Dream Battery

What about your plains game rifle and your dangerous game rifle?

war rifle: M1 Garand
deer rifle: Remington 700 (30.06)
elk rifle: Remington 700 (300 win mag)
bird gun: Mossberg 500 (12ga)
war handgun: colt 1911 (.45acp)
comp .22 rifle: Marlin model 781 (may not be the best but its what im most accurate with)
comp .22 handgun: Hawes Firearms S/A .22lr/.22mag (i dont know much about comp pistols but i am dead on with this gun so if i had to go into a match with what i currently own i would use this gun)
CCW gun: colt 1911 (.45acp)

War Rifle: Springfield M-14 7.62 (.308 Winchester)
Deer Rifle: Remington 700 CDL in .270 Winchester
Elk: Winchester model 70 in .338 Winchester Magnum
Bird Gun: 12 gague Beretta Xtrema 2 (26" barrel)
War Handgun: SIG-SAUER/SIGARMS .45 ACP P220A
Comp .22 Rifle: Undecided
Comp .22 Pistol: Browning BuckMark
CCW Handgun: .45 ACP Kimber Stainless Ultra Carry

Your personal war rifle: M14

Your truck rifle: Marlin 336 .30-30

Your personal sniper rifle: Rem. 700 .30-06

Your fighting shotgun: Remington 870P

Your fighting handgun: 1911A1

Your competition 22 rifle: CZ 452 Lux

Your competition 22 pistol: a High Standard model...not sure which.

Your CCW gun: Ruger SP101 .357

I changed a few of the categories to match my uses. I don't hunt, but a Marlin 336 is a fine, fine rifle for hunting or defense. All of my weapons above .22LR caliber are part of my defensive battery.

Just going w/ what i own, may be different if i had more money or what not.. but i don't... so.. here we go...

Your personal war rifle. Ruger Mini 14, .223

Your personal deer rifle. Ruger Mini 14, .223

Your personal Elk rifle. Assuming these are hard to drop - i'm not a hunter... so... Marlin Cowboy lever... .45 long colt.

Your bird gun. 12 gauge - Mossy

Your war handgun. Varies, .40 HK, 9mm Walther p99, .357 Taurus wheel.

Your competition 22 rifle Old rifle passed from my grandfather - you miss its YOUR fault...

Your competition 22 pistol Don't have it any more.. prolly isn't comp spec'd, but i did like my p22 before my dad grafted it from me.

Your CCW gun See the above war pistols... likely the p99 because of its size and the number of shots. Altho i have to say i'm REALLY fond of my HK USPC 40

War Rifle? I have a Bushy AR, which is guess is what you mean, but I don't like it much. I'd rather have and original 1903 Springfield with the finger groove stock. You didn't say which war.
Deer Rifle: Winchester 64 30-30
Elk Rifle: Never hunted elk, but I think a Winchester pre-64 Featherweight in 30-06 would do the trick.
Bird Gun: I dunno, maybe a Winchester 101.
War Handgun: An old Army Colt 1873 .45 like the one Custer used before the injuns shoved it up his a$$.
I don't compete, so I'd have no clue which rifle or pistol to choose.
CCW: An original Walther PPK .32

This is assuming a few things (more on that later) and this list is not necessarily comprised of firearms I own (or will ever own, for that matter - its a "dream" battery, after all)....


Your personal war rifle: FN-SCAR H (assuming that they come out with a Civie model, or the feds drop their ban on new machine guns).

Alternate: Springfield M1A or AR-15

Your personal deer rifle: Lots of contenders for this one. I honestly can't narrow it down to a single rifle, but I will say that it would be chambered in .308 Win or .30-30. Probably something based off the Remington 700 action, maybe a modified BDL or CDL. The Marlin 336 and the Winchester 1894 (pre-'64) are in the running as well.

Your personal Elk rifle: Probably something chambered in .30-06. Again, Remington 700 is in the running. My grandfather used a 1903 Springfield to hunt elk, so I'm going to add that one in there as well.

Your bird gun: A German made double barrel shotgun. Something light and quick handling (I hunt mostly upland game birds). My duck gun is (and would be anyway) an 870 Remington. Although I'd upgrade it to a Wingmaster (my current one is an express model).

Your war handgun: Tough one as well. Probably a Sig P226 in .40 S&W or 9mm.

Your 22 rifle: Either a Marlin 60 or a bolt action CZ or Marlin.

Your 22 pistol: Ruger Single Six.

Your CCW gun: Ruger SP101 or GP101 in .357 magnum. I'm leaning towards the GP101 for the adjustable sights, but the SP101 is much easier to conceal.

Your personal war rifle.

Your personal deer rifle. Marlin 1894S, .44 Mag

Your personal Elk rifle. Remington 700 CDL, .30/06

Your bird gun. Ithica sxs 20 ga.

Your war handgun. Springfield 1911-A1

Your competition 22 rifle Remington 521t Junior Special

Your competition 22 pistol S&W K22

Your CCW gun many..............

My 'War' rifle Springfield M1A, or M1A Socom, or Colt HBAR, or, well you get the picture.

Unlike so many, I already have all my 'dream' firearms

war-AR 15 H-Bar (1in7, 68 grain good to 550 yards) or SKS or Mosin 91/30
sniper-Rem 700 .308 (to 1000 yards..Forbers Range just north of Albany, NY)
deer-Win 94 30-30 or Rem 700 .308
elk-Rem 700 .308
bird-Win 1400 12 gauge
war handgun-Kimber Stainless Gold Match or Sig P239 in 40
22 rifle-CZ 452 Super Brno w/4-12x44 Bushnell
22 pistol-S&W 41 or Kimber 22 upper or Trailside ( all have L&G 2moa red dot )
ccw-Sig 239 in 40 or Taurus PT 145 (winter)
back up-S&W 642 or KelTek P 9 or P3At
house gun-Browning High Power (cause of its mag disconect safety)

zombies-75 cal Blunderbuss & a Duckfoot
items on hand....dont see a need to upgrade....if wishes were free, perhaps........

Your personal war rifle: Armalite M4 Variant

Your personal deer rifle: Remington Woodsmaster (don't own one)

Your personal Elk rifle: Remington Model 7 (don't own one)

Your bird gun: Remington Sportsman58 20ga (upland); SKB Pump 12ga(waterfowl, turkey)

Your war handgun: Colt 1911

Your competition 22 rifle: Rossi Gallery Rifle

Your competition 22 pistol: S&W Model 41 (don't own one, wish I did)

Your CCW gun: S&W 642

What I would like, not what I have:

Your personal war rifle. Garand or M16

Your war handgun. Springfield 1911 a1

Your competition 22 pistol: Buckmark

Your CCW gun: still looking maybe a sp101

Your personal war rifle: SEI Crazyhorse M14

Your personal deer rifle: Browning 1885 low wall 260

Your personal Elk rifle: Dakota Model 10 300 wm

Your personal palin game rifle: 375 H&H Dakota 76 Safari

Your personal dangerous game rifle: Searcy sidelock 470 NE double

Your bird gun: Parker SXS

Your fightingshot gun: Benelli M1 Super 90

Your war handgun: SA XD-45

Your competition 22 rifle: Anschutz 1907 repeater

Your competition 22 pistol: S&W Mod 41

Your CCW gun: Glock 23

Your personal war rifle: Springfield M1A, unless ammo was provided on enblocs, in which I would rather have the M1

Your personal deer rifle: Rem 700 in 6.5x55

Your personal Elk rifle: Rem 700 in 6.5x55

Your bird gun: 12ga Rem 870

Your war handgun: 1911

Your competition 22 rifle: I'll go with my CZ452

Your competition 22 pistol: No idea

Your CCW gun: 1911

Sorry, I just couldn't get past the first category "Your personal war rifle". ...Urban Assault, SHTF, Post-Apocalyptic Survival, TEOTWAWKI, Trench Warfare, Room Clearing, Bayonet Charge, Jungle, Desert, Zombies, Sieges, Weekend Excursion Into Poland, Civil Strife, "Police Action", UN Peacekeeping, Asymmetrical Warfare, Picnic in Qum, Limited Incursion? Could you be more specific?

Your personal war rifle.
20" AR. CMMG upper/Stag Lower.

Your personal deer rifle.
M700 ADL Synthetic in 270 WCF

Your personal Elk rifle.
Howaby Vanguard 300 Weatherby Magnumb

Your bird gun.
Don't duck hunt, but I have a Mossy 500

Your war handgun.
XD45 Service

Your competition 22 rifle
Don't own a .22

Your competition 22 pistol
Don't own a .22

Your CCW gun
Sorry. I have three CCW guns. Won't pick just one.
Bersa Thunder 380
LW Commander
XD45 Service

ZM

I don't have enough experience with my dream weapons to be sure, but here goes:

Your personal war rifle. Have .308 Mauser, Mini-14 & SKS but I'd probably prefer an M14. I think a Barrett .50 BMG semi-auto could be useful too. Also like Robinson Armaments XCR.

Your personal deer rifle. Have a .32 Win spl. Probably prefer a .308 BAR

Your personal Elk rifle. Have a stainless/synthetic Ruger .300WSM. Prefer a Rem 700 in .300 Win Mag

Your bird gun. Have winchester 120 pump. Probably prefer Benelli SBE II

Your war handgun. Have CZ-P01 and CZ-52. Probably prefer full size 1911. Maybe Kimber's double stack. Maybe a CZ SPO1.

Your competition 22 rifle: Have a Marlin 60 that is actually pretty accurate, but I'm not familiar with .22 competition. I've heard good things about CZ.

Your competition 22 pistol: Have a Ruger .22/45 with 5.5" bull barrel that I like, but I'd like to try their target model.

Your CCW gun: Have P-01 and P3AT. Probably prefer Kimber ultra carry, pro carry, or Rohrbaugh R9.

Your personal war rifle. : m16

Your personal deer rifle.: remington 700

Your personal Elk rifle.: barrett .50 bmg

Your bird gun. remington: 870

Your war handgun.: 1911

Your competition 22 rifle: ruger 10/22 (for a general .22 rifle)

Your competition 22 pistol: buckmarK

Your CCW gun sig 220

Hmmm...

posting from a "minimalist" position might be fun.

Your personal war rifle. M1 Garand

Your personal deer rifle. the same Garand

Your personal Elk rifle. the same Garand

Your bird gun. Remington 870 (got it)

Your war handgun. any old 1911--in this case, Kimber Ultra Carry (got it)

Your competition 22 rifle Glenfield M-60 (got it)

Your competition 22 pistol Ruger MkII (got it)

Your CCW gun Kimber Ultra Carry (got it)

So with five guns, I have all the bases covered, and I already own four of them. Anybody got a Garand they want to sell me?

Your personal war rifle. M1 Garand.

Your personal deer rifle. Win Model 70 (mine was made in 1939.)

Your personal Elk rifle. Custom '03 Springfield in .35 Brown-Whelen

Your bird gun. Ithaca Model 37 in 12 Gauge.

Your war handgun. Model 1911A1 -- I have three, and prefer my Kimber Classic, one of the first made.

Your competition 22 rifle My Kimber M82. I used to pick up pocket change shooting .22 Silhouette with it.

Your competition 22 pistol Colt Woodsman, made in 1938.

Your CCW gun My Kimber Classic -- although I sometimes slip a Colt Detective Special into my pocket.

Here's my .02 cents...

Your personal war rifle. AK-47 (WASR-10) 7.62mmX39

VERY INTERESTING: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KvrG4T2K4sE

Your personal deer rifle. Marlin 336A .30-30 WCF

Your personal Elk rifle. Marlin 336A .30-30WCF

Your bird gun. Mossberg 590A1 (12 gauge)

Your war handgun. Either a CZ-75B or a Springfield XD; both in .40 S&W

Your competition 22 rifle Ruger 10/22 carbine

Your competition 22 pistol Zero

Your CCW gun CZ 75B or Springfield XD 40

Make sure you understand their rating system. Innovation was factor, which is totally unimportant except historically.

The AK rates number one for a variety of reasons, and it's posistion 'in general' is well deserved. But the AK has sever limitations. If you are part of a peasant army it is great. It is designed for short range firepower. However, if you are alone, and get into trading shots with an enemy, I'd like to have the advangae of distance.

The mission will ultimately decide what rifle works best. The AK is not a DMR or sniper rifle. I would not care to have a whole squad of crazies with AKs and go up against someone with skill behind an M25 a few hundred yards away.

But if I had to arm a whole bunch of non-mechanical civvies who'd never seen a gun before, the AK would top my list of rifle picks.

Your personal war rifle - FAL
Your personal deer rifle - Large Ring w/Whelen bore
Your personal Elk rifle - see above
Your bird gun - Ruger Gold label (a kid can dream)
Your war handgun - Browning HP
Your CCW gun - Kahr?

War rifle? If I didn't have to carry the thing too far for any length of time Dad's FN-FAL converted to limited full auto. If I'm moving, a bullpup like the MP7 or maybe an M-16.

Deer rifle? I prefer a bow but I suppose my Lee Enfield, either the .303 or the 30-06, would do nicely.

Elk rifle? Again the Lee Enfield.

Bird gun? My SAIGA 410, at least that's what I used when I lived on the farm and it did a good job on pheasant and quail.

War handgun? Either my uncle's Colt Commander (38 Super) or Gramps Lugar.

Comp .22? Marlin 39A

Comp .22? Colt Woodsman.

CCW? Sig Saur

And before anyone gives me grief about the smaller calibers I have problems with recoil. And as far as the "war handgun" goes I've always heard that if
you need to use your handgun you have made a serious tactical error. That and "when in doubt line the perimeter with Claymores."

Selena