The big game chambering with the longest uninterrupted reign in your safe
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KMG Canada
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- Alfred, Ontario
Uninterrupted big game rifle in the safe - Rem 7600 in .270, 30 years ... lots have come and gone since but that one seems to stick around ... it was the first big game rifle I purchased.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Just uninterrupted chambering ownership, not rifle. 
My longest standing example is the same rifle too, but just looking at how long one chambering has been in service without a gap, and critically how many years. Both those are slipping as people just read the last page (not you KMG).
My longest standing example is the same rifle too, but just looking at how long one chambering has been in service without a gap, and critically how many years. Both those are slipping as people just read the last page (not you KMG). 
.303Brit...my first "high powered rifle" ...41 years.
.45-70...34 years.
.375H&H...31 years.
.300WinMag...30 years.
Honourable mention must go to 7x65R; I had several boxes of this ammo for about 20 years before I ever got the rifle to shoot it!
...41 years..45-70...34 years.
.375H&H...31 years.
.300WinMag...30 years.
Honourable mention must go to 7x65R; I had several boxes of this ammo for about 20 years before I ever got the rifle to shoot it!
Just uninterrupted chambering ownership, not rifle.
the joice of misinterpretation lol ....
9 years in my case.
.303Brit...my first "high powered rifle"
.45-70...34 years.
.375H&H...31 years.
.300WinMag...30 years.
Honourable mention must go to 7x65R; I had several boxes of this ammo for about 20 years before I ever got the rifle to shoot it!
i had the same to say for 350 rem mag that i had for close to 12 years but someone took it before giving to someone else .... still waiting to find the rifle that will fit me in that caliber ...
Got my first rifle when I got my PAL, a 7mm REM MAG and I'm never selling it as it belonged to an old family friend who has passed. Had it for 7 years now.
Otherwise, had/have various 30-06 for quite awhile, and don't see that changing as the old 30-06 isn't the greatest at any particular thing, but it's still an adequate all-rounder.
Otherwise, had/have various 30-06 for quite awhile, and don't see that changing as the old 30-06 isn't the greatest at any particular thing, but it's still an adequate all-rounder.
My answer was .308... it happens that many .308's have come and gone, but my original M77 MKI Standard remains... it is a 1970 manufacture purchased in 1972... so about 43 years... the longest one in my residence is an early Win 94 in .30/30, that belonged to my grandfather and then father... but it was not officially mine until 1982 or so.
Just uninterrupted chambering ownership, not rifle.
Mine is one and the same. That particular .308 rifle was the first centrefire rifle to my name, and it's still in the safe 15 years later. Used borrowed .270 Winchesters and .303's from the old man prior to that. The .303 is back in the safe in spades, no .270 yet. But I went a few years with nothing but that .308.... 15-16 years now?
Ought Six - Ruger #1 and the 77 for almost 40yrs.... Have lots of flashier cartridges now but from back in the day when I was restricted to one due to raising a family that was my git er done caliber. The Ol Boat Paddle '06 is still my default rifle when in a hurry...
D.K.
D.K.
Sporter Enfield bought for $16 in Edmonton at the pawn shop by what is now the Court House...in 1975. Now desportered and sits quietly.
In 1978 my 300 Weatherby that has been my go to rifle since then. A Brown stock many years ago...a KDF brake...new bbl a few years ago. Always been there for me.
In 1978 my 300 Weatherby that has been my go to rifle since then. A Brown stock many years ago...a KDF brake...new bbl a few years ago. Always been there for me.
I've had my 7mm08 in a remington 788 the longest. 10 years. My 270 winchester in a model 70 stainless. Was my grandfather's. Been in my possession for about 8 years although haven't dropped an animal with it yet. My go to is my model 70 extreme weather in a 325 wsm. 195 grains of "hit the dirt" kills everything I point it at. Owned it for about 3 years now. And recently acquired a 9.3 x 57 to ream out to 9.3 x 62 that may become a new saddle partner.
freddyfour
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
I have not been at it nearly as long as a lot of you gentlmen. I have been shooting since I was 14 but only into hunting for a decade or so (since my eart 20's). Only caliber that has always been in the cabinet is the 30-30
- Location
- Saskatchewan
At 16 years of age, I upgraded to a .308 from a sporterized .303 #4 Lee Enfield that I bought when I was 14 at our local hardware store. It was a Savage 110. That was 41 years ago. Since then I have used that Savage, and later a Remington 700 BDL for a whole lot of hunting. Before the Remington went down the road I had a Belgian Browning FN Safari Pencil barrel .308 with an absolutely stunning piece of French walnut for the stock. I added a 1958 Savage 99F somewhere along the line. Hunted with that one with a Lyman receiver sight. Before I sold those, I traded the Browning for a near mint Sako Forester L579 with the original peep sight and the original windage adjustable Sako ringmounts. It currently wears a Karl Kaps 2.5-10 x 56 30mm scope on it. It is the only .308 in my gun room now,but does everything I currently want a .308 to do. It is very accurate. I used a .308 to shoot my first Moose, Elk, Dall sheep, and Pronghorn. I would never want to be without one. But now I mostly use mine for target shooting and practise and fun. But I do have an odd urge to acquire a Sako 85 Finnlight, or a Kimber Montana...
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