Digital Dan suggested I post over here from the "bored with modern rifles" thread. I don't consider myself a rifle looney as I am not into the intracacies of Handloading and am more of a "shooter" type. My primary focus has been shotgunning with rifles coming into play in the last 20 years or so. I do seem drawn to oddities of both rifle and cartridge so maybe I am more a junior Looney or a Looney in training.

I gravitate towards Remington Model 8 and 81 rifles along with their competition. I have Winchester 1905, 1907, and 1910 rifles with the 1910 coming up for hunting soon. My favorite is a Standard Arms Model G in 35 Rem that is currently waiting parts to fix an issue. Lucky it is one of the few areas one can still find parts.

I also like Savage 1899/99 rifles and have a couple handfuls in all the Savage cartridges, 25/30, 38/55, 30/30, and 358. I am not much into Winchester rifles but I do have an original 1886 in 45/60 as well as a repro 1886 in 45/60 and a repro 1892 in 45 Colt. I am down to two Marlin lever actions, a 39 and a 36 rifle in 35 Rem.

The old bolt rifles I have are primarily military rifles both original and Bubba'd. I do have a Savage 1920 in 250/3000 that is kind of neat. I am down to 3 pre-'64 M-70s in 308, 30/06, and 300 H&H.

My "custom" and walk about varmint rifle is a Savage 99 TD that I had rebarreled to 219 Zipper. It is unblooded so far but it is a neat gun to shoot. By other walk abouts are Rem 700 in 223 and 22/250.

My large bores are a pair of 375 H&H, one Savage and the other an Interarms Mark X. I also have a CZ 550 in 416 Rigby. The 45/60s and a repro Rolling Block in 45/70 finish the big bores.

Looking in the cupboard I see I have 67 cartridges I shoot and have dies for, three die sets I don't have a gun chambered for - yet- and two cartridges I don't have dies for. I probably won't get dies for the 6mm Lee/Navy but I am looking for some 32 S&W dies for cheap. If 32 S&W Long dies will work then I am down to two dies and one one cartridge I can't use.

As for more modern guns, I have 4 AR-15, 1 AR-10, an SKS, and an M-1A. Except for the SKS, they are all recent acquires in the last decade. I was never into them but won one in a drawing and discovered how fun they can be.

That's my tale so far, I might add or subtract from it as time marches forward.