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My ABolt in 25 WSSM will be mine for SE everything here on out.

It could as easily be any 308 class handy bolt gun with a not too powerful scope. Mine is just the best version of that for me.

.308 Win Montana Rifle Company with a Nightforce NXS 2.5-10x42 with a 130 or 150 grain Barnes TTSX is what I use most lately hunting in the South Texas brush country.

When I was growing up most people hunted with a 30-30 . Rem 742 or BAR in 30-06 or 270. Now the men use bolt 30-06 270, , 308, 300 or 7 mag. Women use 243s.

Action: Surgeon LA modified to use Talley rings with remainder of rail removed and otherwise lightened.
Barrel: Benchmark 1-9 SS 22”
Stock: one of a kind carbon fiber
Scope: either Leupold UL 3-9 or Nightforce 2.5-10x24
Trigger: Triggertech Diamond
Chamber: 270 Win throated to 3.45” oal

Will do everything worldwide until a 375 H&H is warranted.

My Marlin.30-30 gets the nod most of the time.

Remington 700 ADL in 243. Older rifle topped off with a Leupold Vari-X III in 4.5 -14 x 40.
The rifle shoots bugholes with 85 gn. Sierras and Varget.
It has a little more range than I need here in southern Indiana but the accuracy is superb and it’s killed everything I’ve shot at from coyotes to deer.
I have better rifles and larger caliber rifles but this one has been with me for years and it just plain works.

I like too many of my rifles to narrow it down to just one, as I hunt carbines in some spots and 24" barreled magnums in others. I did acquire one new rifle last year with the intent of a "whatever, wherever, whenever" kind of rig. It's a magnum-weight Ruger Hawkeye Predator in .308, shooting the 150NAB at 2,880fps. Flat enough to work with the long range duplex reticle, easy-shooting, and I've never had problems with the terminal effects of the .308win. With the rough SS finish and laminate handle, it's also one I don't worry about actually using.

I quoted your sig line............... and he sure did but some keep trying to reinvent the wheel.


Jerry

I have several Winchester Featherweights, any of them is fine for anything I can find in the bush.
Still love the feel of old Sako's or Mark V's though.

OP did say "rifle" not cartridge........

L-61 Sako’s are nice to hunt with!

A good bolt action .270 win if I were limited to one rifle. Antelope, mule deer, whitetail and coyotes all right here.

I have a half dozen Savage 99’s that are fun to hunt with.

Where i hunt my ruger 77/44 does everything I really need. But if i could only keep one rifle I own to do it all i'd keep my M70 classic stainless 375 H&H

When something has to die, my 338RUM gets the nod. Rem 700 action blueprinted and mated to a bartlein 3b barrel. McMillan stock and currently leupold vx6 2-12 scope. Loaded with 210 swift sciroccos to unrealistic velocities. It's an absolute death ray. After a neck injury at work, the recoil was getting to me, so I had a muzzle brake added and that has helped a lot. Very easy to shoot now.

I am getting more fond of my 6.5 PRC. Have to do some long range target work yet with it. But it's a lazer so far.

I also grab a 3030, and 450 bushy depending on where I'm hunting.

Model 70 in 375H&H for moose and bear. Husqvarna 30.06 for everything else. Have other weapons to choose from but those are my go to rifles.

Mid 80’s manufactured 700 ADL 30-06 everything is factory but worked the trigger and bedded it in a Holland laminated stock. Bushnell 4200 3-9x40. Shooting handloads with 165 ballistic tips. Overkill for white tails in NY and PA but this rifle is very consistent in shooting 1/2” groups. Also, I can put it away after the season and take one shot to confirm it’s still sighted in and it is always right on the money. For some reason, a lot of my other rifles seem to be off a few clicks if they sit for awhile. I use many rifles 35, 308, 7mm-08, 30-30 but the 30-06 would get the nod for my go to.

Marlin 30TK in 30-30 with a little Leupy shotgun scope. Nice little fast action flushing rifle with the abilty to reach out just a little bit.

This is the same page i am on ,300 win mag 200 gn. Partitions 3000 fps have worked good for me for many years.

This is the same page i am on ,300 win mag 200 gn. Partitions 3000 fps have worked good for me for many years.

My old as dirt 257 WBY. Built on a 700 action, pac-nor barrel, sits in a rimrock stock. It’s pretty light, and with 100 grain ttsx’s has killed everything I’ve pointed at it.