Rick Boggs

Aren't the .308 and .30-06 a huge overlap?

Hard luck.
I like your 3 very well.
But if I were to do a 3 rifle batery for the lower 48,
.257 Roberts
.308 win
35 Whelen.
If you shoot at ranges of 300 yards and in that would be all you would need.
Not all "I" would want but all I would need.
It reall would be a decent set for canada and alaska too, But I would not be real comfortable going after a big bear with the whelen.
But it would do in a pich.
...tj3006

.22 LR
.22-250
.270

A three rifle centerfire rifle battery for me:
22-250
270
9.3x64 Brenneke
This is currently what I have except the addition of 338-06.

A more practical approach would be:
223
30-06
375 H&H

I could take either list and hunt anything, anywhere. The only thing that would possibly be lacking would be the 9.3 or 375 for elephant. But they both would work I think, but I do not have any actual elephant experience, nor do I ever plan to.

The only other firearms I would add are:
22LR
12ga shotgun with chokes
44 mag pistol.

So in reality I could get by with six firearms.

Please don't tell my wife.

Three rifles?

.22lr.
7x57R
.470 Capstick.

That and a decent shotgun would cover anything I'm likely to hunt.

25-06
30-06 (or 300 win mag can't decide)
9.3x62

A 35 Whelen and keep the change.

I would rather have one scoped and one with iron sights in some allround caliber than two scoped in very different calibers.

The model 550 458 Lott by CZ, 416 Remington,
Model 75 375 H&H by Sako

I just can't narrow it down to three:

.22rf
22-250
.243
.270
300WSM
& as I stated in another thread: 7.62x51 for "social" occasions.

If I had to go three, it would probably be

22-250

7mm-08

338 WM

Hardluck, are you going to publish the results of your survey?

mine is
.22 lr
223
308 but changing for 300 winmag

Abob,
Is that a photgraph of a teddybears picnic?
I was so taken with it, that it's now on my desk top. Thank you so much for posting it.

Guys, I was trying to be pratical for me. I know I will never hunt Big bear or moose again. I'm too old and physically beat up. No I'm not trying to publish anything. My calibers overlap with a lot of other good ones.. I hate to get into actions, I have a semi-auto a lever gun and a bolt gun. and reload for all three. I've probably owned and used 500 or 600 rifles in the past 60 yrs but it has come down to these three for me.
I should have added a .22 lr and a 12 gage but I don"t use them much anymore.
Thank all of you for sharing with me.

Mine is a true three rifle battery anymore.

Rem 700 .243 win
SS LH Model 70 280 AI
LH Model 70 338 win mag

quote:

Abob,
Is that a photgraph of a teddybears picnic?
I was so taken with it, that it's now on my desk top. Thank you so much for posting it.

What happened to the folks that were there? Is that a bit of a shoe in the bottom left corner?

6PPC
6.5x55
9.3x62

quote:

Originally posted by 303Guy:

quote:

Abob,
Is that a photgraph of a teddybears picnic?
I was so taken with it, that it's now on my desk top. Thank you so much for posting it.

What happened to the folks that were there? Is that a bit of a shoe in the bottom left corner?

He has lovely table manners for a bear.

citori
yes they are but they are both very versatile .

Mine is an easy choice as all I have is 3 rifles.

257 Wby
30-06
338-378 Wby

Those will pretty much cover anything on earth if it's legal to use a 338 cal bullet or less.

Ken....

Just last week I completed my own set of three with the addition of #3 below:

22LR CZ452 American
270Win Wthby Vanguard Sporter
375H&H CZ 550 American Safari

Of course also in the safe is a Win 1300 and a Citori White Lightning, both in 12g, but we won't count those towards the allowable limit.

quote:

Originally posted by hikerbum:
you dont specify use....
But if you could ONLY have 3 rifles......


22 LR
.270
35 Whelen
these would cover everything in the lower 48 nicely

These calibers +10 others are what I use. Couldn't live with just three to play with.

My three would be:

.223Remington

.280AI

.411/.416Remington

That is, if I absolutely HAD to use a rifle.

I know I'll never get to hunt African game, so mine would be limited to North America as follows.

22 rimfire
257 Wby Mag
35 Whelen

I reload and I have some low, medium, and high velocity rounds for the .257 Wby that can cover a big gap from varmints to Elk.

No actually that's a Democratic Bear . Notice how it's setting at the table waiting for food to be served !!.





If it had been an Independent or a Republican it wouldn't be setting on it's Keister and it would be

in the Forrest rustling up chow for it's self . Instead of waiting for another paw out palm up !!!.

22 LR
308 Win
35 Whelen

I seem to always take hunting:

Ruger No#1 in .257 Roberts
Ruger No#3 in .30/40 Krag
Browning Model 71 in .348 Winchester

Leaving the .243, 7X57, 7 rem mag, .375 H&H at home

300 Win Mag

45-70

458 Win Mag

22 mag
270 WSM
300 WM

.204 .7x57 .338wm

What's already in the top end of my Gun Safe.

.243W
.308W
9.3x62


Leaving out the rest:
.22lr (x2), 218Bee and .223Rem

22lr
7X57R
300 Weatherby mag.

Would love to add a 450-400 3" double and a 6mm Rem. custom Ruger 1

My three, at the moment, list as follows:

1. Ruger 10/22 22lr semi auto for plinking and smaller vermin
2. Rem Model 700 SPS 22-250 Rem for predator calling
3. Tikka T3 Lite .270 WSM for everything else I hunt at the moment (deer, hopefully a moose next year, and an Elk within 5 years!)

I someday may want to add say a .416 Rigby, or a .375 H&H for the big stuff if I ever get to hunt any of the big beasts of Africa.

quote:

Originally posted by Doc224/375:
No actually that's a Democratic Bear . Notice how it's setting at the table waiting for food to be served !!.
If it had been an Independent or a Republican it wouldn't be setting on it's Keister and it would be in the Forrest rustling up chow for it's self . Instead of waiting for another paw out palm up !!!.

That reply is as good as the photograph.

My three would be these.

1. 17 HMR
2. 264 Win. Mag
3. 358 STA

Three rifle battery? Hell, there was a time when I could only afford one rifle! It was a "sporterized" Springfield 03 in '06. Since then I've added the 300 Weatherby Mag, 338 Win Mag, 375 H&H, 257 Robts, 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen and 9.3x62. All bolt guns. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure what I've got in my safe these days. Good thing these are just my sportin' arms. If it were a matter of self defense, I'd be shot dead before I decided which one to choose!

22lr
6mm rem
35 whelen

And one of everything in between

I only have 3
22LR Stirling bolt action
338 Win Mag Ruger M77 mk1 with new Lothar Walther barrel
505 Gibbs custom rifle built on a Granite Mountain Arms action

But I am working on getting a 416 Rigby based on a Dakota 76 action. I have the action, but the finished rifle will still be about 12 months away. After that I will probably get another .25/06 to replace the one I sold some years ago. And after that there are plenty on the wish list.

Well I would look at a bit different.

Single Shot all #1s
25-06
9.3X74R
450/400

Bolt
22-250
338 WM
416Taylor

Double
Just can't afford them.

I've only got two /cry ...

270 Win

375 H&H

Should do the job ok though ...



Chuck