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The more I hunt the more I reach for one of the single shot rifles.

Stunning rifle.

I have 5 Ruger No 1’s and a couple a black powder cartridge rifles. I have used a number one to take 3 antelope, however never have hunted deer with any single shot. That will be changing this next year.
My 257 Roberts will be carried or maybe the 300 win or possibly the 45/70.
See this is the problem, I have so many rifles that haven't been carried it makes it hard to decide
Oh and plan on carrying my Win 71 and 64.

I still have my first rifle, a Lakefield MkI single-shot 22. I’ve taken all sorts of small game with it. Shot lots of soda cans.

Other than that, I have an 1885 high wall in 45-70. I wish the low wall came in 25-35 or 30-30.

Winchester 1885’s: 300 WSM, 7mm WSM, 17 WSM

No idea how many deer I've taken with my Ruger #1 .270.
Actually bought it for my wife because she's right hand/left eye dominant and the No.1 is the perfect ambidextrous rifle....AND I could shoot it too! LOL!

Aug 2019, I had total (right) shoulder replacement. As much as I like the No.1, the .270 recoil is just a bit much for the implant. Not impossible, just uncomfortable.
Now I shoot an AR in 6.8mm Rem SPC.
Still a .277 caliber and I still only shoot one time....unless I get in a sounder of pigs! Then, all bets are off!
With the AR, I can empty a 30 round mag with no discomfort.
Win/Win as far as I'm concerned! 😉👍

When faced with restrictions, you adjust as necessary to overcome.

Deer #31 hit the deck this Fall at the hands of my custom Leeper built #3 .303 !

Cat

Cool buck and rifle!

catnthehat,

Nice buck! Interesting rifle too.

My Browning 1885 Highwall in 7 MM RM is one of my favorite rifles. It has accounted for several whitetails, a west Texas muley at 603 yards and a bunch of pigs. It loves the 145 grain Speer Grand Slam handloads at 3150 FPS, but I've got one last box of some old factory Federal Premium 150 gr. BTSP (Sierra's) that it really shoots well that I' am currently using up. I think I've got about 10 rounds left. I used it last year to kill two axis, one doe and one buck, and then used it this year on a coyote. Nearly blew the yote in half. It wears a gloss Leupold VXIII 3.5-10X40 in Conetrol mounts.

Now, if I can just find another one in 6.5X55 I'd be on cloud nine.

Thanks
That rifle was built with the input of the guys here on the 'fire and on Canadiam Gun Nutz
I had a spare action on a 45/70 BP long range match rifle I could not shoot at the time so decided to have some fun and build my dream hunting rifle.
We ened up with express sights, half round/ octagon barrel, Treebone wood, and since it already had Wolf springs and a Kepplinger trigger we left that alone.
The biggest problem was choosing the cartridge, seeing how there are so many good ones to choose from.
After a bit of discussion it was generally agreed that it should be a rimmed cartridge .
Somebody here ( can't remember who) said that seeing how I was a Canuck the obvious choice was .303 British!
Greydog graciouslly accepted the job, and he already had a .311 blank .He added a few of his personal touches ( I told him to do whatever he wanted ) and altered the trigger guard, added the Brno front sight band, and milled the quarter rib right into the barrel as well as the barrel sling stud.
The result is a 26" barreled falling block that handles and carries like a dream ans shoots super!
Closest animal was 19 yards and the furthest was 372 yards, all 31 but two were taken with one shot , but there was really no need for the second shot on those two as it turned out .
I run 150 Barnes TSX's at 2774FPS with it using 4895
Cat

It has been a while since I hunted with a centerfire single shot but I hunt with a side lock ML fairly often. I've been shooting a .45 cal TC Seneca which I bought used/abused a few years back. Unlike most ML I have owned, this one shoots more accurately with lighter loads. I feed it a 245 grain .45 cal TC mini and 70 grains of Goex 2Fg which makes it pretty similar ballistically to a long barreled .44 mag revolver.

I don't currently have a centerfire single shot. I'd like to but they aren't just laying around the local gun stores. My last was a recent high wall hunter in .405 WCF. Should NOT have let go of that one. Oops. If I still had that, I'd probably keep one bolt action for "maybes" and hunt the .405 for everything. Prior to that, some Ruger #1s and a couple TC Contender carbines.

I have H&R single shot rifles in 348 Win, 357 Max, 300BLK, and 50cal. I just started my son with a H&R custom rebore and rechamber in 357 Max. He killed his first buck with it this year and has certainly learned the value of making the first shot count. Next June we plan to bear hunt with that same rifle in Maine.

Mine's a wonderful, accurate, and artistic Krieghoff Hubertus in .30R Blaser. The rifle is just perfect for me. Quality in materials, build, and design. The cartridge is a compromise - I would choose something smaller for deer like a 7x57R but the .30R power is called on for moose and elk and bears too. I like it a lot! Scope is a rail mount Swarovski 2-10x with a simple #4 reticle. I've owned four or five ruger #1's and a couple of cheap break action H&R's and such, but this one stands out from that crowd.

Ruger #1 RSI in 9.3x62. I would love to have a Merkel or Blaser Stutzen in 7x57R but for now the Ruger is my single shot of choice.

Not many of those. Cool Beans!

What he said.

Here is a picture of my #1 RSI in 9.3. It was originally an '06 I had re-barreled to 9.3x62. Really likes the Speer 270's over some Big Game or the Barnes 250 over some Varget.

The bottom rifle is a Hawkeye I had a Krieger barrel installed in 9.3x62, a NECG rear sight base with a "running boar insert" and then a barrel band front with the flip up night site. Then it was bedded up in a lightweight MPI mannlicher style stock. I waited a long time to get that rifle back and then ended up trading it to a good friend on Kodiak before I even got a load worked up for it. This was to be my bad weather companion to the RSI. Now it is my buddies carrying around rifle on Kodiak.

What a fantastic rifle, love it!
Cat

I picked up a used CVA Hunter to use as a beater for hunting in the swmaps. Cut the barrel down to 18", I barely use anything else anymore.