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I know this has been posted before but I'm sitting at home bored on a Thursday afternoon. Might have had a shot of TX White Dog for my sore vag, play along with the question please....
If you could only hunt with one rifle for the rest of your life, what would it be?
You might already own it, might be something you want, off the shelf, custom, whatever.
Don't worry about barrel life, or possible lemons, accuracy is a given type of deal...
And.....
How would you scope it?
Bullet?
Use?
(and yes, I know it is a hard question, don't worry, only hypothetically speaking)
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6x42, turrets and mil reticle Synthetic stock RH bolt action Stainless barrel and action .30-06
Likely a Rem. 700 with the old style trigger, tuned properly.
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7RemMag, 160 partitions, Leupy VX6 2-12x42, duplex reticle.
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Today I think it would be.
Kimber Montana 280 AI Leupold VX 3 3.5-10 Nosler 150gr E-Tip
Tomorrow who knows?
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Pre-64 Model 70 .30/06
6x42, or 6x36, or 4x Leupold.
165-grain Partition
Keep your gun-hand ready and your eyes peeled.
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At this moment I would say:
Rem 700 338 Win mag 225 Accubonds or Partitions Leupold 2.5-8x36 Maybe add Cerakote
It will kill anything I'll ever hunt.
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No wrong answers yet....grin
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7RemMag, 160 partitions, Leupy VX6 2-12x42, duplex reticle. This would work for me.
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Remington 700 Classic 270 Win. 130 gr NPT (Federal Blue Box in a pinch) Leupold M8 4X
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson
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I already own it. Remington 700BDL (flat safety) .30-06 Leupold M8 4X (may consider putting a 6X on it though).
Bullet-165 Nos Partition. (no heavier than that)
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SS 22" 1:9 7-08, McSwirly Classic or Naked Edge, 6x42 M1, 162 Amax, 120 TTSX, 145 LRX.
And to think I sold the SOB.
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Around my area, we shoot whitetail at less than 100 yards on brushy mountains. So low power scope, moderate power round, and light and short rifle. Right now my go to rifle is a Sako 85 Finnlight in 260Rem with a 1.5-5 Leupold. Makes days of climbing, falling, and dragging out deer bearable.
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Rifle: Remington 700 Titanium in 280 Ackley Improved in a Mcmillan MR edge fill Scope: Leupold 3.5-10x40 CDS. Bullets: 150 ttsx or the 150 LRAB Use: I would use it for everything in this far fetched hypothetical situation. I only have one rifle!
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Pre-64 Win Fwt in .30-06 with either a Leupold 2-7x33 compact (or a 6x36) in a Larry Caudill custom stock. Like MooseMike, this one already resides in my gun safe.
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What makes this question hard to answer is the one bullet part.I already have a 99 that I shoot 87,and 100s in,so I would say Savage 99 with about a 70gr. soft point,so I could also use it for turkey,and groundhogs,as far as glass I guess I could get by with whats already on the gun its an old VX1 3-9x40,but is clear,and holds zero.
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I actually did this....back in the 90's. It was a pre 64 M70 FW in 270.Load was a 130 gr NPT,and had a couple of scopes for it.Sold everything else. It was nice....none of the gut wrenching drama of what to use as the hunting season approached.Always zeroed...grab and go and kill everything. It lasted about two years before I realized the error of my ways and bought back my 375 H&H.No one should be without one of those. Fortunately I kept all my important components. In another couple years the disease took hold again and I bought a few more rifles,but I have never approached the same level of rifle insanity I suffered from in the years before The Purge.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Yep, hard question, and if we don't keep it going, then it will never get to the sit back with popcorn part:
Win M70 or Ruger M77 MkII - .308 (so, I cheated, couldn't pick one, it's a hard question)
Cerakoted, bedded in properly weather-proofed custom walnut.
VX3 - 2.5-8x36
150 gr Nosler Partition
Deer and hogs in GA and FL pine flats, swamp bottoms, and Kissimmee prairie
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Only one choice for me. Winchester pre-64 Model 70 in .30-06 with a Leupold 2X7 scope.
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