Bits and pieces are coming in slowly but surely for my ever increasing rifle battery.

1. Remington 700 in 30-06 For a mid-weight do everything on North America rifle
McMillan mountain rifle stock
Williams bottom metal
Soon to be cerakoted
Shilen trigger
Still have the factory tube, not sure if it shoots
Zeiss 3*9*40 with z-600 reticle


2. Remington SS 700 in 270, mountain rifle, just ordered a McEdge. For a bomb proof sheep/lightweight rig
Ordered a KS McEdge yesterday
Shilen trigger
Still have the factory tube, not sure if it shoots
Fixed 6 leupold


3. Remington 700 in 7-08 for deer/lope/ ne'er�do�wells
McMillan Hunter
Shilen
Duracoated
Douglas tube
Leupold 3x9x40
Proven sub moa shooter


I've got a Rem700 SA donor laying around, but I could go horse trade it for a LA beauty from the 60's. Just trade fodder currently.

All I can think of to add would be a mid-weight boom stick (375 H&H) or mid-heavy long range dedication rig (300WM or something freaky)


Ideas? Improvements?

I never could get into battery powered rifles like the etronix...

I wouldn't be surprised if we see it again. The cost of electronics has fallen so much that it's probably cheaper to produce an electronic rifle over a mechanical one. Plus you get the near zero lock-time, ultra-light microswitch trigger, increased security so only the register shooter can fire it, and the ability of the government to remotely turn off your gun.

A 223

Actually the 3 listed are fairly redundant.

No dubble deuce centerfires? WTF?

Kind of what I was thinking, but given that I have seven 308's I can't say too much.

Anyway, I'd think if I wasn't comfortable taking on something with a 7mm-08 I'd want a good bit more than what the others could provide.

Well,

an AR10 and a 338WM

450 Marlin

Snake

There is some 'overlap' as I like to call it. That just means one can be a suitable back-up for another

30-06 is for heavy pills and bear/elk/moose

270 is featherweight beater in SS for wild mountain adventures/sheep/goat

7-08 is sort of in between the two mentioned above


Guess the donor action can be used as trade fodder for a big-bore.

I just use a k-22 for a deuce deuce

I have nothing against a 30-06, but if really need more "whomp" than my usual 243 to 308 spectrum stuff I'll fire up my old Sako 338 mag and get the 250 Partitions rockin' again.

rem 700 CDL in .223 for plinking and varmints

Nula mod 20 in 7mm-08 for sheep and moose and anything else I want to shoot with it

Rem 700 in MPI stock scalloped and skeletonized to make it weigh a svelte 7 lb.s 4 oz.

Rem 700 .338 in a McMillan for when thoughts of the boogeyman make me want something medium caliber

Marlin 45/70 as a knockaround take anywhere rifle

Win. trapper .30-.30 to get rid of the excuse "I didn't have a rifle handy" well duuuhhh get a handy rifle

Nylon 77 .22 and Ruger 10/22 and a brick of .22 ammo so I can get the boys outside at the cabin so I can bother their mother danged popsicles melt too fast in summer

Sure am glad you didn't say 'handi-rifle, Randy.....

Remington 700 6.5x55

Winchester 94 30-30

ruger 10/22

All right, I'll play along

1. 358 Norma
Sako AIII
Hart barrel
McMillan Hunter stock

2. 6.5�284
Cooper Custom Shop

3. 300WinMag
Factory ADL
HSPrecision stock
This is my loaner rifle now

4. Stock Marlin 30/30 18 1/2" barrel

5. In the works
Stiller Predator action
Hart #3 barrels soon to be in 6�6.5�47, 7mm08AI, 338-284, all 20"
McMillan Hunter with Edge technology(ordered yesterday also)
Shilen trigger
Wyatt's extended magazine

I think I will have everything pretty much covered. Good thing you did not ask about target rifle battery.

Verwy Verwy N I C E .


You may have just flung a CRAVIN on me.

I have some to choose from for swapin.

What does "need" have to do with it ? I need a good rifle to hunt. I need another one similar to it as a backup if the main rifle goes down. I've never needed my backup, but I've hunted with others who needed one.
I also "need" a lighter rifle to back pack hunt. It needs to be extra tough and reliable, etc.
I "need" a little heavier one with an appropriate scope for those extra long shots.
Then I "need/want" to play with the latest Scout Rifle made by Ruger. Might learn something useful from the adjustable stock, or the new variable scout scope by Leupold.
I need a good .22 rimfire with iron sights for hunting squirrels. But I also "need" a very accurate one with a scope for long distance target shooting or plinking.....
Eventually, I'll "need" a bigger gun safe....
Heck, I "need" more time to shoot and hunt more. E

Without going into details, I pretty well have everything covered for NA, including big bears and two-legged varmints.

Perhaps it's a bit paranoid but, especially considering the latest from barry's henchmen, if I had a battery, which I don't, I certainly wouldn't be bragging about it in cyberspace. I don't think it's anyone's business what kind nor type nor caliber of rifles I own. If I owned any, that is.

I could really use another deer rifle....

With that arsenal I'd sell the 270 and/or 7-08 and get a (min 1-in-9" twisted) .223 or 223AI and a (min 1-in-9.5" twist) .243 Win.

I currently have:

223 Rem
6-250
257 Rob
257 AI
30-30
30-06

In process:

Fast-twist 220 Swift
6.5x55
7x57

Just a thought on a nice pair to do it all. Well maybe not all day on prairie dogs but about anything else. Winchester Classic Featherweight 257 Bob and a Winchester Classic Sporter 338 Win Mag. For most of us that will take care of anything we hunt. Only if you go after the really big stuff in Africa might you need something bigger.

I think your battery is entirely full-auto

All I need is:

A decent bolt-action 22LR for small critters

A .224/.244 centerfire (most likely a 223, 22-250, or 243) for playing around and coyotes

Two bolt action hunting rifles (just in case) chambered in any standard popular cartridge from 270 to 338. Most likely a 270, 7mm RM, 30-06, 300 WM, or 338 WM. I'd rig one rifle with a longer barrel and scope topping out at 10x for open country and then one with less barrel and a lower powered scope for the timber. In a pinch, either will work for anything.

As of now, I have a 22, 223, 7mm-08, 7x57, 280, 30-06 and 300 Win Mag. Kind of redundant if you just look at calibers.

What else? No sense in pulling them all out, in that there are more than I need-some have overlap-but they keep me interested in fooling around. More and more a good one of these opens up opportunity that was previously off limits.

Newest addition: Waiting for bullets and have yet to mount a scope.

Do you have a roller on your mower? Looks patternish?

No, but Toby has left some patterns....


Nothing would please me more than to have you Christen this one. How about it?

I'm in. You could come early muzzleloader?

Every man owes himself a sako vixen, and a savage 99

When?

October 19th and 20th.

Let's do it, if it works for you!!!! Should be a hoot.

I'll set up camp. Definitely be a weekend to remember!

Good just got better!!!! Only rule is first go is yours.

Off to bed, been a long day.

all i use is 30-06 for all big game 22-250 for critters and .22 for gophers and crows.the 06 loads up or down dang good.my mauser .22 rocks fer crows

"A shotgun, a rifle and a 4 wheel drive".....

30-06 for anything I'm able to hunt even though I use a 7-08 and 6.5x55 more than anything.

308 and 223 cause ammos was once plentiful and cheap. Not much you can't get done with the 308 in the contiguous 48.

Got a new Tikka SS Syn 223 out in the garage trying to figure out how to get it in my man cave where it will be safe...

Pre-'64 Model 70 FW .30-06



Sako 75 .260Rem



Marlin 336 .30-30



Marlin '39D .22lr



Anschutz 1416D .22lr

Martini cadet in .22lr
BSA 50's era .222
Brno 1958 model 5 .22lr
Brno 1956 ZG47 .270
Brno 1949 model 21 7x57
Brno 1950 model 21 7x64

I have recently dumped the spares.

If you get right down to it, what more does a man truly "need" luckily we don't have to go off of that! Thank GOD!!!!!

"Twins"

They're all I need, but they'd be lonely in the safe without friends.

LOL ! My wife has been working weekends for the past year. I can only get to my gunsmith on Saturdays. Problem solved...

Bastid...

Ditto....... plus a couple for Africa and then some.

heres my favorites
1951 721 30-06
1896 30-40 krag
1908 win 94 30-30
110 22-250
1938 mauser es350b
1929 browning a5 lite 12ga
these are what i use every year and they work

Working on my "Final Five". The .22, .243, .270 and .375 slots are locked in. Still sorting out the .30 caliber candidates. Have already started "gifting" the extras to the grand kids. No need for them to wait for me to kick the bucket to start using and enjoying them.

Remington 700 5R 223.
Tikka Varmint 22-250
Sako 75 243
Kimber Classic Select 257 Bob
Remington 700 Stainless 7-08
Kimber Classic 308
Kimber Classic 7WSM
Kimber Classic Select 30-06
Ruger 77/22

22-abolt


Mauser 257 Roberts


Kimber 243

Kampfeld 250AI

9422M

Kimber 257 Roberts

Ti ought-six
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RRA 223
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51% of the time I go with the Ti 49% of the time I go with the Ackley Improved, but 100% of the time I'm bow hunting.

all them awesome rifles and you drive a v6 Honda 4x4? Really?

Ahh this is bad it shows how severe my affliction is becoming.

Sorted by diameter of bore:

A circa 1968 Brno in 222, on indefinite loan from my brother who cruelly will not sell this little tack driver to me but lets me use it for as long as I want.

A near perfect mid 90's era Model 70 Featherweight Classic in 6.5x55.

Belgian Browning Safari in 3006, reblued, with a McMillan stock. In truth this is all I need.

Parker Hale 3006 with a detachable magazine.

Model 70 SS & synthetic in 338wm. This is a goto tack driving lucky rifle.

Zastavia M98 Model 70 in 9.3x62.

CZ 550 Magnum in 416 Rigby for a trip to Africa.

Nah, Honda RIdgelines are awesome vehicles.

Pre 64 70: .300 H&H,.300 WM,.308 WIN and a .243.
Post 70: .224 TTH
Rem 700: 22-250
1917: .30-06
BLR: .308
10/22

There is no way in hell I could run a 22 Hornet as my ONLY 22 centerfire.

Missing much for distance practice.

Turn #1 into a 9.3x62. Build a lightweight 22-250 off SA donor. Build one long range dedicated rig off a 7mm Remington Magnum with 9 twist barrel. Go shoot a lot:)

Mainly, go shoot a lot.

5.56
Rock River upper, Frontier lower

260 Rem
Trued and lapped 700 SA,�24" #4 Shilen 9 twist, McMillan Hunter in mcwoody swirl,�skim and piller bedded

Next up, have a 270 that will become a 280AI.
Will be trued/lapped 700 LA, thinking 24" #3 Broughton 9 twist, have McM Hunters Edge, skim and pillar bedded

Now just need a simple 22

400 mile round trip 2-3 per month....all about MPG these days! Low cost and little to no maintenance @110K.

Nice looking smoke(less)pole!

Really need to get myself one of those.

Daniel defense ar-15 1/7 twist

Remington aac sd .308. Zeiss con 4.5-14, hs stock


Tikka .300 win mag in b&c stock, Leup. Vx3 3.5-10


Tikka with yhm phantom can 180 fusion


My wife and her .243 Montana repainted and bedded by Karnis, zeiss con. 3-9

That is [bleep] it! I'm ordering a can after I setup my trust on Saturday.

Fun to run a can, the ar-15 sounds about like a .22 lr, .308 just a hair louder, but subsonics are whisper quiet, .300 just a hair louder then thr .308. The can is heavy but built like a tank, but they do make them in titanium also. Took about six months for this can, just ordered one for my .22 rimfire last week.

What more do I need? Hmmm let's see, first off I gotta pay off what I got in 'buddy' laway.

After that I guess all I really am after is a good 223 bolt rifle (I'd love a montana for that) and then a mid level AR.

I got 30-06, 270, 30-30, 22lr those really cover my hunting and the first two could be whittled down to one (but there's not fun in that) I would like a leveraction 22lr to compliment my 30-30.


I've got a 5 year old boy and one that is about to turn 1, so I've got lots of 'excuses' to buy guns.

My Battery as of now

1. Savage single shot 22 long rifle
Open sights
5 1/2 lbs
5000 rounds of stored ammo
Objective......when the stores run low on food I will process my own

2. 223 bolt action Mini Mouser
2-7x32 Leupold
6 1/2 lbs
100 rounds as of now
Objective......put deer in my freezer

3. 270 interarm mouser 98 and open sights
FX3 fixed 6 power leupold
Bell&Carlson carbolite stock
Glass bedded action
8.2 lbs all up mountain rifle
Objective......put deer, elk, moose, sheep, mountain goat, bear, antelope in. my freezer.

4. 280 ackley improved custom
16 power Super Sniper
Whitworth custom 98 Trued Action
Shillen stainless match grade SELECT #5 barrel
Bell& Carlson Tactical aluminum bedded long range stock
Custom chambered by sir William Haines
Objective.......reach out and touch things

5. 338/06 98/29 persion mouser
ER Shaw custom barrel
Hogue overmolded stock
4 power weiver K4
Objective......camp protection when treking in the wilderness or hunting in Grizzly territory.

6. 666 scorpion 9 mm parrabelum pistol
Over 500 rounds never cleaned with zero jams
1" ten shot groups off hand at 20 yards
Objective.....personal protection at home or when traveling.
Concealed carry permit
Other uses.......for stopping scum and vermin if I ever happen to be in the vicinity while they are committing bodily injury or otherwise fatal act to innocent victims.

Shod

I figured out a while back, that when I tried to justify a purchase, by telling myself I need it, I was just bullshitting my self. Need has nothing to do with it any more. Like has everything to do with it.

You asked to see them. Here's a few of mine. As you can tell, I crave Savages.