Thread: A question for the doubters

Originally Posted by blip

the man with one tool is likely more proficient than the man with many tools for the same job or something like that

The ‘beware of the man that only has the one gun’ sort of thing?

Edit: I see it’s already been mentioned!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

The ‘beware of the man that only has the one gun’ sort of thing?

Edit: I see it’s already been mentioned!

That's a saying that gets thrown around a lot within the gun community but I've always found it somewhat amusing because there are no serious shooters that have only one gun. Guns are tools, you need other spare tools if you rely on tools.

Many serious shooters promote a three-gun approach:
1 - Small game .22 Rimfire
2 - Medium game .223 - wallabies, goats, fallow etc
3 - Larger game - a centrefire with a bullet weight between 120gr up to about 180gr max, with a diameter of between .25 and .30, with a velocity of between 2700fps and 3200fps.

Look this thread has been an enjoyable read and Gimp & Hunter Nick have made some valid and interesting points, but after reading all 17 pages...
if I had only one rifle it wouldn't be a .223 even with heavy-for-caliber bullets.