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Lots of us have been shooting/acquiring rifles for many years. Just curious if you were to start all over today knowing what you do and with today's variety of rifles and chamberings, what would you buy?

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knowing what I know now I could have saved WHEEL BARROWS full of cash by purchasing a 450 marlin BLR for short to moderate range and a 340 or 375H&H caliber synthetic stocked stainless bolt action for general use on elk hunts and sticking to the two for all my hunting.
once you have total confidence in the rifle you carry its makes little sense to keep trying new stuff the money and times better spent elseware but it took me decades to fully appreciate that fact

If I was starting one of my kids out today, I think I'd get a Remington 700, screw on a 22 inch Shilen or Kreiger, chamber it for '06, put it in a Micky stock, and top it with a 2.5X8 Leupold.
I'm too fond of what I've got to be sensible for myself.

280, 30-30, and a 22/250 covers me fine. I could have saved a ton money by staying right there 25 years ago.

358 Win and never look back. 222 Rem Mag for the little critters.

Ken

I always say when I got married I had a 16 ga 870 and a 6 mm remington 788 as well as a 22 rifle and pistol . Should have quit right there.

I think the 7-08 is here to stay.

I also think that a 204 Ruger, the 7-08 and a .338 Win mag would cover about everything in North America.

donsm70

I think I'm doing it pretty well my first time around.

I've got a .45-70 for any hunting I do here in Maine.

I've got a .375 H&H for when I get to hunt Alaska.

I'm in the process of building a 7mm Mashburn for hunting the western states.


and that's all I currently own for rifles. I need a small bore to round out the collection and I'm done I think. Time to start putting money towards tags and hunts. Less things and more experiences.

I started and stuck with 30cal rifles for most of my life. Looking back everything save Africa could have been done just as well if not better with a light bolt action in something like 270, 280 or 7-08.
That would leave a lot more room in the safe.

Stainless Model 70 375 H&H
Kimber in 6.5 Creedmor
Cooper 57M or Annie 1710 in 22LR

Already did it.....

Ruger 10/22
Kimber in 243 (with a properly throated and twisted barrel for 105's)
MRC in 375 H&H

Call it a day other than shotguns.

223AI x 2

308 x 2

One light, one heavy in each.

Well if I'm gonna be honest with myself, I only need 3 guns...

1. Ruger 10/22(any decent .22 would work)
2. Either Winchester M70 or CZ-550 in .270
3. 12 gauge pump shotgun.

That would pretty much cover it...now don't EVER show this to my wife!!!

No need to start over, was shooting a 270 forty-five years ago....

Cooper in 7mm-08

Winchester 70 375 H&H

.223 in AR platform

6mm Remington Ackley Improved

.308

300 Winchester mag.

That would cover my needs/wants completely, from coyote hunting, varmints, elk, mule deer, to long range steel ringing and competition.

Model 70 stainless chambered in 300 win. mag and a Kimber Montana 7 WSM.

223 and 270