Best Single Shot
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With your criteria, the Ruger #1, new Brownchester 1885, or if you have the dough; Blaser.....certainly not the TC(from an accuracy standpoint). There are plenty of very fine single shots avail. for rimmed cartridges, these are beautifully made reproductions of the Sharps, Ballards, Highwalls, Stevens, Rem. RB, etc.some of which are custom/semi custom and usually very accurate. A few other new Single shots that are the bee's knee's but may be spendy and I'm not sure of calibre avail....the Miller, Hagn, and Dakota.
None of your choices are even remotely considered "precision". Define "Generation"? I shoot 2-3000 rounds per year and at that rate, only the 308 would last more than a season.
If you want a generation-lasting single shot, buy black powder or a Cooey .22
If you want a generation-lasting single shot, buy black powder or a Cooey .22
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Brutus
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It all depends on what that single shot rifle is going to be used for.
If hunting & only hunting, is on the agenda, a Ruger #1 or an Encore could fit the bill nicely.
But if competition, or truly long distance shooting is on the menu, one should consider a specific target rifle action and a custom barrel.
I was under the impression that the poster wanted a well made single shot of the trad. type, not a bolt action. I guess the poster needs to indicate what it will be used for and how often, as those cals. will wear a barrel out in time, depending on use. Most of the rimmed cals. work on a diff. principle and should not wear out over a generation if well cared for.
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I'm noticing that more and more lately from him.
As to the OP's question, you're really talking about two different rifles. For a Single Shot hunting rifle I think that the Ruger #1 is hard to beat. It's a real classic design at an affordable price point. For LR target shooting I'd be more inclined to build a bolt rifle, in single shot or mag fed - makes no difference, and go for optimum accuracy.
On the bright side, you could go with both rifles and pass both along to the boy. Then he'd have two heirlooms instead of one.
For an heirloom, get a sharps or rolling block. I have several and would love to pass them down. I just don't have any down to pass to. Guess it will be sideways.
There is nothing like touching off a buffalo gun at 500 meters. It is amazing how much accuracy you can get with a little practise.
There is nothing like touching off a buffalo gun at 500 meters. It is amazing how much accuracy you can get with a little practise.
This was posted on the Precision Forum - suggesting that long range accuracy was the important factor.
His second post made the situation more clear.
One of the common problems with qustions is that the poster does not provide enough background information to explain where he is coming from and where he wants to go.
Once he says 'hunting" as the main use and wants a gun to pass along to his son, that is an entirely different question that waht was originally posted.
On that basis, I take back my suggestion of a single shot target action and suggest the Ruger or maybe the Browning single shot.
His second post made the situation more clear.
One of the common problems with qustions is that the poster does not provide enough background information to explain where he is coming from and where he wants to go.
Once he says 'hunting" as the main use and wants a gun to pass along to his son, that is an entirely different question that waht was originally posted.
On that basis, I take back my suggestion of a single shot target action and suggest the Ruger or maybe the Browning single shot.
