Thread: If you could have only one rifle

Already got it a stainless action and barrelled 300 blackout shoot both supers and subs.

If I wanted more range for supersonics a fast twist 308win would basically do the the same job as a blackout but with a longer barrel.

.50 cal muzzleloader
Scrap lead for conicals
Home made black powder
Round balls for hares and rabbits with reduced loads
Very cheap to run
Makes you a better hunter

5 shots off hand at 60m last week after a strip down and re assemble for the summer hunting season
Group about hand size

If you were only allowed 1 rifle...
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Quite interesting seeing the difference in replies between this thread and the linked one I started a few years ago.

Quite amazing how fashions change


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284 18 or 20in bbl

A Sabatti Tactical hunter wth a carbon barrel in 300WM....

Originally Posted by LBD

A Sabatti Tactical hunter wth a carbon barrel in 300WM....

Dayyyyyammmm !!!!!!!

I been heading down this track over the last year and selling off rifles I don't need or use .
I ended up with my .260 and a .223 but then sold off my .223 and kept a .260, and as for the why. When we go after fallow the .223 is near perfect but then the .260 adds another 100 to 200 meter's of range.
If I was shooting alot of smaller game ie goats and wallabies then yes I would have a .223.
But for me I mainly hunt deer so the .260 is perfect.

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18-20" 308. 110gr vmax/130gr speer HP for cheap pesting, 150-165gr gameking/corelokt etc for general hunting, 168gr eldm/tmk/vld etc for LR hunting or targets and 180-200gr interlocks/gamekings/prohunter etc for big stags in the roar. Suppressed with a quality 2-10 or even 3-15 scope depending on the individual you have a rifle easily capable of bush bashing or smacking game over at 500m. Probably be mega boring and make it a tikka with a LA mag and bolt stop too

Originally Posted by dannyb

If I was truly limted to one the 270win would be very hard to beat 90gn hp for flat shooting varminting to a long way out and a fair choice in the 140gn+ catagory to suit most bigger game to 400 + yards give or take

+1 110 ttsx to 150 accubonds covers everything for me out to 400 which is as far as I'm likely to shoot. The 7mm08 would be a close second for me.

Originally Posted by 25 /08 IMP

I ended up with my .260 and a .223 but then sold off my .223 and kept a .260, and as for the why. When we go after fallow the .223 is near perfect but then the .260 adds another 100 to 200 meter's of range.
But for me I mainly hunt deer so the .260 is perfect.

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Did anyone else notice the Reefton long range shoot a couple of weeks back, first place non magnum/second place over all, was achieved with a 260?

This is my "one" rifle a Ruger scout with synthetic stock. I've used it on deer, goats and in an IPSC match. One of the things I like about scout rifles is you can set them up for different situations. Use the irons or a red dot in the bush or chuck on a suppressor and a conventional scope if you want to take longer shots. .308 may not be the "best" but its proven, cheap and available in different weights.

I also have a .223 and a .22 both are great at what they do but if I could have only one it would be the scout paired with a shotgun for small game.

It would have to be an old Winchester model 94 in 30/30 with the short barrel and saddle ring

Honestly just a .223

Just ONE rifle? ...I can't believe you'd all want to carry on living!!!

An easy question with a simple answer. It has to be a 25/303 in a Boyds stock.