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Campfire Oracle
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Not only no,but HELL NO! 
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Campfire Ranger
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Even when I was 14 I had more than one.. Now days, with my very favorite calibers I try to have at least two..
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I'd like to figure out how to get down to 100, can't see any way to get down to 1.
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Campfire Regular
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This is probably the wrong crowd to ask that question. I just keep buying bigger safes. Bet I'm not the only one.
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Campfire Tracker
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Normally dont give threads like these a thought..but i got into the wild turkey early today..
soo, if i had to have just one..300 weatherby, only covers big game, if it had to cover everything i suppose the world would be in a [bleep] place and i'd just use it on myself
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Campfire Tracker
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I would have trouble getting down to 1 dozen.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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Chit!!!
I've got 3 models that I own exact duplicates of. One of them I have 3 identical rifles, caliber and all.
One!!!
What a hoot. Love these guys.
One!
LOL!
TRUMP- GABBARD 2024
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I can only shoot one rifle at a time, so theoretically, yes I could get by with one good rifle.
If you want to get down to one rifle, just have a couple of sons and I assure you, you will no longer own anything in your safe.
24HCF in its entirety, is solely responsible for why my children do not have college funds, my mortgage isn't paid-off and why I will never retire early enough to enjoy the remainder of my life.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Not only no,but HELL NO! I agree, wth!!!!! I leave for a month and come back to this chit... 
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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Campfire Outfitter
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Had just one rifle for many years. It was a Browning semi-auto .22. Not much good for big game...
Now there is no reason for me to have just one, regardless of cartridge, so I have almost all I want.
Well, maybe scratch the "almost".
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
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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All I have for hunting is a pre-64 Model 70 in .30Gov't06. Killed a LOT of stuff with it, small to big. Tons of different loads and bullets for it. Always put a bit of stock in the "Beware the man with one rifle" thing. Got a safe full of other stuff, though, mainly cause the gubmnet don't like it, so I want some... 
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I would have trouble getting down to 1 dozen. Amen..
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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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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The only time I had one rifle, was when I got my first rifle.
That was in the mid 1970's. It was a Winchester 670A 243Win, with a Tasco 4X scope.
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I have one wife. but cant get by without a few rifles.
bare min if I had too. .22, 308, 7x57, 30-06 and 375 H&H.
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Currently I only own one rifle. My Remington 700 .30-06 BDL. I just bought a Win. model 70 .270 but that is for my son. I've only owned one rifle for the last few months after unloading several others to pay some bills. I don't plan on staying with just one but I don't know if I'm looking to add anything this year either.
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I'm getting close to having one rifle per rifle type; that is, one bolt, one lever, etc. that doesn't count the dozen or so I have that are family heirlooms and, thus, don't count against the "one rifle" tally. How's that for creative accounting? 
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Since January 1 2015 I have only purchased 4
Ruger 1A 280
C Sharps 1875 45-70
Ruger Old Army
Ruger 1022
That's less the 1 per week......
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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If I wanted, I'm certain I could hunt everything I'll ever want in the "big game" category with a 30-06.
Oddly though, I don't even use one anymore.
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Well I am down to one safe now... so I am working towards that goal.
I could never get down to one big game because I have my 3006 and the sav 99 308 my dad gave.
Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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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 I predict a gun splurge when you PCS stateside. Book it!
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