223 Remington, in a heavy bbl Remington

270 Winchester, med-hvy bbl laminated stocked Remington

338Remington, Sendero-Remington (or I could live with my 416Rigby in a Dakota M76).

Big game?

Easy 270 winchester
375 H&H.

Ohh 3? a 500 N.E. 3" Farq single shot for timber work

.257 Roberts
.300 Winchester Magnum
and to top it off a 9.3X64 Brenneke (a 9l3X62 all grown up and out of it's short britches, lol)

22-250 varments
257 WTHBY MAG deer, antelope
30-378 Lg deer,elk

Polls are fun. Since you didn't mention varmints, my (fictional) choices would be:

7x57 Mauser
CZ550 restamped ".275 Rigby", iron sights, QD Talley Rings, 6x Leupold.

9.3x62 Mauser
Model 70 Supergrade, express sights, barrel band swivel, QD Talley Rings, 1.75-6 Leupold.

7.62mm NATO
FN/FAL Paratrooper, DSA scope mount, Trijicon ACOG, Harris bipod, Teflon Urban Camo, Gen. III NVG. For wild boar.

Hmm, I guess I like the Metric system after all...

for big game,

375 rum
35 wheelen
300 win mag

easy...

257wby, Weatherby Vanguard (Howa).. or on a custom mauser.
30-06, mauser-type or win 70.
375 H&H, pick your platform, I like the M70 again, a little tune up and you're good to go.

My three,

Crossman BB gun, the gun I shoot the most by far (lot's of rats in this world)
JC Higgins FN, 270 3X9 Leupold
M 70 SS Classic, 338 Win Mag, 3x9 Leupold

Could substitute a 22, or a .223 for the BB gun. But can't imagine not having one.

[ 11-14-2003, 02:27: Message edited by: JBabcock ]

Since this is for a 3-gun battery for North America, for some nostalgia with a touch of class how about:

.257 Roberts
.30-06 Springfield
.35 Whelen

-Bob F.

If I had to pull (3) rifles out of my safe to cover all North American hunting, it would be the following:

.257 Wby in a Mark V
.300 Ultra Mag in a Rem 700
.416 Rigby in a CZ550

hmmm just three huh?? okay i'll have a rem 721 in 30.06 and the heck with the other two i'll just buy more ammo with the money i save on the other two

3 huh?

223AI -varmints
257AI -deer, antelope
375 H&H - everything else (see 375H&H in this months Handloader)

Andrew

I could trade the 257AI for a 264 WM

[ 11-22-2003, 05:02: Message edited by: navrunner1 ]

Mine would be 280 Remington 700 Mountain rifle 4-12x Leupold Vari-x 11, 300 Remington Ultra mag 700BDL S/S Leupold 4.5-14x Vari-x 111, and 45-70 in a 22" barreled T/C Contender carbine Leupold Vari-x 11 1-4x.

Mine would be: 220 Swift
270 WBY MAG
7.82 Lazzeroni Warbird

Let's see ---

22-250 - fine for small AK deer

270 Weatherby Mag - most anything, especially sheep and goats

338 for everything, 375 as an alternate

Here is what I would have.

223 for the small stuff. Rem 700vls (I curently own and love)

50 cal black powder

and for the big stuff

M82A1 50BMG for the big stuff

Have shot all three and the 50BMG kicks the least.

Small critters - Win 88 in .243 w/6 - 18X scope.
Medium game - Same in .308 w/3 X 9 scope.
Big Stuff - Ruger #1 in .458 Win Mag, 4X scope.

Yeah, I know the 88 us out of production, but IMO it's the best lever gun ever, is accurate, handy, and good looking to boot. They still can be had if you look around some.

If limited to only one, then I'll take the .458, as it will drop smaller game without too much meat damage and is only at a disadvantage if ranges exceed 200 or so yards. Since I rarely shoot that far, it's no problem at all.

"blacktails to brown bears" doesn't take three rifles...I don't think it does anyway.You could do it with one,a 338 Win Mag.But if I had to have three,they would be my 7-08AI,my 300 Win Mag and my 375 Weatherby Magnum.,,that's three,seventy,FIVE,..not,three,seventy,eight.

For me:

Small and light: .250 Savage Ackley

All rounder: 300 Rem SAUM

Thumper: .338 Win Mag (Although loss of the big sexy Speer 275 grain has that choice waning a bit.)