Perfect rifle combo?!
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Sonicdmb73
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I would not be without a 22lr. My choices are 222, 20Tac (not necessary but very effective) 6.5x55 and 270. This covers all quarry in this country.
Milk no sugar please
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Rimfire of any flavour you like, 223rem and a swede
Add a 30-06 to these 3 if you want 4
Heym SR20
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Can’t help feeling that a 22lr, a 22 centrefire - probably .222 or .223 and a 7x57 or 7x64 is a pretty good all round combination.
But, and its a very big but, its much more down to the type of rifle / scope combination rather than calibre. So you might want a longer heavier barreled flat shooting cartridge for Fox work in say 204, but you might want a similar rifle in 300 lapua as a long range big deer rifle. But that would be pretty useless for driven type hunting.
But, and its a very big but, its much more down to the type of rifle / scope combination rather than calibre. So you might want a longer heavier barreled flat shooting cartridge for Fox work in say 204, but you might want a similar rifle in 300 lapua as a long range big deer rifle. But that would be pretty useless for driven type hunting.
Colonel Rimfire
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I slimmed down a few years ago, I had far to many guns 14 to be precise.
I had 2 ruger 10/22's
Marlin Cowboy in .357/38 nice but a pain to reload
Rossi Break action in .38/357 utter garbage
SMLE in .303
Enfield Enforcer (bitsa) in 7.62
Ruger 77 compact .223 with Ase Utra Mod
Ugarthecaya 12 bore horrible in every way
Winchester model 12 that was knackered but it sold for a bomb as it was originally from the armoury of the RMS the Carpathia
Mossberg 500 in .410 I gave up on 410 after it kept bouncing off stuff and stinging me in the shins
CZ452 scout and CZ452 Varmint the varmint was so inaccurate it made a Ruger look like a match rifle
Less is more, for me my CZ455 Anschutz 54 match and Lincoln 20 bore is enough. (for the time being)
Hopefully when I get my permission a .22k Hornet and eventually a .308 or .243 I remember an article a while ago about the 6.5 swede which claimed to be a great allrounder as you can create various loads from fox up to deer.
this tempts me as I like the idea of a "do all" centrefire.
I had 2 ruger 10/22's
Marlin Cowboy in .357/38 nice but a pain to reload
Rossi Break action in .38/357 utter garbage
SMLE in .303
Enfield Enforcer (bitsa) in 7.62
Ruger 77 compact .223 with Ase Utra Mod
Ugarthecaya 12 bore horrible in every way
Winchester model 12 that was knackered but it sold for a bomb as it was originally from the armoury of the RMS the Carpathia
Mossberg 500 in .410 I gave up on 410 after it kept bouncing off stuff and stinging me in the shins
CZ452 scout and CZ452 Varmint the varmint was so inaccurate it made a Ruger look like a match rifle
Less is more, for me my CZ455 Anschutz 54 match and Lincoln 20 bore is enough. (for the time being)
Hopefully when I get my permission a .22k Hornet and eventually a .308 or .243 I remember an article a while ago about the 6.5 swede which claimed to be a great allrounder as you can create various loads from fox up to deer.
this tempts me as I like the idea of a "do all" centrefire.
scrumbag
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I have .223 Rem, 7x64 and 9.3x62 and (one or 2 others) but that does cover a love of things you might want.
For 4 rifles:
.22 lr
.223 Rem
.25-06 (Fast and flat but will shoot a 100gr Non-tox bullet better than a .243W for Scotland - or if you want to be classy 257 Roberts).
.30-06 (Large deer, boar etc)
Scrummy
Rusty Gate
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17HMR
22LR
Swap out the 243 & 308 for a 6.5x55SE as it will cover a wider range of bullet weights in one calibre & deal with fox to Reds.
Mild recoil to keep sight picture on target to
scrumbag
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There fixed that for you!
David.
We both own 7x64s… I don’t think we can call it “classy” anymore…
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