Thread: Your best Rifle EVER?

Nice thread - after a series of rifles including a nice Tikka 308 and a nice german 6.5x55 I then for the next 25 years hunted with a BSA "Hunter" in 7x57, animal numbers were low in those days so I carried it a lot and shot various animals with it, never large numbers.

Then 6 or 7 years ago some form of madness came over me and I've been hooked on Mauser Kurz rifles ever since. I've shot more Reds, Tahr, Chamois and wallabies with the first 250-3000 Kurz I rebuilt than I ever got with the BSA. The Kurz is light (6 and a quarter pounds scoped with a 2-7 Kahles S2 and ringing wet), handy with its 22" barrel, beautifully balanced and the 250 is for all intents and purposes a 243 one day and a 260 the next - sits right between them. Carries all day right in your hand.

Luckily I didn't sell the BSA, and one day a mate who was having a bit of a tough time got a package of it in the mail, his Dad had one and he always wanted the same thing and I was able to make it happen!