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Just a hypothetical question?
This may have been posted before, but I have not seen it.
God & conservativism forbid, If you could only have or own two rifles to cover all the hunting you either do or might do, what caliber in what make/model would it be?
Think on this one.
A friend of mine who hunts Africa and S. Texas says it would be a .375 H&H (I assume in a Win. M-70, since that is what he has) for his primary. Didn't ask him what the second would be.
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My two would be: My M70 Winchester in 30-06 and an AR-type in 5.56x45mm for whatever the future need may be.
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WIN model 70 in 308 and my trusty home brew ar target model 223.
you said rifle so i will have the rimfire for rabbits at the hip, ruger mkII with a 10" barrel and a red dot.
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Probably my Ruger M77 All-Weather in .30-'06 for one. It wears a B&C Leupold on a QDRTZ mount and has iron sights as well. Plus my Bushmaster V-Match carbine in 5.56 with EOTech and 3-9 mildot scope (both in QDRTZ mounts). They would cover a lot of ground.
Sure hope I'm never limited that way, though!
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Ditto, my 1917 enfield 30.06 and the rock river AR, these should handle just about anything I need to shoot, and both two and four legged varmints
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Fer some reason I had "centerfire" on my mind when this question was asked.
Now I'm reconsidering and might would drop the Bushie in favor of my Ruger M77/22. Pretty practical little shooter, that.
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I hate playing evil games like this. 2 rifles sounds way too much like a Democratic plan...
Anyways, I would pick my .388/06 for anything from whitetails on up, and a Savage 23 in .32/20 for small game and varmints. They would cover everything I'm planning on shooting.
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Rem 700 bolts actions in 30-06 and .223
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Easy!
.22RF-doesn't blow rabbits and squirrels to inedible yuck!
.30-06-will take anything on this continent and put it in the freezer!
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My Rem 700 in 338-06 Ack Imp for Big Hunting and My Cooper in 17 HRM for small game.
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My Weatherby Vanguard in 257 Roy and my Remingtion 700 Sendero in 7mmSTW.This will cover me from groundhogs thru Elk. Probably never hunt anything larger. Gary
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rem 700 in 338 win mag, and an ar-15.
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Blackhat since you through the tide bit about hunting Africa, I would say that my choice's would have to be the .338mag caliber and the .416 Rem. mag caliber, both in a model 70 Winchester.
Now had it been just North America, I would say the 6.5/06 caliber and the .338 Ultra mag.
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well I don't ever plan on an african safari so i would say my A-BOLT in 300wsm,would take care of my big game rifle.hate to pick just one for varmints and stuff but i will say my 221 fireball rem-700 lvsf.
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My Mark X in 22-250, and my ..300 RSAUM, would cover all my needs. However, i dont ever plan to have just two 
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OK, on the basis that the two rifles must be guns we now own. I would choose the Winchester Model 70 Classic switch barrel 338 WM/7mmRM gun. Then I would choose the 512 Remington 22 LR gun.
The switch barrel gun for very obvious reasons and the 512 because I have owned it for 53 years and I know it inside and out.
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Rapier, I am curious to know, just what model 70 Winchester "Classic" that you have, which will inable you to swamp out barrels in a blink of an eye. I have several model 70 Winchesters (in .338 caliber too) however, changing out a barrel is NOT a quick solution mind you. Do you have som special model in the Classic Winchester?
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Savage 11GL in 22-250 & a FAL
With the right load/bullet choice, they will take anything within reason.
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Hi Ball wrote: Rapier, I am curious to know, just what model 70 Winchester "Classic" that you have, which will inable you to swamp out barrels in a blink of an eye. I have several model 70 Winchesters (in .338 caliber too) however, changing out a barrel is NOT a quick solution mind you. Do you have som special model in the Classic Winchester?
I am curious about this one too, Raper? I too own several M-70s and never heard of such a thing. Unless you are maybe trying to out-smart my question and have only one action and several barrels?Last edited on Sun Feb 17th, 2008 03:25 AM by Blackhat
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I would have to take my mini 14 (580) and because it shoots as good as anything I have ever had in a short and handy rifle. The outher would have to be a 450 marlin guide gun because it can kill anything that the 223 can't.
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