Are you a closet one gun hunter?

I'm definitely a one-gun hunter. Nothing wrong with that. I've got a Savage 308, and it will work on any big game I care to hunt, at any ranges I care to hunt.
 
Almost a one gun hunter, 9.3x62, it works on big game better than 308, and is a beauty to carry and shoot.

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Also building a 6.5, its more about my need to build things than a need, but its to be a composite between lightweight and long range style/build.
 
Like a lot here, I have a selection. Used to be that the '94 Win, or the '92 got most of the use, 'cause they are handy, and I walked mostly.

However, being an old fart now days, two things make those rifles less considered. One, the front sight is kinda fuzzy, and two, I can't walk like I used to.

The sights on the old Ross, and the Enfields are even worse to see, and some of my rifles of course nearly needs wheels.

So, the scoped rifles are seeing most of the action now, and I rotate through them most years using three over the season.

Maybe when my new specs arrive the sights will magically appear. But I'm not expecting much.
 
I also have a stainless, plastic stocked 300wsm that is my go to gun for hunting. It just keeps things simple, and the plastic and stainless make it easy to care for.
 
Yup, closet one gun hunter- I have a different gun for doors!Laugh2
Seriously though, I have a ton of guns, but only hunt with one generally .
This year however I am using my dearly departed father's rifle to hunt with and leaving my Ruger single shot at home.
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I feel the same way. I have what I call a decent collection but only like to take the same 2-3 out depending on what im doing. Savage 111 30-06 for general hunting. Axis .223 for target and varmint fun. 10/22 for fun and plinking. Ive actually started to get rid of a couple that I don't take out or don't have a purpose to me and been trying to trade for more practical firearms. If I was in the financial situation, I would just purchase those more practical items but that's not the case.
 
For about 12 years it was a M700 in 375 rum, last few years T3 3006...my dads last rifle. Shot my last animals with Hawkeye in 300wm.

Have some i bought off here, never even fired. Now i live 8 hrs on the wrong side of Vancouver, on a island full of more deer than rabbits, and the same size as rabbits. Could probably get away with hunting with a 22lr with a bayonet.

Maybe i should get a JM Marlin in 35 rem....could shoot 358 pistol projectile and cast.

Apparently i have a problem, and too many full safes.
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
Grab a nice pre 1956 Marlin in .35 Rem and have at 'er. The later Micro groove ones suck for cast loads past 1300-1500 fps in my experience.
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Earlier on, ;) when I was hot & heavy into 'serious' handgun paper punching, my go to for casting was using straight linotype. Hard and cast virtually perfect. Used the same lead in casts for my 444 with micro groove, and, sized to 0.001" bore dia. :) Worked well. However, my most used bullet in the 444 for hunting was the 265gr Hornady. Hard to beat:).
 
I am one of those lame one gun hunters when it comes to big game lol. I have a SS Kimber Hunter 308 win that I fit into a Wildcat Composite stock, Rem 700 Kwik-klip bottom metal/magazine, 4-16x42 in QR rings and a micro red dot with QR mount to switch between bush and field hunting. It's ultralight and accurate with handloads, capable of taking all sorts of game species. I love this gun and did all the work on it myself so I'm quite attached to it. :d

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I am one of those lame one gun hunters when it comes to big game lol. I have a SS Kimber Hunter 308 win that I fit into a Wildcat Composite stock, Rem 700 Kwik-klip bottom metal/magazine, 4-16x42 in QR rings and a micro red dot with QR mount to switch between bush and field hunting. It's ultralight and accurate with handloads, capable of taking all sorts of game species. I love this gun and did all the work on it myself so I'm quite attached to it. :d

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Looks like its paying off.
 
The one thing about hunting camp that I really like is I can take 3 rifles and depending on which stand it is, or where I am going to drive to or where I am walking, a 6.5x55, 45/70 or .375 h&h make sense to me. I shot a little buck out of the kitchen window with a .243 a few years back.

The mountains change so much around here if you are driving around that you would hate to have the 45/70 when you see something at the other end of a logging block at 400. I usually give it a real good early season try though before I start taking out the 6.5.

If I'm hiking by myself, I prefer bigger than the .243 though. Larger predators are making a comeback. I was carrying my 6.5 when I walked up to a Momma griz and a couple big cubs and I don't like how they look at you.
 
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I was close to a "One-Gunner" this year... shot five big game animals with my Ruger M77 MKII .358 Win... the only blip was a mountain goat taken with a 6.5 Rem Mag... I usually spread it around more than that, but I was enjoying the rifle, which comes easy when it is this accurate.
 
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