Well, another thread got me going on this..

What would you love to have in your rifle battery or collection?

My dream stuff, is nostalgic.. and probably boring...

But my picks would be..

Model 54 Winchester in 30/30, 35 Remington, and 32 Win Special.. ( not sure they chambered the latter or not.. I have heard both ways)

Second, Model 30S Remington, chambered in 30 Rem, 35 Rem and 25 Rem....

Both the above rifles in 250 Savage, 257 Roberts, 7 x 57 would also make my list of wanna haves...

how bout the rest of you boys?

a Weatherby MkV Ultramark .300Wby comes very high on that list, and of course a good double chambered for .470NE

Accuracy International AWP in 6.5/284 (or the AISM in 338 Lapua, if I wasn't paying for the ammo!).

Only one dream rifle? At the moment, I have all my dream rifles.
But the only dream I have also, is a custom Shiloh Sharps, champered for the .38-55.

Martin

Westley Richards Miniature Takedown Martini in .300 Sherwood with wind gauge peepsight.

B.A.T. action
Krieger barrel
Jewell Trigger
McMillian stock
8.5x25x50 Leupold
6mm BR 1x9 twist
Vais brake
Big box of Berger 95gr VLDs

My dream rifle was a stainless straight stocked Marlin 336 chambered in 30-30, but my dream came true in 2007. It is a "do it yourself" model, but I love it.

Ah hell, I'm easy:

Dakota Mod. 10 chambered in 7x57R or 6.5x55

...that's not asking for too much is it????

Hank

.270 Colt Sauer. Fell in love with it the first time I went hunting. Some one had it (it was chambered in a .30-06) and it immediately caught my eye. The gentleman was kind enough to let me inspect it. Beautiful stock and smooth as silk bolt. I'll get one eventually.

I would say The 470NE in a double. I already own the 458 Lott with a Lamanated stock and the great 416 Remington.



Nice Boar!!!

Custom 460 Weatherby...

Ken....

That's easy. Another 7-08. This one in CDL with some nice figure in the stock and a 2x7 leuy on top. I bought it for me for Xmas.

Mannlicher-Schoenauer 6.5X54 with a receiver mounted aperture sight. Don't know why but these little rifles just make me drool.
This one would be a close second.
M-S .243 Win

My dream rifle would be that one rifle in the battery that I can pick up and carry it anywhere for anything. Though it wouldn't be ideal for everything it would suitable. I want it utilitarian so it won't be pretty in most people's eyes. I have been thinking about piecing together such a rifle on a budget. What I have so far is: a Ruger Hawkeye action with 26" #4 contour Pac-Nor barrel that is fluted, barreled action parkerized black, McMillan Sporter stock with marble color, and a Leupold 2.5-10 LPS scope (have this laying around). The caliber would be 375 Ruger. Minimally hot 235-260 loads would flatten deer/hogs while fullhoue loads would dispatch anything else that I am likely to hunt.

How about a Cool old custom built by a famous smith like say a .257 Roberts AI built By PO ackly, on a pre 64 Model 70 or a small ring 98 mauser.
How about a griffin & Howe springfield in 35 whelen.
A real .275 rigby.
A South gate weatherby in .257 weatherby.
(my smith has a southgate in 375 weatherby)
Its restocked beautifully.
And I supose a real H&H in .300 or .375.
Oh Yes.
Or Mabye a Al biesen small ring mauser in the Roberts.
Why did you do this I could go on all day whistfully blissfully , spending a couple years wages in my mind...tj3006

I want a gun that will kill, gut, skin, butcher, tan the hide, make hamburger and jerky, package and freeze it.

That way, I can keep hunting.

Boy, that was a nice dream!!

I'm with Seafire on this one: it would have to be something truly classic and truly, uniquely, beautiful.

My current working guns:
1. Rem M7MS in .257 Bob.
2. Rem 673 in 350RM
3. Marlin 336ss LTD in .35 Rem (the Davis Special 18.5" .35 Rem Guide gun - 1 of 500).

So I've got everything I need...if I were to add another "working class" rifle (and I'm sure some day I will) it would likely be a Ruger #1 in .280 Rem.

But my Dream Gun?

A double rifle in an exotic caliber. Perhaps 450/400, 404, or a Nitro Express. With wood, oh the wood! Yes, the kind of wood that stops man for breathe. Engraving...the works. A presidential grade double made by some obscure English firm.

On the more realistic end of the spectrum - likely a Merkel!

And someone posted a .22hornet/20guage over in the DR forum. I'm just drooling over that one. Completely useless to me, but oh how I would love to have a drilling!

Exotica to me. And a work of art at the same time.

A short throw slide action with 19" barrels for my X41 series of wildcats loaded to almost 60,000 psi. Don't know if such an animal exists ---Therefore DREAM RIFLE.The 760 and 7600 are too big. roger

my dream rifle is a nice double rifle in a caliber like the 470 cap

A model 71 lever gun in .348

The one by my friend George Hoenig.

_BAxter

Mauser Type A 9.3x62 oct/rd ribbed barrel, double sq bridge w/o thumb cut. Or hell, a pre-war Rigby built the same way. Or a Hoffman?

ForrestA, I gotta say, you dream with style!

I have the biggest soft spot in the world for the 270win

So it would be in 270win, walnut stock, blued heavy barrel, action would be ac ustom type of some description...

when this gets redone, brno handle, safety, rings, stock. it's in 7x64mm

I would say this:

a 280 remington on a Remington 700 action
24 medium varmint style barrel
regular flutes
HS precision stock
timney 1.5-3lb trigger
topped with....lord I want so many scopes I can't pick one....if money was no object Schmidt and Bender 3-12 with the P7 reticle.

But I don't think I wil ever see that...I spend my pennies too fast to save for it

In order ...
1. An original Rigby boltgun in 400/350NE.
2. A custom built "working rifle" P14 in the same chambering.
3. A Ruger No1 in 400/350NE
Cheers...
Con

I longed for a Ruger 77R in .358 Win about 20 years ago. Never thought I'd find one at an affordable price. I related this to an aquaintence I met in a gun store. He looked up and said "I know where one is". I drove like a maniac for 45 minutes and arrived at a used gun store/pawn shop. Saw only a dozen or two rifles on the rack. I figured this was another 'dead end/bad info' gun search. I remember there were only about 5 or so bolt action sporters visible, and the guy grabbed a Ruger 77 about the time my eyes saw it. Handed it over,,,WOWSERS, a .358 Win!!! First hurdle completed,,,second hurdle was approached as I asked the price of the unmarked gold nugget in my hands..$375. Almost ripped my wallet pocket off. Eureka. Guy must have thought "crazy" as he watched me walk out starry eyed.
Hunted with it for 12 years,,then sold it to an elk hunter who like me, had searched for one a long time. If you're reading this, it was in Marietta, Georgia that you met me to pick up the rifle. I think I sold it with a Weaver K2.5X [an older 'good' version], dies, and a few boxes of brass for $450. Probably could have made a few more hundred bucks, but it was nice to see the same look on his face that I did 12 years earlier when I found it.

NOW,,,I want to build a .358 Win HEAVY BARREL. I have a Ruger 77 Mark II stainless action, a Ruger 77 Varmint Laminate [factory] stock,,,all I need is to order a barrel and find a GOOD reamer. Machinery is all here. I don't think I've EVER heard of another rifle like this one will be [heavy barrel .358 Win] but it should be much more fun off the bench than that 22" skinny factory barrel sporter was!
I think I'm going to order the barrel today. A friend is getting up a barrel order from Pac Nor or Lilja one, and I've thought about, talked about building this 'ODD' gun for too long.
What think?
I do have to decide what twist. I'm going to play with everything from .357" pistol bullets to 225 gr Ballistic Tips. Just for the fun of it.

A Scottish round action double rifle in 450NE at less than 10.5lbs.

Alan in GA,
welcome to the forum firstly...

ya know, I have never caught the 358 Win Mystique, but I have been a proponent of a heavy magnum contour barrel on varmint rifle and over 30 cal bore rifles for a long time...

actually a heavy magnum contour on a stainless action with a stainless pac nor barrel, on a Ruger 77 Mk 2... with a barrel length of 20 inches would be a handy, functional and appealing rig in my book...

I have been thinking about doing that same set up, but chambered in 260 Rem myself...

I see a lot of utility in a short stout barrel on a hunting rifle...

One of those Doreleac Hereens in 10.3x60R with a full stock and a Zeiss 3-12x56 in a clawmount.

Jeffery underlever snap action 600NE

McKay Brown 577 Round action 577NE

winchester M70 300 savage

The winchester M70 22 hornet super grade carbine I sold a few years ago. Case of sellers remorse.

Ed

1877 in 45/90

A custom 510 Allen Mag built by Kirby Allen. It's a 50 BMG-Ackley.

Where to begin!?! Hahaha, unfortunately practicality would have to rule the day. For pure sexiness, a Sauer 202 with barrels for 6.5x55mm, 7x64mm, and 9.3x62mm. That should about do it for "dream rifles".

I'd of course also want a .375 H&H, .416 Remington or Rigby, or .404 Jefferey in there as well in a classic Safari-style rifle. A Weatherby Mark V would be nice, too. Especially the Ultra Light, make mine a 7mm WBY. I love the T3 (feeds the WSM rounds nicely!) and Sako 85 actions as well, the Finnlight is a nice piece of work, I'd love to have a Ruger #1 in the collection, a double in .470 NE would be nice, and of course no collection is complete without a pre-'64 Winchester M70 (.30-06 for classiness).

That's all I ask for, really.

Easy, a H&H Royal Grade 600NE with ejectors.

Rich
DRSS
Knowledge not shared is knowledge lost...

Dream rifle, a nice well appointed mauser action rifle like an FN Supreme, Brno or other custom Mauser in one of several classic calibers. .257 Roberts, 6.5x55 Swede or 7x57 Mauser.

Make it with wrap around fine line checkering on the forearm and flur des lis pattern on both the wrist and forearm. I don't want a cheek piece but either a straight comb or monte carlo would work.

Of course I would have to be a 1/4moa shooter with a wide variety of ammo.

quote:

What would you love to have in your rifle battery or collection?

Another Echols Legend, but in .416 Remington Magnum.

1) A high quality mountain rifle in 260. I'm not picky about manufacturer, Rem 7, Kimber Montana are candidates.

2) High quality custom 1903 Springfield in 280 or 35 Whelen. Fancy wood. M70 style safety. Good scope.

3) High quality custom M1917 in 458 Lott. Good iron sights. Low power Variable scope in good QD rings. Pretty wood.

One of ForrestA's cast offs...