I am kinda fickle when it comes to rifles but I think this one may be the perfect rifle, at least for me, to hunt North America and plains game in Africa. My perfect rifle is a Steyr-Mannlicher Model M Professional in .30-06 with iron sights and quick detachable mounts. I just bought a Kahles Helia S 6x42 that will replace the Redfield that came on it. The Harris bipod has to go too. So let me see what you consider your “perfect all around gun” if you have one (or two or twelve)

Looks pretty “all around” to me and in the ultimate all around cartridge for sure!

I recently got a New Haven made Winchester Model 70 Classic FW in 7-08 Rem which I really love. For North America it seems like a lovely all arounder. Right now it’s topped with a Nikon Monarch 2.5-10x42mm w/ ballistic reticle in TLWs but I’ve got a Leupold FX3 & dual dovetails that’ll be a bit lighter.

Love the idea of a Helia tho that’s awesome.

Love the Featherweight! I think Kahles is probably the only brand I haven’t tried out and this one popped up in the classifieds with my favorite reticle power. I am going to guess I will be close to 9 lbs with the heavier Kahles scope

Why does the Harris Bipod "have to go."?
I hunt places where a bipod just like that is absolutely indispensable, and other places where it is mostly in the way. I mount it for the former, and remove it for the latter, but I'd never be without it in my kit. That's just my dos centavos, and I am genuinely interested in why you're just thinking of ditching it, period.

Thanks, and good hunting with that fine rifle,
Rex

I think all of mine are all rounders. Won't bore you with pics cuz I've posted most of them on other threads.

Ruger African in .275 Rigby









Have taken one ( not that particular rifle...) To Africa on three Safaris...so far, so good!

My stainless Hawkeye 7mm-08.

Where I hunt currently it is not needed. I am either still hunting in thick woods and swamps or sitting in a blind. It would be unnecessary weight for me. I might hang onto it if I venture out west where it might come in handy.

That will hunt!

7x64 shooting 160 AB's.

7 WSM shooting 140 TTSX's.

Antelope, deer of any flavor, and up to elk with these 2 rifles.

LH Rem KS chambered .270 Win in Rimrock stock...

My "all arounder" is my 1952 FN Mauser 98 with factory 24" barrel in 7X57. I shoot 160 grain Partitions with a healthy dose of H4350.

This is about the most "all around" gun that I own.

M700 23" JC bbl in 280 (not AI) in a Brown Precision topped with a 3.5-10 BC.

Tagged this little buddy with it on the first day I ever carried it afield.

Those are nice rifles! Other companies should pay attention to what Ruger puts out sometimes.

Pacecars: Love the caliber.
I prefer that my "favorite Rifles" be made in the United States of America!
That goes for my "favorite Rifle optics" being made in America as well (i.e. Leupold!).
Enjoy.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

My "favorite rifles" are Shiloh Sharps built lock, stock and barrel in Montana but they are a little specific in their applications but I could hunt the world with them and be perfectly happy. Other than being range limited (300 yds or less) my Winchester 71 could also work.

My all around rifle is a Beretta Mato in 30-06, I have both a walnut stock and a fiberglass stock for it. The scope is a Burris Signature Select 3-10x40.

Where's the like button. I've always loved these ^ things, or think I do, can't remember handling one. 30-06 is still very, very hard to beat as well.

My all around for in my are has been a 25-06 for many years. Presently it's a SS 700 in a Mcswirly with a 4.5-14 B&C. Not legal for Elk here, but I've tired of donating every year trying to get drawn anyway.

Mine’s a SS M77 in .308 wearing a 3-9 VX2 with the long range duplex. Nothing fancy, but it’s pretty easy to work with.

One of my "all around" rifles.....
Interarms Whitworth .375 H&H with a Leupold 1.5-5.

Mine is a 6.5x55 98 Mauser a friend put together for me. No pics on this tablet. Will have to look around.

I like it! Good job

This is ONE and probably most favorite all around rifle, especially for N A.



Tikka T3 X 7mm RM




The top empty case did this earlier in the season.




It doesn't discriminate as to gender. LOL

Jerry

like I told ya I have two in 3006 and the one in 9.3x62.

These days my 270 Montana.

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It doesn't discriminate as to gender. LOL

Jerry
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Surely there are more “All Around Rifle’s” , Around here !!

All around is a relative term.



.30-30win

A pair of 264’s. Sako’s

My old .300WM.. Taking game since 1971!!!

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Nice Ram. 09/06/2018, not too long ago. YEAH !

Jerry

Blue and walnut ruger m77 mk2 in 30-06 with leupy 3-9x40. I've been using this particular rifle since 1996. Slowly being replaced by a ruger Hawkeye in 308win.

My latest is a Weatherby MK V in 30-06 that I bedded into a Brown Precision stock I picked up off Ebay. I put a Burris FF II 3-9 on it. It’s only killed paper so far

Mine is a stainless Riger UL .30-06 in a boat paddle stock. It likes 165 grain Game Kings.

.300 H&H
Rem 700
25.5" Douglas 1/10
Factory, but tuned trigger
McMillan Edge
Air Gauged

I've never taken it overseas, but it's been to Alaska and several western states, killing anything that needs killing. It'll be with me in the Yukon in August (hopefully) for griz.

Remington 700 CDL, 24" 30-06 with a 6x Leupold.



It's taken pronghorn, mule deer, black bear, elk, wolf and grizzly. I'm well pleased with it.

Regards, Guy

My go-to rifle of late...Ruger 77 .30-06 with a few custom touches...24" barrel, red pad, oil finish, etc. All I need for what I'll be hunting in the future.
Bob

Too many to really choose but one of my 300 wm with a mono or 270 with a mono.

Weatherby Vanguard2, .30-06 stainless, synthetic, Leupold VX-R 4X12 Firedot , rifle was guaranteed and is sub MOA. Don't have to be concerned about it getting a little wet. Will dispatch anything in Louisiana. We do have some really tough Russian boar.

Rem 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 Rem. I have several others, but this one always comes hunting. Wears a Zeiss 3X9 and has a timney trigger at 2.5 lbs. Shoots way better than I can, and, other than pigs (for some reason), it kills whatever I aim at. I've been lucky in that it likes factory ammunition, too. Recoil is very manageable, and velocity out of the 22" barrel is better than I was told. Just a perfect little rifle for almost everything I hunt.

I don't think there really is such a thing as an "all-around" gun, but I have a Krieghoff drilling which has proved to be pretty versatile, in that I have killed everything from birds to rabbits to deer and pigs with it. The 7x57 barrel is accurate enough to headshoot rabbits across the paddock out of shotgun range, and more than accurate enough to reach out to a deer or pig out to 300 yards or more, and I have a selection of various birdshot, buckshot and slug loads for the two 16 ga barrels.

It has 22" barrels and a Dural frame, so it is very light (6 lbs bare) and handy too.

I have a 1.5-6x42 scope with claw mounts, so it can go on or come off in an instant (I also have a 6x fitted for this rifle, in reserve, but the 1.5-6 is a much better option).

LOL ...... The "all around" gun is real. That's why most here own at least six of them.

My "all arounders" include two 308s, 30-06, 300H&H, 275 Rigby and a 280.

Nice stick pacecars, I recently came across a late 50's made Sako in 30-06 that could fill that order nicely, put an old gloss B&L Elite 2.5-10 in the factory Sako rings that came with the rifle, first load workup with the 200gr Partitions went into 5/8ths of an inch at 100 and flew through the chrono at 2709 fps, I set the scope three inches high at 100, I believe I'm done with that put together, just waiting on season.

Mine is a Left hand Tikka T3X stainless in 6.5 creedmoor. It wears a Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14x44 and shoots Federal 140 grain blue box soft points extremely well.

I like the weight and balance of the rifle. The smoothness of the action and trigger are great as well.

For what I hunt the 6.5 cm is plenty and i like the mildness of the cartridge.

Curious. What barrel contour? And all up weight as shown?

Thank you !

Tikka T3 in .270 3x9 sightron big sky ii

I will be receiving another all around rifle, at least for my kind of hunting. I have a Shiloh Sharps Business Rifle in .50-90 on order through Bill Goodman. It was scheduled to be in at the end of June but not sure how long it will push it back with them being shut down for the COVID-19 debacle.

Great picture Guy. I was wondering which CDL would get the all around moniker in your picture!

I have several all around rifles but a Ruger Hawkeye all weather 30-06 is pretty hard to beat.

Mine's a once again box stock boat paddle 308 with a 3-9 Trijicon Accupoint. It wore a Boyd's for a few yearsuntil I felt like changing back.

Browning X-Bolt stainless 30-06. Failed Dura-touch stripped off and sponge camo paint job done. I have 4 sight systems sighted and ready to use in a minute, Minox 1x5 illuminated dot #4, Primary Arms Cyclops 1X, Ultra Dot 30, and X/S aperature rear & white line post front sight. Quick change sight systems and cal. 30-06 make this rifle an "all arounder" for my hunting.

I like !

M70 FWT 7x57
McM Featherweight Edge
Conetrol rings
Meopta 6x42 #4