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Chime in if so. Not expecting many replies 
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I was down to just a .22 and a .30-30 for a couple years once. Sold the rest to pay some bills and buy Christmas presents for my kids when times were tough.
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Just one rifle? What's the fun in that? I was wondering where to put "another rifle". A safe that I can put where I want it and move it myself! ![[Linked Image]](http://www.zanottiarmor.com/images/6-easy.jpg)
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Just one rifle? What's the fun in that? I was wondering where to put "another rifle". A safe that I can put where I want it and move it myself! Who is going to count to six for you? Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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BTDT, not going back there again. One rifle just can't do it all, not unless you can switch barrels easily.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Never happen.I tried......even if I were down to "one",I'd have at least two of them.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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It would not be possible for me to get down to only one rifle, I think 3 rifles could cover my hunting pretty good as my minimum, hopefully it will never come to that ...........Hb
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The only time I was with one rifle is when I was about 10 and my folks bought me my first, a Westernfield 22.
Been adding ever since.
I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
Jack O'Connor
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1 big game rifle at the moment here - Rem 700 .308. It does everything I need in a hunting rifle. It is supplemented by a .22 and .223 for small game and cheap range practice, so I may not count depending on how strict your criteria are.
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My custom 280AI. Deer, elk, maybe pronghorn one day, cats, black bear if I happen to see one. No need for anything else
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I also only had one rifle for a time, at age 10, a Marlin 25 Santa brought me, since then I have been Blessed enough to keep a well stocked safe.
But If I had to choose one , the Ruger 7x57 I have would cover me perfectly fine. PDs to elk.
But the wife would need a gun so I would have to keep the .300 ( for me to carry) , and the goats tend to be wary here, so my .260 Is a necessary item( custom built long range set up) and the .243 is also needed so on and on it goes........
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My custom 280AI. Deer, elk, maybe pronghorn one day, cats, black bear if I happen to see one. No need for anything else What does need have to do with it?
Last edited by R_H_Clark; 02/21/15.
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I did pretty good for a long time....only had one big game rifle at a time in the following order:
Remington 700 BDL 30-06 (1968)
Custom Mauser 93 7x57 (1970)
Mauser (new commercial, can't remember the model) 7x57 (1971)
Remington 700 BDL .280 Remington (1974)
Ruger #1 .375 H&H (1984)
Remington 700 Classic .350 Remington Magnum (1991)
Remington 600 .350 Remington Magnum (2004)
...then something happened...when I bought the next big game rifle I didn't sell the Model 600 and they just started "accumulating"....
If I could get back down to one it would be a Remington Model 7KS in .350 RM...that would cover just about everything big game wise for me...
Bob
If you can not deal with reality, reality will deal with you....
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Just one rifle? What's the fun in that? I was wondering where to put "another rifle". A safe that I can put where I want it and move it myself! Who is going to count to six for you? Travis Pizzed myself...
Me
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I find the mere suggestion seditious.....
Why does a man who is 50 pounds overweight complain about a 10 pound rifle being too heavy?
SCI Life Member 4**
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.22lr, .223 Rem and a .300 Win Mag.....I could get by with three rifles at the bare minimum.....Hb
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Been working "toward" that goal for a couple years. Just can't get there... Get close and then something catches my eye... And then something else... and...
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If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
Doug
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Not now. Maybe later when I'm REALLY old.
It's not that I need more, or that I'm accumulating a pile of stuff. It's because I enjoy messin' with 'em. Once I get one put together, work up a load, and shoot something, it either goes in the keeper pile or goes down the road so I can start on the next one.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Now that I have a bunch it's hard to let them go. Could I....yes if I had to. Only had an 06 for the first 10 years. Hunting was pretty simple, going out? Grab the 06. I sometimes think I should work/sell my way back to that....then I slap myself and come to my senses. I do have friends that have only one though.
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