Hard to narrow it to just 3!
Ones I have in the truck most are:
17 HMR
204 Ruger
300 RUM
+ a couple sidearms that STAY in the truck
22 Buckmark
.41 Smith
+ a Contender in super 114 in .222 or 30-30 depending on the season. Oh yeah then the shotguns. Benelli Super 90 for Turkeys and Geese and Kawaguchiya M250 for Grouse and Crows, both in 12 gauge. And then there is the .... Hows that for trying to narrow it to just 3, I did good! God Bless, Louis

My three would be .257 Wby, .270 WSM, .358 STA. I have handled everyting in North America with these. Good shooting.

Three rifles most preferred for all around hunting game for me is H&R-L61RSako-270, Custom Brno/VZ24 9.3x62, and Ruger RSM/375HH. For a fourth one, would go with the Ruger RSI/cal.308

Well it looks like everyone is picking 3 centerfire rifles and not really including shotguns and rimfires. If I get a free shotgun/rimfire on top of my rifle choices, I would probably end up picking:

.270 WSM
7mm-08
.300 Weatherby Mag

Rifles...
223, all that ammo available
30-06 all that ammo available
375 Whelen Imp, make cases from '06

.318 Westeley Richards
.350 Rigby
.404 Jeffery

Now, I don't, but boyoboy, it would be classy.

I'll have to think on the "other" two a spell...

DM

30-06
6mm Rem
22LR

From my European point of view:

7x57
8x68 S
404 J

quote:

Originally posted by chuck375:
I've only got two /cry ...

270 Win

375 H&H

Should do the job ok though ...



Chuck

Chuck.. you and I should hang out... great minds think alike as they say.

You need one to shoot paper targets with economically,one to hunt North American game with,and one for Dangerous game or Africa.Many of the responses don't make any sense to me.They are mistakes you've made and not yet accepted.It's time for your SHOOTING EDUCATION!

If I had to pick three..
22LR
25-06
338Win Mag

oops!

If I had to get down to 3 rifles, here they are:

• 22LR - Custom Ruger 10/22
• 270 Win - Rem M700
• 9,3x62 Mauser - Sporterized Vz-24

17 HMR
30-06
375 H&H

.22LR
.375 H&H
.458 Lott

Mine is a 4 rifle 12 volt battery.

22 LR Marlin Model 60.
My wifes Model 77 Ruger Ultra-Lite in 257 Roberts.
Model 77 Ruger, "Tang Safety" Model in 35 Whelen.
Interarms Mark X in 375 H&H.

As some one else said, I got rid of several rifles that were either duplicates or that I had stopped using altogether.

My "Go To" rifles are the 375 and the Whelen, in that order.

.22 LR
.375 H&H
.470 NE

Only 2:

.22 LR
7mm Rem. Mag.

quote:

Originally posted by Doc224/375:
# 3 you say No I say # 4 as I couldn't bear to see the light of day without my 06 .

.223 / 7 mag /30'06 /375 Now what am I supposed to do with the other 42 , Bench them ?.

I do that already never mind .

I can only carry 2 at a time, one for long range and one for short. I never tried to hunt 3 rifles at the same time.
Most of the ime I got to the range with more rifles than the Suburban is worth.

I figure it like this rifles are like potato chips ya can't have just one let alone 3 but,if it had tobe mine are 6.5x55,338win,45-70

270 Bee and 416 Bee....

.223
6.5x55 or 7x57 (I am fine with either)
9.3x62

If I could only have 3 it would be.
22LR
7-08Rem
338Win Mag

My three Browning LH A-Bolts:

22 Hornet
25/06
30/06

and must have
a 22 LR
a 20 ga. shotgun

To choose only 3, I'll pretend that a rimfire doesn't count and go with some very versatile numbers.

223 varmints and predators
7-08 medium game
338WM game bigger than black bear

.223 RRA AR
.270 win
.270-300

are we skipping pistols?

From fox and varmints through roe, red, moose, bear, African PG to buff (if money permits), I guess I alredy have three that fits in the safe:
308 Winchester in Kimber Montana
35 Whelen in Ruger M77
375 Ruger in Ruger Hawkeye.

Hmmm...looks like I´m a great supporter of the American Arms Industry for the time beeing

22-250
25-06
300 Win Mag

.22 LR for small game
.458 Win Mag for everything else.

I'd add a .243 if I really had to get a 3-piece battery.

Loaded with 400 grain bullets at 2400 fps, the .458 trajectory actually compares pretty favorably with a .308 out to 300 or so yards, and I'm confident that whetever is shot with it stays shot.

I,like a lot of other guys, have more guns.
The choices vary from hunt to hunt but my 3 would be say for deer: Sav 110......243,
99-Sav-300, Springfield 30-06.
I think the question was geared more to if you only had a choice of 3 what would they be?
Just my $.02.
Happy Holidays to all..........

if i had to keep 3
6.5x55 swede
300 h&h
375 h&h