Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Maybe I should get down to one centerfire...

The only rifles I ever use anymore are my VZ-24 8x57 and my Ruger 10/22. Now I thinned the safe out a couple years ago, I've got some in there for my kids plus a few for myself, but I have wondered at the point of the extras for myself. Now I've got 2 model 70's and an ER Shaw Mk.VII that I tricked out a bit, but I never, ever use them. Hell I scoped the 270 Fwt with a Meopta and put it in the back of the safe, and that's where it's been since I bought it. Sometimes I wonder why I keep the ones i don't use arround at all.

To each his own, but certainly not for me.

I would struggle to get down to one rifle for each cartridge.

You need one rifle for each day of the season!

Have a lot of stuff in the safe......but only one hunting rifle. Been that way, since 1990! memtb

Beware of the man with one rifle.....

I know just what your talking about I have a ton of rifles for big game but only use a couple. So I love my 7mm-08's I had 6 of them and I decided that I wanted to just have two or three really good one's. I have always loved the Sako Finnlight so I bought one in December now I have seven 708's wrong direction you say there is a reason to my madness. I am going to keep three 708's, my 358 Win and two 35rem, that will be all the big game rifles I will keep all others must go and that will be a bunch. My new Sako and my favorite Rem mod Seven will be my main ones to hunt with the rest are backups. I love my 708's and if I only want to have just one rifle it would be it and I could live with that it would just be a hard choice between the Rem or the Sako love them both but the Sako might just win. Widow

They all start looking the same after awhile...

Tim you did this last year too lol

I know what you mean, seems like there's a lot of wasted money in toys you don't use. But I need some new stuff now and then to keep my interest and new loads to work up etc. So I end up selling and trading and trying new stuff.

It definitely is not good for my wallet. But it's nice to have a hobby.

I have less rifles now...LOL

I honestly could hunt for the rest of my life with a 22 and a 12 gauge and a 243. But why?

Down to 3 rifle calibers here... 223, 308 and 22LR. Big or small, close or far, they do fine.

I am going to get down to one rifle pretty soon, using the proceeds of the sale of the others to finance hunting trips.

If your .270 is a Stainless Classic I call dibs!

Both my M70's are SC Fwt's(.257 Roberts and 270).

I'd call those investments.

Did the one big game rifle thing for 20 years.

No plans to do it again. There are three .30-06 rifles in the safe but I have three daughters and, so far, three grandsons. Don't know what is coming in March. Might have to get another?

"Maybe I should get down to one centerfire... "

Tim,

I wouldn't go that far... keep an extra as a backup or loaner.

Jerry

One that is not an 8x57?

That's how I see it.. Generally works quite well that way..

The late Allen Day inspired me quite a bit with his reasoning.. but being frugal certainly helps.
Like he said: Buy one or two quality rifles and spend the rest of your money hunting.

So, I have two hunting rifles, two varmint rifles and two long range rifles..


But when I find something selling under they intrinsic worth, I buy and sell at a later date.