If you could do it all over....

For me it would be a nice sporterized M96 or M38 Swede in 6.5x55.
Inexpensive, beautifully made, accurate and hard-hitting.
It would fulfill all my needs.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
As I made mention of previously, you & I both. And, if I remember correctly, the;)accepted 'medicine of the day' for Moose,;) Dominion 215gr were almost a must. Early to mid 60's, I believe ammo for the 303Br. was going for somewhere around $3.50/box. When I went to a Parker Hale in 308NM, $8.10/box was quite a shock:sok2.
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I was using my Enfield from 1970-1976. I then jumped up to a Mauser 98 in .458 WM. Good thing I was well into reloading and casting boolits at the time. Had a Parker Hale as well back then in .308 NM that shot well and was fun to load for.;)
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
Almost forgot, I got this Longbranch No.4 Mk1* a couple of weeks ago just to get the Bishop stocks it wore to put on my .32-40 LE build.The bore & chamber are mint so I'll scoop a set of dies at the gun show this weekend to try 'er out.:)
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I assume that's the show at the SVI Rangers you speak of. A site member, Lefty338-06 that runs the Duncan show will likely be there and he usually has a good selection of dies on his table. Or, PM him ahead of time. Another option;), come to the Duncan show April 12th. If lefty 338-06 doesn't have a set available, I have a set of RCBS available.
 
blasted_saber said:
I'd of followed my grandfathers advice and not bought a "fancy new cartridge"....which at the time was 270WSM and instead bought an old faithful. After 3-4 years of the WSM I ditched it for a 308 Winchester and havent regretted it for a second.
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Sort of the same idea... if I had to buy my first rifle again, I would have waited for a .308 or .260 to come along instead of buying my Tikka T3 in .270WSM.

That said why have only one gun? Too many interesting rifles and cartridges to shoot! Still have the .270WSM, it has its place in my battery.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
I assume that's the show at the SVI Rangers you speak of. A site member, Lefty338-06 that runs the Duncan show will likely be there and he usually has a good selection of dies on his table. Or, PM him ahead of time. Another option;), come to the Duncan show April 12th. If lefty 338-06 doesn't have a set available, I have a set of RCBS available.
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That's the show fer sure Johnn. I sold Lefty a batch of ammo at last years event & have booked tables at the Duncan show before with him. He's a good fella to work with & I will see him first for the dies as he always has a great selection.:)
 
If I had to do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing. Past mistakes and experiences with rifles have got me to the place and collection I have today and it is pretty well perfect for what I do and like.
 
silverfoxdj said:
So many choices so many decisions very hard to choose as we change as are needs change and character changes
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No truer words could be spoken. Likely sums it up for over 90% of us.

I was reading through this thread reflecting how I would do it differently too, and in the future, I'll be doing something different than I do now.

I only ever keep a dozen or so rifles on hand at any time and the only two I had any amount of time (keepers) are my Winchester Model 71 and my Anschutz 1422. All others seem to come and go.
 
M70-338 said:
No truer words could be spoken. Likely sums it up for over 90% of us.

I was reading through this thread reflecting how I would do it differently too, and in the future, I'll be doing something different than I do now.

I only ever keep a dozen or so rifles on hand at any time and the only two I had any amount of time (keepers) are my Winchester Model 71 and my Anschutz 1422. All others seem to come and go.
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I can understand that. A couple of photos of my 71 deluxe that I've posted in past.





:)The 71 in 348WCF is my favorite lever gun/calibre combo.
 
Took me 20 years to finally get a 338-06 built. I used to dream of one on a Model 700 action, but when the time came an FN Model 70 was the go-to. Pacnor 23" tube and a McMillan Edge. 7.5 lbs scoped with a Vx3 3.5-10x40. Not much I can't do with this one

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I should have bought my kimber 25-06 custom classic way sooner.
I should have never sold my Remington 338 win mag.
Should have bought a winchester big bore 375 years ago.
Should have bought a quality 22 first instead of all the cheep junk.
Live and learn. It has been fun though.
 
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