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Well, we've had 1 gun batteries, 2 gun batteries, etc. But what could you live with as your absolute minimum working rifle battery? Here's mine. .458 Lott, Ruger RSM .338 WinMag, Ruger M77 Mk II .308 Win, Remington Model Seven .22 LR, Ruger 10/22 Thank God that this list is only a list. I don't think I could really get rid of most of the others. Namibiahunter . | ||
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guy just has to have a rim fire and a rimfire magnum 1. .22 LR auto 2. .22 Magnum bolt He also needs a 20 ga for upland birds and a 12 ga for water fowl 3. 20 Ga shotgun O/U 4. 12 Ga shotgun O/U he needs a couple varmint guns....one a "window" gun and one a bench gun. 5. .223 bolt gun 6. .25-06 bolt gun He needs a deer/pronghorn rifle, a big game rifle, and a dangerous game rifle 7. 6.5 X 55 bolt rifle 8. .30-06 bolt rifle 9. .375 H&H bolt rifle and he needs two handguns......a .22 LR for fun and a .44 cal revolver for self defence 10. .22 LR auto 11. .44 S&W special Revolver He may also need a .177 pellet gun and a slug gun depending on his location but this covers most of what the well armed man owns. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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1. .22-250 2. .270, .280 or .30-06 3. .338-06 or .35 Whelan 4. .375 Ruger All bolt action | |||
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With only a few minor preference changes that list works for me. Change the 44 to a magnum and the .223 to a .204...I'm good for a minimum. | |||
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Pretty much what I have now is the bare minimum. 22 243 7mm RM 375 RUM 12ga 870 turkey model Garand for range time | |||
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minimum my -ss - how about maximum | |||
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i dont need a rimfire but a .22LR would be nice, it would only be used when the small game/varmints gun is to noisy. .223/6x45/.243/6.5 Grendel/6.8 SPC- for small game and varmints(just one of them of course, cant make up my mind but i'm leaning towards a CZ527 .223) 7mm Mag/.30-06/.300 Mag- for roe to moose just add a 12ga/3" o/u shotgun and i'm happy. | |||
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could get by with--- .257 weatherby .300 weatherby .340 weatherby .375 h/h .505 gibbs | |||
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yea, I hear ya.....I'm well over max now.....so what's a couple more? /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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All of them! | |||
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Compromise would necessarily have to be part of the deal. I believe a 22LR should be included in any minimum battery. Excluding shotguns, I could get by in a pinch with 3 versatile rifle cartridges: 223: prairie dogs, small game, and predators 40-50gr 7mm-08: coyotes, pronghorn, hogs and black bear 100-160gr 338 WinMag: everything else I'm likely to hunt 200-300gr | |||
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One version of a "tolerable minimum": 1) .223 ... probably an AR 2) .338 WM ... for most anything in NA 3) 9,3x62, 9,3x74R, or .375 for "bigger" things and plains game in Africa. 4) .416 or some persuasion for Africa 5) .458 Lott or .458 AR for big things in Africa. That being said ... I like a broader selection and am almost done putting together my ideal battery of hunting rifles and it is about 16 in number. Mike -------------- DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ... Knifemaker, http://www.mstarling.com | |||
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Well: 1. Ruger 10/22 for rimfire 2. Ruger No. 1 in .257 Roberts for medimum range pronghorn/deer 3. Ruger No. 3 in 30/40 Krag for Ga. white tails and black bear 4. Winchester model 71 in .348 winchester for dark timber elk 5. Ruger No. 1 in .375 H & H, just because | |||
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Mine would be a: For Fun - 22LR 17 HMR Varmints - 223 22-250 Big Game - 257 Roberts for pronghorn 7x57 for deer 30-06 for bigger than deer 375 H&H for alot bigger than deer Birds - 16 gauge of some degree of class Handguns - 22LR K22 44 Mag ddj The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back - Robert Ruark | |||
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Lets see! 22LR auto for plinkin 17HMR for minor varmints 22 Hornet...because 223 - sporter weight for winter predators 204 Ruger P-dogs 22-250 - P dogs while the 204 cools down 25wssm - LONG range pdogs 7mmWSM - long range antelope/target 280 Rem - good all around, perfect for deer 300 Win Mag - paper punchin sniper rifle 300wsm - ULTRA light for high alt hunts 300 Wby - Good go-to for all non DG animals 9.3x62 - African plains, DG back up 416 Ruger - Main DG battle rifle 420 SAE - look in the WC forum. Short brush/wood 500 S&W - Handi rifle - cause you gotta have at least ONE 50 cal Wow what do you know? My idea of a perfect battery is almost all on their way home from Gander Mountain or the Gunsmith.... If you think every possible niche has been filled already, thank a wildcatter! | |||
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Belgium Browning Grade II T-Bolt .22LR with a Leupold 2x7 RF compact scope .257 Roberts in the small Hagn action with 26-inch Hagn Octagon to round barrel stocked by Duane Wiebe, with a 2.5x10 Swarofski Scope. .300 WSM in a stainless model 70 action with light contour 23" barrel finished in a dark gray finish, with a Borden stock in light tan topped by a Leupold 2.5x8 lightweight scope .338 Winchester on a 1909 Argentine Mauser built by Duane Wiebe with a 1.5x6 Swarofski illuminated reticle scope .450x400-3" in a Heym PH model with 26-inch barrels, a color-cased action, and a 1.5x6 Swarofski illuminated reticle scope in claw mounts. If you are going to dream, you might as well dream big. One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx | |||
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Here's my list: 1. For survival when times are really tough - any standard velocity rimfire from .32 down to .22 bore that I have 1,000 rounds or more of ammo for. 2. For close range, unexpected self-defence - any functioning handgun I am carrying, and that is loaded already. Barring that, a butcher knife, axe, or sturdy club. 3. For fun in the woods - Anything that shoots within 2 inches of point-of-aim up to 125 yards, even in a light breeze. 4. For fun at long range - Any bore larger than .17 that uses pointy bullets at over 2,800 f.p.s. 5. for real knock down power - Any functioning 4x4 3/4-ton truck with a brush guard and enough gas or diesel to hit what I am aiming at. | |||
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.22 LR bolt action such as Remington 504 .223 AR 15 7mm-08 Remington Ti 300 Winchester M70 SS/synthetic stock 375 H&H Winchester M70 SS/synthetic stock What would be ideal? The well stocked gun safe Bolt action centerfire rifles .416 Rigby walnut/blue .404 Jeffery walnut/blue .375 H&H walnut/blue .338 in SS, synthetic 300 H&H walnut/blue .300 Wby Mag in SS, synthetic .280 SS/synthetic lightweight mountain rifle 7mm-08 walnut/blue 22-250 SS, synthetic ‘Specialty’ rifles 470 Nitro Express DR .50 Inline muzzle loader SS/sythentic .223 in an AR in a configuration for varmints .308 tactical/long range rifle 30-30 lever action carbine T/C Encore in caliber(s) of choice Rimfire Autoloading 22 LR for small game Bolt action 22.LR for target practice and small game. Dedicated .22 target rifle Military rifles M1 Garand M1A AR15 M4 configuration FN/FAL AK-47 Handgun 1911 “ hi cap†9mm .22 autoloader .22 revolver Colt SAA SA or DA .44 Mag, scoped Pocket pistol or revolver suitable for concealed carry .357 4†barrel revolver Shotgun 12 gauge gas operated autoloader 12 gauge recoil operated autoloader 12 gauge pump 12 gauge O/U 12 gauge SXS 20 gauge SXS or O/U 28 gauge O/U Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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What I have and what I want are two totally separate and unrelated concepts. I'll go with what I have for the bare minimum. NEF Sportster 17HMR. 20" AR15 Howaby Vanguard 300 Weatherby Buffalo Classic 45/70 | |||
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From the 27 big game rifles I currently have, after serious reduction sales, I would choose the following. A pair of P-64 Mod. 70 Alaskans, in synthetic stocks, with receiver sights, QD mounts and Leupy 1.75x6 MHD scopes. I have two pair of these, use 250 NPs at 2800 fps-mv. and they WILL do it all. A P-64 Mod. 70 FWT.-.270W., Micky Edge stock, blind mag., Brockman peep, Talleys, Zeiss 3x9. A Browning-Miroku Mod. 7500 combo, .308Wx12Ga. with scope, irons, invector chokes, a very well made and useful gun. That's it for my "bare minimum" battery and for one more, my custom 20" bbl. P-64 custom .375H&H working rifle, for use in Grizzly country. I prefer P-64 70s, Brno 21/22 and ZG-47s, Obie Mausers and FNs plus HVAs to anything else and have enough of all of these to keep me going for awhile........ | |||
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Personally, my choices would be: .22LR for small game and paper punching, fond of the Remington 597 and Ruger 10/.22 semi-autos as well as quite a few bolt options. 12ga. shotgun, I can't think of anything more useful than a Remington 870 with a rifled deer barrel and cantilever mount, a 26" vent rib for birds, and an 18" for around the house or while camping. Thankfully, you can do all of them on a single gun! Lightweight middle bore rifle. Thinking .270 "ballpark" for deer and the like. I like 24" barrels, and am thinking I would be very pleased with a Weatherby Mark V Ultra Lightweight for accuracy and quality throughout as a multipurpose deer rifle - able to reach out and touch something but very wearable for a long day pushing bush. Regular weight, high power middle bore. For moose and elk. I realize I'll have to grin and bear it with respect to the weight, but weight might help soak up the recoil. Make mine a Sako 85 Grey Wolf in .338 Winchester Magnum. Really, that's about all I "really, really" need. I would like to throw in a .45/70 in a Marlin 1885 for black bear over baits, a Ruger #1 Medium Sporter in .30-06 because it's classy, and a cheap "beater gun" Stevens in 7mm-08. A .375 H&H would not be unwelcome either but I would never really use it unless in Africa, and in that instance I would most likely bring a .416 Remington Magnum which represents the most gun I can accurately, reliably handle anyways. Ah, maybe throw in a .470 double as well, you know, just in case ________ "...And on the 8th day, God created beer so those crazy Canadians wouldn't take over the world..." | |||
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It is very tough to choose but here is mine: .22LR,.243win,30-06spr,375H&H, and .505Gibbs. Rodney. | |||
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The absolute minimum: .375 Weatherby | |||
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If you lived down here in NZ you only need a 22lr and a 308win. and a 12g for duck shooting. that would be what most have down here. except the 308 could be anything really that would kill a deer. | |||
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Now if it were 5 guns only then my choices would be a little different: .22LR,.357mag handgun,12guage,30-06spr and .375H&H. Rodney. | |||
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Absolute minimum would be my: Kimber M84 7-08, Sako AV .338-06, Marlin .45-70 Guide rifle, Grulla 20 ga, side by side, Kimber .45 acp. 1911, 6" Ruger GP100 .357, & S&W M&P .223 AR15. | |||
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Absooolute minimum --rifles roger Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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My absolute minimum PRACTICAL World battery rifles would be: .22 LR Bolt Action .308 Winchester Bolt Action .375 H&H Bolt action You will get ammo almost all over the World. | |||
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SxS 12 gauge paradox .333 jeffery .22LR semiauto DRSS: HQ Scandinavia. Chapters in Sweden & Norway | |||
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.17 HMR,.270 Win,.375 H&H | |||
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22 L.R. Win mod. 63 30-06 .375 H&H Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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22 mag model 300 H&K 338 lapua sako m995 | |||
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minimum rifle battery 22 lr 7x57 ackley if i had to deal with anything larger then elk or black bear i guess either an 06 or the 8 mauser would do also. minimum h-guns 22 pistol 45 colt and the 445 supermag. and a 12 guage. | |||
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Funny, were just discussing this at the clays range yesterday. For me it would be: Ruger 77/22 w/4x Leupold P64 M70 300H&H P64 M70 458WM English 16ga SxS Safe would sure look empty | |||
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i have been UNSUCCESSFULLY trying to get to a 5 long gun battery... but, i think it would do for anything.... 12GA 22LR 243 win 338wm 416 whatever.... this to my thinking is a bare bones, fully equiped hunting battery. | |||
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Absolute minimum (and heaven help me if it ever comes to this): 5mm Rem Rim Mag .220 Swift .375 Wby Founder....the OTPG | |||
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Min: 378 Weatherby! One gun do anything, but if I had to prune down to what I wanted Min: Blaser R93 Pro stock 22 LR 6.5x55 match barrel 300 win match barrel 375 Semi weight 450/400 double! The end! Ed DRSS Member | |||
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Minimum rifle batttey???? I'd find some new kids to play with that didn't have such dumb rules.. Life Member: The American Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Jan 20, 2009.. Prisoner in Dumocrat 'Occupied America', Partisan in the 'Save America' Underground Beavis..... James Beavis..... Of Her Majesty's Secret Service..... Spell Check Division "Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him "Why do you carry a 45?" The Ranger responded, "Because they don't make a 46." Duhboy....Nuttier than Squirrel Poop... | |||
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Open any load book and include everything from the smallest .22 rimfire to the largest .50 cal. When I got my 1st .22lr and my 12 ga that was all I needed. The rest is wants. ______________________ Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? | |||
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Blaser R93 with two barrels, 30-06 and 9.3X62. Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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