The "Holy Grail" Debate

[Chargerguy]

If I had to pick only one firearm for the rest of my life, this would not be it. But picking only one to hunt with until I pack it in, sure...The one I'm currently putting together. Bighorn SR3 long action with Wyatt's extended box (3.825" ID). Barrels in 7mm Remington Magnum and 28 Nosler. Manners stock.

[zackstab]

Give me any well kept swedish mauser sporter. They are cheap. Dead accurate. Good ballistics. Some history. Not too heavy and well built.
If i could restart my firearms life my first and only deer gun would have been a sporter you could probably get for 300$. They are steals!

[Jayph]

I started hunting over 18 years ago with a Remington 700 in 30-06 that was my fathers. My First rifle was a Remington 700 in .270 Win (gave it to my brother as a graduation first rifle gift) Those were both boring and I soon became a Gun "NUT" and bought and built many rifles from small to large, factory to wildcat, and cheap savage to custom action Mcmillan stock ect. I now have one hunting rifle left a Bergara b14 Hunter in .30-06. I hate the .30-06 and I hate plain but what I figured out over the years was simply this.

Under normal hunting conditions (non DG and mountains ect) you can't beat a 7lb rifle in .270 or 30-06. It points nice, It carries nice, It's easy on recoil, and you can literally walk into a village of 10 people with a general store and buy ammo, they just work. The other thing I learned was If you take a 4000 rifle with gorgeous wood and top it with a 3800 scope it's a hell of a beautiful thing, however you are more worried about not dinging it and babying it than you are hunting (cudo's to you guys who can treat them like a tool) It also never killed anything any better. I shoved the Butt of my Bergara in a snow bank after getting my moose this year and the work started. I would have put out a blanket for some of my other rifles I've owned.

S**t I think this means I am getting old.

[serser62]

for me it would be an atrs modern sporter in 308 with a vortex viper pst 3-15x44

[lone-wolf]

I am quite fond of my micro hunter xbolt in 308win, I haven't considered another rifle since for things larger than coyotes.
On PEI, a good combo 20ga/223 would be amazing to have, or a 20ga/22wmr. I settled on a baikal 22lr/410, compromises... and end up taking my single shot 20ga more.
Can I imagine a 20ga 20ga 17hornet drilling? Such a combo gun would blow my mind.

[prairieguy]

But 12 ga with 308 win and a .222 insert you can choose how dead she be!


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What is the make and model?
Is this currently for sale at your store? I don't see it on your website.

[Dogfish858]

30-06 M98 with double triggers, iron sights, claw mounts, 3-9 scope, and wood stock.

[JToews]

If I could only keep one it would be



Can't beat the ergonomics and adaptability. Will handle close range and long range work.

I’m in this camp here. Loooove iiiit.

[bridgman]

This year I have decided to make the gun mentioned above. I'm taking an older Remington Model Seven and having International Barrels (IBI) make a .338 Fed(Reamer on the way and will be the first they produce!) with 19" 1-10 Twist and as light a contour they can produce without sucking. I've decided to put a Leupold VX-3i 2.5-8x36 with standard duplex reticle on it. A lightweight and compact scope, that looks pretty on top of the rifle. I am unsure if I want to have a Wildcat Customs stock built for it yet but that may come.

That's going to be nice... and very similar to what I have been thinking about for a while.

I picked up a Model Seven in .260 REM years ago, but now have two other .260's I shoot more (Tikka T3 and Savage 12FP) so have been thinking hard about re-barrelling the Seven in 338 federal. It's a wood stock and the current barrel contour is a bit too light for free-floating, so I'm thinking heavy-enough-to-be-accurate-floated contour. I had been planning for a longer barrel, maybe 22", but now that I think about it that was really driven by .260 requirements and it won't be a .260 any more (D'oh !!). Your 19" plan might be just right.

Congrats on the new build !

[Madmac74]

A few years ago I was looking at Canadian Military Sniper Rifles.. and I found the C3A1.in .308.. A Parker -Hale Mauser 98 action , complete with a McMillan A2 fiberglass stock and adj.cheek riser, topped with a Unerti 10x scope. Now I'm not too sure how often it happens, that a rifle and its owner have the same name , but a Parker McMillan... is ME! ....lol. I did a bit of searching and i couldn't find a source for one, so any input and assistance would be greatly appreciated. I can't post a damn picture tho , not sure why.

Parker in .PG