If you could only own one rifle???

[NMframed]

Sako 7mm rem mag that my grandpa gave me. It’s a beautiful gun and shoots great. I just recently started trying to work up a load for it with a 150 grain accubond LR

 

[HuntHarder]

6.5 needmoor. I would have the capability of killing anything on this planet, DRT @ 1000+ yards.

 

[Touchdown88]

A Holland and Holland 375 Flanged Magnum double rifle.....

Holland & Holland Royal DeLuxe .375 Flanged Magnum Double Rifle for sale

Holland & Holland Royal DeLuxe .375 Flanged Magnum Double Rifle for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

 

[Sevens]

One rifle makes it a little tough as there a couple creatures I enjoy hunting that need a little bigger rifle than everything else.

If excluding dangerous game: Winchester M70 action, Lilja #1 contour at 25”, 7mm Rem Mag, Brown Pound’r stock with a red recoil pad.

If including Dangerous Game: Winchester M70 action, Lilja #3 contour cut to 23”, 375 H&H, iron sights and barrel band sling swivel, wood stock done in a traditional “express” style with a blank from Roger Vardy, plus a Brown Pound’r stock for hunting in cold places or mountains.

 

[Bravo6]

Tikka 6.5 CTR is amazing. Just slightly too heavy for my liking for hunting, but phenomenal for shooting

 

[CameronIdaho]

Probably the wrong forum for this as it's a hunting site but there is a Podcast made by another blog that I frequent and on the podcast interviews this is the first question. Typically everyone so far has answered with something in a 5.56 or a .22lr just because the ammo is lighter to carry and the ammo is plentiful as well as spare parts. For me I'd like to think the AR I built over the COVID thing would be it. 6.5 grendel with 18" barrel and my Form 1 suppressor on it. Granted, it wouldn't be the best for larger game then deer but I'm also thinking that if it's my only rifle I also want it for varmint hunting and if the world goes to crap then another self defense weapon

 

[DJL2]

One hunting rifle?

I think I've been slowly piecing that rifle together over time. I've got a new production Winchester M70 in .30-06 that I re-barrelled with a Bartlein CF #13 in .30-06. I just added a Timney trigger. Eventually, my McMillan Game Scout will show up for it.

It currently wears a 3-12x44...not exactly cutting edge these days and a touch chunky at 24 ounces...but, it's relatively compact, FFP and mil/mil w/ locking turrets and illumination.

It still sports the hinged floor plate - 5 rounds seems adequate and the setup is slick. That said, I love DBMs... I might end up going that direction.

I should end up with a rifle that's around 9-9.5 lbs and is incredibly versatile. I'm working on a 208 ELD-M load for it right now. I'm seeing about 2600 FPS from H4350, still need to try IMR 4955 and Superformance...but, I'd be "OK" w/ 2600 fps, so it'll come down to ES/SD/accuracy. Barring some sort of specialty hunt/tag, I intend to smash everything from critters to steel with that. Of course, the factory 165 SST SF @ 3040 fps from this barrel will also do a great job of flattening critters.

All that said, I think I actually like my Tikka T3x a bit more as a rifle. Tucked into a Manners EH1 w/ a CF 7 SAUM barrel and DBM...could certainly give me M70 a run for its money.

One rifle, period? That's probably an 18 inch AR in 6 ARC, topped with a LPVO.

 

[LightFoot]

This... definitely this: https://aprifles.com/collections/ready-to-ship-rifles/products/apr-custom-30-06-springfield

That is if I could only own one. (Presuming it shoots 1/2 MOA or better)

Top it with a Leupold Mark 5 3.6-18x44.


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[rickco]

SAKO 85 in 30-06, good for anything I hunt. Most accurate factory rifle I've ever owned. Shoots all loads well. I have had great luck with the 165 Hornady interbond.

 

[Warrior27]

Tough one, but I’ll have to say 280AI.

 

[WKR]

x-bolt 7mm mag

 

[LightFoot]

6.5 needmoor. I would have the capability of killing anything on this planet, DRT @ 1000+ yards.

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[Carpenterant]

If I could only own one it would be an ar-15 or ar-10 so that I could overthrow the government that was suppressing my freedom

 

[rgrx1276]

Probably this one, if just for a hunting rifle.
Rem 700 SS action, Bartlein #2 11 twist with Palma 95 chamber, McMillan hunters edge stock, trigger tech trigger, NECG sights zeroed at 100 yards. Had the bolt handle screwed down to make sure I didn't have it come off. Using a NF 2-10x32 with a mildot reticle and a ballistic cam for 165 federal Trophy bonded bullets at 2740 FPS.. 200 yard 5 shot groups, <1"
. Rifle weighs 6lbs, 6oz.

 

[AgentVenom]

Just one and price is without a limit. Also rarity doesn’t matter....

SMIR (Super Match Interdiction Rifle) rebarreled from .300 WM to a 22” Proof in .338 Bear Cat (.338-375 Ruger). With a Leupold Mark 5 5-25 scope quick detach and 1-6 LPVO


but if we can’t do unobtainium I’d go Desert Tech SRS A2 with three barrels .338 Lapua Ackley Improved Magnum, 16” .308 and 6.5x55 AI 24” (all proof barrels)

 

[TxxAgg]

After today, it would definitely be a Tikka

 

[Sportsman247]

My TS Customs 300 PRC!

 

[rope]

Should be getting a phone call that my GA Precision built, Mack Bro’s Ti action, carbon fiber Bartlein, Manners EH8, APA bottom metal, Kahkes 318, in a 6.5 SAUM is ready.

 

[coyotehunter434]

custom built 28 Nosler

 

[MallardSX2]

Gamemaster 760 in 30-06.