Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire What is your most trust worthy rifle

For me, its my Weatherby Mk V Fibermark, .257 Wby. I bought it new, in I believe 1984 or so.
This rifle has been used on countless hunts, for coyotes, mule and whitetail deer, antelope, a Grand Slam of NA sheep, caribou, and elk..
It''s just one of those rifles that you point at game, squeeze the trigger, and stuff falls down, regardless of weather or other adverse conditions.

Which one; For Today my Model 70 SS Classic. Tomorrow my SS FW '06. They are that close.

It has been shortened to 23", is threaded for a KDF Varmint brake which I don't use-I have a knurled thread cover.

It has a Warne Premiere bases & the peep sight setup in the back with a Williams ramp up front. It has a 2.5-8x36 Leupy in Warne QR Premier rings for the main scope and a K-4 Weaver in rings for a backup. It sits in a McMillan stock they made for the AHR rifles.

I had trouble getting it to shoot consistently in the Tupperware stock. The McMillan truly fixed that. It is as accurate as my '06 FW and RRA AR which are the proverbial 3 shot 1/2 inch grouping type.

I had trouble getting it to pick up the second round from the magazine. Allison & Carey in Portland fixed that. It will now feed empty cases. Loaded ones too for that matter.

Chambering; .338 Winchester Magnum
Age; early 90's
Make; Winchester Model 70
Model; 70 SS Classic
Origin; New

Why is it my favorite? It is very easy for me to shoot from any position, particularly off hand and prone.

Mine is a Weatherby Vanguard that I won at a DU banquet in about 1997. It is chambered in .30-06 and has never let me down. It holds its zero, functions smoothly and works as good as it did new.

Steyr Scout, 308.

Which one

Chambering - .270
Age - late '50s
Make - Remington
Model - 721
Origin (new / used / handed down)

And why it holds the spot of the most trust worthy rifle you own - Because it hits everthing it is fired at ... without fail.
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My Mk X 458 Win as I have carried it now for 27 years and it has never let me down

I won't keep one that's not trustworthy. It either fixed or sent down the road. My favotite is my 1984 Winchester PF M-70 Carbine in 30/06 with an older Redfield 2X-7X AccuTrac in Leupold QR rings and mounts. Very accurate with 165 grains bullets of any brand. I've killed the most and the best of my deer with this rig. It's perfect for slippin or stand hunting. I got it in 1992 used. Second rig is A Ruger M77 RSI tang safety in 308 with a Browning (Burris) 2X-7X. I don't use it as much because it is so pretty. I got it used in 1984. The rifle was $300 and the scope was $10. I found the scope in a pawn shop with broken crosshairs. Shipped to back to Burris and all it cost was the shipping. Kids are already arguing over who gets it it at my demise.I hunt MS and both are used for deer, hawgs, coyotes, bobcat and the occasional hardshell possum (armadillo).

I recognize that rifle from a story I read some years ago. That gun looks to be a great example of pretty is as pretty does.

700 Mountain Rifle that I bought from the late Timberline because of this Epic Classified Ad.

Sweet shooter & a 1-shot killer.

In fact, a certain Teutonic 24hrcampfire member used it to de-face the burrower below, forever ending his squirrelly insolence:



Most recently, Karnis directed some love toward the stock:





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1) Remington 720 30-06 Basically a very well sporterized military action with pre WWII workmanship and a great barrel.

I'm sure I've seen it if you've posted a pic of it but if you haven't, nows a good time . I share your sentiment though. I really like my pre 64 fwt's......tough as nails and always dependable.....or like the OP puts it, "trust worthy"......

How much???$$$$ and can you post some pics??

I've always had my best luck with ether an SKS or AK,ether gun works well on the eastern coast game and I've found them to be accurate enough for short range hunting.

With a five round mag an AK is a very nice compact rifle,with about as much energy as the old 30-30.

Winchester M-70 Super Grade "clasic" CRF .30-06. "The rifleman's rifle."

All of them.

I understand the "wouldn't keep an un-trustworthy" gun thought. All mine are "trustworthy" as well.

But the one I "feel" will never let me down and is the one I grab time after time is my Marlin 94 in .45 Colt. Bought new in 2004 and goes with me every time I go out.

A Model 7 LSS from circa 2000 that I bought new, was my main blacktail rifle for "several" years, but which had a cruddy 7-08 barrel and in the end got rebarreled to .358, in which capacity it has just flat whacked & stacked the deer for me.

Chambering: .338 Winchester Magnum
Age: 51 years old
Make: Winchester
Model: Customized pre-'64 Model 70
Origin (new / used / handed down): Bought new in 1961

And why it holds the spot of the most trust worthy rifle you own: Because it has never failed to bring down, with a single shot, every big game animal at which I've aimed it using my hand-loads.

Having seen this rifle used; having used this rifle and having, through your ad seen the kind of man you got that rifle from; I will go on record:

"This rifle is not for sale."

Repeat after me.

MOST trustworthy?? That gotsta be the rifle with 135 years of actual experience that is still doing what it was made to do-kill big critters very dead very quickly.


Besides, it is stamped in a cartouche right on top of the barrel "Old Reliable"