Favorite type of rifle to just shoot at the range...

I was looking for an "All of the above" option, but since there wasn't one, I voted milsurps.

I really enjoy shooting old, iron sighted bolt action military rifles, particularly at 400 to 600 yards. I like it because the pressure is off in that kind of shooting. I know I'm not going to shoot a sub MOA group, heck, I'm happy if I can keep most shots on an 18 inch bull at 600 yards (and if I can't, its easy to blame on that lousey old surplus ammo).

Oh easy. Any thing I cast the bullets for. From .375 H&H to .218 bee, I can't wait to see what my creations are going to do.

Favorite rifles to shoot at the range:

Ruger 10/22
Colt AR15

I dearly love my CZ 452 FS for plinking at cans or debris at the range. Inexpensive to shoot, accurate, great trigger, a great quality rifle.

I enjoy shooting my 30-06's at miscellaneous targets from field positions out to a couple hundred yards. Blowing up milk jugs and soda bottles at 100 to 200 yards offhand gives me a lot more satisfaction than tossing out tiny groups from a bench. I would not classify high-power necessarily as hard kicking rifles, but then again I weight my stocks to keep my remingtons around 9-1/2 pounds Don't mind carrying around a little extra weight for the difference in handling.

My mom's old Marlin .30-30. Smooth as buttah. Just picked up a Mossy 500 last night though so give me a day or two and that may change. :-D

I love shooting my rimfires above all else. I can shoot plinker targets for hours. Thank GOD .22 ammo seems to be coming back!

My range is in my back yard. My back porch is littered with spent .22 cases as is the area where I shoot my pistols.

MCgunner said:

My range is in my back yard.

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Jealous. Some day, maybe.

I voted other, lately I have been into lever action rifles both large and small

My 1944 Mauser is my favorite but around $1 per shot

centerfire .22's

I like shooting AR15's and High power centerfire cartridges. I did not answer the poll because there is no such thing as an "Assault Weapon". Modern Sporting Rifles yes. But the standard ar15 does not do it for me must be other caliber IE 458socom or 6.5grendel.

Other - bolt action rifles.

Not the "high powered" rifles indicated in the poll.

Other: Lever action pistol caliber carbines. Since 22lr has become impossible to find around here, 38 special in a lever gun is my new plinking ammo. No recoil, makes big holes in paper, and is cheap to reload (especially if you cast your own bullets)

My favorite rifle for casual enjoyment is far and away my CMP special garand. I get a kick out of shooting something with such history, and it always raises eyebrows down the line when they guy shooting from a sling with open sights works the 500yd gong

Swedish CG-63 in 6.5x55mm...

I voted other because I like accuracy challenges. Give me a shooting clay at 500 yards and 3 rounds from my .270 win. I keep looking for a .223 bolt action that I can learn to love but keep coming up empty. Technically I guess this puts me in the high power category, but certainly not for the purposes mentioned...and my rifles are far from power levels I would consider thumpers.

Gun Master said:

"Barely kept his family fed, .......

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More truth to that than you know, the way I shoot a shotgun.

I voted other. Nothing puts as bigger smile on my face than a lever action. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy shooting anything. A bad day at the range is better than a good day on the couch.

Range rifle

any 22-250, 223, or 243 bolt action. Just enough feed back (recoil) to feel the joy of shooting, but not so much to wear on the shoulder. I don't get too much out of a 22 mag.

By high powered rifles, I assume you mean centerfire bolt and lever actions. So that's how I voted. I have Remington, Winchester, Weatherby and Browning bolt actions and I enjoy all of them.