Best Handling Rifle?

[c-fbmi]

C 90......yes the laminated stocked rifles are Remington custom shop mod 7 MS and are in 243, 7-08 and 350 RM.

The mod 7 KS 350 RM has a 20" barrel I believe and I don't know how much cast off the Sako Safari has, about 1/2" as a guess maybe not quite.

Hoyt...........yep old photo from the archives, the stainless 250-3000 is gone and the Mk II 243, as you well know is now a tang safety one.........the other is a 308, which some highly deficient individual inscribed his SIN into the floorplate, not on the inside of course, but right there for all the world to see, on the outside...............Someday I'll glass bead it and cerracoat or Teflon it.

 

[MD]

Back in the early 80's I hunted with a bolt action Ruger 77 30-06. I honestly didn't realize I was lugging around a log until I got my first of many Husqvarna featherweights....a real revelation....still no M-S though.

I read somewhere that the bulkiness of many (all?) Ruger rifles was because of Bill Ruger's very big hands. And the designers back then had to please big Bill Ruger.

I agree with Rob. I had kind of retired for various reasons my Model 700 ADL 243 which really fit me and handled well and then hunted with a variety of "logs" including a 1953 Husqvarna 270 on an FN action then I received a brace of Husqvarna lightweights, one in 7x57 and one in 270 and boy, are those lovely to pack around.

 

[Rob]

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[conor_90]

C 90......yes the laminated stocked rifles are Remington custom shop mod 7 MS and are in 243, 7-08 and 350 RM.

350 rem mag; amazing. If only it had really caught on.

You have an excellent gun collection sir!

 

[c-fbmi]

C90, thank you, still working on it.............
Here is another wonderfully handling rifle I forgot to mention earlier...........

 

[Mik123]

That's a beauty. I'm hoping it's cousin sneaks into my safe one day.

C90, thank you, still working on it.............
Here is another wonderfully handling rifle I forgot to mention earlier...........

 

[Rob]

Nice...and a very neat bench as well.

C90, thank you, still working on it.............
Here is another wonderfully handling rifle I forgot to mention earlier...........

 

[NL-Hunter]

Just about any rifle I have owned with high comb and Monte Carlo Cheek. Just sold a 700 BDL, bought it thinking a friend would want it, I would have been happy to keep it. Savage model 25, just hate the dinky action love the stock and Medium fluted barrel. Having high hopes on a Win70 PF on the way, old school MC stock and sights included. Just cannot get enough of these classic rifles. Next on wish list is a Sako Kodiak .375 H&H, if it works out I will take posession late spring/early summer. . Then it is on to a Ruger, thinking a full stock model. May have to forget the Schultz&Larsen for a while, very few available on this side of the atlantic in the Chambering I am thinking about. My two Mauser action rifles (Churchill and J.C. Higgins), with - of course MC stocks.

 

[buckbrush]

I think the Brno 21-22's are great, as well as Lee-Speed #2's and 3's. Husky Lightweights and Hellstocks as well. I hate plastic hunting rifles.

 

[Mudduck]

I love my Blaser R93. I have owned a lot of other very good rifles but I love the way this one fits me and I can swap calibers (barrels) and it fits me exactly the same

 

[bigbull]

I have used a Kimber Classic 270WSM quite a bit and like the way it handles and shoots, another I used a lot is the Winchester M70 FTW and a Remington model 600,
the latest aquisition is a M70 FTW Compact 308 that is really sweet to handle but I have not hunted with it yet, it feels very very promising.
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[MartyT]

Husqvarna 4100

then browning xbolt

then ruger hawkeye

 

[Kevan]

Here is a nice handling little rifle, a Howa 1500 Alpine in 6.5 Creedmoor.
Weight is exactly 7 lbs. as pictured, they did a bit of shaving on either side of the receiver and put it in a light Bansner stock.
Hunting season can't happen soon enough to please me...

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Here is a nice handling little rifle, a Howa 1500 Alpine in 6.5 Creedmoor.
Weight is exactly 7 lbs. as pictured, they did a bit of shaving on either side of the receiver and put it in a light Bansner stock.
Hunting season can't happen soon enough to please me...

Very nice Kevan, While my favorite bolt action is the Schultz & Larsen, at present probably one of the nicest handling rifles I have, is the one I inherited when my Dad passed away.



It's a Husqvarna model 4000 light weight with decent wood and in 30-06.

 

[Kevan]

Nice rifle Johnn, I had similar in 7X57, beautiful and light but in that chambering it had a slow barrel twist and any 7mm bullet heavier than 150 gr. would keyhole.
Another light, nice handling rifle is the older Mannlicher Schoenauer.
I have two, a 6.5X54 and a 9.5X56 which are very light, however they are probably going to another home as I haven't used them for years.

 

[conor_90]

Kevan please share some info on the 9.5x56 with us if possible.

Did you ever reload for it?

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Nice rifle Johnn, I had similar in 7X57, beautiful and light but in that chambering it had a slow barrel twist and any 7mm bullet heavier than 150 gr. would keyhole.
Another light, nice handling rifle is the older Mannlicher Schoenauer.
I have two, a 6.5X54 and a 9.5X56 which are very light, however they are probably going to another home as I haven't used them for years.

Thanks guy. That Husqvarna '06 was Dads pride and joy and he put it to regular use helping control the Moose and Mule Deer population explosion in the B.C interior.



It was what he used on our last Moose hunt together.

On my first Mule Deer hunt on draw, with my Daughter and Son In Law, my Alberta partners and guides, I used it for that 1st Mule Deer.



The 'plan' when it comes time for me to hand it down, it looks like it will be going to one of the few other right handers in our family.



Out there on a babysitting job a few years ago, I went to Wallmart and got her started down the right path and she 'bagged' her first Bear

 

[Superbrad]

Very nice Johnn...... And something I can personally appreciate with my boys....

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Very nice Johnn...... And something I can personally appreciate with my boys....

Thanks guy. This fairly recent acquisition is set to get the 'call' for Monster Island Blacktail this fall.





A Ruger Hawkeye RSI in 7x57.

 

[Trimmer 905]

The Ultimate carry rifles are ones your rules won't allow me to mention, so sticking with bolt action rifles... I should note that with some the addition of a scope and mounts changes their status... also, lightweight alone does not necessarily aid in handling and carrying comfort. A thin profile and width assist greatly in the carry department and a balanced weight, front-to-back and short OAL assist in the handling department. There are also notable differences based on action lengths, short vs standard vs magnum. Based on my personal experience on handling and carrying alone, for bolt action/short action rifles (Note there are several rifles of other actions that I would put ahead of these);


1. Ruger M77 International
2. Ruger M77 Ultralight
3. Ruger M77 Compact
4. Winchester M70 Featherweight
5. Ruger M77 Frontier
6. Browning A-Bolt Lightweight

Thanks guy. This fairly recent acquisition is set to get the 'call' for Monster Island Blacktail this fall.





A Ruger Hawkeye RSI in 7x57.

Absolutely without doubt agree. I have a blue steel M77 RSI in .30-06Sprg.,M77 featherlight .243Win and M77 Hawkeye synthetic stainless all weather .270Win. The best rifles I've ever owned.