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Rembo

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we all have rifles for various scenarios...

ie:...the "long range" rifle...the "bush rifle"....the "varmint rifle"...the "mountain rifle"....the "big bore"..(or in North America maybe we should just say "the bigger bore"..as in bigger than 30 or 338 caliber....)......etc etc....

how many categories are there in your world?...and what would they be?...and what rifles that you own fit into which category?
 
Varmint rifle- .22-250AI,Long Range Rifle-25-06AI,Mountain Rifle-.280AI(your old one!),Big Bore-8MMRemMag. I also have a few others that sort of defy being catagorized! Mur
 
1.) The "do everything" rifle
2.) The cheap rifle
3.) The shotugn
4.) The Target rifle.

That's about it. It seems so short haha
 
How about these:

1. The "I can afford to actually shoot it" rifle... usually in .223 or 7.62X39
2. The "but what if there is a charging grizzly" rifle... usually starts at .338 WM and averages at the .375 H&H. Barrel in good shape and never yet fired at anything weighing more than 120 lbs.
3. The "one day I will go to Africa, Bwana" rifle... usually open sights bolt action but possibly a double as well. Entry level is the 9.3 and 375 H&H but the sky is the limit (577 T Rex anyone?) Barrel is usually in very good condition and if it is scoped you will find DNA from the owner's eye socket around the eyepiece. He did use it to vaporize a gopher once...
4. The "but what if the Warsaw Pact is just faking it" rifle... Tacticool, 5.56, 7.62 or whatever new whiz bang sniper round is currently the top dog (338 Lapua, 408 Chey Tac etc.) Cost is highly variable here but the common factor is the theoretical ability to hit a man sized target at odometer distances. Generally owned by a guy who would not be capable of walking the kind of distances his rifle can shoot to. Owner also knows which parts he needs to Dremel to re-activate an automatic.

There's many more... I love them all!

Jeff
 
1. Distance rifle.(300 yards and in) usualy a 30-06, 308, 7mm rem.
2. Bush rifle. usualy 30-30, 35 remington or 32 special.

In my neck of the woods these are all i need. there are many many more though.
 
I've found that a gun that shoots far does pretty well up close. I can't see any difference from performance on the bald prairie to the deep woods. So I have big game rifles and varmint rifles.
 
In a general sort of way, theres plinkers, light general purpose hunting rifles .300 mag and down, standard weight trajectory kings, LR hunting rifles that can be carried and some that really aren't that portable. Target rifles are sort of like these, only caliber will tend to be lighter just to cut down on barrel heat for longer strings. Caliber may be dictated.
Then there's the true do everything rifles, which just about has to be a .375. That's the rifle you carry when you are hunting whatever you encounter around the next corner. You need to be ready for anything from steinbuck to elephant, and you will be shooting acouple or few animals everyday. Then there's the big guns, the heavies for big bad stuff on purpose.
Then there's the varmint rifles. Someting light enough to carry, and something too heavy to carry far. Something has to be able to handle sustained fire, and something that can't but can really crank up the heat for a few. Predator rifles weigh like the carrying varmint, and perform like the performance version.
Muzzleloaders are a must for our special season.
Then there's battle and black rifles, which have less interest to me. After that, there is the curiousity class, the "I bought it cause I didn't have one" class. This class ends up being the most numerous and leads to having a pile of rifles that all do the same thing. That's the light/standard general purpose class, and is where we came in.
 
Your categories fill it pretty good.

I find every time i have a hankering for a new gun, i try to find a new niche to fill. I am not a fan of redundancy in my collection.


As it stands, i have a "long range/BIG game" rifle, which is a rem 700 SPS in 300 Ultra (work in progress, been in my possesion a mere 2 months) that wears a Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14x40 SF

Then there is my "grab and go" which is the rifle i am most likely to take on an improptu afternoon hunt when my work day ends early and i am gong to stomp around a regular haunt of mine. That would be my Ruger 77 All weather in 280 Rem with a VX II 3-9x40

There is my "grab and go, coyote edition" which is also my first centrefire, same rifle as above with a B&L Elite 3000 in 3-9x40, and chambered for 243 Win.

Rounding out my collection of "regulars" is my "gopher 'sploder" which also doubles as a coyote rifle when i plan on feeling stonger than usual, as it is a touch heavier than i usually like in a calling rifle. It is a Savage 110FP in 223 rem, wearing a tasco custom shoppe 8-40x56 mil dot. Normally i wouldnt buy tasco, but this one came with the gun and hasn't dissapointed yet.

The future has a "prairie" rifle in store for me. This will be a 6.5-06 built on a 700 action. The action and dies are in my possesion, i just need to figure out what barrel contour i want and go from there. Hoping to have it operational by the early fall, as i am up for a non trophy antelope tag, and would love to "break it in" there.

After the prairie rig is done, i think i am going to build a handy "west country" gun. Something for the eastern slopes where the grizz play. I am fond of the Ruger Alaskan, but for some reason, i feel the 458 win mag would be a sweet round in a compact package. I may have to hunt down a magnum ruger action and screw on a 20" 458 Win Mag tube.

Then i will find another niche and drive my wife a little crazier.:p
 
Oh my, lets see,
3 .22's - youth(CZ scout), beater/chicken hunter(Mossberg 342k), and target gopher shooter(10/22 with green mountain barrel and .... with a 6-21x44 simons prohunter)
Varmint - .204 in a Tikka T3 6-16x40 VXII
Hunting medium and small game - .260 in stainless Tikka T3 4.5-14x32 Burris (I did shoot a moose with it though!)
Larger game/long range - yet to fill, likely a WSM, SAUM or win mag type (I do own a 270 that kinda fills this)
ducks/geese/skeets - 3" Remington wingmaster
Hunting - TC prohunter 50cal muzzle loader 3-9x40 Burris
Benchrest - would like to fill with a savage custom build 6br or the like
Hunting for the kids - my first rifle a Glenfeild(Marlin) 30-30 with 4x scope.

I think thats it.......for now!
 
Don't forget the crusher!
Everybody "needs" at least 400 grains!:D

Forget classes...That just confuses me!
 
Small bore= anything less than 375
big bore= 375H&H, 416's
Biggest bore= 460Wby and 510 Wells
Leverguns
Shotguns
22's

The biggest bores are the ones I can't get most people to shoot, but they all want to see me shoot.
 
This is hard

Deer rifle(s) - Marlin 336 in .32WS or .35Rem
Loaner, Truck gun - Lee Enfield .303
Flintlock - T/C .50 Hawken
Percussion - T/C New Englader 12/.54
Target - Mossberg US 44
Gopher - Marlin 2000 with 6x24 Scope
Small game rifle - Mossberg 146b with 4X scope
Shotgun- Mossberg 190K 16g
General waliking around and critter gun - Savage Mocel 23 32-20
 
Hmm, light walk around varminters in various calibers, light walk around varminter rimfire. Heavy varmint in various calibers, heavy varmint rimfire. Deer rifles in most calibers. Target rifles in a few calibers. Elk guns, moose guns, bear guns. Elephant guns. Zombie guns. Screaming commie horde guns. Every shooting game known to man guns. Mouse guns. Guns in whatever weird caliber takes my fancy. 12 class guns to keep my hand in and piss off the Liberals.

Man, that's a lot of guns. I need therapy. - dan
 
1. Sporter weight 223 for cheap practice, informal targets and coyotes
2. All-arounder. A well balanced backpack rifle works just fine at 400 yards across a field, not to mention at 30 yards in the bush.
3. A thumper.

That's all I need, although I do see some redundancy in my safe! ;)
 
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