calling coyotes I have been using boring old 222 Rem.

Deep in 7mm at the moment but having .30 cal withdrawals.

I don't enjoy typing that much...

This.

I will say that .223, .260 and .308 were carried the most in 2014.

Sako A7 -243
BRNO 22F-8x57
REM 700- 7-08
This is what got used the most this year.