The "Holy Grail" Debate

[aakoksal]

Browning BLR chambered in .325 WSM. In my mind, it is the best all around hunting rifle.

 

[TJCote]

View attachment 253684Gunwerks Clymr in 280AI...accurate, lightweight, powerful enough for most North American game.

 

[reliablegun]

View attachment 253683View attachment 253684Gunwerks Clymr in 280AI...accurate, lightweight, powerful enough for most North American game.

Wowza!

 

[Garaldtao]

Blaser R8 grade 3 custom and it has to be in 308 because if you hunt enough there will be a time when you will forget your ammo and have to run into the local Walmart. Been there, done that.

 

[quattro.pilot]

Easy.

Tikka T3 Lite blu/syn in 30-06
with good glass, something in the 4'ish x 16-20'ish power with a 1" tube and 44 or 50mm objective, get good low light viewing

pretty much my current setup so I'm probably a little biased ;-)

 

[Potato boy]

Ruger # 1 9.3X 74r loaded to 2650fps with a 250 grain ACCUBOND. Sub moa rifle, short and handy. Will kill 99 % of all game in the world with afermentioned load. Shoots flatter than an ‘06 with 180’s. From deer to sheep, bear, moose and a giant elk, all have fallen to one shot from this rifle. Topped with a 1.25-8 6500

 

[Longwalker]

Here's mine. A Griesbach custom ZKK 600 30-06. Elegant, accurate, light and deadly.

 

[Camp Cook]

14" barreled TC Contender carbine in 338JDJ #2 = 180gr Accubonds @ 2500fps good for up to moose at 300 yards...

 

[Botts]

If we aren't budget capped, this is my holy grail build. All the weight savings went into the optic though.

Item	Brand	Description	Link
Barrel	Proof Research	Carbon 20" .300 WSM - Sendero Profile	Proof Barrels
Action	Impact Precision	Left Handed - Needs bolt swap	Impact Actions
Stock	Bolly Aviation	Ultralight Precision Hunter - Gen3	Precision Defense Industries - Stocks
Optic Mount	Near MFG	Alphamount	Near Manufacturing
Optic	Leica	2.4-16x56 Magnus i Riflescope	B&H Leica Scope

 

[Wilkie]

Aw C'mon

What a bunch of Fudds

How about a 30 round mag AR with co witnessed flip up irons and a red dot like I ran with naked and unafraid in the 80s?

That about says it for me. Lower 1/3 cowitness though, hah

 

[AlanS]

I LOVE German T1 reticle! I don't get why its not more prevalent anymore.

This hunting rifle is a beauty Sir.

BRNO Model 22 small ring Mauser-98. Caliber 8x57S
Barrel Length: 20.5" to front of bolt. Double set triggers.
Holts Wetzlar 6x scope. German No. 1 reticle.
Factory fitted see-through claw mounts.
Dated 1951 on barrel and receiver.
Matching serial numbers on barrel, bolt and stock (in barrel channel).
Czechoslovakian and German (Ulm) proofmarks.
Right side of barrel ahead of rear sight marked in English "Made in Czechoslovakia".
Receiver and barrel stamped "Geco" (German retailer, Gustav Genschow & Co.)

Stock stamped WB in a cartouche on bottom of stock behind the pistol grip.
Tally marked stock (silver inlays of European game: Roe Deer, Wild Boar, Red Deer, and Fox...silver tally pins)

...and its not my tally...
although I could give the previous owner a run for his money in terms of harvested deer numbers,
I have never even seen a Wild Boar in the wild.

Weight approx. 6lb. 10 oz. w/o scope.

 

[Botts]

Aw C'mon

What a bunch of Fudds

How about a 30 round mag AR with co witnessed flip up irons and a red dot like I ran with naked and unafraid in the 80s?

For coyotes and light game sure. As my only hunting rifle, heck no. I wouldn't want an AR10 due to weight and length of receiver, but I'd want more energy than a small frame cartridge.

 

[asco]

Found mine.
You silly geese are doing it all backwards!
Coyotes to moose/elk. The ever unpopular 7WSM!
The only short mag to outperform the full size mag.
Still working on loads. Rl26 under 165Game changers or 160AB’s
Fierce CT Edge with HCA 1:8 I at 22” no brake, I like my hearing.
Z6 2.5-15x44 in low talleys
My man Omer put it together for me.

 

[Camoman1]

Found mine.
You silly geese are doing it all backwards!
Coyotes to moose/elk. The ever unpopular 7WSM!
The only short mag to outperform the full size mag.
Still working on loads. Rl26 under 165Game changers or 160AB’s
Fierce CT Edge with HCA 1:8 I at 22” no brake, I like my hearing.
Z6 2.5-15x44 in low talleys
My man Omer put it together for me. View attachment 254433View attachment 254434

Nice set up. I like your choice of cartridge too. Perfect do everything round. I’m planning a similar build soon but I’ll be opting for the full sized mag just for availability reasons.

 

[trapoholic]

Repro Sniper Lee-Enfield no.4-T

I would never dare taking an original into the field.

First deer I ever shot with a rifle was a original man killer. Did it look like it'd been through hell? Oh ya. Did it shoot good? Better than allot of high end bolt action I've seen.

 

[borsch]

Browning X-Bolt composite stalker in 270Win with a 2.5x10 Bushnell Elite scope. Keeps my family well fed every year.

 

[borsch]

Geesh! I never worried about being mugged in the bush before... But I might, carrying that around hunt camp! LOL!

My thoughts exactly
The only folks I've ever seen "hunting" with guns the cost of a decent truck were folks from Middle East and Russia..... H&H Galore.....

 

[GreenBob]

Google says 100k

 

[A-zone]

My Holy Grail rifle is a Brno ZG47 chambered in 7x57.

After many years I found one in the carbine configuration.

Top of the mountain.

 

[Paul Jacobsen]

Beautiful rifle Nester.......Wow..