Factory "Gentleman's rifle" - if there is such a thing
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A gentleman's rifle? Okay...
First, it would have to be a single-shot or a double; bolt actions are nice working guns but they need not apply for this distinction.
It would need to have excellent iron sights, as well as a scope mounted in some sort of QD rings that allow for perfect return-to-zero. The scope would need to be small, lightweight and unobtrusive; no adjustable parallax or illuminated reticle or even a zoom ring. A fixed 6x would be about right.
It would be chambered in a middle-of-the-road cartridge; no sub-caliber stunt cartridges that are "more than adequate" as long as conditions are perfect, but also no Nitro Express monsters. Something between a 7mm at the bottom up to a .375 at the top would work. Bonus points if the cartridge is decades old and even more points if it has no belt.
It would have beautiful walnut, no Monte Carlo, no white-line spacers and a slim, sleek profile. The metal would be blued...not Cerakoted or nitrided or painted or parkerized or plated...and please don't even whisper "stainless".
It wold be a take-down rifle, because a lot of gentlemen travel. It would need not to have a trainload of interchangeable barrels in different chamberings, just the one perfect barrel. Again, bonus points if it comes with a durable fitted hard-case.
So, obviously...it doesn't exist. I'm apparently no gentleman, because I've had a couple of rifles that have checked off most of these boxes and yet now they have gone down the road. But, one of these days...
First, it would have to be a single-shot or a double; bolt actions are nice working guns but they need not apply for this distinction.
It would need to have excellent iron sights, as well as a scope mounted in some sort of QD rings that allow for perfect return-to-zero. The scope would need to be small, lightweight and unobtrusive; no adjustable parallax or illuminated reticle or even a zoom ring. A fixed 6x would be about right.
It would be chambered in a middle-of-the-road cartridge; no sub-caliber stunt cartridges that are "more than adequate" as long as conditions are perfect, but also no Nitro Express monsters. Something between a 7mm at the bottom up to a .375 at the top would work. Bonus points if the cartridge is decades old and even more points if it has no belt.
It would have beautiful walnut, no Monte Carlo, no white-line spacers and a slim, sleek profile. The metal would be blued...not Cerakoted or nitrided or painted or parkerized or plated...and please don't even whisper "stainless".
It wold be a take-down rifle, because a lot of gentlemen travel. It would need not to have a trainload of interchangeable barrels in different chamberings, just the one perfect barrel. Again, bonus points if it comes with a durable fitted hard-case.
So, obviously...it doesn't exist. I'm apparently no gentleman, because I've had a couple of rifles that have checked off most of these boxes and yet now they have gone down the road. But, one of these days...
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A gentleman's rifle? Okay...
First, it would have to be a single-shot or a double; bolt actions are nice working guns but they need not apply for this distinction.
It would need to have excellent iron sights, as well as a scope mounted in some sort of QD rings that allow for perfect return-to-zero. The scope would need to be small, lightweight and unobtrusive; no adjustable parallax or illuminated reticle or even a zoom ring. A fixed 6x would be about right.
It would be chambered in a middle-of-the-road cartridge; no sub-caliber stunt cartridges that are "more than adequate" as long as conditions are perfect, but also no Nitro Express monsters. Something between a 7mm at the bottom up to a .375 at the top would work. Bonus points if the cartridge is decades old and even more points if it has no belt.
It would have beautiful walnut, no Monte Carlo, no white-line spacers and a slim, sleek profile. The metal would be blued...not Cerakoted or nitrided or painted or parkerized or plated...and please don't even whisper "stainless".
It wold be a take-down rifle, because a lot of gentlemen travel. It would need not to have a trainload of interchangeable barrels in different chamberings, just the one perfect barrel. Again, bonus points if it comes with a durable fitted hard-case.
So, obviously...it doesn't exist. I'm apparently no gentleman, because I've had a couple of rifles that have checked off most of these boxes and yet now they have gone down the road. But, one of these days...
This maybe of interest for a take down single
http://www.customsportingarms.com/Model-Helvetia.html
and i see that you are not into bolts for this and yes i mentioned this maker once before but IMO they do make a fine Gents rifle
http://vovapen.com/uploads/gallery_images/Our rifles/Falcon/Falcon-2.jpg
This one would get a high ranking vote from me ........
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...a-slender-english-stalking-rifle#Post13147367
Something with that cheekpiece looks wrong - it's too short and looks glued on. Just my opinion
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That is one beautiful rifle, very well done. I suspect if ARs and Tactical type rifles are not gentleman's rifles, than I don't have one. There are a lot of beautiful rifles posted on this thread, maybe I need to get one......
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This one would get a high ranking vote from me ........
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...a-slender-english-stalking-rifle#Post13147367
Classy, my take on the pattern, 7x57R.
Sharps 1874 45-70 or Uberti Sharps Special 1874 45-70 or Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" (mocked up as a Henry 1860)...depending on the scenes of the movie as it progressed,
the 1874 is similar to the one also used in Quigley Down Under played by Tom Selleck I think?
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Trick question.
A gentleman doesn't have "a gun", they have a battery of nice guns. A matched pair of best guns, a small bore, a medium bore, and a dangerous game rifle. Plus the appropriate staff to carry them. No downmarket Belgian or continental guns need apply. If you didn't buy them from a maker with an "&" in their name, you did it wrong.
A gentleman doesn't have "a gun", they have a battery of nice guns. A matched pair of best guns, a small bore, a medium bore, and a dangerous game rifle. Plus the appropriate staff to carry them. No downmarket Belgian or continental guns need apply. If you didn't buy them from a maker with an "&" in their name, you did it wrong.
Lol...
